Customize Header Image
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Header”.
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Header Image”.
Category Archives: Bernise
Bernise: Upload Logo
- Go to Dashboard → Appearance → Customize → Site Identity.
- Upload a logo and site icon.
- Add/edit site title and tagline.
- Click on the “Publish” button to save changes.
Bernise: Theme Overview
Bernise is a feminine magazine and blog theme for female entrepreneurs and bloggers.
In this tutorial I will show you how to install and set up the Bernise theme. Learn how to take advantage of the theme’s features and create a beautiful website.
Bernise: Install Theme
Installing a theme from WordPress Admin
1. In your admin panel, go to “Appearance” → “Themes” and click the “Add New” button.
2. Type in the name in the search form and press the “Enter” key in your keyboard.
3. Click on the “Activate” button to use your new theme right away.
4. Navigate to “Appearance” → “Customize” in your admin panel.
Manually uploading a theme
1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance → Themes and click the “Add New” button.
2. Click on the “Upload Theme” button. You will be given an option to “Browse”.
3. Choose the theme’s .zip file and click on the “Install Now” button.
4. Once the theme is installed, click on the “Activate” button.
5. Repeat step 1-4 to upload, install and activate the Child theme.
6. Navigate to “Appearance” → “Customize” in your admin panel.
Bernise: Recommended Plugins
Recommended plugins for Bernise theme:
- Contact Form 7
- MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Regenerate Thumbnails
- Smash Balloon Instagram Feed
Installing a plugin from WordPress Admin
1. In your admin panel, go to Plugins and click the “Add New” button.
2. Type in the name in the search form and press the “Enter” key in your keyboard.
3. Click on the “Install Now” and then on “Activate Plugin” button.
4. Navigate to Plugins and configure the plugin settings.
Manually uploading a plugin
1. In your admin panel, go to Plugins and click the “Add New” button.
2. Click on the “Upload Plugin”. You will be given an option to “Browse”.
3. Choose the plugin’s .zip file and click on the “Install Now” button.
4. Once the plugin is installed, click on the “Activate Plugin” button.
5. Navigate to Plugins and configure the plugin settings.
Bernise: Home And Blog Page
Home Page
- Go to“Dashboard” → “Pages” → “Add New”.
- Create a new page titled “Home”, leave content area empty.
- Go to “Page Attributes” and choose the “Front Page Template”.
- Click “Publish”.
Blog Page
- Go to “Dashboard” → “Pages” → “Add New”.
- Create a new page titled “Blog”, leave content area empty.
- Click “Publish”.
Bernise: Website Settings
Configure Reading Settings
- Go to “Dashboard” → “Settings” → “Reading”
- Choose “a static page” on your home page displays options.
- Select “Home” as Homepage.
- Select “Blog” as your posts page.
- Save your settings.
Permalink Settings
Next, go to go to “Dashboard” → “Settings” → “Permalinks” and choose a permalink type.
There are three types of WordPress permalinks:
- Plain Permalinks
The Plain Permalink is WordPress’ default permalink, and is also called the Ugly Permalink.
Example: http://yourwebsite.com/?p=N
The Plain Permalink is ‘not user-friendly and also not optimized for search engines’. - Pretty Permalinks
Pretty Permalinks are SEO-friendly and attractive.
Example: http://your-website.com/2012/post-name/ or http://yourwebsite.com/2012/12/30/post-name - Almost Pretty Permalinks
The Almost Pretty permalinks are similar to Pretty Permalinks and look like this:
http://yourwebsite.com/index.php/yyyy/mm/dd/post-name/
Customize Homepage Settings via WordPress Theme Customizer
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Homepage Settings”.
Bernise: About Page
About Page
- Go to Dashboard → Pages → Add New.
- Create a new page titled “About Us” or any name you want, add content.
- Go to Page Attributes and choose the “About Page Template”.
- Click “Publish”.
Set Featured Image For Your About Page
Click on the “Set Featured Image” link in your page edit screen. If this option is missing, go to the “Screen Options” tab on the top right corner of your page edit screen.
After clicking on the “Set Featured Image” link, the media library screen will pop up. The media library screen displays all your current media uploaded to your website.
Select an image and assign it to your page by clicking on “Set Featured Image”.
Save your changes.
You can also add new images from your computer per 1)upload or per 2)drag & drop.
About Page Options
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Bernise Theme Options” → “About Page”.
Bernise: Contact Page
Important: For this page, please install the Contact Form 7 plugin.
- Go to Dashboard → Pages → Add New.
- Create a new page titled “Contact” or any name you want, add Contact Form 7 shortcode.
- Go to Page Attributes and choose the “Contact Page Template”.
- Click “Publish”.
Set Featured Image For Your Contact Page
Click on the “Set Featured Image” link in your page edit screen. If this option is missing, go to the “Screen Options” tab on the top right corner of your page edit screen.
After clicking on the “Set Featured Image” link, the media library screen will pop up. The media library screen displays all your current media uploaded to your website.
Select an image and assign it to your page by clicking on “Set Featured Image”.
Save your changes.
You can also add new images from your computer per 1)upload or per 2)drag & drop.
Bernise: Theme Options
General Theme Options
WordPress comes with the Theme Customizer, a powerful tool with default options to make changes to your website appearance. Bernise theme comes with additional theme options. No coding knowledge required!
Live-preview any change to your website via Theme Customizer. Explore this feature and customize your theme’s colors, layouts, widgets, menus, and more.
