This guide will help you install SM Creative themes step by step.
1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT – Back to top
At the basic level, this theme will require the following conditions:
- Compatible with Magento Community Edition 1.7.x; 1.8.x and 1.9.x (require: php 5.4 and Memory_limit no less than 256Mb)
2LAYOUT POSITION – Back to top
3INSTALLATION – Back to top
There are two ways to install a Magento Theme:
- Install quickstart: By using this package, you will set the theme exactly as our Demo with sample data.
- Install Manual: included of Theme installation package
Please Note that in our Theme package included all of extensions.
3.1 Quickstart Installation :
Magentech provides SM Quickstart package for each theme which aims to ease the installation for users. It will help you save much time of installing and configuring if you plan to start your site from the beginning. Please following steps below:
- Step 1: Download the quickstart package
- Step 2: Extract and Upload the whole Quickstart package to your server. In Quickstart folder you will see the extracted folder that include all sample data
- Step 3: Create a Database for your Magento
- Step 4: Start installation by opening browser and navigate to your URL (where the Quickstart uploaded) to load default Magento installer. Please follow each step of the Installer so that the installation process can be set.
- Step 5: Locale Settings. Please fill fully into Required Fields (“Locale; Time Zone and Default Currency”.)
- Step 6: In the Configuration step, input the required fields as below.
- Do not use “localhost” in URL, otherwise you could not log in to your Admin area (you should use your local IP in case of installing on your computer).
- Leave Tables prefix field blank.
- Step 7: Create Admin Account. Please fill fully into Required Fields (“First Name; Last Name; Email; Username; password and confirm password”.)
- Step 8: Finish Installation and now you can Go to Frontend or Go to Backend.
3.2 Manual Installation
Theme Installation
Please install Magento extension Theme in advance of any other installations to avoid unexpected conflicts that may occur.
- Step 1: Copy folders skin and app to your site root folder. The overwritten folders should have a directory layout like this:
{docroot} /magento/
app/
index.php
js/
lib/
LICENSE.txt
media/
pear/
skin/
var/ - Step 2: Log in to your Admin Panel (e.g. Access Magento Admin area: http://yourdomain/index.php/admin/). Log out and log in back.
- Step 3: Navigate to System >> Cache Management, Select All the cache types, take Action as Refresh and Submit.
- Step 4: Navigate to System >> Configuration >> Design tab (in the left hands column).
- Step 5: In Package tab, input “Current Package Name” field with the actual theme name.
- Step 6: You can also change the settings for Header .
- Step 7: Click Save Config button to finish.
4CONFIGURATION – Back to top
4.1 Configure Pages
4.1.1 Homepage
Detailed layout of Homepage:
To configure this page, in the Admin Panel, navigate to CMS >> Pages. Create a new page in Page Management section.
- Page Information Tab: Please click to see the Backend Settings.
- Content Tab: Please click to see the Backend Settings .
- Design Tab: Please click to see the Backend Settings .
Copy and paste the following code into the Layout Update XML field of Design tab :
<remove name="breadcrumbs" />
<reference name="image-slider">
<block type="imageslider/list" name="imageslider.list.default" template="sm/imageslider/default.phtml"></block>
</reference>
<reference name="bannerhome">
<block type="cms/block" name="banner-home">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>banner-home</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>
<reference name="tablisting">
<block type="tablisting/list" name="tablisting-new">
<action method="setConfig">
</action>
</block>
</reference>
<reference name="deal">
<block type="deal/list" name="deal.list.default" template="sm/deal/default.phtml"></block>
</reference>
<reference name="testimonials">
<block type="cms/block" name="block-testimonials">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>block-testimonials</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>
<reference name="tagsleft">
<block type="tag/popular" name="tags_popular" template="tag/popular.phtml"/>
</reference>
<reference name="basicproductsbest">
<block type="basicproducts/list" name="basicproducts.best" template="sm/basicproducts/default.phtml">
<action method="_setConfig">
<values>
<product_limitation>8</product_limitation>
<product_addcart_display>1</product_addcart_display>
<product_addwishlist_display>1</product_addwishlist_display>
<product_addcompare_display>1</product_addcompare_display>
<imgcfg_width>270</imgcfg_width>
<imgcfg_height>270</imgcfg_height>
</values>
</action>
</block>
</reference>
<reference name="homeblog">
<block type="blog/blog" name="aw-blog" template="aw_blog/from_blog.phtml"></block>
</reference>
<reference name="homebrand">
<block type="cms/block" name="block-brand">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>block-brand</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>
4.2 Configure Mega Menu
- Firstly, You need to create Menu group. In Admin Panel, navigate to SM Mega Menu >> Menu Manager >> Add group (add group: “Default Category” – have id 1.
- Secondly, navigate to SM Mega Menu >> Configuration
- Thirdly, In order to add menu items, Go to SM Mega Menu >> Menu items Manager click on “Add Item” to create menu items as below.
With Horizontal Menu:
CATEGORIES MENU
Frontend Appearance
Tree of Categories menu:
- Item: “Categories” Item – Menu Backend Settings
- Item: “Sports” Item – Menu Backend Settings
- Item: “Accessories” Item – Menu Backend Settings
- Item: “Text Widget” Item – Menu Backend Settings
- Item: “Static Image” Item – Menu Backend Settings
ELECTRONICS MENU
Frontend Appearance
Tree of Electronics menu:
- Item: “Electronics” Item – Menu Backend Settings
- Item: “Popular Product” Item – Menu Backend Settings
Copy and paste the following code into the Content field:
{{block type="basicproducts/list" name="basicproducts.list.menupopular" template="sm/basicproducts/megaproduct.phtml" title="" product_limitation="1" imgcfg_width="270" imgcfg_height="270"}}
- Item: “Custom HTML” Item – Menu Backend Settings
Copy and paste the following code into the Content field:
<div class="custom-html">
<img src="{{media url="wysiwyg/image-megamenu/img-static-megamenu-2.png"}}" alt="Static Image" />
<p>Quisque lectus estion, accumsan mauris vitae, posuere laoreet leo. Intos porta ante leo placerat, at sollicitudin lacus imperdiet. Etiam pretium urna in urna mollis ullamcorper. Quisque placerat felis non cursus lacinia. Pellentesque posuere sagittis neque et sagittis. Sed lobortis lacus mi.</p>
</div>
- Item: “Bestseller” Item – Menu Backend Settings
Copy and paste the following code into the Content field:
{{block type="basicproducts/list" name="basicproducts.list.menu1" template="sm/basicproducts/default_left.phtml" title=""}}
