Before you can upload your theme, you first need to download the theme package from the Elegant Themes Members Area. Log in and locate your desired theme on the list and click the "download" link. There will be two download options: Theme Package and PSD Files. Click the "Theme Package" link to download the theme. Next you must upload the .ZIP file you just downloaded to your website via the WordPress Dashboard. Log in to wp-admin and click the Appearances > Themes tab. Next click the "Install Themes" button and then click the "Upload" link. Click "Choose File" and locate the .ZIP file you just downloaded and click "Install Now." Once then theme has been uploaded, you can activate it from within the Appearances > Themes tab.

Thumbnail images are added using Custom Fields. First you should make sure that you have Custom Fields enabled. While editing your post or page, click the "Screen Options" link on the top right of the screen and make sure that "Custom Fields" is checked. Next, scroll down below the text editor and locate the Custom Fields box. Under "Add New Custom Field," click the "Enter New" link. In the "Name" section, input the word "Thumbnail" (this is case sensitive). In the "Value" area, input the url to your thumbnail image. Your image will be automatically resized and cropped. The image must be hosted on your domain name.

You can define your own logo image from within the ePanel theme options page in your WordPress Dashboard. Within ePanel, under the General Settings > General tab, locate the "Logo" field. In the field, input the full URL to your logo image. You can use the "Upload Image" button below the field to upload your logo image if haven't already done so. After uploading, copy and paste the URL to the file into the field and click "Save" to save your ePanel settings.

If you don't already have a logo image, then you can use the included logo.psd file as a starting point. If you have Photoshop, this file can be opened and the logo's text can be easily edited using Photoshop's type tool. If you don't have Photoshop, then you can use included logo_blank.png file as a blank canvas in a different graphic design program. These files (logo.psd and logo_blank.png) are located within the Theme Package inside the /psd/ folder.

You can change the images used in each of the advertisements, as well as which URL each ad points to, through the custom option pages found in wp-admin. Once logged in to the wordpress admin panel, click "Appearances" and then "Current Theme Options" to reveal the various theme options.

The homepage consists of two main elements, the Slider on the top of the page, and the "page" items that represent the main content of the page. Both of these are editable via the eBusiness theme options page. To edit the slider items you should customize the Homepage >> Slider 1/2/3 section of the theme options page.

To change what content appears in the main area of the homepage you should adjust the Page ID settings in the Homepage >> Main Options tab. For example, to change the content that appears on the top of the page next to the Recent News section you would want to edit the "Content Area 1 Page ID" field. This is where you input the page id of the page you want to be displayed in this area. You must first create a page in wp-admin, and then input the numerical ID of that page into the field. You can add up to 4 different pages on the homepage using the Homepage tab.

When adding video to the homepage slider there is one requirement. wmode="transparent" must be added to the <embed> tag. For example, if you copied the following embed code from vimeo:

<embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1084537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed>

you would need to change it to this:

<embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1084537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed>

If you are using the Page-Based structure you can still have a blog section. However, in order for your visitors to find it you will need to add a link to your blog section in the pages navigation bar. The first thing you should do is add a new category in wp-admin entitled "Blog" (or whatever you want to call it). Now that you have created the section you will need to add the URL to the section to the navigation bar. Go to the eBusiness Theme Options page and click the "Navigation" tab. Choose "Enable" in the "Enable/Disable Blog Link" field. Next paste the URL to your Blog section in the "Input URL to Blog Category" field. Finally you can customize the Text you want to be used in the navigation bar link by editing the "Input Blog Link Text" field.

These are created using custom fields. When you create your page, scroll down below the text editor and you will see a custom fields section. Create a custom field with the Name "Description" (this is case sensitive) and a Value of what text you want to be placed within the description bar.

If you are starting from scratch, and installing Nova onto a WordPress blog that does not have any content yet (posts, pages, categories, etc), then you can choose to import our sample data file, which will populate your new WorPress blog with "dummy content." This dummy content is just a bunch of gibberish text, however, it will give you a good template to work with. Instead of following the above instructions, some people prefer to simply upload the sample data first, and then replace the dummy content with their own. To do this, you can use the Tools > Import feature in wp-admin to import the included sample data file. This sample data file comes with all themes, and is located in your theme folder here: sampledata/sample.xml. When performing the import procedure, be sure to check the "Import epanel settings" box.

All of our themes come with a comprehensive collection of shortcodes. These shortcodes allow you to use pre-made design elements to create advanced page/post layouts without any HTML knowledge. When you install the theme, you will notice that some new buttons have been added to the WordPress text editor. Clicking these buttons will reveal options for adding shortcodes to your post. For complete shortcode documentation you can refer to the video on the left, as well as the following documentation page: http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/TheProfessional/357-2/

All of our themes come with a collection of page templates that can be used for a variety of purposes. You can apply each of these page templates to any page that you have created. When you edit a page in wp-admin, you will notice a Templates dropdown menu to the right of the text editor. Here you can select from a list of available page templates. Once a template is selected, additional settings will appear in the "ET Page Templates Settings" box below the dropdown menu. These settings should be configured to acheive the desired result, as outlined in this video tutorial.

You can use the included Mo and Po files (located in the /lang folder of your theme) to translate the various English words that occur throughout the design. You can learn more about translating WordPress here: Translating WordPress