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Table of contents

1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................................3
2. Requirements & Compatibility .......................................................................................................................3
3. Crea WP installation and WordPress basic setup...........................................................................................3
1. Install WordPress....................................................................................................................................3
2. Upload theme .........................................................................................................................................3
3. Activate Crea WP ....................................................................................................................................4
4. Theme options menu .....................................................................................................................................5
1. Appearance.............................................................................................................................................5
2. Social links ..............................................................................................................................................6
3. Contact ...................................................................................................................................................7
4. Analytics .................................................................................................................................................7
5. Creating posts and pages ...............................................................................................................................7
Posts ...........................................................................................................................................................7
Pages...........................................................................................................................................................8
6. How to create/display Classical portfolio .....................................................................................................10
Creating Portfolio Item ...........................................................................................................................10
Displaying Portfolio .................................................................................................................................11
7. How to create/display Photo Albums (2 layers gallery)............................................................................12
Create a new Album .................................................................................................................................12
Uploading Photos to Album .....................................................................................................................13
Displaying Albums List ............................................................................................................................13
8. How to display Classical gallery (flat gallery) ............................................................................................14
9. How to create/display Slider ........................................................................................................................14
Creating a Slide .........................................................................................................................................14
Home page setup algorithm .....................................................................................................................15
10. Shortcodes ..................................................................................................................................................16
a. Multicolumn layout ..............................................................................................................................16
b. Toggles..................................................................................................................................................18
c. Tooltips .................................................................................................................................................18
11. Contact page...............................................................................................................................................18
With Google Map .....................................................................................................................................18
With feedback form only ..........................................................................................................................19

12. PSD-files ......................................................................................................................................................19

12+1. Credits.....................................................................................................................................................20
Graphics: ...................................................................................................................................................20
Coding:......................................................................................................................................................20
Highslide: ..................................................................................................................................................20
Fonts: ........................................................................................................................................................20
14. Support .......................................................................................................................................................20

1. Introduction

Crea WP is the perfect choice for a personal portfolio/showcase site. Also it will do fine as a small fullfeatured blog. Crea WP is powered by Highslide JS one of the fastest and coolest premium lightboxes on
the market. Normally single commercial license for it costs about $30, but you are getting it free as a part of
Crea WP package!
It is very easy to use, and it takes only a couple of minutes to set it up.

2. Requirements & Compatibility

Crea WP is compatible with WordPress version 3.1 and later.

Most JavaScript enabled Browser will make this theme work with no issues! PC or Mac system does not
make the difference as well.
It has been tested on:

Firefox 3.6 and later;

Safari 4 and later;
Opera 11.10 and later;
Internet Explorer 8 and later (also, it is readable in IE 7);
Google Chrome (carousel slider does not work propperly this is known Chrome bug with incorrect
absolute positioning + zoom property).

3. Crea WP installation and WordPress

basic setup
1. Install WordPress
Download & Install WordPress 3.2.1 (v.3.1 is also supported)

Before proceeding, please make sure that you deactivated following plugins:
- wp-pagenavi
2. Upload theme
Upload dt-crea folder via FTP into [wordpress folder ] /wp-content/themes/ or in WordPress Admin
Panel go to Appearance > Themes > Install Theme > Upload > Install a theme in .zip format (see fig.
3.1.).

Fig. 3.1.
Attention! After uploading theme to your hosting you mast:
1) Set CHMOD 777 to folder your_site/wp-content/themes/dt-crea/cache
2) Set CHMOD 777 to folder your_site/wp-content/themes/dt-crea/cache/uploads
3) Folder your_site/wp-content/uploads must be created and CHMOD set to 777
3. Activate Crea WP
In Appearance > Themes > Manage Themes > Available Themes activate Crea WP by hitting
appropriate Activate link (see fig. 3.2.).

Fig. 3.2.

After activating the Crea WP you will notice some Theme options in your WordPress admin panel (see fig.
3.3.).

Fig.3.3.

4. Theme options menu

Theme option menu is called Crea WP (fig. 4.1). Here you can change logo, theme skin and behavior, add
links to social networks, etc.

Fig. 4.1.

1. Appearance
On this page you can change skins; logo; choose Cufon-font or disable/enable it; set slider timeout; made
clickable or not clickable parent menu items in dropdown menus, etc.
How to create a theme skin
Theme parallax skin contains of basic background color overlaid by 3 levels of background. For every level
of background you may choose from preinstalled images (patterns) or upload your custom images;

enable/disable repeat-x, repeat-y, position fixed and center options (some options are available
only for first level of background; see fig. 4.2.).
Note, that after uploading your images will appear in appropriate background choosing section.
Dont forget to hit save options!

