How To Setup Sigma Blogger Template

How to install this template

When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme file. The theme file can be uploaded in one way :

• Copy And Paste : Go to your dashboard > Template > Template HTML. By open your template by Notepad and copy the entire text and paste it into Template in your dashboard.

Click on "Edit HTML"



And open .xml file by Notepad and select all "Ctrl+A", and copy entire text and paste it here :

Social Top/Footer

Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Social Top  widget.

Icons Available {  facebook, twitter, gplus, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vine, stack-overflow, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, delicious, codepen }

Note: The Social Profile Names are case sensitive.

Top Navigation

Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Top Navigation widget.

Main Menu/Dropdown

Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Main Menu widget.

Normal Link : Features

Sub Link: _Sub Link 1.0 (before the link add "_") 1 underscore
Sub Link 2: __Sub Link 1.1 (before the link add "__") 2 underscore

Newsticker

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Ticker News Section, and then add one of the following.

Recent Posts: <span data-type="recent" data-no="5"></span>
Label / Tag Ex: <span data-type="label" data-label="Sports" data-no="5"></span>

Featured Grid

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Featured Section, and then add one of the following

Post Grid (Max 3 Posts):  <span data-type="tyard" data-label="Break"></span>

Widgets:

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Sidebar or Footer section, you must place the following codes highlighted in blue below.

• Recent Posts

Recent Posts: <span class="latestposts" data-no="5"></span>

• Label Posts

Post Per Tag: <span class="tagpost" data-label="Break" data-no="5"></span>

• Recent Comments

Recent Comments: <span class="latestcomments" data-no="5"></span>

After add, click save.

Facebook Page Plugin:

<center><div class="fb-page" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/templatesyard/" data-width="360" data-small-header="false" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false" data-show-facepile="true"></div></center> <script async='async' type='text/javascript'> //<![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); //]]> </script>

Comments System 

Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Comments System widget on Theme Options.

Add one of the following provisions

[blogger] for blogger comments
[facebook] for facebook comments
[disqus] for disqus comments
[blogger]-[disqus] for blogger and disqus
[blogger]-[facebook] for blogger and facebook
[disqus]-[facebook] for disqus and facebook
[blogger]-[disqus]-[facebook] for all system

Disqus Shortname

Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Disqus Shortname widget on Theme Options.
What you have to do is just add the shortname.

Author Profile Details

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Post Author Details section, you must place the codes in the blank space.

Author Social Widget

Go to your blogger dashboard > Layout > click Edit link on Author Social widget.

In the "New Site Name" field replace the word "facebook" with any social media website (twitter, youtube, google-plus, etc...).

Note: keep in mind that this template uses the "Font Awesome" service for the icons. 

Follow this link for the complete set of icons that this service provides: 

http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons" .

Shortcodes

• Full Width Post;

Go to Pages or Posts > New Page or Post

On the new page content/post content after adding the page/post title, add the [full_width] code in the page content area.

• Left Sidebar;

Go to Pages or Posts > New Page or Post

On the new page content/post content after adding the page/post title, add the [left_sidebar] code in the page content area.

• Right Sidebar;

Go to Pages or Posts > New Page or Post

On the new page content/post content after adding the page/post title, add the [right_sidebar] code in the page content area.

• Sitemap Page;

Go to Pages > New Page

On the new page content after adding the page title and hiding the comments using options, add the [sitemap] code in the page content area.

Theme Options

1. Full Width Version (Default False);
Add (true) to Boxed, to return the Full version just add (false)

2. Post Count (Default 6);
To show more posts add more than 6 , to show less add smaller number.

Theme Colors

Access your blog Template > click Customize.

Here is where you can change the main color of the model, using your favourite colors. 

Only Premium Buyers will get the widget codes available in the demo.

If you have any problem while setting up the template please comment your problem by going to this link (Comment Form).