Picolio - Theme

Documentation

Follow the below steps to setup your blog information into this Theme.

  • Installation

    How to Create a New Blog?

    1 Go to blogger.com

    2 Click Create Your Blog and Sign in with your Google Account.

    3 See the below video for better consideration.

    How to Upload a Blogger Theme?

    1 Click on Theme.

    2 Click on 3 dots.

    3 Click on Restore.

    4 Click on Upload, And choose your theme file. That's it.

  • Customization

    1 Click on Theme.

    2 Click on Customise.

    3 For Edit & change the theme colors, images, fonts & much more, see the below video and enjoy this awesome creativity.

  • Shortcode

    Theme supports all below shortcodes.
    Shortcode Definition
    [button] Inserts colorful CSS3 Buttons
    [facebook] Embeds Facebook Page Plugin
    [warning] Inserts a box with Warning message
    [success] Inserts a box with Success message
    [alert] Inserts a box with Alert message
    [info] Inserts a box with Some Information message
    [update] Inserts a box with Update status message
    [youtube] Embeds YouTube Video
    [accordion] Accordion is a vertically stacked list of items where each item can be "expanded" or "stretched" to reveal the content associated with that item. Items can be Toggled on and off easily.
    [tab] Tab widget allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of document.

    Buttons Shortcode

    To add a button inside your post, comments or sidebar HTML/JavaScript widgets, use the below shortcode.
    [button src="http://www.example.com"]Your Title[/button]

    1 Insert link inside the src attribute. Replace http://www.example.com with your URL.

    2 Replace Your Title with your button name.

    3 To add a NoFollow link attribute to the button, then simply add the rel attribute in the shortcode in this format:

    [button rel="nofollow" src="http://www.example.com"]Your Title[/button]

    Facebook Shortcode

    1 Go to Theme >> Edit HTML.

    2 Paste the below script just above /body

    (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
    To display Facebook Page Plugin inside your post, comments or sidebar HTML/JavaScript widgets, use the below shortcode.
    [facebook src="templatesilk"/]

    3 Replace templatesilk with your Facebook page username.

    To hide the facebook cover, show page posts, and set the width & height of the page plugin then use the attributes in this format.
    [facebook src="templatesilk" width="500" height="400" hide-cover="true" posts="true"/]

    Message Boxes Shortcode

    To Create a Update Box use this shortcode:
    [update headline="Update"]Add Your Message Here.[/update]
    To Create a Alert Box use this shortcode:
    [alert headline="Alert"]Add Your Message Here.[/alert]
    To Create a Info Box use this shortcode:
    [info headline="Info"]Add Your Message Here.[/info]
    To Create a Warning Box use this shortcode:
    [warning headline="Warning"]Add Your Message Here.[/warning]
    To Create a Success Box use this shortcode:
    [success headline="Success"]Add Your Message Here.[/success]

    1 Change the text inside headline attribute with your Title.

    2 Replace Add Your Message Here. with your Custom Message


    YouTube Shortcode

    First select a video from Youtube and then copy its Video ID which is a 11 Characters pattern that is added at the end of every YouTube Page URL, as shown below Here Video ID is k8NPo3ShNzc. Use the below shortcode to insert your Player anywhere on your blog.
    [youtube src="k8NPo3ShNzc"/]

    1 Replace the Video ID inside src with yours.


    Accordion Shortcode

    To create Accordion, use the below shortcode.
    [accordion]
    [item title="Tab 1"]Insert content here[/item]
    [item title="Tab 2"]Insert content here[/item]
    [item title="Tab 3"]Insert content here[/item]
    [/accordion]

    1 You can insert any text by replacing Insert content here

    2 You can place your headline or title by replacing the text Tab 1,2,3 etc.


    Tab Shortcode

    To create Tab, use the below shortcode.
    [tab]
    [content title="Tab 1"]Insert content here[/content]
    [content title="Tab 2"]Insert content here[/content]
    [content title="Tab 3"]Insert content here[/content]
    [/tab]

    1 You can insert any text by replacing Insert content here

    2 You can place your headline or title by replacing the text Tab 1,2,3 etc.

  • Cyclonic Menu

    For adding your links and icons in the cyclonic menu. So follow the below steps.

    1 Go to Theme >> Edit HTML.

    2 Click inside the HTML Box at once for focus and press CTRL+F (For Calling Hidden Search Box) then search 'menu' and replace the # with your link and Text in Red color with your Menu text name.

  • Social Icons

    Social Icons (Top Header)

    1 Go to Layout.

    2 Click on Edit.

    3 Icon name must be in small letters, all icons names you can find on Font Awesome

    4 Icon Link.

    5 Click on Add Link to add icon.

    6 Click on Save.

    Colorful Social Icons (Below Whether Widget)

    1 Go to Layout.

    2 Click on Edit.

    3 Icon name must be in small letters, all icons names you can find on Font Awesome

    4 Icon Link.

    5 Click on Add Link to add icon.

    6 Click on Save.

    7 See the below video for better consideration.

  • Slick Slider

    For adding your desired images in the Slick Slider. Follow the below steps.

    1 Go to Layout.

    2 Click on Add a Gadget In Slider Section.

    3 Select the Image Widget.

    4 Add the Title.

    5 Add the Caption.

    6 Add the Link.

    7 Click on Choose File to Upload Image. OR From the Web. Past an Image URL below

    8 Click on Save.

    9 See the below video for better consideration.

  • Featured Post

    For activating featured post with your separate categorized labels and images. Follow the below steps.

    1 Go to Layout.

    2 Click on Edit In Featured Post Section.

    3 Add the Title of Featured Post.

    4 Write your label name there that you want to show up in that section.

    5 Click on Save.

  • About Author Box

    About Author (Below Post Area)

    1 Go to Theme >> Edit HTML.

    2 Click inside the HTML Box and press CTRL+F then search 'aboutauthor' & replace the # with your social pages link.

    3 Then search 'authordesc' & replace the text with your info and bio.

    About Author (Home Page)

    For Edit the home page author box. Follow the below steps.

    1 Go to Theme >> Edit HTML.

    2 Click inside the HTML Box and press CTRL+F then search 'box-left' & and replace the image URL with yours, & change the text TemplateSilk with your studio name.

    3 Then search 'box-right' & replace the text information in paragraph p tag with your photography studio info and about us page link.

  • Subscription Box

    For Edit the Subscription box. Follow the below steps.

    1 Go to Theme >> Edit HTML.

    2 Click inside the HTML Box & press CTRL+F (For Calling Hidden Search Box) then search 'subscribe-box' & replace the FEEDBURNER with your blog FEEDBURNER ID as shown in below image.

  • SEO

    Meta Tags for SEO

    1 Click on Theme >> Edit HTML >> Click anywhere in the HTML Editor and press CTRL+F for Search Box which will be appear on right top side of HTML Editor.

    2 Now, first fill the meta tags by reading it one by one with the information of your blog i.e. Meta Description and Keywords, Facebook and Twitter Graph.

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