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Salient: Recreating the Demo - Blog Page

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Salient Demo for WordPress


Introduction

The Blog example page demonstrates how you can create a beautiful page with the Salient theme. Here is some information to help you replicate this page as it appears in the demo.

Widgets and Particles

Below is a brief rundown of the widgets and particles used to make up the demo page.

1
Showcase - Custom HTML (Particle)
2
Mainbar - Page Content
3
Aside - RokAjaxSearch (Widget)
4
Aside - Text (Widget)
5
Aside - Login (Widget)
6
Bottom - Custom HTML (Particle)
7
Footer - Text (Widget)
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Footer - Text (Widget)
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Footer - Text (Widget)
  1. Showcase
  2. Mainbar
  3. Aside
  4. Bottom
  5. Footer

Showcase Section

This area of the page is a Custom HTML particle. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Custom HTML (Particle)

Particle Settings

Field Setting
Particle Name Custom HTML
Process Shortcodes Unchecked

Custom HTML

<div class="g-layercontent g-layercontent-small">
  <h2 class="g-layercontent-title">Our Blog</h2>
  <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Read the Latest News</div>
</div>

Block Settings

Option Setting
CSS ID Blank
CSS Classes flush center
Variations Blank
Tag Attributes Blank
Fixed Size Unchecked
Block Size 100%

Mainbar Section

The Mainbar section includes several posts assigned to the WordPress Blog category, displayed through the Page Content particle. Here are the settings found in the Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI post.

Option Setting
Title Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI
Alias dramatically-visualize-customer-directed-convergence-without-revolutionary-roi
Status Published
Featured No
Category WordPress Blog

Content Body

<p><img src="/images/rocketlauncher/pages/blog/img-01.jpg" alt="Sample Blog"></p>
<p>Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks. Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits. Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI. Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.</p>
<a class="button" href="#">Read More</a>

Aside Section

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RokAjaxSearch (Widget)
2
Custom HTML (Widget)
3
Login (Widget)

This area of the page consists of the Aside section, which sits to the right of the Mainbar section in the Layout Manager.

Here is a breakdown of the widgets used in the aside widget position assigned to the Aside section in the Layout Manager for the Blog sample page:

  • RokAjaxSearch (Widget)
  • Custom HTML (Widget)
  • Login (Widget)

RokAjaxSearch (Widget)

The Site Search area of the front page is a mod_rokajaxsearch widget that allows visitors to search your site using the powerful RokAjaxSearch tool.

Details

Option Setting
Title Search Our Site
Show Title Show
Position aside
Status Published
Access Public

Widget

Option Setting
Search Page URL index.php?option=com_search&view=search&tmpl=component
Advanced Search Page URL index.php?option=com_search&view=search
Include RokAjaxSearch default CSS No
Theme Style Light
Searchphrase Any words
Ordering Newest First
Limit 10
Results Per Page 3
Google Web Search No
Google Blog Search No
Google Images Search No
Google Videos Search No
Show Pagination Yes
Google SafeSearch Moderate
Image Size to Search Medium
Show Estimated Yes
Hide div id(s) Blank
Link to All Results Yes
Show Description Yes
Include (Category/Section) Yes
Show Read More Link Yes

Advanced

Option Setting
Widget Class Suffix Blank

Custom HTML (Widget)

Details

Field Setting
Title Sophisticated - Responsive - Powerful
Show Title Hide
Position plugin-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-dashboard fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Sophisticated</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-arrows-alt fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Responsive</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-sliders fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Powerful</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Widget Class Suffix Blank

Login (Widget)

Details

Field Setting
Title Login
Show Title Show
Position aside
Status Published

Options

Field Setting
Pre-text Blank
Post-text Blank
Login Redirection Page Default
Logout Redirection Page Default
Show Greeting Yes
Show Name/Username Name
Encrypt Login Form No
Display Labels Icons

Advanced

Field Setting
Widget Class Suffix box3

Bottom Section

This area of the page is a Custom HTML particle. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Custom HTML (Particle)

Particle Settings

Field Setting
Particle Name Custom HTML
Process Shortcodes Unchecked

Custom HTML

<div class="g-layercontent">
  <h2 class="g-layercontent-title">Share Some Ideas</h2>
  <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Do You Have a Tip or an Idea for a Story? Tell Us About It.</div>
  <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress/themes/salient" class="button button-2">Submit Article</a>
</div>

Block Settings

Option Setting
CSS ID Blank
CSS Classes flush center
Variations Blank
Tag Attributes Blank
Fixed Size Unchecked
Block Size 100%

Footer Section

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Custom HTML (Widget) 1
2
Custom HTML (Widget) 2
3
Custom HTML (Widget) 3

This area of the page is made up of three Text widgets spanning three different widget positions: footer-a, footer-b, and footer-c. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Custom HTML (Widget) 1

Details

Field Setting
Title About Salient
Show Title Show
Position footer-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<p>All demo content is for sample purposes only, intended to represent a live site.</p>

<p>The sample pages are intended to show how Salient can be constructed on your site.</p>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Widget Class Suffix Blank

Custom HTML (Widget) 2

Details

Field Setting
Title Newsletter
Show Title Show
Position footer-b
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-newsletter">
  <div class="g-newsletter-headtext">
    Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers!
  </div>
  <form onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=rocketthemeblog', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true" target="popupwindow" method="post" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" class="g-newsletter-form">
    <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email Address" class="g-newsletter-inputbox"> <input type="hidden" name="uri" value="rocketthemeblog"> <input type="hidden" value="en_US" name="loc"> <input type="submit" value="Join" class="g-newsletter-button button button-3" name="Submit">
  </form>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Widget Class Suffix Blank

Custom HTML (Widget) 3

Details

Field Setting
Title Sample Sitemap
Show Title Show
Position footer-c
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-grid">
    <div class="g-block">
        <ul class="nomarginall noliststyle">
            <li><a href="/index.php">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=105">Features</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Typography</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Particles</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=107">Variations</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="g-block">
        <ul class="nomarginall noliststyle">
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Buttons</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=4&amp;Itemid=111">Pages</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/docs/wordpress/themes/salient">Guide</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/wordpress-theme-salient">Support</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress/themes/salient">Download</a></li>
        </ul>       
    </div>  
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Widget Class Suffix Blank

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