Fig. 4.2.
2. Social links
On this page you can enter links on profiles in some social networks (fig. 4.3.).

Fig. 4.5.

3. Contact
Here you can paste code of Google Maps to display it on contact page (with proper page template).
4. Analytics
Here you can paste code of Google Analytics or other analytics gathering system.

5. Creating posts and pages

Posts
Regular posts in Crea WP can be created in usual way. The only thing that must be mentioned is importance
of featured image. If you will not set it, you will get kinda ugly no image icon:) (see fig. 5.1.)

Fig. 5.1.
Attention! If you are cannot see Excerpt box (in other words, cannot insert Read more link), please, do
following (fig. 5.2.):
a) click Screen Options in top right corner of post adding/editing interface;
b) check Excerpt checkbox
c) enter post excerpt in appropriate box (normally located right below main post editing WYSIWYG)

Fig. 5.2
Pages
Pages can be added/edited in regular way.
Attention! To hide comments on the pages go to wp-admin -> pages and click quick edit link. You will
see Allow Comments checkbox (fig. 5.3.):

Fig. 5.3.
You can do the same in theme Adding/Editing interface. Simply check Discussion checkbox in the screen
option. Appropriate box will appear. (See fig. 5.4):

Fig. 5.4.

6. How to create/display Classical

portfolio
Creating Portfolio Item
You can create new portfolio record (fig. 6.1.) as easy as a new blog post.

Fig. 6.1.
In the admin panel you will notice new tabs: Photo Albums, Portfolio and Slides. Go to Portfolio >
Add New interface and start creating a new post in usual way. Dont forget to upload Featured image to
use it as portfolio item background (in list-view) and featured illustration (in item-view) (see fig. 6.2 ).

Fig. 6.2. (Fields highlighted with red frames are required)

Also dont forget to assign portfolio tag/tags and title (works as usual WordPress) - it will be used to define
what works should be displayed on portfolio page/pages.
Displaying Portfolio
To create page for displaying portfolio items, go to Pages -> Add New and start creating page in regular
way. The key difference is to choose a Template called Portfolio (see fig. 6.3.).
After choosing this template you will see additional custom box called Portfolio options. Here you can
define what Portfolio Items would be shown on this page.
You may choose from following options:
-

All all portfolio items will be shown on this page (even items with no Tags assigned).
Only choose Portfolio Items by Tags to be shown on this page.
Exclude choose which portfolio categories will be excluded from displaying on this page.

Fig. 6.3.

7. How to create/display Photo Albums

(2 layers gallery)

Fig. 7.1.
Create a new Album
To create a new Album go to Photo Albums - > Add New.
Album creation interface is looks much similar to regular posts (see fig. 7.2. Fields highlighted with red
frames are required).

Fig. 7.2. (Fields highlighted with red frames are required)

You can add Title of album (title is required) and its Description (optional) as you do in a regular posts.
Featured image box is used to create Album Cover image (optional; if not defined, first photo from the
gallery will be displayed as an Album Cover).

Uploading Photos to Album

To upload images to the album, click Add an Image button above the WYSIWYG area (see fig. 7.3.).

Fig. 7.3.
Upload image/images with standard image uploading interface. When upload will be completed, you will
see all images uploaded to the current Album. Hit Save all Changes and after that Insert (or update)
gallery buttons (fig. 7.4.):

Fig. 7.4.
You can manage images in Album as you do in standard WordPress interface (e.g. images can be reordered
by simple drag-and-drop and so on).

Displaying Albums List

You can create Photo Albums page/pages from Pages -> Add New interface. Process is much the same as
creating Portfolio Page/Pages. The only difference is to choose Gallery (albums and photos) template.
After choosing this template you will see additional custom box called Photo Albums Options. Here you
can define what Albums would be shown on this page.

You may choose from following options:

-

All all Photo Albums will be shown on this page.

Only choose Albums to be shown on this page.
Exclude choose which Albums will be excluded from displaying on this page.

8. How to display Classical gallery (flat

gallery)

You can create Classical Gallery page/pages from Pages -> Add New interface. Process is much the same
as creating Portfolio Page/Pages. The only difference is to choose Gallery (only photos) template.

9. How to create/display Slider

Fig. 9.1.
One may ask why did you writing about setting up a Home page almost in the end of manual?. The
answer is you must know how to create and display a Portfolio first. So if you dont, be sure to read
Paragraph 6. How to create/display Portfolio before trying to set up a Home Page.

