Getting Started
After activating your theme, visit the Customizer to set up the basic theme settings, such as background color, custom header, site logo, or custom menu.
Index
- Required Plugin
- Site Logo
- Customizer → Theme Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → General Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Skin Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Font Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Site Hero Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Highlight Content Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Featured Content Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Content Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Manual Ad Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Auto Ad Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Footer Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Utility Options
- Customizer → Theme Options → Support Options
- Featured Images
- Typography
- Blockquotes
- Lists and Code
- Tables
- Buttons
- CSS3 Multiple Columns
- Custom Header
- Custom Background
- Custom Menus
- Social Links Menus
- Widget Areas
- Custom Widgets
- Instagram Widget
- Post Carousel Widget
- Recent Posts
Required Plugin
Jetpack is required plugin for Cambium WordPress theme. Jetpack is comprehensive and free plugin by WordPress.com which provides several features under one roof. You need to install and activate the Jetpack plugin in order to use the supported modules.
For Example:
- Featured Content
- Infinite Scroll
- Related Posts
- Many More…
Site Logo
Go to Customizer → Site Identity to add your site logo.
Check out this guide for full details on how to set up a site logo.
Theme Options
You’ll find Cambium’s theme options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options.
General Options
You’ll find Cambium’s general options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → General Options.
You can control the followings via the General Options.
- Featured Image Size
- Main Sidebar Position (if active)
- Enable Sticky Menu
- Enable Sticky Sidebar
- Display Archives at Fullwidth
Skin Options
You’ll find Cambium’s skin options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Skin Options.
You can control the followings via the Skin Options.
- Primary Color: It includes content links, entry meta icons, form buttons and some other areas.
- Secondary Color
Font Options
You’ll find Cambium’s fonts options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Font Options.
You can personalize theme typography with popular Google fonts via the Font Options.
- Headings Font
- Body Font
- Branding Font
- Menu Font
Site Hero Options
You’ll find Cambium’s site hero options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Site Hero Options.
You can control the followings via the Site Hero Options.
- Static Front Page Site Hero
- Posts Page Site Hero
- Blog Post Site Hero
- Blog Page Site Hero
Highlight Content Options
Cambium includes an elegant highlight content area in the header. You can capture your visitors’ attention and lead them to specific posts or pages.
Here are some tips to help you get the highlight content set up.
- Go to Customizer → Theme Options → Highlight Content Options and add the highlight tag, or a tag of your choice. Cambium supports three posts or pages in its highlight content area.
- Create or edit a post or page you wish to highlight. Assign the special tag from step one to this post or page.
- Set a Featured Image for your post or page. Use big and beautiful featured images for the highlight content area.
- Publish or Update the post or page.
Highlight Content Posts will display in the header. You can control the display of these posts via Customizer → Theme Options → Site Hero Options.
Featured Content Options
Cambium includes an eye-catching featured content area on the home page. Capture your visitors’ attention and lead them to specific posts or pages.
Here are some tips to help you get the featured content set up.
- Go to Customizer → Theme Options → Featured Content Options and add the featured tag, or a tag of your choice. Cambium supports ten posts or pages in its featured content area.
- Create or edit a post or page you wish to feature. Assign the special tag from step one to this post or page.
- Set a Featured Image for your post or page. Use big and beautiful featured images for the featured content area.
- Publish or Update the post or page.
By default, the Featured Content posts will not appear with your regular posts. This is to avoid displaying the posts twice.
You can change this by going to Customizer → Theme Options → Featured Content Options, and checking the box labeled “Display tag content in all listings.”
Featured Content Posts will display in the header. You can control the display of these posts via Customizer → Theme Options → Site Hero Options.
Content Options
You’ll find Cambium’s content options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Content Options.
You can control the followings vie the Content Options.
- Author Bio: Display on single posts
- Post Details: Display date
- Post Details: Display categories
- Post Details: Display tags
- Post Details: Display author
- Featured Images: Display on blog and archives
Manual Ad Options
You’ll find Cambium’s Manual Ad Options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Manual Ad Options.
You can display Google AdSense ads or ads of other networks by using ad code in the given fields. You can also control the display of ads on single regular blog post, single regular blog page or single post of any post type by the given options.
Auto Ad Options
You’ll find Cambium’s Auto Ad Options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Auto Ad Options.
You can display Google AdSense Auto Ads by using ad code in the given field.
Footer Options
You’ll find Cambium’s Footer options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Footer Options.
Utility Options
You’ll find Cambium’s Utility options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Utility Options.
You can control the followings vie the Utility Options.
- Header Scripts
- Footer Scripts
Support Options
You’ll find Cambium’s Support options in the Customizer, under Customizer → Theme Options → Support Options.
Featured Images
Cambium supports Featured Images on blog posts and pages. They appear near the title on the blog index and archive pages. For best results, use an image at least 1250px wide and 1250px high.
If you upload larger Featured Images or images with different proportions, they will be automatically resized to match the required dimensions.
Typography
Cambium has several built-in typography features to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
Blockquotes
Cambium has given special attention on blockquotes to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
Lists and Code
Cambium supports lists and code professionally to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
Tables
Cambium has different style of tables in order to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
Buttons
Cambium has different style of buttons in order to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
CSS3 Multiple Columns
Cambium supports modern feature of CSS3 Multiple Columns in order to enhance your blogging experience. Please visit the links in order to know how to use them.
Add a Custom Header Image
Add a Custom Header image by going to Customizer → Header. Your uploaded image should be at least 250px tall. The width should be at least 1920px to provide a visually crisp background.
Add a Custom Background Image or Color
Add a Custom Background via Customizer → Background. You must choose the Box Layout in the Customizer’s Theme Options area to see background colors or images.
Custom Menus
Cambium allows you to have two Custom Menus, which can be set under Customizer → Menus.
Select the Header Menu location in the Menu Settings to display your Custom Menu in the header.
Select the Footer Menu location in the Menu Settings to display your Custom Menu in the footer. Footer Menu does not support child menus.
Social Links Menus
Cambium allows you to display links to your social media profiles — like Twitter and Facebook — as icons using a Social Links Menu in one location.
Select Social Menu Footer Menu location in the Menu Settings to display Social Menu in the footer.
Read the full guide for setup instructions.
Available Icons
Linking to any of the following sites will automatically display it’s icon in your menu.
- CodePen
- Digg
- Dribbble
- Dropbox
- Email (
mailto:links) - Flickr
- FourSquare
- GetPocket
- GitHub
- Google+
- RSS Feed (urls with
/feed/) - Spotify
- StumbleUpon
- Tumblr
- Twitch
- Vimeo
- WordPress
- YouTube
Widget Areas
Cambium comes with four widget areas: one in the sidebar and up to three in the footer. The footer widget areas will activate once you add widgets to them in Customizer → Widgets.
Custom Widgets
Cambium features three custom widgets:
Cambium: Instagram
The Instagram widget displays Instagram images on the top of footer widgets. Go to Customizer → Widgets to use the Cambium: Instagram widget.
Cambium: Post Carousel
The Post Carousel widget displays the posts in a rotating slideshow with Featured Images. Go to Customizer → Widgets to use the Cambium: Post Carousel widget.
Cambium: Recent Posts
The Recent Posts widget displays posts alongside a small Featured Image. Go to Customizer → Widgets to use the Cambium: Recent Posts widget.