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WordPress Total Theme — Editor Quick Guide

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Slider

  • Click the image slider element (pencil icon) > edit
  • Delete or ad images
  • Title is from the title metadata in the image library
  • Drag and drop order of images in slider element

👉 Images are 16:9 ratio 1800x1000px in webp format

Dynamic Content

  • News are automatically displayed, limited to the latest 3
  • Dynamic Events TBD

📝 Editing Pages

  1. Go to Pages → All Pages
  2. Hover over a page → click Edit

Editing with WPBakery (Total Theme)

  1. Click Backend Editor
  2. Edit content blocks using the pencil icon
  3. Text → update copy
  4. Images → replace/upload
  5. Click Save changes (per block)
  6. IMPORTANT: Save page

👉 Tip: Duplicate elements or row before editing for a quick backup

➕ Creating a New Page

  1. Go to Pages → Add New
  2. Add a Title
  3. Click Backend Editor
  4. Add rows  and content elements
  5. Add a featured image if desired as the hero page header, or place an image on top of the content
  6. Click Publish

📰 News Posts

Edit Existing

  • Posts → All Posts → Edit

Add New

  1. Posts → Add New

  2. Add:

  • Title
  • Content
  • Link URL
  • Featured Image
  • Category

  1. Click Publish

📚 Publications (Page)

  1. Go to Page → Edit

  2. Enter:

    • Title

    • Description / Content

  3. Add link

  4. Click Publish

🧰 Materials (Custom Post Type)

Edit Existing

  • Go to Materials → All Materials → Edit

Add New Material

  1. Go to Materials → Add New

  2. Enter:

  • Title
  • Description
  • Browse and upload File
  • Add featured image

  1. Click Publish

📅 Events (Simple Events Plugin)

Using Simple Events

Edit Existing Event

  • Go to Events → All Events → Edit

Add New Event

  1. Go to Events → Add New

  2. Enter:

  • Event Title
  • Description
  • Date & Time
  • Location (if applicable)

  1. Add featured image if needed

  2. Click Publish

👉 Tip: Double-check date/time settings before publishing

🖼️ Media Library

Go to Media → Library

Upload or select images/files to folders

Best Practices

  • Keep images under ~300KB
  • Use descriptive file names
  • Add Alt Text

🧭 Navigation Menu

  1. Go to Appearance → Menus
  2. Select menu (e.g., Main Menu or Footer Menu)
  3. Add/reorder items
  4. Click Save Menu

🎯 Header / Footer Editing

  • Go to Appearance → Customize
  • Footer is located in Theme Panel > Custom Templates > Footer
  • College header is located in Theme Panel > Custom Templates > Global College header

⚠️ Important Tips

  • Always preview changes
  • Don’t delete layout rows unless necessary
  • Duplicate or copy rows before making major edits
  • Disable a row to hide it temporarily
  • Keep formatting consistent in hierarchy h2 > h3
  • Add alt tags to images

🆘 Troubleshooting

  • Changes not showing → clear cache / hard refresh
  • Layout broken → check WPBakery rows/columns
  • Missing file/image → re-upload via Media

 

🧰 Theme & WordPress Upgrades

Total Theme is actively maintained and receives occasional updates, which include the bundled plugin WPBakery Page Builder

  • Keep all plugins up to date
  • Update WP when a new version is available
  • Update Total Theme when a new version is available
  • After the theme update got to Appearance > Update plugins
  • Clear cache
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