Introduction
- Created: 09/15
- Latest update: 09/17
- By: MagenTech
When you download theme from our store and unzip, you will be got full of main files for theme installation. They're:
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Theme Package: Use this package to install to your current site. This contains the theme files only.
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QuickStart Installation Package: This package included modules, theme, sample data.
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Extension Packages: Modules in-house which we used for the demo.
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PSD Sources: All PSD design themes
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Documentation: Detail userguide to install and configure theme
INSTALLATION GUIDE
There are two ways to install a MagenTech theme:
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Install quickstart: By using this package, you will set the theme exactly as Demo. This is applied when you need a fresh Magento with our theme.
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Install Theme and Extensions: This is applied when you have already installed a Magento instance on your server. You will need only be using the zipped files in “Extensions” and “Theme” folders mentioned above. Please follow below instruction about how to install theme and extensions:
System Requirements
Magento Community Edition 1.7.x and 1.8.x
Magento Quickstart Installation
Magentech provides SM Quickstart package for each template which aims to ease the installation for users. It will help you save much time of installing and configuring if you plan to start your site from the beginning.
Please following steps below (we used images of SM Bakery theme installation to illustrate for general installations - Magento Quickstart Installation - Magento Theme Installation - Magento Extension Installation):
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Step 1: Download the quickstart package
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Step 2: Extract and Upload the whole Quickstart package to your server. In Quickstart folder you will see the extracted folder that include all sample data
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Step 3: Create a database for your Magento (using phpmyadmin)
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Step 4: Start installation by opening browser and navigate to your url (where the quickstart uploaded) to load default Magento installer.
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Step 5: Finish installation
Important notes:
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Do not use "localhost" in URL, otherwise you could not log in your admin (you should use your local IP if installing on your computer.).
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At step 3 of installation - Configuration page: Leave "Tables prefix" blank
Magento Theme Installation
Before you start the installation process of this theme, we recommend to back up your current live Magento files and database. If your store has not been available yet, get it quickly following Magento Installation Guide
The installation of our theme is quite simple. You just need follow steps below to get our theme ready for your Magento store:
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Step 1: Upload folders skin and app from our download package to your Web server's document root (from here on, referenced as {docroot}). These files will overwrite default folders skin and app in your Magento folder, you should see a directory layout like this:
{docroot} /magento/
app/
index.php
js/
lib/
LICENSE.txt
media/
pear/
skin/
var/
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Step 2: Login your Magento Admin area (ex: access Magento Admin area: https://YOUR_DOMAIN/magento/index.php/admin/)
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Step 3: Navigate to System =>Configuration =>Design as per screenshot below (steps in following images used SM Bakery theme for example)
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Step 4: Fill texts to the "Package" and "Themes" sections as per screenshorts below:
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Step 5: Finally, Refer here to configure Theme and then save your configuration
Magento Extension Installation
Before you start the installation process of this theme, we recommend to back up your current live Magento files and database. If your store has not been available yet, get it quickly following Magento Installation Guide
You just need following steps below to get our extensions ready for your Magento store:
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Step 1: Upload folders skin and app from our download package to your Web server's document root (from here on, referenced as {docroot}). These files will overwrite default folders skin and app in your Magento folder, you should see a directory layout like this:
{docroot} /magento/
app/
index.php
js/
lib/
LICENSE.txt
media/
pear/
skin/
var/
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Step 2: Login your Magento Admin area (ex: access Magento Admin area: https://YOUR_DOMAIN/magento/index.php/admin/)
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Step 3: Navigate to System =>Configuration
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Step 4: You will see installed extension, click extension's name tab to go to extension configuration page.
