Flow Instructions
After activating the theme, the settings can be configured in the theme options page. You can find this under the appearance menu. There you can choose from the built in theme styles. Just choose the one you’d like from the drop down menu, save your changes and you instantly have a new style. You can also choose to use your own logo or a text logo generated dynamically by the site. To use your own logo, go to the media menu and then add new. Upload your logo and copy the URL that appears in the successful upload box. Next paste that URL into the URL box in the control panel, save your changes and you will now have your logo on the site. Follow these same directions to add a favicon to the site.
You can also choose from three shadow styles for your thumbnails. That way the site can further reflect your style. Categories can be included in the navigation as well. If you select to include categories, a drop down of your blog’s categories will be dynamically generated for your menu.
The last options are to include a sidebar for ads. There are up to 4 125 by 125 pixel ads available in a sidebar that is fixed to the right hand side of the screen. You can use the widgets menu to control the ad graphics and links. You can also choose to include a sidebar on the left hand side of the screen. That wraps up the options from the theme control panel.
The final part of the instructions deals with posts. When you create a new post, you will notice a new box below the area where you write your copy. You are given the option to add a thumbnail. All you need to do for an image thumbnail is upload an image (sized greater than 700 pixels wide and generally less than 1,500 wide) and paste the URL into the thumbnail box. If you’d like to use a video, just copy the embed code from the video site of your choice into the box for video. When creating the video code, size the viewer to be 700 pixels wide.
If you’d rather have text, you don’t need to do anything and an excerpt from your post will be displayed in the home list. So you have the choice with every post to display a thumbnail, a video or an excerpt.
That wraps up Flow Theme. If you have any questions, please visit our support page.
