Jarvis WordPress Theme

By Rocknrolla Designs

A how-to guide and general information to help

you get the most out of your new theme.

Firstly, a huge thanks for purchasing this theme, your support is truly
appreciated!
This document covers the installation and use of this theme and often reveals answers
to common problems and issues - I encourage you to read this document thoroughly if
you are experiencing any difficulties. If you have any questions that are beyond the
scope of this document, feel free to pose them in the dedicated support forum.

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1.Getting Started

1.1Installation

1.2 Configure Settings [Mandatory]

1.2.1 Permalinks

1.3 Installing Demo Data

1.4 Setting up the Front page and Blog

1.4.1 Setting up Front Page

1.4.2 Setting up Blog

1.5 Creating Front page Sections

1.5.1 Creating Home Section

1.5.2 Creating Normal Sections

1.5.3 Creating Parallax Sections

1.5.4 Creating Portfolio Section

1.5.5 Creating Contact Section

1.5.6 Creating Separate Pages

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1.6 Navigation Menu and including sections in the Front page

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1.7Home Variations

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1.7.1 Quote or Circular Quote

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1.7.2 Text Slider

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1.7.3 Subscribe Form

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1.7.4 Full Screen Slider

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1.7.5 Revolution Slider

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1.7.6 Background Video

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1.8Setting up the Portfolio

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1.8.1Adding Portfolio Items

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1.8.2Adding Images

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1.8.3Adding Video

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1.8.4Adding Project Details

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2.Theme Options

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2.1General Options

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2.2Home Settings

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2.3Menu Settings

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2.4 Portfolio Settings

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2.5Contact Settings

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2.6Footer Settings

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2.7Blog Settings

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2.8 Twitter Settings

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2.9 Typography

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2.10 Social Sharing

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2.11 Backup Options

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3Custom Widgets and Shortcodes

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3.1 Custom Widgets

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3.1.1Custom Video Widget

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3.1.2Custom Flickr Photos Widget

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3.1.3Custom Latest Tweets Widget

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3.1.4Custom Blog Widget

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3.2Shortcodes

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3.2.1Column Shortcodes

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1.Getting Started
To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed.
For information in regard to installing the WordPress platform, please see the
WordPress Codex - http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

1.1Installation
To install the theme, first download the themeforest files and unzip it. Inside the
extracted folder, you will find a folder by name upload. Open that folder and use the
file jarvis_wp.zip to install in the wordpress.
When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme files and then
activate the theme itself. The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:

FTP Upload: Using your FTP program, upload the non-zipped theme folder into
the /wp-content/themes/folder on your server.

WordPress Upload: Navigate to Appearance > Add New Themes > Upload. Go
to browse, and select the zipped theme folder. Hit Install Now and the theme
will be uploaded and installed.

Once the theme is uploaded, you need to activate it. Go to Appearance > Themes and
activate your chosen theme.

1.2 Configure Settings [Mandatory]

After Theme Setup, you need to configure the below settings. These settings are
mandatory.
1.2.1 Setting up Permalinks:
Navigate to Settings > Permalinks. Under Common Settings select post name. Now
click on Save Changes.

Caution: You may experience Site Load problems if you dont configure the above
settings.
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1.3 Installing Demo Data

To install demo data content, Navigate to Tools -> Import. You will be given with a list of
options. Click on WordPress, a popup will display if you havent got importer plugin
installed. Then Click Install Now. You will be redirected to a page, Click on Choose
file. A popup window will be opened, now browse and select the demo xml file
provided inside the download folder inside package/demodata folder and click on
Upload File and Import.
The importing will take some time if youve selected to import Download and Import
File attachments. Now, your site is installed with the demo content.

1.4 Setting up Front Page and Blog:

1.4.1 Setting up Front Page
Before setting up the Frontpage, let me tell you that Front page and Home Section are
different. Home section is the the first section in the Frontpage where as Frontpage
is where all your sections will be displayed. This is different from the Home Section.
To set up the Frontpage, you must first create a new page with no content inside it, you
can do so by navigating to Pages > Add New. You can give this page a title of
Frontpage. Under the page attributes section, Select "Page template as Front Page
Template" and Click Publish.
Once you have created your new page, Goto Settings->Reading. Select A static page
and assign the Frontpage for Front Page:

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If you havent applied these settings above, your frontpage sections will not be
displayed.
1.4.2 Setting up Blog:
To set up the blog, you must create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title of blog yet you do not have to include any
content. Click Publish.
Once you have created your new page, Goto Settings->Reading. Select A static page
and assign the blog for Posts Page:

Your blog index is now created and can be viewed by visiting the page you just
published.
One Front Page is set, you need to create all the required pages and create a menu in
Appearance > Menus and assign it to primary navigation menu at the bottom and
save it. This will create you onepage theme perfectly.

