Dynamico Documentation

Welcome to the Dynamico Documentation. These instructions briefly explain how to setup and configure all features of the Dynamico WordPress Theme.

Table of Contents

• Theme Installation
• Theme Options
• WordPress Core Features
• Layout Settings
• Featured Post Settings
• Blog Settings
• Post Settings
• Footer Settings
• Magazine Blocks
• Page Templates
• Theme Specifications
• Pro Version Features
  • Block Colors
  • Theme Colors
  • Typography
  • Additional Menus
  • Social Icons
  • Extra Widget Areas
  • Footer Widgets
  • Premium Features

Theme Installation

Since it is the same procedure for every theme, this tutorial does not explain how to install the theme. If you need help with the theme installation, please see the Install WordPress themes tutorial.

Install PRO Version Plugin

Please be aware that the PRO Version of Dynamico is an Add-on plugin for the Dynamico theme. Therefore you have to install and activate the Dynamico theme and install the Dynamico Pro plugin in addition. You can learn how to install Plugins on the Install WordPress plugins tutorial.

Configure Theme Options

Dynamico supports the awesome Theme Customizer. You can configure all theme settings on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options.

The Theme Options panel in the Customizer includes following sections:

• Layout Settings
• Featured Posts
• Blog Settings
• Post Settings
• Footer Settings
• Block Colors (only with PRO version)
• Theme Colors (only with PRO version)
• Typography (only with PRO version)
• Theme Info

Set up WordPress Features

The theme supports several WordPress core features you know:

• Custom Menus (Theme Navigation)
• Widget Areas
• Custom Header Image
• Custom Backgrounds
• Featured Images
• Page Templates
• Custom Logo

Layout Settings

You can find the Layout Options in the Customizer on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Layout Settings.

You can choose between the default Centered Layout and the full-width Wide Layout for the theme container. You can also select the position of the sidebar here.

With Dynamico Pro, you can also enable a search function in the main navigation menu.

Featured Posts

You can configure the Featured Content area in the Customizer on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Featured Posts.

It allows you to highlight posts from certain categories on the blog page above the latest posts. Posts displayed in the Featured Content area will be excluded automatically from the main blog list, therefore they do not show up twice.

Blog Settings

You can set the Blog Layout in the Customizer. Therefore go to Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Blog Settings.

You can use the Blog Layout setting to choose between four different layouts for the blog. There are two list layouts and two grid-layouts with either two or three columns. In addition you can configure the Excerpt Length, Read More link and Number of Posts here.

Post Settings

You can go to Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Post Settings to configure the appearance of posts.

The options let you choose if post date, author, comments and categories are shown. You can disable the featured images as well.

With Dynamico Pro, you can also enable the Author Bio box on single posts.

Footer Settings

The options for the footer area can be found on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Footer Settings. You can add your own Footer Copyright text here and deactivate the credit link to ThemeZee if you want.

With Dynamico Pro, you can also enable the Scroll-to-Top Button here.

Magazine Blocks

You can use our Magazine Blocks plugin to create a very flexible and magazine-styled home page, showcasing your most important posts from different categories.

Dynamico Magazine Demo: preview.themezee.com/dynamico/magazine/
Download Magazine Blocks: themezee.com/plugins/magazine-blocks/
Plugin on WordPress.org: wordpress.org/plugins/themezee-magazine-blocks/

Page Templates

Dynamico currently supports seven page template for static pages:

• Full-Width Layout
• Full-Width / No Title
• No Page Title
• Sidebar Left
• Sidebar Left / No Title
• Sidebar Right
• Sidebar Right/ No Title

Theme Specifications

Dynamico uses the following widths for the content area:

1. The default width of the content area is 900 pixels.
2. The width for blocks with the “Wide Width” setting is 1100 pixels.
3. The width for blocks with the setting “Full width” is 1340 pixels.
4. The width for the page template “Full width” is 1340 pixels.

The theme defines three custom image sizes:

1. The featured images in the Featured Posts area have a defined size of 1800 x 600 pixels.
2. The Custom Header image will display at a maximum width of 2680 pixels and a flexible height (default height = 600 pixels).
3. The theme defines several image sizes for the blog posts which can be selected in the Blog/Post Settings:
   • The Ultra Wide size is 1800 x 600 pixels.
   • The Landscape size is 1840 x 1035 pixels.
   • The Classic size is 1800 x 1350 pixels.
   • The Square size is 900 x 900 pixels.
   • The Portrait size is 900 x 1200 pixels.

All measurements in pixels.

Pro Version Features

The Pro Version of Dynamico is an add-on plugin which you can purchase on the Dynamico Pro page.

Install Pro Version Plugin

You can download Dynamico Pro on our downloads page. If you need help to install the plugin please visit our Install WordPress plugins tutorial.

Block Colors

You can create your own custom color palette for usage in the new WordPress Block Editor. You can set the Editor colors on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Block Colors.

Theme Colors

You can customize the theme colors on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Theme Colors. There are eleven color picker options for various theme elements available.

Typography

You can change the default fonts of the theme on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Typography. You can also choose bold and uppercase font styles for titles and navigation.

Additional Menus

With Dynamico Pro, you can use two additional menu positions, one in the header and one in the footer. You can create your menus and assign them on Appearance → Menus → Manage Locations.

• Top Navigation
• Footer Navigation

Social Icons

In addition to the normal navigation menus the Pro Version also adds two menu locations for displaying social icons in the header bar and footer area.

• Social Icons (Top Navigation)
• Social Icons (Footer)

Please see our Social Icons Menu tutorial to learn how to create a social icons menu.

Extra Widget Areas

Dynamico Pro adds six extra widget areas in the theme:

• Before Header
• After Header
• Before Blog / Latest Posts
• After Single Posts
• After Static Pages
• Before Footer

You can add widgets on Appearance → Widgets.

Footer Widgets

Dynamico Pro adds a widgetized footer area with up to four columns:

• Footer Column 1
• Footer Column 2
• Footer Column 3
• Footer Column 4

You can add your footer widgets on Appearance → Widgets.

Premium Features

Header Search
You can enable the Header Search feature on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Layout Settings.

Author Bio
You can enable the Author Bio box for single posts on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Post Settings.

Scroll-to-Top Button
You can enable the Scroll-to-Top Button on Appearance → Customize → Theme Options → Footer Settings.

 

Thank you so much for using the Dynamico WordPress theme.