Bernise Theme Options
How To Upload Default Thumbnail
Upload a default thumbnail for all posts without featured images.
- Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Single Post Options”.
- Upload a thumbnail.
- Click on the “Publish” button to save changes.
Error Page Options
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “404 Page”.
The Error 404 pops up when you try to access a page that does not exist. Customize this page with a background image and custom error messages. You can show or hide a list of recommended pages which appears below the 404 messages.
Click on the “Publish” button to save changes.
Post Formats Options
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Post Formats Options”. Upload default featured images for audio and video posts without thumbnails.
WordPress Admin Login Logo
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Admin Login Options”. Upload your brand logo.
Bernise: Create A New Post
Add New Post
- Go to“Dashboard” → “Posts” → “Add New”.
- Create a new post and add title, content, category and tags.
- Go to “Featured Image” and assign an image to your post.
- Click “Publish”.
How To Add Featured Image
Click on the “Set Featured Image” link in your post edit screen. If this option is missing, go to the “Screen Options” tab on the top right corner of your post edit screen.
After clicking on the “Set Featured Image” link, the media library screen will pop up. The media library screen displays all your current media uploaded to your website.
Select an image and assign it to your post by clicking on “Set Featured Image”.
Save your changes by clicking on the “Update” button.
You can also add new images from your computer per 1)upload or per 2)drag & drop.
Bernise: Create A Menu
- Go to Dashboard → Appearance → Menus.
- Select “Create a new menu” at the top of the page.
- Enter a name for your new menu in the “Menu Name” box.
- Click the “Create Menu” button.
Step 1: Create New Menu
Step 2: Add Menu Items
Edit Menu Items
Menu Structures
Manage Menu Locations
Customize Menus and Menus Locations via WordPress Theme Customizer
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Menus”.
Bernise: Add Media and Gallery
Add An Image To Your Post
Click on the “Add Media” button.
After clicking on the “Add Media” button, the media library screen will pop up. The media library screen displays all your current media uploaded to your website.
Select an image and assign it to your post/page by clicking on the “Insert Into Post” button.
Visual Editor View
Text Editor View
Publish/Update your post.
You can also add new images from your computer per 1)upload or per 2)drag & drop.
Create A Gallery
Click on the “Add Media” button to open the WordPress media library. Select images you want to include in your gallery. Once you select images, click on the “Create A New Gallery” button.
A new screen pops up and shows your chosen images. You can order the images, add captions or, choose in how many columns you want to display your images.
Once you edit your images, click on the “Insert Gallery” button to assign the gallery into your post or page.
Publish/Update your post.
Bernise: Theme Features
The Bernise Magazine and Blog theme comes with three extra features to help you engage with your audience.
Giveaway Box
Go to Dashboard → Posts → Giveawaybox metabox under the post editor. If this option is missing, go to the “Screen Options” tab on the top right corner of your post edit screen.
Save your changes by clicking on the “Update” button.
Shop This Look Feature
Go to Dashboard → Posts → Shop This Look metabox under the post editor. If this option is missing, go to the “Screen Options” tab on the top right corner of your post edit screen.
Save your changes by clicking on the “Update” button.
Bernise: Magazine Home Page
- Go to Dashboard → Appearance → Widgets.
- Add widgets to the “Magazine Homepage” sidebar per Drag & Drop.
- Add widgets to the “Magazine Sidebar” and “Main Sidebar” sidebar per Drag & Drop.
- “Magazine Homepage” and “Magazine Sidebar” only appear on the front page.
Magazine Homepage
The “Magazine Homepage” sidebar appears on the front page. Create a “Home” page and select Front Page Template on the Page Attributes metabox. Then, add the following widgets to the “Magazine Homepage” per drag and drop:
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Bernise: Mag Style 1
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Bernise: Mag Style 2
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Bernise: Mag Style 3
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Bernise: Featured Page Widget
You can add more widgets to the “Magazine Homepage”, e.g. MailChimp widget.
Edit Widget
You can edit the sidebar widgets. Change widget title, category, number of posts you want to display and the text on the widget button.
Magazine Sidebar
Appears on the Front Page template and displays sidebar widgets. Add the following widgets per drag and drop:
- Bernise: Author Widget
- Bernise: Latest Posts
You can add more widgets to the “Magazine Sidebar”, e.g. MailChimp widget.
Main Sidebar
Appears on posts and pages except the optional Front Page template, which has its own widgets.
Add widgets per drag and drop.
Customize Widgets via WordPress Theme Customizer
Go to “Dashboard” → “Appearance” → “Customize” → “Widgets”.
Bernise: Update Theme
Important:
Please download a backup copy of your current theme files (and/or database) before updating to the latest version.
Via WordPress Dashboard
- Download the latest theme version from the purchase download link you once received.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance → Themes and switch to another theme.
Activate one of the WordPress default themes, e.g. Twenty Sixteen or Twenty Seventeen. - Delete the current version of your theme (NOT the child theme, just the parent theme!)
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance → Themes > Add New > Upload Theme
- Click the “Choose File” button, locate your theme’s zip file on your computer and upload it.
- Next, click “Install Now” and wait for the theme to install.
- Clear site and browser cache to prevent errors
Manual Updates Via FTP/SFTP
- Download the latest theme version from the purchase download link you once received.
- Log into your server via FTP or SFTP and go to wp-content/themes/
- Delete the current version of your theme (the parent theme, not the child theme) and override your parent theme folder files with the latest ones downloaded.
- Clear site and browser cache to prevent errors