Job Stack Documentation

Important Note: Before beginning the installation process, ensure you are using the latest versions of WordPress and the theme.

Getting Started

Let’s begin! First, make sure you have all the necessary items to install the Job Stack theme.

Theme Requirements

Ensure you have the latest version of WordPress installed by checking the Updates tab in your current WordPress dashboard.

If you haven’t downloaded WordPress already, you can download it from the WordPress repository via WordPress.org. After you have installed the latest version of WordPress, download the theme ZIP file and save it to a convenient location on your computer, as you will be using the included files for the remainder of the installation process.

Theme Installation

Step 1: Upload and Activation

There are two methods to install the Job Stack theme. You can either upload the zipped theme file using the WordPress theme installer (Recommended) or upload the unzipped theme folder via FTP (Advanced).

Method 1 ( Recommended): Install Using the WordPress Theme Installer

Log in to your WordPress site and open the Administration Panel.

1. Go to Appearance > Themes in the WordPress Dashboard
2. Click on the Add New button.
3. Click on the Upload Theme link.
4. Click on “Choose File,” select the job-stack.zip file from your computer, and then click “Upload.”
5. Click Install Now

Method 2: Install Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

1. Unzip the “Job Stack.zip” file on your computer.
2. Log in using an FTP client to access your host web server.
3. Locate the wp-content folder in your WordPress install files.
4. Upload the un-zipped Job Stack folder into the: wp-content/themes folder.

For more information on installing a theme using FTP, visit here.

Activate the theme

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Go to Appearance > Themes in the WordPress menu
3. Hover over the theme thumbnail and click the Activate button.

Import Demo Content

Note: Importing Demo Content will import demo posts, pages, and categories, which you will have to delete manually later. If you don’t want to import demo content and just set up the homepage like the demo with your own post, then go to the Next section called “Home Page Setup like demo”

Go to Appearance > Install Plugins and install and activate the recommended plugins from there.

After you have installed and activated both of these plugins, go to Dashboard> Appearance>Import Demo Data. From there, you can import demo content for Job Stack.

Set Up Homepage like Demo without Importing Demo Content

If you have imported demo content by following the above steps, you don’t need to follow these steps, as your homepage is already set up like the demo.

Step 1: Go to the page and click on “Add New”.

Step 2: Enter the title (example: Homepage͟).On the right sidebar, you can find Page Attributes. On the Template, please select “Frontpage”

Step 3: Click on Publish

Step 4: Now go to Settings > Readings. Choose A Static Page (Select Below). On the Home page, select the drop-down page you just created above and click on Save Changes. 

Theme Options (For Free Version)

Theme Options are

Posts

Creating posts

• Step 1: Navigate to Posts in your WordPress admin sidebar.
• Step 2: Click on the Add New option to make a new post. Create a title, and insert your post content in the editing field.
• Step 3: Select Post Format from the right side.
• Step 4: Add categories from the right side. To assign it to the post, check the box next to the category name.
• Step 5: Add tags from the right side. Type the name of the tag in the field, and separate multiple tags with commas.
• Step 6: You can add a featured image. To do so, first click the featured image box, select an image, and click the set featured image button.

Creating Menu

• Step 1: Go to the backend, click Appearance > Menus.
• Step 2: Enter the Menu Name and assign the menu.
• Step 3: Click “Create Menu.”
• Step 4: At the bottom, you can find the Menu Setting, which includes auto-add pages and display location. Click on the Primary Menu and then click Save. Now, view the frontend or homepage for the menu you assigned

Site Identity

To set up Site Identity,

1. Go to Appearance> Customize> Default Settings > Site Identity
2. Click the Select logo by clicking Select Logo.
3. Upload and select the desired image.
4. Enter the Site Title and Tagline
5. Check Display Header Text for the Site title and Tagline to appear on your homepage.
6. Click Select Image under Site Icon
7. Upload and select the desired image. (The Site Icon/ favicon is used as a browser and app icon for your site. The recommended Site Icon size is 512*512 pixels.)
8. Click Save & Publish.

Colors

1. Go to Appearance> Customize> Colors
2. Change the Header Text Color > Background Color by clicking on the respective Select Color button.
3. Click Save & Publish.
4. The theme color option is only available in the premium version of the theme