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Sienna: Recreating the Demo

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Sienna Demo for WordPress

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Introduction

Recreating features of the demo site used to show off some of the more interesting aspects of Sienna can be done fairly easily. All you need is the right extensions and settings, and you should be able to reproduce most (if not all) of the elements found in our demo site.

Below, we will break down some of these elements and give you the information you need to know to recreate them on your own site using the Sienna Theme.

Keep in mind that a lot of the detail that makes our demos look so good is the result of many hours of hard work by our team, and some of them will require a moderate level of experience working with the WordPress back end. We have added most of these elements into the theme's core files in order to make them easily accessible without having to edit any code.

NOTE: We recommend downloading a copy of the RocketLauncher whenever you are attempting to replicate demo content. This allows easy referencing, whether on your site in a subdirectory, development server, or on a localhost. This will allow you to see all of our demo content in context, making it easier to replicate.

Widget and Particle Settings

Below, you will find the widget placement and settings for the various widget positions as they appear on the front page of our demo. Not all of these position assignments are unique to the front page.

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Navigation Main
Logo (Particle)
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Navigation Main
Menu (Particle)
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Header Main
Owl Carousel (Particle)
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Showcase Main
Booking Form (Particle)
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Slideshow Main
Image Grid (Particle)
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Feature Main
Simple Content (Particle)
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Feature Main
Simple Content (Particle)
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Feature Main
Image Grid (Particle)
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Feature Main
Simple Menu (Particle)
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Expanded Main
Simple Content (Particle)
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Expanded Main
Simple Booking (Particle)
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Footer Main
Owl Carousel (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Weather (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Newsletter (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Social (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Menu (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Menu (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Menu (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Menu (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Simple Content (Particle)
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Copyright Main
Copyright (Particle)

Not pictured here is an Offcanvas position which hosts the mobile menu. You can find out more about the Offcanvas position in the Gantry 5 documentation.

Particles

Here is a list of particles that are available in Sienna, as well as links to documentation to help you get started:

Recommended Plugins

Here is a list of RocketTheme plugins used to create the demo version of Sienna:

Many of these plugins are included with the Sienna RocketLauncher, and can be downloaded and installed individually by going to the RocketTheme website.

Recreating the Front Page

The front page of the Sienna demo sits apart from the rest of the page layouts in that it features the latest and greatest features of the theme. It is because of this that several widget and layout overrides were done. In this section, we will break down the settings you will need to recreate elements present in the front page of the Sienna demo.

Home Page Layout Presets

Layout Presets

In order to make it really easy to replicate the home page, we included a layout preset for the home page with the theme. The Home - Particles preset includes all of the particle-based home page demo content so you can hit the ground running with a copy of our demo to work from loaded directly into the layout. If you downloaded the theme and not a RocketLauncher, this is the best option for you if you want a copy of the front page with minimal effort.

You can access the presets by selecting Load in the Layout Manager.

Menu Editor

Sienna has its own built-in Menu Editor which takes full advantage of WordPress's menu system, taking your WordPress menus and enhancing them before passing them to visitors on the front end. Any changes made in the Menu Editor will only affect the way it appears to the visitor, and not the way WordPress sees or uses it.

You can access the Gantry Menu Editor by navigating to Admin > Sienna Theme > Menu. You can find out more about navigating and using the Gantry Menu Editor in our documentation.

Assignments

Assignments are also managed in the Gantry Administrator. This administrative panel enables you to assign theme outlines to specific menu items, pages, and other areas of your site. By navigating to Admin > Sienna Theme and selecting an outline other than the Base Outline, you will be able to assign that outline by navigating to the Assignments panel. Simply switch any menu items to on (green) that you want to assign that outline to. In the case of the Home page, this would be your default Home page in your default (main) menu.

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