Blade Options panel is built with the renowned Redux Framework and gives you many configuration options in a user-friendly environment. Click the Blade tab from the main WordPress navigation and then you will be able to access and enjoy many core features of Blade. All the options have detailed descriptions […]
Set the Sidebars, custom and predefined and use the Widgets
Sidebar Position First of all, you can define your default layout (full width, left or right) separately for pages, blog page, single posts and single portfolios items via the options panel of Blade. Notice that you can select your layout for pages, posts and portfolios, independently in page options, post […]
Translations and WPML in Blade
Blade also offers multiple predefined positions for the language switcher, in the top bar of our Theme and in the Menu Elements, just beside the menu. Additionally, if you need to adjust a custom language switcher there is a specific reference in here. Conclusion Undoubtedly, Greatives team recommends the usage of […]
What about SEO – Search Engine Optimization in Blade
Blade is built with SEO best-practices in mind. We use heading tags (H1,H2,H3…) for titles and for the main content which is good practice for search engine site. Moreover, you can select the heading tags in most of the elements (and for the widget titles) for better results. It goes […]
Image Sizes in Blade
Below you can see the default image sizes from the functions.php file. It is worth noting that since version 2.2.8 of Blade anyone can change these settings under Theme Options > Media Sizes and use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin in order to recreate the image sizes. This is an option […]
How to Set the Anchor Menu in Blade
Additionally, Blade offers the Anchor Menu per page option. Notice that, anchor menus are optimal for navigation within pages, posts, portfolio items and single products. To create such a menu in a page please do as follows. Add Section IDs (e.g., idname1) in Rows you want to use in your […]
Menu System in Blade
Blade comes with four predefined menu positions, one positioned in the header area (Header Menu), two in the TopBar positions (left and right) and the other in the copyright area (Footer Menu). To set up your custom menus simply: Go to Appearance > Menus. Enter your menu name. Click the Create […]
Usage of the various Blade elements
Blade comes with the Visual Composer, a visual layout builder that allows you to forget about the syntax of shortcodes and create multiple layouts within minutes without writing a single line of code! You can edit, delete, increase and decrease size of each item. Furthermore, you can reorder the elements, […]
Contact Forms in Blade
With this element, you can simply use any Contact Form 7 you’ve created. When using the Contact Form, the default layout is to have one field per row. However, you can have multiple fields with different styles in the same row by adding some HTML markup. For example: With Columns […]
How to set the Portfolio Element in Blade
The Portfolio element is surely one of the most famous elements. Based on that fact, Blade really offers multiple options for this element as well. Let’s see them briefly, starting with the basic styles. Grid Style Masonry Style Small Media Carousel Grid Style – Set the Grid Image Mode. Select […]