How To Use Lazymag

Lazymag Theme – Lazymag is a stunning WordPress blog theme for news and content-heavy websites.

It has social media integration, comment system integration (disqus.com), you-tube video channels, Sliders, Advertisement areas and much more.

Here is a step-by-step guide for configuring Lazymag.

Installing Lazymag

1. Download the Lazymag.zip file & unzip to themes folder located at

/wordpress/wp-content/themes

2. Go to WordPress Dashboard -> Appearance -> Themes

3. Activate Lazymag Theme .

Customizing Lazymag

Theme Settings.

Go to WordPress Dashboard -> Appearance -> Theme Options

A . General – Includes the general settings for Sitename, general , Youtube Player , Footer .

1 . Site name

• Site Name : Enter your custom sitename text (Not used if a logo uploaded).
• Description : Enter your custom site description text (Not used if a logo uploaded).

2 . Homepage

• Youtube video : Add the video code of any YouTube video. Also known as the watch code, taken from a videos url.
• You tube channel : Add the channel name of any YouTube channel to display a list of its most recent 50 videos (Channel name taken from its url)

3. General

• Date formate : select proper global date format.
• Tickertape : Select enable to display the scrolling posts tickertape within the header.
• Trending : Select enable display the latest trending links in your header.
• Author info : Select enable to display the author information block on each post

4 . Footer : Here are the settings for footer to enable/disable the back to top button and copyright text.

• Back To Top Button : Select the appropriate option to enable/disable the back to top button on the site.
• Copyright Text : Add your custom copyright text here. HTML is allowed for linking.

• Click on Save Changes button to reflect all the changes.

B . Appearance : This section includes the settings for color scheme of the site and a setting to add the custom CSS .

• Color Scheme : Includes the settings for color shades and the background colors of the content .

• Custom Styling : Enter any custom CSS here to apply it to your theme and click on Save Changes .

C. Ads : Monetize your blog with advertisement space.

Ad Codes : Enter the ad codes to show ads at the below mentioned section of the site .

• Header : Add your custom advertisement code (728*90 recommended).
• Side : Add your custom advertisement code (300*250 recommended).
• Footer : Add your custom advertisement code (728*90 recommended).

And click on Save Changes to reflect the changes on the site.

D. Social URLs

• Post Social Icons : Enable/Disable to activate the AddToAny social post buttons.
• Face book , Twitter , You Tube , RSS URLs : Enter the Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , RSS urls to add the full url to your respective page .

And click on Save Changes to reflect the changes .

E . Miscellaneous : Includes the settings for Comments , SEO and Analytics .

1. Comments

• Comments Selector : Select the commenting system to be used from the options here .
• Disqus Universal Code : If you selected to use the Disqus commenting system, paste your UNIVERSAL CODE here to activate comments.

2. SEO .

• Meta Description : Add your custom META description text (optional).
• Meta Keywords : Add your custom META keywords, separated by commas (optional).

3. Analytics .

Tracking Code : Add your analytics tracking code here (optional).

Logo Settings :

Go to WordPress Dashboard -> Appearance -> Logo

Here are the settings to upload the logo and Favicon icon for the site . Check for attached screen-shot.

Widgets .

Following are the five widgets with the Lazymag Theme.

Advertisement : Add any advertisement to a sidebar.Go to appearance->widgets->[lazy]Advertisement->Add widget

Latest Comments : List your latest comments. Go to appearance->widgets->[lazy]Latest Comments ->Add widget

Post hightlight : Highlight a single post from any category complete with large post image. Go to appearance->widgets->[lazy]Post Hightlight->Add widget

Post list : List posts from any or all of your categories. Go to appearance->widgets->[lazy]Post List->Add widget

Post thumb : Display posts from any or all categories with thumbnail post images.Go to appearance->widgets->[lazy]Post Thumbs->Add widget

So that’s pretty much what you need to know in order to get started with Lazymag.