Dealers

1. Getting Started

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. The following installation guide will help you – http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

2. Adding the theme

When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme files and then activate the theme itself. To upload a theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

FTP Upload

1. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, upload the theme files to the wp-content/themes directory provided by WordPress.
2. Follow the instructions below for selecting the uploaded theme.

Administration Panel Upload

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
3. Select Install Themes
4. Use the sub-menu or the Search or Filter options to locate a Theme you would like to use.
5. Click on the Preview link to preview the Theme or the Install link to upload the Theme to your blog.
6. Unzip the downloaded files. Theme files are located in ThemeName_theme.zip -> WP -> ThemeName.zip
7. Use the Upload link in the top sub-menu to upload a zipped theme files.

3. Theme Activation

To select a Theme for your site:

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
3. From the Available Themes section, click on the Theme title (or Theme screenshot) for the Theme you wish to activate.
4. A preview of the Theme will be shown.
5. To activate the Theme click the Activate “Theme Name” link in the top right.
Your selection should immediately become active.

With theme activation you are getting imorted:

- pages needed for theme to function properly (Home, All Deals, Contact Us, My Deals, My Profile, My Withdrawals, Submit Deal)
- sets front page as static and sets “Home” page as front page
- membership is set to “Anybody can register”
- permalinks structure is set to /%postname%/

4. First Steps After the Theme Activation

Dummy Deals and Test Users Import

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Select the Dealers -> Dealers Panel
3. At the bottom of the page you will see button Insert Dummy Content and click on it.

You are getting imorted:

- 2 test users
- 6 deals with some defaults to them, 1 of each kind of deal to each user and one deal from both of the users are made “Expired”

5. Deal Details

New deals can only be added via front-page (Submit Your deal). Here is how you or your user can add the deals:

Start filling in the blank fields.

Deal can be:

- Digital Download Deal (if your user or you are selling file that needs to be downloaded from server).

For example: http://www.yoursite.com/download/file.zip

- Custom link deal (if your or your user’s deal is located on some other site)

For example: http://www.mightydeals.com/?refID=a8ed0a

- Coupon deal (if you or your user are selling some products that needs a coupons)

For example:
AS54949849
AS44846448
AS74894846
AS89843145
AS47154115

6. Featured Deals

By default last deal is displayed on home page. If you want to feature some other deal you need to do next:

1. Create the category you want to use for featured deals
2. Click on Dealers Panel -> Front and select which category you have created for your featured deals (Note: Category must contain at least one post to be shown)
3. Go to deal you want to feature and select your featured category and update the post.

7. MailChimp Account Setup

To setup your MailChimp account please do following:

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Select the Dealers -> Dealers Panel -> Front
3. Fill the fields.

Where I can find MailChimp API Key and API List?

Grab your Lists Unique Id by going to http://admin.mailchimp.com/lists/. Click the “settings” link for the list – the Unique Id is at the bottom of that page. Grab and insert an API Key from http://admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/

8. SendLoop Account Setup

To setup your mailchimp account please do following:

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
2. Select the Dealers -> Dealers Panel -> Front
3. Fill the fields.

Where I can find Sendloop Username and List ID?

Username can be found when you log in into your Sendloop account, it looks like XXXXX.sendloop.com. List ID can be found at Subscriber Lists -> Your List -> Edit List Settings.

9. Theme Options

This theme comes with a nice and simple to use administration panel. You can access it by navigating to Dealers -> Dealers Panel tab located in your WordPress aministration. The theme options are conveniently spread over a few tabs and each tab contains the options that are related to a particular section of the theme.

10. Shortodes generator

While writing a page or post, you will see some additional buttons below the HTML editing area. Those buttons will help you to easily add shortcode to your new post or pages. You can add:

1. Add Break
2. Add Separator
3. Add fullwidth text content
4. Add 2 columns text content
5. Add 3 columns text content
6. Add 4 columns text content
7. Add Headlines
8. Add Buttons
9. Add Quoted text

FAQ

1. Q: I have trouble installing the theme

A: Please check that you are using correct zip file which is located in
ThemeName_theme.zip > wp > ThemeName.zip

2. Q: Why are all my deals showing expired when they are still active?

A: This is usually happening if you made some changes to theme files using wordpress editor. Restore original files and for any changes use software like NetBeans, Notepad++, TextMate,…