1.5 Creating Front page Sections

Front page sections are all the sections which will be displayed in the Front page. There
are four types of sections:
1.5.1 Creating Home Section
Home section should be the first section of the Front page. It supports Revolution
Slider, Full Screen Slider, Background video , Full Width Content and Boxed Content.

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To create a Home Section, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under
the page attributes section the page template must be set to "Default Template" and
Under the "Page Settings" metabox, Select "Assign Current page as" as "Home
Section". Next, Set a featured image. Featured will be taken as the background image for
your parallax section. Now click on "Publish".

Your Home Section is now created, next you need to configure the home section with
content. We've included many Home variations. You can refer to 1.7 on how to
customize the home sections.
The settings must be as follows:

Note:
1. There should be only one Home Section and it should be placed as the first
section in the Primary NavigatiMenu.
2. Check 1.8 Home Section Variation on how to customize your Home Section
to Revolution Slider or Full Screen Slider or Background Video or Any other
variations.
1.5.2 Creating Normal Section
To create a Normal Sections, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under
the "Page Settings" metabox, Do not select anything for "Assign Current page as" and
click Publish. Your settings should be as follows:
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Make sure you uncheck this box if you want to appear

it in the Frontpage.

Check this box if you want to exclude

the section from the navigation menu.
Do not select anything here, if you
want a Normal section.

Your section is now created. Normal sections comes with White background and Dark
Background. If you want to customize this, goto Theme Options->General settings and
check Enable Dark skin for the theme.
1.5.3 Creating Parallax Section
To create a Parallax Sections, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under
the "Page Settings" metabox, Select "Parallax Section" for "Assign Current page as".
Your settings should be as follows:

Next, Set a featured image. Featured will be taken as the background image for your
parallax section. Now click on "Publish".
1.5.4 Creating Portfolio Section
To create a Portfolio Section, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under

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the "Page Settings" metabox, Select "Assign Current page as Portfolio Section" and click
Publish. Your section is now created.

Before creating a Portfolio section, make sure you've added Portfolio items via Custom
Post type. More info on how to add Portfolio items refer to 1.8
You can customize the portfolio settings in Theme Options:

1.5.5 Creating Contact Section

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To create a Contact Section, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under
the "Page Settings" metabox, Select "Assign Current page as Contact Section" and click
Publish. Your section is now created.

Before creating a Contact section, make sure you've customized the Contact settings
inside the Theme Options.

1.5.6 Creating Separate Pages

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To create a Separate pages, create a new page, you can do so by navigating to Pages >
Add New. You can give this page a title you do not have to include any content. Under
the "Page Settings" metabox, check the "Open as Separate page" and Do not select
anything for "Assign Current page as" and click Publish. Your page is now created.

Note: Parallax Sections, Contact Section, Portfolio Section doesn't support separate
pages. You can only have normal content in Separate pages.
2) All the pages which you have unchecked the "Open as Separate pages" as considered
as "Front page" sections which can be included and ordered via Appearance->Menus

1.6 Navigation Menu and Including sections in the Frontpage

Once you have built and saved your pages and sections, Goto Appearance->Menus, Add
all the pages which you want to be displayed in the Menu as well as the Front Page.
Pages which are unchecked with Open as Separate Page are included in the
Frontpage as sections. The sections in the Front Page are appeared in the same order of
the Menu. The pages which are checked with "Open as separate page" are appeared
as links in the menu.

1.7 Homepage Variations

1.7.1 Quote Text, Circular Quote, Home Text slider:
Quote text, Text Slider and Circular Quotes are 3 bold styled home variations. To use
them first you need to navigate to Appearance->Theme Options->Home Settings. Now
goto "Home Section Settings" and configure "Home Layout Type to Regular With
Padding or Full Screen" and "Home Section Content Type to Boxed Content of Full
Width Content".
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Can be assigned to "Regular

with Padding" or "Full
Screen" if you are using
"Home Variations"
shortcodes.

Now goto Homepage you've created. Click on Edit Page. Now use the Shortcode, Home
Variations-> Home Quote or Home Circular Quote.

Click on Home Circular

Quote or Home Quote to
use the shortcode. Publish
it.
For Home Text Slider, you
need to set "Home Section
Content Type" to "Full
Width Content".

