Salal Tutorials

Change the Read More Link

With Salal Pro, you can change the “Continue Reading” link, also called a Read More link for your blog summary posts. You can change your text to what you want. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Settings. Look for the Read More Text setting and type in your new text. As you type it, […]

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Copyright Settings

The copyright text is displayed at the bottom of every page. You can change the copyright text from within the customizer. NOTE: This is text only and does not allow HTML code, such as links. Navigate to the Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Basic Settings. Type your custom copyright text in the Copyright Name field. Click the Publish button.

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Add an Intro to Your Blog Home Page

Although this is part of the Labels feature of this theme, we decided to make this a separate tutorial. The blog intro section is optional but offers a nice introduction to your blog’s home page. Navigate to the Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Label Settings. Enable the blog intro section by checking the box. Type […]

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Hide Blog Summary Elements

You can show or hide various blog elements, primarily the meta-information on posts. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Post Settings. Find the Post Details  setting and decide what to show and hide from view with their checkboxes. Click the Publish button.

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Use Blog Excerpts

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). Excerpts will also hide all formatting and page elements from view. Log in to your WordPress Administration dashboard. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme […]

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Blog Sidebar Position

Setting your sidebar choice for the blog will give you additional layouts with either left, right, or no sidebar options. Log in to your WordPress Administration dashboard. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Settings. Find the Sidebar Position  setting and select the position/layout that you want to use. Click the Publish button.

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Blog Layout

The Salal theme has 10 (3 for the free version) blog layouts: VIEW Screenshots  Large Post – Left Sidebar Large Post – Centered with no sidebars Large Post – Right sidebar List Post – Left Sidebar List Post – No sidebars List Post – Right Sidebar Post Grid – Left Sidebar Post Grid – No […]

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Custom Login Page

Available with Salal Pro, you get to enjoy a custom login page. By default, WordPress has its own that we are always using, but it’s boring. So with this theme, we decided to customize it and uploading our own logo. Log in to your WordPress Administration dashboard. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > […]

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Salal Post Slider

With Salal, you get a built-in post slider (an Owl Slider) that displays posts with their featured images from the category you choose. This slider ONLY shows on the front page of your website, so if you need a slider to show on other pages, you will have to create a child theme to change […]

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Adjust Section Widths

You can adjust the page section width for the following areas: Header Branding Width (Pro only)  Top Navigation area The footer area Top Sidebar Area (Pro only) The bottom sidebar area This tutorial will show how to make your width adjustments. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Layout Settings. For the header area, […]