wordpress theme tutorial: hexa theme

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HEXA THEME

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The Hexa Theme

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What is Hexa?

Hexa is a theme on WordPress which gives your personal blog a fun and fresh experience.

Hexa helps you create an eye-catching blog that highlight your best finds in colorful style, and the responsive design looks great on any device, large or small.

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Let’s take a quick tour to view the Hexa Theme

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Click “Live Demo”

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This will appear on your screen.

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This icon leads you to the Menu

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And the Menu Bar will appear on top of your page

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The magnifying glass icon leads you to the Search Bar.

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The gear icon links to the widgets

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The heart icon connects to your social networks.

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Post Formats and Sticky Posts

The Post Formats and Sticky Posts are accented with different corresponding colors and icons next to the post content.

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This is an example of a Sticky Post

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All Image Posts

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All Link Posts

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All Gallery Posts

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All Video Posts

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All Aside posts

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All Quote Posts

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All Status Posts

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Older Posts

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Featured Images

The Featured Images are displayed above the post content on the blog index and archive pages at 842 pixels wide.

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An example of a Featured Image displayed above the post content on your blog index.

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Widgets

Hexa includes a widget located behind a gear icon in the header.

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Widgets

You can add up to three columns of widgets under Appearance → Widgets:

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Widgets

To add the widget follow these simple steps:1. Go to your Dashboard.

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Widgets

2. Click on “Appearance”

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Widgets

3. Then click on “Widgets”

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Widgets

This will appear on your screen.

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Widgets

There are a lot of widgets to choose from.

You can use three widgets when using the Hexa theme.

Choose your desired widget.

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Widgets

To activate a widget you have 2 options:1. Drag it to a sidebar

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Widgets

2. Click on it

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Widgets

When you click on a desired widget, assign a Sidebar, then click “Add widget”.

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Widgets

This is an example of the widgets I chose for my blog.

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Widgets

The gear icon is now visible on my blog, which links to the widgets.

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Widgets

Here is an example of what it looks like when you click the gear icon.

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Social Links

You can add links to various social networks to a toggle menu (the heart icon).

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Social Links

To add links follow these steps:1. Create a new Custom Menu, and assign it to

the Social Links Menu location.2. Add links to each of your social services

using the Links panel.

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Social Links

1. Create a new Custom Menu, and assign it to the Social Links Menu location.

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Social Links

To create a custom menu, go to Appearance → Menus in your dashboard.

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Social Link

To create a new menu, click the create a new menu link, then just type in a Menu Name (to help you remember what it is), and click the Create Menu button.

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Social Links

After you create your first menu, you will notice that two new options appear to control the following:

a. Auto add pages – If checked, new pages will be added automatically when you create them.

b. Theme locations – Allows you to decide where you would like your custom menu to appear in your theme. By default, your menu will show up in the main navigation area of your theme. However, you can select a different location if your theme is capable of multiple menus.

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Social Links

Choose your desired setting by clicking on the check box.

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Social Links

Then click “Save Menu”

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Social Links

The Heart Icon which connects to your Social Links will now appear on your blog.

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Social Links

2. Add links to each of your social services using the Links panel.

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Social Links

2. Add links to each of your social services using the Links panel.

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Social Links

Type in the URL where you want to take someone when they click on it, add Link Text to specify what the tab will say, and then click Add to Menu.

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Social Links

Once added to the menu, you will notice that Twitter is now included in the Menu Structure Pane.

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Social Links

Click “Save Menu” to update your Menu Settings.

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Social Links

Icons for your social links will automatically appear when you click the heart icon in the header.

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Custom Menus

Hexa includes one Custom Menu in addition to the Social Links menu. The main navigation is located behind a toggle menu icon in the header (look for the three horizontal lines):

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Now, let’s try to use this theme.

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This will appear on your screen.

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Click “Activate”

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This will appear on your screen

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Have fun, be creative and customize your site as you desire.

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I have finally activated the Hexa theme

To view what it looks like, visit http://icandoitexcellently.wordpress.com/

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Here’s a snapshot of my page

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Thank You!