Blog On Pro

Blog On Pro is a premium version of Blog On. It is a premium WordPress blog theme with a contemporary and minimal design personal blog theme that is suitable for blog as well as magazine websites. This theme offers you various features that you can customize based on what site you want to build. Many different options are added to this premium version like typography options, a wide range of color options, and many more. It is a very easy-to-use and convenient tool for bloggers who want to share their ideas and stories with the world through their WordPress websites. Blog On Pro comes with an author and a recent post widget and popular post widgets which will make your website appear visually beautiful. You can place the available custom widget anywhere in the widget area. Blog On Pro is highly supple due to the astonishing amount of handy features, built-in customizer with quality codes. Not only this, but it is also a beginner-friendly theme to run your website. Blog On Pro is an SEO friendly theme with cross-browser compatibility and responsiveness. It is a translation-ready, child theme compatible, and lightweight theme. Meta options, sidebar options as well as copyright options are the added options on the theme. You don’t have to get stuck with your problems as a dedicated support team will help you with every problem. Try this theme today, you will never think about alternatives.

Theme Installation

Via WordPress

Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
Click Add New.
In Search themes… type ‘Blog On Pro’.
When ‘blog-on-pro’ appears click the Install button
After Installing the theme Click the Activate button.

Via FTP

Use your FTP software to browse to the wp-content/themes folder.
Extract Blog-on-pro.zip and upload the folder.
Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
Click the Activate link.

You need to activate recommended plugins like Ample Theme Demo Importer after the theme is activated.

Dummy Data

Download Dummy data from here
Go to Tools > Import > WordPress > Upload the XML file and click on Import

Note: Your existing data may be lost, so make sure before uploading the dummy data.

Adding Contents

Posts

To create a post on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below-listed methods.

Go to Administration Panels
Go to Posts and Click on Add New
Give the title of the post and add the content
Set the featured image for the post from the right corner.
Set that post on the Category.
Click on Publish Button.
Add more posts like the above methods.

Widgets

Blog On Pro comes with Added Custom Widget for Advertisement, Author. You can use the Blog On Author widget for Advertisement also and Blog On a recent post on the sidebars. You have a Blog On widgets area for the different widgets to place on your theme.

Blog On Author Widget

Add this available widget on any of the added widget areas.

Widget Title: Title for the Widget
Descriptions: Add the descriptions for the Author or Ads. You can use Adsense Code here.
Image: Select the Image for Author or Ads Image.

Blog On Popular Post Widget

This widget is useful to show popular posts on the sidebar.

Give a title – Popular Posts.
You can increase or decrease the number of posts that you want to show.

Blog On Recent Post Widget

This widget is useful to show recent posts on the sidebar.

Give a title – Recent Posts.
You can increase or decrease the number of posts that you want to show.

Sidebar

Add widgets such as “Happy Blog Author”, “Happy Blog Popular Post”, “Happy Blog Recent Post” to the sidebar.

Footer1

Add the “Blog On Recent Post” widget to Footer1.

You can give any title.
You can increase or decrease the number of posts that you want to show.
Check “Show Post Date” to display the published date of posts.

Footer2

Add the “Blog On Author” widget to Footer2.

Add an image of the author.
Give any title.
Describe the author.
Add social links.

Footer3

Add the “Blog On Popular Post” widget to Footer3.

Give any title.
You can increase or decrease the number of posts you want to show.
Check “Show Post Date” to display the published date of posts.

Site Title, Tagline & Logo

Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
Click on Select Logo
Select the logo.
After the logo is selected, your site title and tagline will hide on the front end.
If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Colors

You have a wide range of color options such as “Background Color”, “Primary Color”, “Top Header Background Color”, “Site Title Color”, “Site Title Hover Color”, “Site Tagline Color”, “Nav Bar Background Color”, “Menu Text Color”, “Menu Text Hover/Active Color”, “Heading Color H1-H6”, “Link Color”, “Link Hover Color”, “Continue Reading Background Color”, “Continue Reading Background Hover Color”, “Bottom Footer Text Color”, “Bottom Footer Background Color”, and “Slider Caption Background Color”.