Make Sure the Assign Current page

as is set to Home Section

1.7.2 Text Slider:

To use Home Text Slider in the Home Section, Use the "Home Text Slider" shortcode as
shown above. Now goto Appearance->Theme Options->Home Settings. Select "Home
Layout Type to Full Screen" and "Home Section Content Type to FullWidth Content".

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1.7.3 Subscribe Form:

Step 1: install the MailChimp for WP plugin as we provided inside the theme.
Step 2: open the plugin and add you mailchimp API.
Step 3: After that, go to third tab "Form Settings" and check yes on Use form functionality?
Step 4: Now, Paste the form code we provided you in theme documentation in page 12 inside the
textarea box in form settings and save it. Below that is a shortcode displayed saying. [mc4wp-form]

Copy that and paste it in home page and save it. Go to theme options and select boxed content for
home settings and save it.
Your subscribe form is ready. If you want to use it in any of the parallax section, use the same
shortcode in the content box of parallax pages.

Sample Markup Code:

<div>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" placeholder="Your name" />
<input type="email" id="mc4wp_f%N%_email" name="email" required
placeholder="Your email address" />
<input type="submit" value="Sign up" />
</div>

1.7.4 Full Screen Slider:

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The homepage features a Full screen slider into which you can insert your own content.
Navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Home Settings and select "Home Layout
Type as Full Screen" and Home Section Content Type as Full Screen Slider. You can
add new slides to the slider from HOME FULL SCREEN SLIDER OPTIONS and upload
an image from your computer. You can choose to set description and a link URL for each
slide or leave blank to show the image without a description or link. Repeat this process
until you have created all of your slides and click Save all Changes.

To use the Full Screen Slider

as your Home Section,
Your Settings should appear
like this.

Create you are slides here.

These slides are applied for
only Full Screen slider which
will be used for Home
Section.

1.7.5 Revolution Slider:

To use Revolution Slider, First you need to create a Slider. Goto Revolution Slider and
click on Create new Slider. You can find the documentation on how to use "Revolution
Slider" in the download folder.

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You should have at least one

slider.

Next, navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Home Settings and select "Home
Layout Type as Regular" and Home Section Content Type as Revolution Slider. Your
Settings should appear as below:

Now, goto Home section page, Select your Revolution Slider you've created in the
metabox and Publish the page.

In this case, I've created Slider with

name"Home Revolution Slider"

1.7.6 Background Video Support:

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To use Background Video, navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Home Settings
and select Home Section Type as Video. Now Select the video type you want. For
either youtube video or vimeo, when you view the video, copy Link from the address
link and paste it in the ield given in theme options
Ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ

Same with the vimeo tooYour settings should look as below:

Give your Youtube/Vimeo URL here.

Check to enable video looping for

both vimeo and youtube.

Check to mute video.

1.8Setting up the Portfolio

To set up the Portfolio section, you must create a new page, you can do so by
navigating to Pages > Add New. You can give this page a title of portfolio yet you do
not have to include any content. Under the "Page Settings" metabox, Select "Assign
Current page as" as "Portfolio Section" and click Publish. The main portfolio section
can now be viewed in the FrontPage.
1.8.1Adding Portfolio Items
To add a new portfolio item, navigate to Portfolio > Add New. Here you can add a brief
description of the project, an excerpt, assign various categories and set featured images.

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1.8.2Adding Gallery Portfolio

You will need to upload various images to each portfolio item for it to display correctly.
Each portfolio item can display a slider. To upload images, look for "Project Image
Slides" metabox, click on select files, now browse your computer for the Images and
upload. You can create a thumbnail for each project which can be uploaded via the
featured image.

1.8.3Adding Video
Each portfolio item can display either a self hosted video or video embedded from
YouTube or Vimeo. Look for Project Video metabox, to add a video from either Vimeo or
YouTube, select video type then, simply copy and paste the ID of the video under "Video
URL" textarea box. You do not need to use the embed code or the page URL, just the
video ID.

1.8.4Adding Project Meta

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To add the client details, project link and other details. Scroll for "Project Details"
metabox and fill up the details.

Note: It is important to note that in order for the filtering functionality to work
correctly, you must assign atleast one category to each portfolio item.

2)Theme Options
The theme comes packed with features that control the layout and extend the
functionality of WordPress. This section will document those features and how to use
them successfully.
The theme comes with a simple to use administration panel. You can access it by
navigating to Appearance > Theme Options. The theme options are conveniently spread
over a number of tabs and each tab contains the options that pertain to a particular area
of the theme.
2.1General Settings

As the label suggests, these general options allow you to configure your site setup.
Accent Color, Logo and Favicon Options, Custom CSS, Google Analytics or Custom JS are
handled here. You can also customize the Light/Dark skin by checking the box.
2.2Home Settings
Jarvis comes with many Home variations. These variations can be handled or
customized by modifying the options under Home settings.

