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=== Dara ===
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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
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Requires at least: 4.5
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Tested up to: 4.7
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Stable tag: 1.2.0-wpcom
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License: GPLv2 or later
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License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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== Description ==
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With bold featured images and bright, cheerful colors, Dara is ready to get to work for your business.
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== Installation ==
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1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
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2. Click Upload and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
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3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.
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== Frequently Asked Questions ==
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= Does this theme support any plugins? =
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Dara includes support for Jetpack's Infinite Scroll, Social Menus, Featured Content, and Testimonials.
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== Setting Up Your Front Page ==
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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:
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* Publish two pages with titles that are easy to remember, like Home and Blog. To publish a page, navigate to Pages → Add Page.
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* Go to Customize → Static Front Page.
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* Select "A static page" and choose the two pages you published in Step #1 as your Front page and Posts page.
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The static front page includes the following:
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* A Featured Content area with a slider.
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* Three Featured Pages, set in Customize → Theme Options.
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* 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.
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== Featured Content Slider (requires Jetpack: jetpack.me) ==
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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.
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If no Featured Content tag is set, the Featured Image for the page will display here instead.
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== Front-page Featured Pages ==
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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:
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* Publish the three pages you would like to feature on your front page, and upload Featured Images for each page.
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* Go to Customizer → Theme Options.
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* Use the three drop-down menus to select the pages you'd like to feature.
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* Click Save and Publish.
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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.
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== Custom Page Templates ==
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== Full-Width Template ==
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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.
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== Grid Page Template ==
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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.
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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.
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== Custom Menus ==
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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.
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== Social Links Menu (requires Jetpack: jetpack.com) ==
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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.
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== Widget Areas ==
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Dara offers four widget areas:
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* The optional Sidebar, which appears on the right in blog view and on pages using the default template.
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* Three optional Footer widget areas.
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If the Sidebar area is not active, the theme automatically adjusts to have a single column.
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== Site Logo ==
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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.
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== Testimonials (requires Jetpack: jetpack.me) ==
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Dara features testimonials in two ways:
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* The dedicated Testimonial Archive Page displays all testimonials in reverse chronological order, with the newest displayed first.
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* The static front page displays the newest two testimonials.
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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).
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== Testimonial Archive Page ==
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All testimonials are displayed on the testimonial archive page. This page can be added to a Custom Menu using the Links Panel.
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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.
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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.
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== Custom Background ==
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Custom color, pattern, or a beautiful image – the choice is yours. To change the background, visit Customize → Colors & Backgrounds from your dashboard.
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== Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels) ==
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* The main column width is 675 except in the full-width layout where it’s 778.
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* A widget in the sidebar is 250.
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* Footer widget widths vary depending on the number of active widget areas.
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* The Featured Image on the front page and on pages works best with images at least 1180 wide.
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* Featured Images for posts should be at least 880 wide by 312 tall.
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== Credits ==
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* 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)
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* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2017 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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* Image used in screenshot is from Pexels (https://www.pexels.com/photo/apple-iphone-books-desk-232/) licensed CC0
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* Bundled font, Genericons, from http://github.com/Automattic/genericons/ licensed GNU GPL v2 (https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
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