Go to Appearance > Customize > Colors
Select the required color for different options that are available.
Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Background Image

Go to Appearance > Customize > Background Image
Select an image of your choice and then Publish it.

Gutentor Options

Go to Appearance > Customize > Gutentor Options
There are further 3 options – General Options, Category Color, and Post Format Icon.
In General Options, you can give the “Google Map API Key“, choose where to display Dynamic CSS (either Head or File), and you can also select the “Font Awesome Version” (either Font Awesome Version 4 or Font Awesome Version 5)
In the Category Color option, you can set a different color for different categories.
In the Post Format Icon option, you can set an icon according to your post format.

Menus

This theme comes with two menu locations. Primary Menu, Top Header Menu, and Social Menu. Primary Menu

This menu will appear on the Main menu for the site below the logo section.
Create a menu and add the items on the menu.
Set the menu on the Primary Menu.
Save the Menu

Top Header Menu

Top Header Menu will appear on Top of the Header (As in Demo)
Create a menu and add the items on the menu.
Set the menu on the Top Header Menu.
Save the Menu

Social Menu

Social Menu will appear on the Right Side of the Logo(As in Demo)
Add the link for the social Menu(Use Custom Link to create this menu)
In the custom link, add the link for Facebook Menu(www.facebook.com/username)
Add the menu and follow the same steps for Twitter, Instagram.
Select the Social Menu for this.
If the preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Blog On Theme Options

In this section, you will have various options to manage the site with the available options.

Header Option

Go to Customize > Blog On Theme Options > Header Option
Check “Enable Header Top Section”
Check “Enable/Disable Top Header Menu
Check “Enable/Disable Social Share in Header

Slider

Go to Customize > Blog On Theme Options > Slider Section
Select the category that you want to display on the slider section.
You can select the Slider Type – Simple or Carousel.
Check “Show Slider Post on Category Post” to display the slider posts on categories as well.
Check the “Enable Slider Section” to enable the slider on your page.
You can increase or decrease the number of slides.
After completion of setting slider section as per your need click on Publish.

Blog Section Options

You can change the sidebar layout of your site easily to Right, Left, and No Sidebar.
You may check on “List View”
Select the Blog Page Column – 1 column, 2 columns, 3 columns, or Masonry 2 Column.
You can increase or decrease the excerpt length.
You can change featured image options – Left Image, Right Image, Default, or Hide Image.
You can check on uncheck “Meta Show/Hide Options” as per your need.
You can change the “Continue Reading” text.
The whole site page will have this layout.
If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Breadcrumb Options

Go to Dashboard then go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Option > Breadcrumb Options
You can either enable or disable it.
If you want, you can also change the breadcrumb text.

When you enable:

When you disable:

Single Post Options

Check “Featured Image Options to show the featured image on Single Post.
Check “Show/Hide Single Post Meta”.
You can change the Related Posts title.
If you want to hide Related Post you can use this option.
If you want to hide Related Post Meta you can use this option.
You can increase or decrease the number of related posts.
Click on Save & Publish button to save the changes.

Pagination Options

Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog On Theme Options > Pagination Options
Select Pagination Types for your site – Default or Numeric
If you are done then click on Publish.

Color Reset Options

Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog On Theme Options > Color Reset Options
You can either “Reset All” or “Do Not Reset”
Then click on Publish.

Footer Option

Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog On Theme Options > Footer Option
You can write your text in the “Copyright Text” box
You can write your text in the “Powered By Text” box
Check “Go To Top Option” to enable go to the top icon which you will see at the bottom of the page.

Sticky Sidebar Options

If you want to make the sidebar sticky, use these options.
Click on Save & Publish button to save the changes.

Typography Options

There is a wide range of typography options such as “Site Title Typography Options”, “Site Description Typography Options”, “Menu Typography Options”, “Paragraph Typography Options”, and “Heading Fonts Options”.

Go to Appearance > Customize > Typography Options
Make changes as per your necessity.

If you need any additional support, you can consult the support forum.