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Create New Image Overlay Styles

Create New Image Overlay Styles

One of the things that really makes the Total theme stand out is that I've put a lot of focus on making the theme "modular" so you can easily tweak it or extend it via child theme functions. Creating overlay styles…

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Adding Non-Clickable Menu Links

You can easily create non-clickable menu links in WordPress by simply adding a # symbol in the "URL" field when creating a custom link. However, clicking this link will still append # to the URL. To make a link completely…

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How To Update The Bundled Plugins

Total includes several great plugins for free which greatly enhance the functionality of the theme. While these plugins could be placed inside the theme it's much better to keep them as separate plugins. However, this means that plugins will have to…

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How to Update Your Theme

Total comes with the ability to update via 3 different methods. You can verify your theme license code and get update notifications in your dashboard, use the Envato Market Plugin which will also provide updates via your dashboard or you can…

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Custom 404 Page

The Total theme includes built-in settings for a custom 404 Page so you can easily alter the 404 error page title and text. Simply log into WordPress and go to Theme Panel > Custom 404 to make your edits. If you…

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Custom Login Page

The Total theme includes built-in settings to redesign the main WordPress login screen. Simply log into your WordPress dashboard and go to Theme Panel > Custom Login to make your edits. In order to see your changes, open your site in another…

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Theme Icon (ticon) Shortcode

Total comes with its own built-in icon set that you can use anywhere on your site. These icons are based on the FontAwesome library but have been renamed as Ticons to avoid conflicts with third-party plugins and improve overall performance…

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Widgets & Sidebars

This theme has by default 11 Sidebar areas for use (but you can add unlimited by installing a 3rd party plugin, such as WooSidebars): Main Sidebar - Used for standard posts and as a fallback Pages Sidebar - Used for…

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Adding Contact Forms

The Total theme includes a built-in Contact form element you can use to easily insert a contact form on your site and it even has support for reCaptcha and privacy policy acceptance. This way if you just need a simple…

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