General Configuration
Configure homepage
1. Select the homepage from CMS Pages
2. Select Homepage >> Design on the left-hand menu.
3. In the Layout Update XML box, add the code as you want, this is our demo homepage:
4. Click the Save Page button.
Configure theme using admin back end
For easing the theme configuration, we has been created Cpanel in both backend and frontend, this is SM Bakery configuration in backend:
1. Under Magento admin panel, go to System >> Configuration
2. Select SM Bakery Theme on the left-hand menu
3. Tweak the theme as you want
Configure theme using Cpanel front end
This is fontend, identical to what has in backend:
Color Sample
5 presets to be chosen
1 Body
Background, Link and Text color
2 Header
Background image and color
3 Footer
Background image and color
4 Menu Style
3 options to be chosen: Mega, CSS or Split
5 Typography
Google Font, various font-size and font-family
Layout Positions
How to configure Extensions
1. SM Slick Slider Module
1.1 Position
slideshow
1.2 Front-end appreance
1.3 Configuration:
Backend: Click here
To get this extension to show onto the front page at the up top position, go to CMS > Pages >> Homepage >> In Design tab, please fill in Layout Update XML parameter -between tag as below :
2. SM Basic Products
2.1 Position
tabs1
2.2 Front-end appreance
2.3 Configuration
Backend: Click here
To get this extension to show onto the front page at the up top position, go to CMS > Pages >> Homepage >> In Design tab, please fill in Layout Update XML parameter -between tag as below :
3. SM Block Tabs
3.1 Position
tabs1
3.2 Front-end appreance
3.3 Configuration
Backend: Click here
How to configure blocks
The SM Bakery front-page has static blocks in the Theme:
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block-user1
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block-user2
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block-user4
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block-info-footer
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block-contact-us
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block-popular-tags
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block-freeshipping
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block-custombox
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block-likebox
To create static blocks, go to CMS >> Static Blocks >> Add new block
1. Block-user1
1.1. Identifier
block-user1
1.2. Front-end Appearance
1.3. Backend settings: Click here
1.4. Code to display as demo
2.1. Identifier
block-user2
2.2. Front-end Appearance
2.3. Backend settings: Click here
2.4. Code to display as demo
3. Block-user4
3.1. Identifier
block-user4
3.2. Front-end Appearance
3.3. Backend settings: Click here
3.4. Code to display as demo
4. Block-contact-us
4.1. Identifier
block-contact-us
4.2. Front-end Appearance
4.3. Backend settings: Click here
4.4. Code to display as demo
5. Block-free-shipping
5.1. Identifier
5.2. Front-end Appearance
5.3. Backend settings: Click here
5.4. Code to display as demo
6. Block-info-footer
6.1. Identifier
block-info-footer
6.2. Front-end Appearance
6.3. Backend settings: Click here
6.4 Code to display as demo
7. Custom Box
7.1. Identifer
block-custom
7.2. Front-end Appearance
7.3. Backend settings: Click here
7.4. Code to display as demo
8. Facebook LikeBox
8.1. Identifer
block-likebox
8.2. Front-end Appearance
How to configure pages
1. Home Page
To config this page, please navigate to CMS >> Pages, create Home page, navigate to tab Design and update with the following settings:
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Layout : select 2 columns with right bar on drop down list
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Layout Update XML: Paste the code below
PHP Code:
2. About Us
To config this page, please navigate to CMS >> Pages, then select About Us page to update the settings as below
3. Contact Us
To config this page, please navigate to CMS >> Pages, then select About Us page to update the settings as below
Support
Support from MagenTech will be defined as following:
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Support time: Monday - Friday 8:30AM to 5:30PM UTC+7
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Response Time: Within 24 hours (1 business day)
Item support includes:
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Responding to questions or problems regarding the item and its features
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Fixing bugs and reported issues
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Providing updates to ensure compatibility with new software versions
Item support does not include:
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Customization and installation services
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Support for 3rd parties' extensions
Installation Services-Quickstart installation services cost $25:
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1. Buy service-installation here
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2. Submit your account information to install here
That's it. Now you are ready for using!
Thank you so much for purchasing this theme. We would be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but we'll do the best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the our ticket system and send support request via Support Tickets System.
Thanks so much!