Theme Details | Live Demo

Table of Contents:

• Install
• Customizer
• Widgets
• Menus
• Posts
• Pages
• Updates
• Supported plugins

Install

You can choose from the following 2 ways to install Pensee.

1. Install from the dashboard

First, unzip the pensee-wordpress-theme.zip file, then prepare the pensee.zip file. From the dashboard’s Appearance -> Themes page click Add New at the top, and then click Upload Theme. Once at the upload screen, choose the pensee.zip file to upload. Once the installation is complete click Activate. This completes the installation.

2. Install from FTP

First, unzip the pensee-wordpress-theme.zip file, then prepare the pensee folder. Transfer the pensee folder via FTP to the …/wp-content/themes/ directory. From the dashboard’s Appearance -> Themes page click Activate. This completes the installation.

Customizer

From the Appearance -> Customize area Pensee allows you to make various settings.

Site Identity

• Site Title: Sets the site name. This is the same as Settings->General.
• Tagline: Sets site tagline. This is the same as Settings->General.
• Show Tagline: Will show the tagline.

Fonts

• Headings Font： Sets the heading font.
• Headings Font Size (%)： Sets the heading font size. The units are in %.
• Body Font: Sets the text font.
• Body Font Size (px)： Sets the text font size. The units are in px.

Colors

• Link Color: Sets link color.
• Link Hover color: Sets link hover color.

Background

• Background Color: Sets the background color.
• Background Image: Sets the background image. Background image can be selected from the media library or uploaded. No image displays if you do not set an image.

Layout

• Header Layout: Chooses header layout.
• Footer Fayout: Chooses footer layout.
• Disable Responsive: Disables responsive design.

Title

• Font: Sets the title font.
• Font Weight: Sets the title’s font weight.
• Font Size (px): Sets title font size. Units are in px.
• Font color: Sets font color.
• Letter Spacing (px): Sets the title’s kerning. Units are in px.
• Margin Top (px): Sets the top margin of the title. Units are in px.
• Margin Bottom (px): Sets the bottom margin of the title. Units are in px.
• All Uppercase: Displays title in all capital letters.

Logo

In order to use a retina logo image, you must have a version of your logo that is doubled in size.

• Upload Logo: Upload a logo image.
• Replace Title: Replaces the site title with the logo.
• Retina Ready: Sets logo image to support retina displays.
• Add Border Radius: Sets a round crop around the logo image.
• Margin Top (px): Sets the top margin of the logo. Units are in px.
• Margin Bottom (px): Sets the bottom margin of the logo. Units are in px.

Navigation

• Hide Main Navigation: If you want to hide the main navigation.
• Hide Search: Hides the search in the main navigation.

Home

Only the a and br HTML tags are allowed in the home text.

• Home Text: Sets home display text.
• Font: Sets the home text font.
• Font Size (px): Sets the home text font size. Units are in px.

Post

• Display: Sets post display in posts index.
• Hide Categories: Hides post category.
• Display Author Profile: Displays author profile.
• Hide Older/Newer Post Navigation: Hides older/newer post navigation.

Footer

Only the a and br HTML tags are allowed in the footer text.

• Footer Text: Sets footer display text.
• Hide Credit: Hides the credit to Themehaus and WordPress

Custom CSS

Set custom Google fonts like this: Open+Sans:300,300italic|Roboto:100,900

• Custom CSS: Allows you to set additional custom CSS.
• Custom Google Fonts: Reads additional Google fonts.

Menus

Menu items can be set from Appearance -> Menu

• Main Navigation: Configures the menu shown in the header. The page list appears by default if you do not set this.
• Footer Menu: Configures menu displayed in the footer. It is not displayed if you do not set it.
• Footer Social Links: Sets the social media links displayed in the footer. No text is displayed, only icons. If this is unset, the icons will not appear.

Widgets

Configures each widget. This is the same as setting Appearance -> Widgets

Static Frontpage

• Front Page Displays: Configures the way the site is displayed as the frontpage. This is the same as in Settings -> Display Settings

Widgets

You can set up Pensee‘s widgets from Appearance -> Widgets. Pensee supports 5 widgets.

Footer Left

Footer Left widget area is displayed at the left column of the footer. If you do not use the area, nothing will be displayed.

Footer Right 1/Footer Right 2/Footer Right 3

3 Footer Right widget areas are displayed at the right column of the footer, and the width is auto-adjusted based on how many you use. If you do not use the area, nothing will be displayed.

After Post

Displayed after post.

Menus

Pensee‘s menus can be set from Appearance->Menus. Pensee supports 3 menus.

• Main Navigation: Configures the menu shown in the header. The page list appears by default if you do not set this.
• Footer Menu: Sets the menu displayed in the footer. If unset, it will not appear.
• Footer Social Links: Sets the social media links displayed in the footer. No text is displayed, only icons. If this is unset, the icons will not appear.

To create a new menu, click create a new menu at the top of the page, and enter in the name of the menu. Then click Create Menu.

Then select the pages you wish to the add to the menu on the left side of the screen and then click Add to Menu. You can add links and categories. You can also change the item order by dragging.

Once you have determined the menu’s item/item order, at the bottom of the page in Menu Settings choose from Theme locations where you want the menu to be displayed and click Save Menu

With this the menu creation is complete. Choose create a new menu again if you want to make another menu.

Posts

Pensee‘s post format can be selected from Format on an individual post screen. Supported formats are: Standard/Aside/Audio/Chat/Gallery/Image/Link/Quote/Status/Video.

Please refer to the post format category live demo to see what it looks like. In addition you are not constrained by the post format, and can posts images and videos in the standard format.

Also, on the Posts screen, Pensee‘s post’s featured image can be set from the Featured Image box.

Pages

You can set the page templates in Pensee by choosing the Template attribute in the Page Attributes box on an individual page. Page templates available are Default Template, Full Width, Profile.

You can also set a featured image from the Featured Image box on a page.

Updates

You can choose from the following 3 ways to update Pensee.

1. Auto update

When an update for Pensee is available, you will be notified and can download it from the Dashboard -> Updates submenu or Appearance. In the Dashboard -> Updates screen select the Pensee theme and click Update Themes. This completes the update.

2. Update from the dashboard

To begin, download the new Pensee zip file. From the dashboard’s Appearance -> Themes page activate another theme, and click Pensee‘s Theme Details, and then click Delete at the bottom right. Once the old theme is deleted click Add New at the top, and then click Upload Theme. Once at the upload screen, choose the new zip file to upload. Once the installation is complete click Activate. Theme settings are inherited. This completes the update.

3. Update from FTP

To begin, download the new Pensee file. Delete …/wp-content/themes/pensee/ folder via FTP, and transfer the pensee folder to the …/wp-content/themes/ directory. From the dashboard’s Appearance -> Themes page click Activate. Theme settings are inherited. This completes the update.

Supported plugins

Pensee supports the following plugins.

Jetpack

Jetpack is a plugin that adds features normally only available to blogs hosted on WordPress.com. Pensee performs styling for the infinite scroll and additional widgets.

Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 is a simple yet flexible plugin that enables creation of inquiry forms. Pensee performs the styling for the forms.