SM Cherry

This guide will help you install SM Cherry themes step by step.

1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT - Back to top

At the basic level, this theme will require the following conditions:

  • Compatible with Magento Community Edition 1.7.x , 1.8.x and 1.9.x ( the latest version 1.9.2.1)
  • This theme is updated to version 1.2.0 .

2LAYOUT POSITION - Back to top

3INSTALLATION - Back to top

There are two ways to install a Magento Theme:

  • Install quickstart: By using this package, you will set the theme exactly as our Demo with sample data.
  • Install Theme and Extensions: You will need only be using the zipped files in “Extensions” and “Theme” folders.

3.1 Install with Quickstart Package:

Magentech provides SM Quickstart package for each theme 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:

    • Step 1: Download the quickstart package
    • 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
    • Step 3: Create a database for your Magento

  • Step 4: Start installation by opening browser and navigate to your url (where the quickstart uploaded) to load default Magento installer.
  • Step 5: Finish installation

3.2 Install Magento Theme

The installation of our theme is quite simple. You just need follow steps below to get our theme ready for your Magento store:

  • Step 1: Upload folders skin and app from our download package to your Web server’s document root (from here on, referenced as {docroot}). You should see a directory layout like this:

    {docroot} /magento/

    app/
    index.php js/
    lib/
    LICENSE.txt media/
    pear/
    skin/
    var/
  • Step 2: Login your Magento Admin area (ex: Access Magento Admin area: https://yourdomain/index.php/admin/)
  • Step 3: Navigate to System => Configuration => Design as screenshot below
  • Step 4: Fill all theme information as screenshot below:
  • Step 5: Finally, Click button “Save Config” to save your configuration

Configure theme using admin back end
For easing the theme configuration, we has been created Cpanel in both backend and frontend, this is SM Cherry configuration in backend:

1. Under Magento admin panel, go to System >> Configuration

2. Select SM Cherry theme on the left-hand menu

3. Tweak the theme as you want

3.3 Install Magento Extension

You just need following steps below to get our extensions ready for your Magento store:

  • 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/
  • Step 2: Login your Magento Admin area (ex: access Magento Admin area: https://yourdomain/magento/index.php/admin/)
  • Step 3: Navigate to System => Configuration => Extensions Configuration

  • Step 4: You will see installed extension, click extension’s name tab to go to extension configuration page.

4CONFIGURATION- Back to top

4.1 General Configuration

4.1.1 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.

4.1.2 Configure theme using Cpanel front end

  • Theme Color: there are 5 themes color
  • Layout style: Set layout style : Full Width and Boxed
  • Menu style: Mega, CSS

4.2 Configure Mega Menu

To configure General settings, module parameters, Advance, login your administrator, go to SM Mega Menu >> Configuration

To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Mega Menu as you want, please click HERE

Mega Menu Items Configuration

In order to add menu items, Go to SM Mega Menu >> Menu items Manager

You must create add new Menu Group.

The settings below belong to SM Cherry group. Other group has similar settings menu item
1. Home Menu:

Frontend

Backend: Home
Tree of Home Menu:

Content Code of About us:

Content Code of Video:

2. Product Types Menu:

Frontend


Backend: Product Types

- “category/87″: (To configure: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

Tree of Product Types Menu:

Content Code of Product Type:

Content Code of Category 1:

Content Code of Category 2:

Content Code of Price Ranger:

Content Code of Image Product Type:

3. Wedding:

Frontend


Backend: Wedding

- “category/323″: (To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

Tree of Wedding Menu:

Content Code of Category 1:

Note: “Category 2; Category 3; Category 4 configure the same to Category 1“.

Content Code of Wedding Image:

4. Valentine:

Frontend


Backend: Valentine

- “category/324″: (To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

Tree of Valentine:

Content Code of Category 1:

 

Content Code of Price ranger:

 

Content Code of Image Valentine Category:

 

Content Code of Best Sale:

5. Holiday - About Us - Contact Us:
Frontend

- “category/137″: (To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

- “category/139″: (To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

- “category/216″: (To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Product Types > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”)

4.3 Configure Extensions

SM Cart Pro

  • Position: sm-cartpro
  • Frontend

To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Cart Pro as you want, please click HERE

SM Camera Slide

  • Position: SM Camera Slide
  • Frontend

    To configure the settings of this extension, please go to SM Camera Slide >> Settings and configure as you want:
  • Backend: Click Here to view
  • To configure the slides, please go to SM Camera Slide >> Manager Slide and configure General Options or Slides as you want:

  • General Options of Slideshow: Click Here to view
  • Slide 1: Click Here to view
  • Slide 2: Click Here to view
  • Slide 3: Click Here to view

To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Camera Slide as you want, please click HERE

Banner Footer

  • Position: “static:banner-footer”
  • Frontend

Content Code of Banner Footer:

 

SM Tab Listing

  • Position: sm-tablisting
  • Frontend

To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Tab Listing as you want, please click HERE

What Client Say

  • Position: “static:what-client-say”
  • Frontend

Content Code of What Client Say :

Wedding Slider Home

  • Position: “static:wedding-slider”
  • Frontend

Content Code of Wedding Slider Home :

Why Choose Us

  • Position: “static:Why-Choose-Us-home”
  • Frontend

Content Code of Why Choose Us :

Social Network

  • Position: “static:social-Network”
  • Frontend

Content Code of Social Network :

SM Slider

  • Position: sm-slider
  • Frontend

To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Slider as you want, please click HERE

About us home

  • Position: about-us-home
  • Frontend

Content Code of About us home :

Our Services

  • Position: our-services
  • Frontend

Content Code of Our Services :

Customer Services

  • Position: customer-services
  • Frontend

Content Code of Customer Services :

Store Location

  • Position: store-location
  • Frontend

Content Code of Store Location :

Block payment

  • Position: block-payment
  • Frontend

Content Code of Block Payment :

 

4.4 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:

  • Layout : select 1 column
  • Layout Update XML: Paste the code below

PHP Code:

2. About Us

To config this page, please navigate to Catalog >> Manager Categories >> About Us category:

  • General Information: Backend
  • Display Setting: Backend
  • Custom Design: Backend
  • CMS Block: About us (To config >> Go to CMS >> Statics Block): click here
  • Content Code used in About Us page:
3. Contact Us

To config this page, please navigate to Catalog >> Manager Categories >> Contact Us category:

CMS Block: Contact Us (To config: Go to CMS >> Statics Block):

3.1. Block contact info: click here

3.2. Block contact address: click here

3.3. Block Contact map: click here

3.4. Block Contact Info Bottom: click here

Note: We used Blog - Community Edition extension for blog page. To install this extension, please click here.

5SUPPORT - Back to top

Thank you so much for purchasing this theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please send us via: Support Tickets System

Thanks so much!