SM Salamy

This guide will help you install SM Salamy 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 - V1.0.1 is compatible with Magento 1.9.2.1
  • Note:This package is upgraded to Magento Version 1.9.2.1

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 and fill all theme information as screen shot below:

  • Step 4: 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 Salamy configuration in backend:

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

2. Select SM Theme Setting theme on the left-hand menu

3. Tweak the theme as you want

3.3 Install Magento Extension

Note: These extension packages are the best compatibility version with this theme.

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

Configure theme using Cpanel front end

  • Theme Color: support 5 presets to be chosen
  • 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
HOME MENU

Frontend

Tree of Home Menu:

Content code of Content Home as below:

PRODUCT TYPES MENU

Frontend

Data type: category/268

To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Basic > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”.

Tree of Product Types Menu:

Note: Child product of “Product Types” below configure the same.

WOMEN MENU

Frontend

Data type: category/321

To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Basic > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”.

Tree of Women Menu:

Content code of “Dresses” as below & note that “Sub-Menu below configure the same with Dresses” :

Content code of “Static Image” as below:

MEN MENU

Frontend

Data type: category/269

To config: Go to Catalog >> Manager Categories > Basic > Display Settings > Display Mode = “Products Only”.

Tree of Men Menu:

Content code of “Clothing” as below & note that “Sub-Menu below configure the same with Clothing sub-menu” :

BLOG MENU

Frontend

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

ABOUT MENU

Frontend

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

CONTACT US MENU

Frontend

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

4.3 Configure Extensions

I. SM Search Box Pro

  • Position: SM-SEARCHBOXPRO
  • Frontend

  • Backend
  • To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Search Box as you want, please click here

II. SM Cart Pro

  • Position: SM-CARTPRO
  • Frontend

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

III. SM Dynamic Slideshow

  • Position: SM-DYNAMICSLIDESHOW
  • Frontend

  • Backend
  • To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Dynamic Slideshow as you want, please click here

IV. SM Deal

  • Position: SM-DEAL
  • Frontend

V. SM Tab Listing

  • Position: SM Tab listing
  • Frontend

    • Backend
    • To get this extension to show on 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:
      • To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Tab listing as you want, please click here

VI. SM Slider

      • Position: SM Slider
      • Frontend

      • Backend
      • To config this position, please navigate to CMS >> Pages >>Home page, navigate to Design tab and paste code as following:
      • To view more guide about how to install, set up and configure SM Slider as you want, please click here

 

4.4 Configure blocks

 

The SM Salamy front-page has static blocks in the Theme:

      • Salamy Banner Right Home
      • Salamy Social Fixed
      • Salamy Banner Bottom Home
      • Salamy Banner Center Home
      • Salamy Top Rating Home
      • Salamy What Client Says
      • Salamy Footer Left
      • [Salamy Footer] Contact With Us + Information + Customer Service
      • [Salamy Footer] My Account + Contact Us

To create static blocks, go to CMS >> Static Blocks >> Add new block

Salamy Banner Right Home

Frontend

Backend

      • Code Code of banner-right-home:

Salamy Social Fixed

Frontend

Backend

      • Code Code of Salamy Social Fixed:

Salamy Banner Bottom Home

Frontend

Backend

      • Code Code of banner-bottom-home:

Salamy Banner Center Home

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of banner-center-home:

Best Sale Home

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of best-sale-home:

Salamy What Client Says

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of what-client-says:

Salamy Footer Left

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of Salamy Footer Left:

Salamy Footer Connect With Us

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of connect-with-us-footer:

Salamy Footer Information

Frontend

Backend

  • Code Code of information-footer:

Note 1: Static Block of “[Salamy Footer] Customer Service + My Account + Contact Us” configures the same with “[Salamy Footer] Information”
Note 2: We used Blog – Community Edition extension for blog page. To install this extension, please click here.

 

4.5 How To Set Default Language and Currency in Magento

 

Please click HERE to see how to set default language and currency in Magento.

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!