themes-wordpress/dara

=== Dara ===

Tags: business, blog, bright, modern, professional, blue, light, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, author-bio, blog-excerpts, classic-menu, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-content-with-pages, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, infinite-scroll, post-slider, rtl-language-support, site-logo, social-menu, testimonials, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready

Requires at least: 4.5
Tested up to: 4.7
Stable tag: 1.2.0-wpcom
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

With bold featured images and bright, cheerful colors, Dara is ready to get to work for your business.

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Dara includes support for Jetpack's Infinite Scroll, Social Menus, Featured Content, and Testimonials.

== Setting Up Your Front Page ==

When you first activate Dara, your homepage will display posts in a traditional blog format unlike the demo site at http://darademo.wordpress.com, which uses a static front page. If you would like to copy the look of the demo site, follow these steps:

* Publish two pages with titles that are easy to remember, like Home and Blog. To publish a page, navigate to Pages → Add Page.
* Go to Customize → Static Front Page.
* Select "A static page" and choose the two pages you published in Step #1 as your Front page and Posts page.

The static front page includes the following:

* A Featured Content area with a slider.
* Three Featured Pages, set in Customize → Theme Options.
* The Testimonial area, configured under Customize → Testimonials. This area displays two testimonials. To add a testimonial, go to Testimonials → Add. If no testimonials are added, this section will not be displayed.

== Featured Content Slider (requires Jetpack: jetpack.me) ==

The Featured Content slider appears on the front of your site. To add a post or page to the slider, give it the tag featured or another tag of your choosing set from Customize → Featured Content.

If no Featured Content tag is set, the Featured Image for the page will display here instead.

== Front-page Featured Pages ==

On the theme demo (http://darademo.wordpress.com), this section is populated with three Featured Pages, each with a title, Featured Image, and excerpt. To re-create the same look, follow these directions:

* Publish the three pages you would like to feature on your front page, and upload Featured Images for each page.
* Go to Customizer → Theme Options.
* Use the three drop-down menus to select the pages you'd like to feature.
* Click Save and Publish.

The pages featured in this area will automatically occupy the entire width of your site. For example, a single featured page will occupy the entire column, two Featured Pages will divide the space into two columns, three Featured Pages will divide the space into three columns.

== Custom Page Templates ==

== Full-Width Template ==

The Full-Width template gives you more space for your content. It’s the perfect way to showcase a gallery of images or a video, Don't forget to take advantage of the beautiful full-width Featured Image, too. To use the Full Width template, select it under Page Options while editing a Page.

== Grid Page Template ==

The Grid Page template is designed to show child pages in a grid format. To get started, first create or edit a page, and assign it to the Grid Page template from the Page Options panel. The content of this page and Featured Image – if one is set – will be displayed above the grid.

To add items to the grid, create additional pages and use the Page Options box to set the grid page you just created as their parent page. Be sure to set a Featured Image for each child page if you want an image to show up inside the grid. Repeat these steps for every item you want to display in the grid.

== Custom Menus ==

Dara includes one Custom Menu in the header, which can be configured via My Sites → Menus. If no menu is assigned, this area will display a list of your pages by default.

== Social Links Menu (requires Jetpack: jetpack.com) ==

With Dara, you have the option to display links to your social media profiles in the header and footer. To display them, set up a Social Links Menu.

== Widget Areas ==

Dara offers four widget areas:

* The optional Sidebar, which appears on the right in blog view and on pages using the default template.
* Three optional Footer widget areas.

If the Sidebar area is not active, the theme automatically adjusts to have a single column.

== Site Logo ==

Brand identity is very important — that’s why Dara supports the Site Logo feature. To add your own image, go to Customize → Site Identity. The logo will appear in the header, above the site title.

== Testimonials (requires Jetpack: jetpack.me) ==

Dara features testimonials in two ways:

* The dedicated Testimonial Archive Page displays all testimonials in reverse chronological order, with the newest displayed first.
* The static front page displays the newest two testimonials.

To add a testimonial, go to Testimonials → New. Testimonials are composed of the testimonial text, the name of the customer (added as testimonial title), and an image or logo (which can be added as a Featured Image).

== Testimonial Archive Page ==

All testimonials are displayed on the testimonial archive page. This page can be added to a Custom Menu using the Links Panel.

The testimonial archive page can be found at http://mygroovysite.wordpress.com/testimonial/ — just replace http://mygroovysite.wordpress.com/ with the URL of your website.

This page can be further customized by adding a title, intro text, and Featured Image via Customize → Testimonials. This content will appear above the testimonials list.

== Custom Background ==

Custom color, pattern, or a beautiful image – the choice is yours. To change the background, visit Customize → Colors & Backgrounds from your dashboard.

== Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels) ==

* The main column width is 675 except in the full-width layout where it’s 778.
* A widget in the sidebar is 250.
* Footer widget widths vary depending on the number of active widget areas.
* The Featured Image on the front page and on pages works best with images at least 1180 wide.
* Featured Images for posts should be at least 880 wide by 312 tall.

== Credits ==

* Based on https://github.com/Automattic/theme-components/, (C) 2015-2017 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2017 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* Image used in screenshot is from Pexels (https://www.pexels.com/photo/apple-iphone-books-desk-232/) licensed CC0
* Bundled font, Genericons, from http://github.com/Automattic/genericons/ licensed GNU GPL v2 (https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)