Melissa – Personal Blogger Template Documentation

Malissa Blogger Template Installation Documentation, a step to step guide to help you out to set up your blog easy way.

First of all, Thank you for Downloading our template if you haven’t done yet you can get it from here : Emma Blogger Template. You check the live demo through the button below and also Please Read this documentation carefully in order to set up your blog and please note that there’s no support for free users.

1. Installation

Open your purchase folder, you will see a file with name Malissa-(Free or Premium)-Version.xml

Open this XML file with a text editor (Notepad or something like that). Then select all text and copy (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C in Window).

Return to your blog dashboard, access your Template menu, click Edit HTML

In Editor HTML window, select all old code and paste the new code that you copied from the release file into code field. Then, click Save template.

Video Guide : –

2. Setting Up The Menu

To Edit Top Menu in this theme you can follow this step:

<li><a href='#'>Home</a></li>
<li><a href='#'>About</a></li>
<li><a href='#'>Contact</a>
<ul class='sub-menu'>
	<li><a href='#'>Category</a></li>
	<li><a href='#'>Category</a></li>
	<li><a href='#'>Category</a></li>	
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href='#'>Shop</a></li>
<li><a href='#'>Advertise</a></li>

3. Setting Up The Top Social Menu

To Edit Top Social icons in this theme you can follow these steps:

Use http:// or https:// where applicable.

To Edit Sidebar Social icons in this theme you can follow these steps:

Use http:// or https:// where applicable.

AVAILABLE ICONS:

Behance Facebook Twitter Bloglovin Dribbble Flickr GooglePlus Instagram Linkedin Pinterest Vimeo Youtube Vine Soundcloud Goodreads Deviantart Foursquare Reddit Tumblr Spotify Twitch Vk Mailto shop Rss Etsy

Video Guide : –

3 To Edit Footer Social icons in this theme you can follow these steps:

1. Go to -> Blogger Dashboard- >layout -> top social- > press edit button.

2. Now copy and paste of below mention code, replace the “#” with your link to your social network accounts.

<a href='' target='_blank'>
<i class='fa fa-facebook'> </i>
<span>Facebook</span>
</a>		
<a href='' target='_blank'>
<i class='fa fa-twitter'></i>
 <span>Twitter</span>
 </a>		
 <a href='' target='_blank'>
 <i class='fa fa-instagram'></i>
 <span>Instagram</span>
 </a>		
 <a href='' target='_blank'>
 <i class='fa fa-pinterest'></i>
 <span>Pinterest</span>
 </a>	
 <a href='' target='_blank'>
 <i class='fa fa-heart'></i>
 <span>Bloglovin</span>
 </a>	

4. Setup the Slider

Slider Works automatically with latest post.

But you need to make sure few things :

1.  Your Blog Must be public from settings
2. Your Blog Feed Set to be full from settings -> other -> blog feed.
3. Your blog post has at least One label in you latest (5) posts.

Atleast one label example : Sport is just an example.

5. About The Author Widget

To Author Widget in this theme you can follow these steps:

5. Add Pinterest Widget

If right pane doesn’t have a searchbar then you can add it by yourself:

Step 1: Goto Layout section, click on the edit button of Pinterest widget.

Step 2: Select HTML/Javascript widget.

Step 3: Paste the below code.

<p style='text-align:center'><a href='https://www.pinterest.com/#' target='_blank'>Follow @Beauty Templates</a><div id='pinterest-gallery'></div><script>var thumbnailCount = 6;var username = 'greyandscout';</script></p><div class="clear"/></div>

Change the Account URL and Username with your details

6. How To Set Date On Post

Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Language and Formatting > Formatting > Timestamp Format > set it to date instead of time

Save it

7. Instagram Widget

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Instagram widget > click on edit button > Edit Html

2. Now copy the below mention code and paste into widget.

3. Now you need to create your access token

<div class='insta-wrap'>
<div class='my-insta-box'>
<a class='btn-style' href='//instagram.com/xposetheme' rel='me'>FOLLOW ME @INSTAGRAM</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id='instafeed'/>


<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[

var feed = new Instafeed({
 get: 'user',
 userId: 10008029,
  limit:16,
  sortBy:'random',
accessToken: '1531863919.1677ed0.23d238bc564249e799095d060c750218',
template: '<li><a href="{{link}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{image}}" /><div class="insta-likes"><div style="display: table; vertical-align: middle; height: 100%; width: 100%;"><span style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; height: 100%; width: 100%;">{{likes}} <i class="fa fa-heart"></i><br/>{{comments}} <i class="fa fa-comment"></i></span></div></div></a></li>',
 resolution: 'standard_resolution'
 });
 feed.run();


//]]>
</script></div>

you need access token for instagram widget to work Go to this url-> Click here to Generate access token

8. Customizer – Change The Color And Font Of The Template (Only Avialabel In Premium Version)

Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template > Customize

Now Click on Advance > Main color -> change color according to your need and then press apply button.

9. Mobile Version ( Responsive Design Option )

Mobile Responsive

After you apply mobile version for this template, Color changing option will not work. This is official bug of Blogger. So, please make sure, you used Color changing option before do this step.

As default, Blogger will use its own template for you blog on mobile. So if you want to use Fashion template on mobile devices, please enable it first.

Access your Template menu and click on Gear button of Mobile template.

In Choose mobile template window, check “No. Show desktop template on mobile devices.” option, then click Save button.