iDesignEco » Documentation http://idesigneco.com Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:20:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 ecoPhoto2 http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecophoto2_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecophoto2_documentation#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:15:12 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=656

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoPhoto2 for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoPhoto2 by going to ecoPhoto2 settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoPhoto2 depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoPhoto2 needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoPhoto2 is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

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Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoStudio for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoStudio by going to ecoStudio settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Adding images to the homepage slideshow

The recommended dimension for the homepage slideshow images is 1000×400 pixels (width x height)

  1. Go to the Slideshow option in the WordPress admin menu. This should be right above the ecoStudio settings option.
  2. Just like you would create a normal blog post, create a slideshow post and assign a featured image to it. This featured image will show up as the slideshow image on the homepage.
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Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoCrisp for the first time

  1. Customize ecoCrisp by going to ecoCrisp settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area) – Choose a category to fetch the homepage slideshow from, a category for the ticker, and your Facebook, Twitter links etc.
  2. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  3. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoCrisp depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoCrisp needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoTravel is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecocrisp_documentation/feed 0 ecoZine http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecozine_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecozine_documentation#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:48:57 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=550

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoZine for the first time

  1. Customize ecoZine by going to ecoZine settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area) – Choose a category to fetch the homepage slideshow from, a category for the ticker, and your Facebook, Twitter links etc.
  2. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  3. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoZine depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoZine needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoTravel is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecozine_documentation/feed 0 ecoOffice http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecooffice_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecooffice_documentation#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:09:03 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=521

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoOffice for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoOffice by going to ecoOffice settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Adding images to the homepage slideshow

The recommended dimension for the homepage slideshow images is 900×400 pixels (width x height)

  1. Upload your images to your blog using the WordPress media manager by clicking on the Media option on the left menu.
  2. Goto ecoOffice settings and click on the Homepage Photos tab. Tick the checkbox under the images you want to use in the slideshow and hit ‘Save’.
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Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoDisplay for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoDisplay by going to ecoDisplay settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoDisplay depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoDisplay needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoTravel is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecodisplay_documentation/feed 0 ecoTravel http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecotravel_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecotravel_documentation#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:38 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=485

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoTravel for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoTravel by going to ecoTravel settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoTravel depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoTravel needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoTravel is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecotravel_documentation/feed 0 ecoMag http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecomag_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecomag_documentation#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:32:47 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=444

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoMag for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoMag by going to ecoMag settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoMag depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoMag needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoMag is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecomag_documentation/feed 0 ecoPhoto http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecophoto_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecophoto_documentation#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 22:20:26 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=412

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoPhoto for the first time

  1. Go to Settings → Reading and choose A static page option, and a static page you have created as your Frong page:. A static page is simply a page with some text. For instance, create a page called ‘Homepage’ by going to the Pages menu and entering some text. Similarly, create a page called ‘Blog’. In Settings → Reading, choose your ‘Homepage’ and ‘Blog’ page for the Front page and Posts page options respectively.
  2. Customize ecoPhoto by going to ecoPhoto settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  3. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  4. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing images

ecoPhoto depends on WordPress’ post thumbnail feature which was introduced in version 2.9. Hence, ecoPhoto needs WordPress 2.9 and above to work.

  1. Upload your photos to your blog using the WordPress media manager. You can either do this by clicking on the Media link on the left menu, or using the Upload/Insert option right above the post title field.
  2. Write your post title and body. WordPress doesn’t let you choose a post thumbnail (explained in the next step) unless this is done.
  3. On the right side of the post page, you have your standard option boxes (Publish, Post Tags, Categories) etc. When ecoPhoto is active, you should see a new option box titled Set featured image below all the option boxes (You might find it convenient to drag it and put it right below the Publish option box). Click on the Set thumbnail
  4. The standard image/file manager pops up. Click on the Show link beside the image you want (In the Media Library tab if you have already uploaded). When the selected image’s options show up, click on the Use as featured image link.

Adding images to a post

]]> http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecophoto_documentation/feed 0 ecoHD http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecohd_documentation http://idesigneco.com/docs/ecohd_documentation#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:49:50 +0000 iDesignEco http://idesigneco.com/?p=375

Installation instructions

A comprehensive WordPress theme installation guide can be found here.

Setting up ecoHD for the first time

  1. Customize ecoHD by going to ecoHD settings in the WordPress administration area (This option can be found towards the end on the left panel in the administration area).
  2. Goto Appearance → Widgets in the WordPress administration panel and add the widgets you want by dragging and dropping them to the Right Sidebar and Footerbar blocks. Don’t forget the bundled iDesignEco Social Widget!
  3. Similarly, fill up the Right Sidebar and Footerbar areas with other widgets you want.

Publishing videos

With ecoHD, it is possible to publish an embedded video accompanied by a thumbnail image with posts. ecoHD can publish these as a featured video gallery on your blog’s homepage.

  1. Choose the category from which featured posts are to be picked up from the Blog posts tab in ecoHD settings. This can be a particular category or all categories.
  2. Paste the full url to the thumbnail image and the video embed code in the Video area post page. Your thumbnail image can be from an external source or can be uploaded using the WP media manager. The video embed code for a particular video can be obtained from the provider such as Youtube, Vimeo etc.
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