End-User Documentation

• Installing and Activating rtPanel
• rtPanel Theme Options
• Custom Widgets

Installing and Activating rtPanel

1. Download rtPanel.
2. Unzip rtPanel.zip and upload it to your “wp-content/themes” folder.
3. Log into your WordPress Dashboard. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate rtPanel from the list of themes.
4. That’s it you now have the rtPanel theme active on your WordPress.

rtPanel Theme Options

rtPanel comes with a lot of theme options.

1. General

   1. Logo Settings - 
      • You can choose between Site Title ( Text ) or Logo.
      • Give an external image link for the Logo.
      • Upload a Logo of your choice from your HDD. This comes with the WordPress Image Cropping and Resizing Options.
      • Opt to show your Logo on the Admin Login Screen.
   2. Favicon Settings -
      • Give an external link for the Favicon.
      • Upload a Favicon of your choice from your HDD.
   3. Facebook Open Graph Settings -
      
      • The Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags gets enabled once you provide your Facebook Admin ID(s) or Facebook App ID or both.
   4. Feedburner Settings -
      • You can enter a Feedburner URL to which your wordpress feeds get redirected to.
   5. Google Custom Search Intregration -
      • The Google Search Code obtained can be given here and your WordPress search results automatically convert into Google Search
      • When using the Google Search Results you can prefer to hide the default sidebar also.
      • NOTE: When obtaining the Google Search Code the hosting option must be “Search Element” and layout either “full-width” or “compact”.
   6. Sidebar Settings -
      
      • You can enable / disable the Footer Sidebar.
   7. Custom Styles - 
      • You can add your custom styles here.
   8. Plugin Support -
      
      • This gives you a list of all the plugins supported by us. They can be Installed, Activated, Deactivated, Deleted and Edited from here itself.
   9. Backup / Restore Settings -
      
      • The rtPanel Settings can be backed up or restored through this option.

2. Post & Comments

   1. Post Summary Settings -
      • You can toggle between excerpt or full content on archive pages.
      • Word Limit can be provided for excerpts.
      • The “Read More” text can be changed.
   2. Post Thumbnail Settings – ( Enabled only if excerpt is enabled )
      • Enable thumbnails on archive pages.
      • Specify the alignment of thumbnails ( None, Left, Right, Center ).
      • You can specify the Height, Width, Crop settings of the thumbnail ( NOTE: These three options are in sync with the Thumbnail size option Under Settings->Media->Image Sizes. Changes to any of these options should be followed with regenerating thumbnails using the “Regenerate Thumbnails” Plugin ).
      • Add a Frame ( Border Effect ) around the thumbnail.
   3. Post Meta Settings -
      
      • This setting handles the post meta options above and below the post / page content respectively.
      • With the options provided you can display Post Date along with specific formats, Post Author along with links ( optional ) and post counts ( optional ), Post Categories, Post Tags and Any Custom Taxonomies.
   4. Comment Form Settings -
      
      • The Comment form can be compacted by hiding the labels and / or Choosing to show the Name/URL/Website Fields on a single line.
      • Options to separate Trackbacks / Pingbacks listing from the normal Comments listing.
      • Options to show the Comment field above others.
   5. Gravatar Settings  -
      
      • Enable Gravatar on Comment Listing.
      • Specify the size of the Gravatar.

Custom Widgets

rtPanel provides you with three custom widgets namely.

• rt¶: Subscribe Widget
• rt¶: Categories
• rt¶: Comments with Gravatar

 Reliable Web Hosts:

As you are choosing a self hosted WordPress, you will need a reliable hosting service provider. To help you out, rtPanel has selected few most recommended webhosts for you.