Creating a Slide
To create a Slide go to WP-admin -> Slides. You can do it as easy as you do with Portfolio items. The only
difference is box called Slide Options right beneath main WYSIWYG area (see fig. 9.2.; fields highlighted

with red frames are required). In Slide Options box you can attach a link to a slider and Details button will
appear (see fig. 9.3.)

Fig. 9.2.

Fig. 9.3.

Home page setup algorithm

1. Start to creating a page, which will be used as a Home page from Pages - > Add New interface.
2. Choose Slider 1 (Fade) or Slider 2 (Carousel) Template (please note, that you need to create at
least 3 slides to use Carousel Slider).
3. Set it up, like you do with a portfolio Page.
4. Save changes and go to Settings -> Reading section (see fig 9.4.).
5. In Front page displays choose A static page (select below) radio-button (this is important!).
6. In Front page: select choose page that you have created to be Home page earlier in steps 1-3
(this is important!).

7. Optional. Also you can choose which page will display your blog posts in Posts page: selector. You
may achieve same result by selecting Blog page template, while creating a new page.

Fig 9.4.

10. Shortcodes

There are 8 most commonly used shortcodes.

a. Multicolumn layout
1. One-half
Code: [one-half] Your text [/one-half]
To create a framed column, just add the appropriate attribute:
Code: [one-half frame=y] Your text [/one-half]

2. One-third
Code: [one-third] Your text [/one-third]
To create a framed column, just add the appropriate attribute:

Code: [one-third frame=y] Your text [/one-third]

3. Two-third
Code: [two-third] Your text [/two -third]
To create a framed column, just add the appropriate attribute:
Code: [two -third frame=y] Your text [/two -third]

4. One-fourth
Code: [one-fourth] Your text [/one-fourth]
To create a framed column, just add the appropriate attribute:
Code: [one-fourth frame=y] Your text [/one-fourth]

5. Three-fourth
Code: [three-fourth] Your text [/three-fourth]
To create a framed column, just add the appropriate attribute:
Code: [three-fourth frame=y] Your text [/three-fourth]

6. Frame
This shortcode is using to create a text in frame:
Code: [frame] Your text [/frame]

7. Clear
Sometimes it is necessary to separate multicolumn layout of text or images. For this use shortcode [clear]
or [clear /]
b. Toggles
Code: [toggle title= toggle title] Toggle expanded text [/toggle]

c. Tooltips
To create a tooltip, you can use the following shortcode:
Code: [tooltip title=Tooltip title] Tooltip extended text [/tooltip]

Note, that extended tooltip text can contain HTML code.

11. Contact page

With Google Map

To create a page with a Contact form and Google map, simply switch it template to Contact:

Google map code can be embed in WP-admin -> Crea Theme -> Contact :

Social links can be embed in WP-admin -> Crea Theme -> Social links :

With feedback form only

To create contact page without Google Map and Social links, simply select page template Contact With
Text Only.

12. PSD-files

Ive included 4 PSD files: Carousel Slider, Portfolio, Blog and Text page. If you need PSD files for all pages
you can purchase them from ThemeForest: http://themeforest.net/item/crea-html/396828

12+1. Credits

Graphics:
Free social icons from http://www.freesocialicons.com/25-free-social-networking-icons/ Free vector icons
from http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/07/200-exclusive-free-icons-reflection/
Coding:
Jquery http://jquery.com/
Jquery Easing Plugin http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Easing
Jquery Cycle Plugin http://plugins.jquery.com/project/cycle
Jquery Validator Plugin http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/jquery-form-validator-because-formvalidation-is-a-mess/
Jquery Placeholder Plugin https://github.com/mudge/jquery_placeholder
CSS PIE http://css3pie.com/
Pretty Photo http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/
Highslide http://highslide.com/
Highslide:
Crea WP template is powered by highslide one of the coolest lightbox scripts on the market. Please note,
that Highslide is NOT A FREEWARE! It is distributed and can be used only as a part of Crea WP template.
(This means that you cannot use it apart from Crea WP template, unless you purchased appropriate license
on its official site: http://highslide.com/).
Fonts:
http://www.google.com/webfonts
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
Images on theme demo:
http://www.shutterstock.com/
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67418257, 67133575, 67392103, 63092089

14. Support

If you have any question or problems that are beyond the scope of this Manual, please, feel free to contact
us via our Support Ticket System: http://support.dream-theme.com/
Attention! Please note, that we cannot provide technical support until you specify your Item Purchase
Code. Where can you get it?
Download the manual: http://support.dream-theme.com/verify/Item_Purchase_Code.pdf
or
Watch the screencast: http://www.screenr.com/gHxs