All options are located in “Appearance” > “Aparatus Options”.

Set the Stylesheet

The theme comes with four different stylesheets: Maroon, Black, Blue and Green. By default, maroon is loaded. The other styles are very subtle changes to the Twitter button, color of the anchor links and such. Simply choose the style you want from the drop down list and view your changes.

Twitter

In the header, is a large badge for Twitter, and in the sidebar is a spot for the latest tweet. You can enter your Twitter handle in the options and the badge will show up, along with the latest tweet in the sidebar

Home Page Settings

If you want to disable the slideshow in the homepage – simply click the box called “No Slideshow”. The automatic slide feature can also be disabled – by clicking “Dont automatic slide”.

By default, your latest posts are pulled into the slideshow. However, if you want a specific category only to show up in the slideshow -simply enter the category slug inside the field called “Category Name for the Content Slider”.

Advertising Blocks

You can place advertising blocks in the theme through the options panel. Simply enter where the image location is, and where the destination will be. Below shows the fields that need to be filled:

Once you save your changes, your ads should show up nicely in the sidebar:

You can have 1 large 300 x 250 block, and 4 small 125 x 125 ads.

Header Settings

The logo url is where your logo lives. This is covered in detail in this post. A Favicon is the small image that shows up in the browser when you hit your site.

Uploading the favicon is the same process as any media. Simply paste the url in the favicon url field. Make sure that it is a proper favicon file – you can use this tool to generate a favicon.

Home Page Settings

The homepage has a testimonials and subscribe section. To update them, use the fields that are in the options panel.

Note that HTML is supported, so simply paste the code in these text boxes. Note that a default value is already included with some latin text – so all you have to do is follow the format.

Single Page Settings

The single page settings pertain to the single post pages. By default, social icons show up at the bottom of each post. You can disable this by checking the box in the options. You can also have a wider area for your content by disabling the sidebar in the post pages. You can do this by checking the box in the options panel.

Footer Settings

The footer settings are real straightforward. The copyright text, by default has the symbol, your website name and the string “All Rights Reserved”. You can override this by simply entering text in the options panel.

The footer also has a single level navigation. To find out how to use the WP menu system, click here. You can disable this by checking the box in the options page.

Create a New Slider Item

In the left hand menu, you will see under “Slider Items” > “Add New”. This will bring up the “Add New Post” page.

Simply add a title – this will be the title that will show up in the slider item. Add your content – note that only a small excerpt will be shown in the content slider due to spacing issues. Lastly – add a “Featured Image” to your slider item (a tutorial on how to do this can be found here).

Publish the Slider Item and view the page. A screenshot of Eureka is shown below:

Eureka's Home Page

Once the title is clicked, will lead to below:

Eureka Single Slider Item

Here is what Blue Slider items look like:

Blue Theme Slider

The Rotary theme looks a lot different:

Rotary Home page

Theme Specifications

Continue reading below to find specifications that is unique to each theme. For instance, although they all use custom post types – some of them have limits on how many can show in the page etc.

Eureka

For best results, use a feature image that is 380 pixels in width and 500 pixels in height. Use a .png image with transparent background. Also, you can assign a call to action button for each slider item. This will have to be created using custom fields. To learn more about custom fields, read this article. The keys to use are:

• buttonText – this is the text you want in the button
• buttonUrl – this is the url you want for the button

You can also have the feature image float to the right, instead of the default – which is left. To do this – just enter key “floatImageRight” and value “true” (see above screenshot).

Blue

Blue Theme can only support 3 slider items. This is due to the front page layout – only 3 items will be visible in the bar right under the slider. The sort order of the slider is also reversed in the Blue Theme. You should also use .png image with transparent background. There is no real image dimension restriction – but keep it within 500 pixels wide and 300 pixels high.

Rotary

The actual custom post type name is “Roundabouts”. The limit is 5 – due to the way the carousel is built. The images will resize automatically, although for best results, you want to use images that are 586 pixels wide and 360 pixels high.

404 Errors

Due to custom post types, the theme will create a custom post slug for the slider items. You may experience some 404 errors when you try to view the post type. This can easily be fixed by going to the admin panel > Settings > Permalinks and click on “Save Changes”. Note that you don’t have to change anything – simply press Save Changes.

One of the theme options is to set the theme logo. This has already been covered in a different post. Another option is the feature slider category. That too has been covered in another article.

Therefore, we are only covering the next set of options.

Agency’s right sidebar has a Facebook and Twitter handle already embedded in it. All you need to do is add your Facebook and Twitter URL in the corresponding fields in the options page and click “Save Changes”. View your website and when you click on the links in the sidebar, it should take you to your pages.

The footer text is the copyright text in the lower left hand side of the theme. By default it takes the name of your website, with a copyright symbol and the current year. However, you can enter anything you wish in the options page and it will show in the footer.

