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Theme Installation

WORDPRESS:

1. Download the theme archive and extract the files it contains. You will need to preserve the directory structure in the archive when extracting these files.

2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, create a directory to contain your theme in the wp-content/themes directory provided by WordPress. For example, a theme named Test should be in wp-content/themes/test. Your theme will provide this directory as part of the archive.

3. Upload the theme files to the new directory on your host server.

To select the active theme for your site:

  1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
  2. Select the Design subpanel, then Themes.
  3. From the Available Themes section, click on theme title (or theme screenshot) for the theme you wish to activate.
  4. A preview of the theme will be shown to activate theme click the Activate "Theme Name" link in the top right.

Your selection should immediately become active.

Creating localized WordPress Themes

Each theme package includes several language files obtained from Wordpress Website at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Localization

Specifically French, German, Italian and Spanish translations are included in the Wordpress compliant file naming format: <country>_<lang>.mo

For example German language file is: de_DE.mo

Installing additional language support

To include a different or additional language support in your Worpdress theme please find and copy the desired language files into your specific Wordpress theme folder.

You can find the additional language files in your default theme folder
"<WordPressFolder>\wp-content\themes\default",

or on the Wordpress Website at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Localization.

To select a different language than your current Wordpress language, change the "define" function in the wp-config.php file, for example: define('WPLANG', 'de_DE').

Editing Translations

To edit translations for your language please download and install Codestyling Localization plug-in from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/.

Then in WordPress administration select Manage -> Localization.

JOOMLA:

To install a zipped template via the Joomla administration panel please do the following:
  1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Install/Uninstall
  2. In the "Extension Manager" choose the first option "Upload Package File".
  3. Click the "Browse..." button to select the zip file from your computer.
  4. Click the "Upload File & Install" button.
For more information please visit http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_install_templates

Utilizing Menus

Please use the following steps to utilize menu style design:
  1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Module Manager
  2. Open an existing menu or create a new one and place it into the "user3" position.
NOTE: the "user3" position can contain only a single menu, or none.

For more information please visit http://docs.joomla.org/Screen.modules.15

Customizing the Footer

To customize the template footer via Joomla administration place one or multiple modules into the "copyright" position. This will replace the default copyright text included in the template footer with the new content provided by the module.

Here are sample steps to configure custom footer:
  1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Module Manager.
  2. Click "New", select "Custom HTML", then select "Next".
  3. In the module properties specify:
    • Title - Show Title: No
    • Position: copyright
    • Custom Output: (the desired footer content)
  4. Save your changes.
You can now use the newly created module for further footer customizations without utilizing additional modules.

DRUPAL
  1. Access your Web server using an FTP client or Web server administration tools.
  2. Create a folder for your specific theme under "<YourSiteFolder>/themes/" folder within Drupal installation.
    For example: <YourSiteFolder>/themes/<MyNewTheme>
  3. Copy or upload theme files exported from Artisteer into the newly created <MyNewTheme> folder.
  4. Login to your Drupal Administer.
  5. Go to Drupal Administer -> Site Building -> Themes
    (www.YourSite.com/?q=admin/build/themes)
  6. Select your newly uploaded theme from the list of available themes for your site.
  7. Click the "Save configuration" button to save your changes.
For more information please visit: http://drupal.org/node/456

Utilizing Menus

Please use the following steps to utilize menu style designed with Artisteer:
  1. Go to Drupal Administer -> Site Building -> Menus (www.YourSite.com/?q=admin/build/menu)
  2. Edit an existing menu or create a new one.
  3. Go to Drupal Administer -> Site Building -> Blocks (www.YourSite.com/?q=admin/build/block)
  4. Place menu into the "Menu" region.
NOTE: the "Menu" region can contain only a single menu, or none.

For more information please visit http://drupal.org/node/102338

Customizing the Footer

To customize the theme footer via Drupal Administer place one or multiple blocks into the "Copyright" region.

Here are sample steps to configure custom footer:
  1. Go to Drupal Administer -> Site configuration -> Site information (www.your-site.com/?q=admin/settings/site-information)
  2. Edit the Footer message field.
  3. Save your changes.