Darknews Pro

Familiarity with the WordPress Ecosystem

Please take the time to read through the instructions and take notice of the instructions listed here, as many support-related questions can be answered simply by re-reading these instructions.

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If you are new to WordPress, please read the WordPress documentation first:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts (WordPress Posts)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages (WordPress Pages)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels (Administration Panels)

Theme Installation

Via AF themes Site

Download Darknews Pro via, https://afthemes.com/products/darknews-pro/
Go to your WordPress website dashboard
Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload and select the Zip file you recently downloaded.
Click on Install and Activate it.

FTP Installation

Use your FTP software to browse to the wp-content/themes folder.
Extract darknews-pro.zip and upload the folder.
Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, and browse to Appearance > Themes.
Click the Activate link.

Activating Theme Darknews Pro

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes > ChromeNews Pro
Click on Activate

We already mentioned the possible methods to install the theme above.

Darknews Pro Recommended Plugins

Blockspare – Expert Starter Template Library and Gutenberg Blocks for Stunning Blogs, News, Magazines, and Agency Sites. One-click Import, No Coding Hassle!

Elespare – Blog, Magazine and Newspaper Addons for Elementor with Templates, Widgets, Kits, and Header/Footer Builder. One Click Import: No Coding Required!

AF Companion – Build Stylish WordPress Websites in Minutes – No Coding, Just Click and Go! Starter Sites Importer for WordPress

Latest Posts Block Lite – A Collection of Beautiful WordPress Posts Gutenberg Blocks

3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & WhatsApp

Magic Content Box Lite – Page Content Builder Gutenberg Block for WordPress

WP Post Author – Enhance Your Posts with the Author Bio, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including User Registration Form Builder

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress

All the above-listed plugins are recommended on the WordPress dashboard after activating the theme. You can simply install them from there.

Darknews Pro Homepage

Darknews Pro Theme offers Two different Homepage Options

Your Latest Posts
A Static Page

1. Your Latest Posts

The theme Default mode is Your Latest Posts where Admin posts are displayed in 2 Column Grid Layout which the admin could customize from the steps below:

Appearance > Customizer > Theme Option > Archive Setting

where, the admin could change the Layouts, Content View, and Pagination

Darknews Archive Page Layouts

2. Create a Page for Home and Blog( Static Front Page )
At first, you need to create two pages, one for Home Page and another for the Blog page.

Go to admin panel > Pages > Add New
Give the title of the page (Example: Home Page)
Click on Publish to publish the page.
Create another page (for the Blog)
Go to admin panel > Settings > Reading
Click on “A static page (select below)”
Set Front page: (Home Page recently created above)
Posts page:(Blog you recently created)
After that admin could add the widgets to the widgets section of the frontpage provided by the Theme

Or,

Go to the Appearance then Click on the Customizer
Click on the Homepage Setting Option
Select A Static Page
Create A Homepage and A Post Page
Then, You could go to the Widgets section of the customizer where you could add the widgets at the Frontpage Area

You can always use the support forum in case you faced any problems while installing the theme.

How to add Pages?

It is easy to add a post and page in WordPress.

Go to Admin Panel
Go to Pages > Add New
Give the Title of the Page
Write the Content of the Page
Scroll down and see the right corner, you will find the Set Featured Image section

Darknews Pro Single Post

All Post could be customized either Individually or Globally from the Theme Customizer Option

Individual: Dashboard > Posts> Edit Post > Admin could get an option of editing the Content Layout and Alignment

Globally: Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Option > Single Post (Image position for feature image with disabling option is provided for better display and the content layout can be changed.)

Note: If you are not familiar with the new WordPress editor Gutenberg, you can easily disable it and enable the classic editor.

How to Import Dummy Data?

Importing the demo data is easy in Darknews News and Magazine Responsive WordPress theme.

Download AF Companion Plugin recommend by the theme
After installing the plugin, Click Activate button
Open AF Companion which appears in your Dashboard.
Then, Click on the Import Option of the Demo

Note: If your website has genuine content already, it is not recommended to import the dummy data. Make sure, you are building a new website from scratch before importing the dummy data.

A Trip to Customizer

Well, Darknews is fully developed based on a customizer. So, you need to check all the options available inside the customizer meticulously.