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You can set Home type to Fullscreen, Regular, or Regular with Padding. You can enable
or disable the Home Logo.
2.3 Menu Settings
The Navigation menu can be customized with navigation link color, the link hover color,
your navigation type and it's styling and the positioning.

Menu can be Light, Dark, Colored or

Transparent.
You can set the Menu position here. It
can be at the top, bottom or outside
the Home section

Menu typography settings are handled

here.

2.4 Portfolio Settings

Portfolio settings include, Enabling filter, AJAX Portfolio. Selecting the type of layout for
Portfolio single items.

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Portfolio Single Layout Type

2.5Contact Settings
Here you can set all the details which are to be included inside the contact section of the
page.
2. 6 Footer Settings
Here you can set all the details which are to be included inside the footer section of the
page.
2.7Blog Settings
Here you can set all the options related to the blog, blog-single, and archive pages.
Styling of the blog single and archive pages are also included in this section.
2. 8 Twitter Settings
To make the twitter shortcode work inside the parallax sections. You need to configure
the Twitter API keys here.
2. 9Typography
Here you can set your Typography options for the website. Title settings are same as the
H1 heading settings.
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To disable the page titles border design, check the "Keep a classic section title".
"Section subtitle font" customizes the typography styling for subtitles of sections.

2. 10 Social Sharing
Provide the links for the social platform for which you want to be appeared in the
Footer
2. 11Backup Options
This theme also allows you to backup your theme options data and you know its always
good to make a backup before you make any big changes.

3.Custom Widgets and Shortcodes

The theme comes with custom widgets that can be used to configure how your site
displays content - they can be found under Appearance > Widgets.
3.1 Custom Widgets
3.1.1Custom Video Widget
This widget allows you to configure and display a single video. The widget requires the
user to input video embed code taken from either Vimeo, YouTube, or other video
sharing sites and can display a short description if required.
3.1.2Custom Flickr Photos Widget

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This widget allows you to configure and display Flickr photos from a users
photostream.

Title: Title of the widget

Flickr ID: The Flickr ID of the group or users photos you wish to display. You
can find out your Flickr ID at idGettr.com

Number of Photos: Choose the number of photos to display

3.1.3Custom Latest Tweets Widget

This widget allows you to configure and display your latest Twitter tweets.
With the recent Twitter API changes, it is necessary to create a Twitter App first with
your account to make the twitter widget work.
1) First, you need to follow the link below and sign in to your twitter account:
http://dev.twitter.com/apps. Here, you need to create an app.
2) Click on the "Create new application" button.
3) Fill up the details inside the fields, Enter Captcha, Agree the terms and Click
on Proceed.
4) Now your application will be created. For now your provided with the
"Consumer Key" and "Consumer Secret key"
5) Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Create Access Token". Revisit the
page after few mins and you can see that youre now given with the "Access
Token" and "Access Token Secret" keys.
Caution: Do not share these keys with anyone.
Now you can use the widget under Appearance -> Widgets. Grab the Rocknrolla: Twitter
Widget. Fill up the below details to use this widget.

Title: Title of the widget

Consumer Key, Consumer Secret Key, Access Token Key, Access Token
Secret Key: These keys are found in the app you've created.

Twitter ID: The username of the users tweets you wish to display e.g. envato

Number of tweets: Choose the number of tweets to display.

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3.1.4Recent Portfolio widget

This widget allows you to show your latest blog posts in widgetised areas. You can
configure the title and number of portfolio items to display.

3.2Shortcodes
The theme comes pre-packed with a number of shortcodes allowing you to add styled
content to your site with little effort. Conveniently, the available shortcodes have been
included in a one-click menu. When creating a page or post, click the black R icon in
the tinymce editor to reveal a list of shortcodes. Choose the functionality you wish to
include and click on it.

The content for some shortcodes can be split into multiple columns. For example, the
option One Half from the shortcode panel will insert the necessary code to split the
content into two. Now you can add shortcodes like Team Member, Tabs, Testimonials,
etc.
Important: You must end each set of columns with a last option such as One Half
Last.
[one_half] Insert you content here [/one_half]
[one_half_last] Insert you content here [/one_half_last]
Use the wide range of the features and elements available with the theme to make your
site more creative and appealing. :)

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Again, thank you for purchasing this theme!

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document,
feel free to pose them in the dedicated support forum.
Forum: http://support.rocknrolladesigns.com
Mail: rocknrolladesigns@gmail.com
Other items: http://goo.gl/NiChL

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