Her Exclusive
Please follow the tutorials below to create your site just like the demo. If you run into any problems or have any questions while following the tutorial, please let us know. Don’t forget to submit your site to our Showcase page when you are done. We would love to see how your site looks!
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Install the Demo Content (optional)
If you are starting a brand new site… your site will look nothing like the demo. Uploading the themes demo content is a great way to get started. You will be able to delete what you don’t want and keep what you need. This is optional. You are welcome to skip this step and move to “Left & Right Widgets in Header Area” below.
Left & Right Widgets in Header Area
These are the social icons and subscribe button widgets on the left and right side of your Site Title/Logo. Click on Appearance >> Widgets then look for Header Right and Header Left widget areas. Follow the links below to add these widgets.
- Header Left – Social Media Icons
- Header Right – Subscribe Box
Header & Menu Bar
- How to Setup the Menu Bar
- How to Add Your Own Logo – this is optional. You do not have to use a logo unless you want to. The best logo size is 700×228. If your logo is a different size please let us know, we can help you with that.
Homepage Setup
The Homepage is created with widgets in the Front Page widget sections. Follow this tutorial to set your homepage to look like the demo site.
Widget Above Footer
The widget above the footer displays the section that says “Get This Theme Now”. Please follow this tutorial to add this section.
Footer Widgets
- Footer 1 – Menu Navigation and Social Icons
- Footer 2 – Instagram Feed
- Footer 3 – Subscribe Box
Blog Page
- Note – A good image size for your blog post’s “Featured Image” is 400px x 600px
- How to Add the “Share This” Buttons
- After Entry widget – you can place any widget in this widget area such as user profile, advertisement, or instagram widget. It will show up at the bottom of every post before the comments. I used the “Genesis – User Profile” widget on the demo site.
Ad Between Posts
This ad space shows after the second post on every blog page. To use this ad space click on Appearance >> Widgets. If you have an:
- HTML/Javascript code for your ad – Click on “Custom HTML” widget and choose “Ad Between Posts”. Place your code in the Content box then click “Save”.
- Image and Link for your ad – click on “Image Widget” and choose “Ad Between Posts”. Click “Select an Image”, choose your image, insert the link, then click “Save”.
Sidebar
Category Page
Follow this tutorial on how to create a category page. The category page on Her Exclusive looks like this. You can also follow along in the video tutorial here.
Contact Page
Follow this tutorial on how to create a Contact page.
Page Templates (these are optional)
- Category Index – category index page can be seen here.
- Instagram Page – Instagram page looks like this.
- Portfolio Page – portfolio page looks like this.
- Pricing Table – pricing table can be seen here.
- Archive Page – archive page looks like this.
- Landing Page – landing page looks like this.
WooCommerce Shopping Cart
If you would like to add a shop to your site please follow this tutorial.
Customize
Images Used on Demo Site
All the images shown on the demo site came from Haute Stock (affiliate). Haute Stock updates their images regularly. We can not guarantee that you will be able to find the exact same images that are shown on the demo site.
Theme Information
Fonts Used
- Cormorant Garamond (body font) – found on Google Fonts
- Raleway (site title and menu bar font) – found on Google Fonts
Color Codes Used
- Pink – #feece8
- Tan – #e7d4c6
- Black – #222222
- Grey – #f5f5f5
List of Plugins Used
- Genesis eNews Extended
- Genesis Simple Share
- Image Widget
- Instagram Feed
- Ninja Forms
- Soliloquy Slider
- Simple Social Icons
- Portfolio Post Type (optional – if you plan to use the portfolio)
- WooCommerce (optional – this is the shopping cart)
- Genesis Connect for WooCommerce (this is for the shopping cart)
Additional Resources
I have a really good page of resources and additional plugins that I recommend like a popup subscribe box plugin and more. You can find that page here.
Extra Tutorials
These tutorials are not necessary but only optional for those who are looking to customize their themes further.
- How to Change your Site Title and Tagline
- Change the Page Layout to Sidebar/Content or Full Width Content
- How to Change the Favicon
You can also find more tutorials here.
Have Quesitons?
If you have questions about your theme and can’t find the answer above please feel free to submit a support ticket.
Please note: support is only provided for setup and installation, questions and concerns. Support is not provided for personal customizations to our themes.
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