1. Site Identify

Site title with tagline can be added with logo
Color and Font size could be customized

2. Color

You can find a number of color options inside Customize > Color panel

Dark Mode

Site Title Color
Body Background Color
Box Background Color
Primary Color
Secondary Color
Text Over Secondary Color
Background and Text Color of Top Header
Background Color of Menu Section
Menu Item Color of Menu Section
Badge Background and Text Color of Menu Section
Watch Online Background Color
Breaking News Background Color
Post Title Color
Post Title over Image Color
Category background and Text Color
Mailchimp Background and Text Color
Footer Background and Text Color
Footer Credit Section Background and Text Color

Light Mode

Site Title Color
Body Background Color
Box Background Color
Primary Color
Secondary Color
Text Over Secondary Color
Background and Text Color of Top Header
Background Color of Menu Section
Menu Item Color of Menu Section
Badge Background and Text Color of Menu Section
Watch Online Background Color
Breaking News Background Color
Post Title Color
Post Title over Image Color
Category Background and Text Color
Mailchimp Background and Text Color
Footer Background and Text Color
Footer Credit Section Background and Text Color

3. Menu

You could follow the below steps to add a menu:

Step 1: Go to the customizer option of the Appearance

Step 2: Click on the menu and create a menu and select the option below the menu

Step 3: Then click on Add item and add a custom link, page categories you want

4. Header Option

Header Setting: Where the admin could change the header layout, top header, and watch online button
- Header Layout: 3 different layouts Side, Center, and Compressed could be selected
- Site Mode: The site mode button present in the menu section enable and disable the option
- Top Header Section: Turning on to display Dates and Social Menu with enabling the Top header options are provided.
- Menu Section: Watch Online Text and Icon with the link could be changed and the option of enabling the border below the menu option is available.

Header Advertisement: Adding the advertisement image could be done with Url Link on the image and display out option is given
Header Image: Header images can be placed with the control of image overlay transparency and size also with random header images

5. Main Banner Option

Customization of the Main banner along with Popular news and Breaking news is present here.

Banner Background: A background image can be added only for the Main Banner section

Banner Layouts: There are 9 different layouts each containing 4 different color modes with width and boxed layout option.

Popular Tags: Latest or Popular tags can be set above the Main Banner section

Ticker News: Numbers of posts can be shown based on the category above the Main Banner section

6. Frontpage Option

Options for the below section are available

Frontpage Layout: Frontpage alignment could be changed through the setting

Featured Post: Grid Post showed below the Main Banner Post number could be customized

Youtube Video: 5 Youtube videos could be added to this section

Express Post List: The grid and list designs of the combo widget will help you stylishly present your articles.

Post List: 3 Column list could be shown in the section

Post Carousel: The carousel, which comes with a variety of choices, will assist you in looping the blog content.

7. Widgets

All widgets could be added in a different section of the

Content page
Sidebar
Off-Canvas
Footer First, Second, and Third Section
Above and Below Main Banner Section
Below Feature Section.
Banner Ad Section

8. Theme Option

Available options are inside Appearance > Customize

Font & Typography

Font Family with Font size of Post Title, Section Title, General, and others can be changed

Site Layout Mode

Boxed and Wide layouts can be set

Global Setting

Global Alignment, Widget Title Style, Scroll to Top Position, and Comment Count options are present here

Single Post

Image position for feature image with disabling option is provided for better display. Also, the content layout can be changed

Archive Setting

List, Grid, Full, and Masonry with individual alignment options can be chosen for archive pages

Sidebar Setting

Image position for feature image with disabling option is provided for better display. Also, the content layout can be changed

Breadcrumb Option

4 different layouts could be changed using plugins

Categories Option

Categories display option could be customized

View Count Option

View could enable the option with counting style could be managed

Author & Date Setting

The admin can select either to view the date or author name in the post in a different section with more numbers of date format

Minute Read Count

The minute count option could be customized

Excerpt Setting

Global excerpt length with Read More text could be changed

You May Have Missed

The grid post section seen above the footer section could be managed

Mailchimp Subscription

Mailchimp could be shown about the footer using the shortcode using the Mailchimp plugin

Footer Option

Background image option for the footer with footer menu section and Theme Credits hiding option present in the footer section

Widgets Overview

2 Column layouts and 14+ custom widgets along with WordPress default widgets are available in this theme. You can place all the available widgets in the respected widgets area.