The Info needed

This is the Layers documentation section, where you find instructions on installing the theme and how to use it by adding posts and pages and upload media. This section is under constant change, and we strive to keep it as up to date as possible.

We have a user forum currently being built, so stay tuned and share experience with your fellow users.

Recommended Plugins (Note: Optional, not mandatory)

Regenerate Thumbnails

Installation

  1. Buy and Download WP Layers Theme (€99)
  2. Install the latest version of WordPress
  3. Upload the Layers Theme (via FTP or via WP admin)
  4. If not logged in, log in to your WP admin
  5. Click on Apperance -> Themes, and activate the theme
  6. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options, to edit the theme settings (Note: even if you decide not to change any settings you still need to click Save, to activate the settings)
  7. Add the following rows to your .htaccess file if you are planning on attaching videos:
    AddType video/ogg .ogv
    AddType video/mp4 .mp4
    AddType video/webm .webm
  8. Optional: Change the permalink structure under Settings -> Permalinks
  9. Voila! Simple as that. Start to add your projects/posts & pages

Usage

  1. Add a new Project
    To add a new project, click Posts -> Add New. Then add your post title, your post/project text and your categories, tags etc. When you have done that upload your slideshow attachments, see below section called: Upload Attachments to a post/project.
  2. Add new Page
    Click Pages -> Add New, enter your title and your text. Note you can use shortcodes for columns, see section about shortcodes below.
  3. Using [column] Shortcodes on Pages
    Start a column by typing [column] in the Page Text body. End a column by typing [/column]. The width will automatically adjust to the grid of your set theme settings, but if you like you can overwrite the width of the column by adding a width value to your shortcode. Ex: [column width='300px']. You can also “clear” your column structure by adding [end-columns]
  4. Using [preamble] Shortcodes
    Wrap your preamble text with the following shortcodes [preamble] Your preamble text [/preamble]
  5. Upload Image Attachments
    Click Upload/Insert when editing a project/post. Then click Select Files in the overlay, and select the images you want to upload (If default settings: A height of at least 700px is recommended). When the images are uploaded they can be viewed and sorted in the Gallery (tab). When done, click Save all changes, and close the overlay.
  6. Upload Video Attachments
    The same as above, but instead of uploading one file you need to upload three files. Prepare the filenames of your files before uploading. File 1: filename.mp4. File 2: filename.ogv. File 3: filename_poster.jpg (Posterimage: can be bigger than the video file as long as it keeps the dimensions/ratio). Note: You need to follow this strictly to get things working in all browsers. Upload them at once. Save all changes. Done.
  7. Using Custom Fields
    When editing a project/post: Add a Custom Field called “link” and insert the URL-adress as the value. This will add a link to the specific project/post metadata rows in the project info column.