Category: Definite Tutorials

Although Definite is not a theme built around WooCommerce, we wanted to let you take advantage of setting up your own storefront. All you need to do is install and activate WooCommerce and then go configure the settings this theme has for it. You can view the live demo of a WooCommerce shop when used with the Definite […]

We customized the default comments widget from WordPress to make it a little better. Instead of a basic list of comments, we added more style, plus an avatar of the person commenting. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag an Definite Recent Comments widget into a sidebar position Click the Save button

With the block editor now in WordPress, this widget is not really needed. However, if you are still using the older Classic editor (and WordPress), this widget will let you set up social profile icons. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Definite Social Widget into the sidebar position that you want to show it in. Title your […]

The Definite theme includes a recent posts widget to display the most recent posts with thumbnails. The thumbnails are automatically generated from the featured image you upload for the post(s). Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Definite Recent Posts widget into the sidebar position you want to show it in. Title your widget Enter the number of […]

With Definite, you get an About Me widget that gives you the option to upload a portrait photo and to write a brief introduction about yourself. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Definite About Me widget into the sidebar position you want to show it in. Add a title for your widget Upload a portrait photo (optional) Upload […]

We’ve given you a nice feature with pages by letting you add custom excerpts to your page titles. You can use page excerpts as a way to provide a page introduction as a segue to your main content. To add an excerpt to a page, you want to make sure that the Excerpt box is displayed. […]

As of version 2.0.0 for the premium Definite theme, we have removed the built-in gallery lightbox. We found the third-party ColorBox lightbox was using the image “title” for captions and not the actual image caption. If you would like a lightbox for your website and the Definite theme, we recommend checking out the WP Featherlight plugin. Currently, it works for the […]

We have a common tutorial for Thumbnail Creation which is applied to each theme we offer. There are some differences between each theme based on what each thumbnail option is for. Definite Pro has its own version which includes cropping for the recent posts widget, related posts, etc. When you check the box next to […]

Captions will only show if your image has a caption added. However, if you do not want them to show, follow this tutorial: Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Settings. Look for the Hide Post Summary Featured Image Caption setting and check the box to disable captions. For pages, go to Theme Options > Page […]

The Definite theme gives you a wide (full-width) layout for your page content. You also get a setting to adjust the width if you decide to make it smaller. You can go as low as 1024 pixels or as high as 1200 pixels. NOTE: If you decide to set a page background colour with the content area background colour […]

If you want to hide or show certain elements in your full post view, this theme includes settings to do this. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Post Settings. Find the Show or Hide Post Elements  setting and decide what to show and hide from view. Click the Publish button.

If you have already set up your blog layout, this will be familiar. With the Definite Pro theme, you get 4 layouts for your full post view: Post With Right Sidebar Post With Left Sidebar Post Full-Width no Sidebar Post Full-Width Top Title No Sidebar To change your full post layout, follow these steps: Go […]

The Definite theme gives you the option to show or hide various blog summary elements: Go to the Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Settings. Check the boxes next to each item under the Summary Show or Hide Elements section that you want to show or hide on the post or page. Click the Publish button. The first option […]

This tutorial will show you how to change your blog summaries to use excerpts instead. This is useful if you want a consistent look at your blog home page (and categories). Please note that using excerpts will remove all formatting and page elements from view. However, they will show up when you view the full […]

The Definite Pro theme has 8 blog layouts for the premium version. Default With Right Sidebar Default With Left Sidebar List Full-Width no Sidebar Masonry Full-Width no Sidebar Grid Full-Width no Sidebar Gallery no Sidebar With Featured Image Large Full-Width Title Top no Sidebar Large Full-Width no Sidebar To change the layout, follow these steps: […]

Definite Pro gives you the option to create a custom blog title and introduction. By default, WordPress does not give you this option, with the exception of the category archive pages. Go to the Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Settings. Enable your Blog Title Group by checking the box next to the Display Blog Title Group setting. Type a […]