# Madara - Quick-Start

Author: WP Stylish

URL: ThemeForest

- To use Madara theme, please make sure you are running WordPress 4.7 or higher, PHP5.6 or higher, and MySQL 5 or higher
- Minimum value of PHP limits are as below:
  ° max_execution_time: 300
  ° post_max_size: 64M
  ° upload_max_filesize: 64M

See more

## 1. Install all recommended plugins

Unless you are familiar with WordPress and our themes, it is recommended to install ALL required plugins including the suggested list which appears in admin panel and built-in plugins in the package (unzip the .zip package and find in /Installation Files/ folder)

When first installed, you will see this suggested list in admin. Click on the links to install and activate them. Other plugins can be found in the "Theme package\Installation Files\Plugins" as below
It is recommended to install all built-in plugins in the package. Go to Plugins > Add New > Uploads to install and activate them.

## 2. Install for the First Time

When first installed, you will look this theme like images below:

Madara-Core plugin is the main plugin of the theme and which is used to upload & manage mangas

- Before using this plugin, please go to Dashboard > MANGA > Manga Welcome and take a look at the plugin configuration: http://demo.mangabooth.com/doc//docs/manga-plugin/manga-welcome/

## 3. Start Configuring (Theme Options)

Appearance > Theme Options is where you do global settings including layout, font, color and other settings. Settings are organized in different tabs which affect different pages. For example, General tab contains site-wide settings while Archives tab contains settings for archives pages only (i.e. blog, category, tag, author, search pages)

Theme Options is where you do all the global configuration.

## 4. Learn Full Layout Map

Below is the layout map of a Front Page when it is fully configured. This is really important for further steps, so click on each box to learn about it. Come back here if you have trouble understanding the layout

### Second Menu

To change this section, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag widgets in/out of Second Menu.

Edit Second Menu

### Maintop Sidebar

To change this section, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag widgets in/out of Maintop Sidebar.

In this example, we use WP Manga: Manga Hero Slider widget with style 2.

### Main Top Second Sidebar

To change this section, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag widgets in/out of Main Top Second Sidebar.

In this example, we use WP Manga: Manga Popular Slider widget with style 1.

### Main Bottom Sidebar

To change this section, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag widgets in/out of Main Bottom Sidebar.

In this example, we use WP Manga: Manga Hero Slider widget with style 2.

### User Info Area

To change User's Information, Click on Hovel of Profile picture > User Setting

Edit Userinfor

### Logo

To change logo, go to Appearance > Theme Options > General and upload your own logo

### Primary Menu

To change this menu, go to Appearance > Menus and edit menu at Primary Menu location

Edit Primary Menu

### Search

To set Color and background this button, go to Appearance > Theme Options > Search Header Background . Custom Search Box can be set in Appearance > Widgets > Search Box Sidebar

### Right Sidebar

To change this content, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag a widget in/out Right Sidebar.

### Right Sidebar

To change this content, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag a widget in/out Right Sidebar.

Edit Right Sidebar

In this example, We use:

- WP Manga: Manga History
- Image Widget
- WP Manga: Manga Posts

In each post, page or category, you can also find an option to change sidebar position

### Main Body

Main content appears here. You can change main body content:

Settings > Reading to configure static Front Page.

### Copyright Text

To change this text, go to Appearance > Theme Options > Misc > Copyright Text

### Footer Menu

To change this menu, go to Appearance > Menus and edit menu at Footer Menu location

## 5. Manage Manga

To create a new Manga, please go to Manga > Add New . You can upload single chapter or multi chapter in this manga here

5.1. Upload Single Chapter Manga

There are 4 steps:

- Step 1: Enter information such as Title, Summary and Select Featured Image.
- Step 2: Enter information of Manga Extra Info.
- Step 3: Go to > Chapter Upload Tab. After, You create New Volume >> Enter title Chapter Name and Name Extend ( Note: you can enter or don't enter title of Name Extend) >> Choose where to upload such as local,imgur, blogspot, amazone s3 ( If you select upload to imgur, blogspot, amazone s3, then you consult link below Manga storages >> Choose file and Upload Chapter
- Step 4: Hit " Publish"

5.2. Upload Multi Chapter Manga

There are 4 steps:

- Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 in Upload single Chapter Manga
- Step 3: Go to > Manga Upload Tab. After, Choose Storage such as local,imgur, blogspot, amazone s3 ( If you select upload to imgur, blogspot, amazone s3, then you consult link below Manga storages >> Choose file and Upload Manga
- Step 4: Hit " Publish"

## 6. Create More Complex Front Page

Time to move on! Make sure you have done Step 5. as we will continue from there. Edit Home page and start doing configuration

1. Choose Front Page template for this page. (It is not required, but you will have more settings for the Front Page)
   Choose Front Page template to enable extra settings
2. Front Page Settings box will appear under the content editor. Use these boxes to configure the Front Page.
3. Use Widget to build your page sidebar content (go to > Appearance > Widgets.). Widget helps you use create better user interface. Here are the list of available Widgets.
4. Now refer back to Step 4., you can configure position the sidebars by moving to Sidebar Setting Tab
5. Now check back Front Page, does it look like our demo page? Try to change the settings, you will see (almost) unlimited number of combinations for your Front Page. Happy configuring!

## 7. FAQs

Q1: How to Install Theme.

A1: Please refer to this guide: Install Theme

Q2: How to Install Manga Plugin

A2: Please refer to this guide: Install Manga Plugin

Q3: How to use Manga Plugin

A3: Please refer to this guide: Use Manga Plugin

Q4: How to install Plugins

A4: Please refer to this guide: Install Plugins

Q5: How to import sample data

A5: Please refer to this guide: Import Sample Data

Q6: Where can I Configure a page

A6: Please refer to this guide: Page Settings

Q7: How to use Shortcodes

A7: Please refer to this guide: Use Shortcodes

- 1 Install all recommended plugins
- 2 Install for the first time
- 3 Start configuring
  (Theme Options)
- 4 Learn Full Layout Map
- 5 Manage Manga
- 6 Configure Complex Front Page
- 7 FAQs

Use the keyboard ;)

Page Up

Page Down