Assign the Category in the Options Page:

Go to Appearance > Theme name Options (where Theme name is the theme you’re using). You should see a field called “Slider Category”. Enter the category slug in this field and hit Save changes.

If you don’t know the category slug – go to “Posts” > “Categories” and notice in the table there are 4 columns. Spot the category you want and look under the “Slug” column.

This is the value that you need for the Theme Options page. Once your changes are set, you have to assign a “Featured Image” for the posts – so it shows up in the slider. Go to this tutorial to find out how to add post thumbnails to your posts.

Finally, you can preview your changes and you should see the feature slider with the post title and post thumbnail all set up.

They know that people today have grown accustomed to using the Internet as their means of searching relevant services, particularly the services of lawyers

A lawyer starting up a law firm website must consider a few things in order to gain leads and bring in more clients. Probably the most important of all is the way the website is designed. For the client, the credibility that comes with the law firm and its services would reflect on how the law firm’s site is designed professionally.

Obviously, if the website’s design is vague and not user-friendly, the effect could slowly break the possibility of the law firm to generate leads.

Professional design is a very important aspect when it comes to marketing a service in the Internet, especially for law firms. A lot of website design ideas have sprung up in the Internet in which the lawyers may find suitable for their needs. Lawyers can hire professional web designers who can lay out a web design that would help prospective clients in finding what they need. They can use WordPress or any other website design tools, according to the availability and aesthetic appeal needed for the website to gain leads. Since lawyers provide a service that lean on security, the website’s design should make prospective clients feel that sense of comfort, security and trust.

Also, in designing a law firm website, organization should not be overlooked. Because the facet of law is quite confusing to a lot of people, it is important for the law firm to take time in putting up informative data in the simplest terms into their website for the readers to understand. In a law firm website, it must have everything the client must need. Aside from the services that the law firm offers, it should also have links to the lawyers’ personal and contact information.

Here are some of examples of well-designed law firm websites:

Frost Brown Todd Attorneys

Green Bryant & French, LLP

Estey & Bomberger

Malaise Law Firm

Lucino & Gene

Burke Brown Attorneys

Conclusion

A perfectly- and professionally-designed law firm website would have the organizational qualities as well as the aesthetic appeal. In today’s world, the reputation of a certain law firm would greatly lean on how the website is designed. It would make or break the chances of the law firm to acquire leads and prospective clients.

The process of creating and editing menus are the same as this post. In Resolution, Primary menu – is the main menu under the header. This is also the ONLY menu that supports drop down and flyovers.

Top menu right and Top menu left supports only single level menus, and due to the short width, only a limited number of links can be added to each one. Simply create your menu and designate to the area you want your menu to appear.

Change the Header Background:

You can change the default praying mantis background that comes with the theme. What you need is an image that is 980 pixels wide and 314 pixels high. You can either use a remote image, or upload one into your server. Either way – you need the url for your image. So if you’re uploading – go to Media > Add New, Select Files and navigate to your image. In our example below, we’re using an image called “hippo.jpg”:

Once uploaded, copy the value in the field “File URL” (shown above). Then go to Appearance > Resolution Options and paste the url in the Image Url field:

Click “Save Changes” and see your changes.

Customize the Header Slogan:

The slogan right below the logo can be customized through the options panel. Simply go to the Appearance > Resolution Options and enter your desired text in the field that says “Slogan“.

Note that the slogan is only shown in the homepage – where the header is extended. Also, there’s a 24 character limit.

Change the Footer Text

The footer text right underneath the small logo in the footer area can also be changed through the control panel.

To edit, go to Appearance > Resolution Options and enter a value in “Footer Text”.

To do this, your theme has to have a page template specifically for the homepage. Some of our CMS themes which feature a slider, or a carousel in the home page – is most likely a custom page template.

To Apply a Home Page Template:

Login to the admin panel. Create a new page – name it “Home”. In the right hand side of the page – you should see a box called “Page Attributes”. *Note that if you do not see Page Attributes, look on top of the page for a tab called “Screen Options” and check the box for “Page Attributes”.

In the drop down box – select “Template Home” (can sometimes vary).

Hit Publish. You can now view your new page called “Home”. But you probably want it to be the default page such as www.somesite.com – instead of www.somesite.com/home. To do this, follow the additional steps below:

Setup your Reading Settings

Go to “Settings” > “Reading”. On top of the page – where it says “Front Page displays” – you want to select “A static page”. From the drop town list, select the page “Home”.

Click “Save Changes” and your front page will now show the new page we’ve just created.

Setup your Blog Page

But now you probably want to have a page called “Blog” – to show your most recent posts – right? Then repeat these steps all over – but this time, name the page “blog”. You don’t have to apply a page template – WordPress will pull the default page. Once published, go back to the reading settings and in the same section, under “Posts page” – select “blog” and hit Save Changes.

Once uploaded, copy the value in the field “File URL” (shown above). Then go to Appearance > Resolution Options and paste the url in the Image Url field:

Click “Save Changes” and you’re good.