Setup

It is necessary to perform the following items to setup this theme:

  1. First of all setup blog.
    You can find more information about installing Wordpress themes (here for example).

    Bamboo – wordpress theme is three in one. Themes are located in folders “bamboo-green”, “bamboo-blue” and “bamboo-grey”.

    if you’re not going to use special main page, please modify the file named “header.php”,

    find the code:

    if(is_page(main))

    it’s in Navigation zone.
    And replase it to:

    if(is_home())

  2. Add the Portfolio page:
    1. Create category “Portfolio” with slug “portfolio”.
    2. Create page “Portfolio” with slug “portfolio”, with “No parent” attribute and select template “portfolio page template”.
    3. Create post in category “Portfolio”. Create and use Custom Fields: “port_small” (218×100 thumbnail), “port-big” (preview) and “mini” (130×130 for blog – not required)
    4. Create more posts in category “Portfolio”.
  3. Add the Services page:
    1. Create category “Services” with slug “services”.
    2. Create page “Services” with slug “services”, with “No parent” attribute and select template “services page template”.
    3. Create post in category “Services”. Create and use Custom Fields: “serv” (100×90 – recomended size), “mini” (130×130 for blog – not required)
      and “indexpic” (250×150 – for Main Page Slider)
    4. Create more posts in category “Services”.
  4. Add the Contacts page:
    1. Create page “Contacts” with slug “contacts”, with “No parent” attribute and select template “Default template”.
    2. Paste your e-mail to the file: js/contact/config.php
    3. Make some correction in the file: js/contact/contact.js. Paste the absolute link to the file js/contact/contact.php
      and form should work.
  5. Add the Main page:
    1. Create page “Main” with slug “main”, with “No parent” attribute and select template “main page template”.
    2. In Wordpress Admin go to “Settings – Reading” and set “A static page – Front page displays Main”.

    The Main Pages displays six last posts from category “Services”: three posts in slider and three posts under slider.

    Modify file “main.php” to configure the Main Page as you like.

    Note: keep in mind the ID of page “Main”, and paste it to the code in file “main.php” navigation zone (instead 31 in this example):

    <?php wp_list_pages('exclude=31&title_li='); ?>

    How you can find the Page ID:
    if you go to Manage->Pages and then click the page/post title, you see the URL is something like yourblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=XXX. The post URL parameter value (the XXX) is the Page ID.

  6. Feel free to add pages and subpages. There is a drop-down menu in this theme.
    Make sure, that navigation menu is not covered the logo and slogan. If necessary – find and remove the slogan from file “header.php”:

    <p class="slogan"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></p>
  7. Use sidebar. Create Custom Field “sidebar” and post there anything you want to display it on the right part of your website pages.
    Also feel free to use widgets, this theme is Widget Ready.