Serenity Theme

• Posted by SocialEngine April 29, 2022 Filed in Admin Panel 1,948 views

  The Serenity Theme has special settings and configurations allowing you more control over the design of your site. 

  Important

  When working with Serenity, it's very important to enable development mode after changing any settings for this theme. We recommend that you enable and then immediately disable development mode after doing any changes for this theme. 

  It is also very important to work on a clone rather than the main theme in case there are any errors, or if you need support or upgrades. Working on a clone ensures that the main theme isn't modified which can cause issues for upgrades or support. Note that when working on a clone, you'll need to also save the changes to your theme by following this guide under the section "Editing the CSS Style of a Theme."

  Step-by-step guide

  You'll need to be logged into your Admin Panel.

  1. To the far right of the admin panel dashboard menus, click "Serenity Theme."
     

  Global Settings

  Set Landing Page of Serenity Theme

  You have a few choices for your guest landing page design and layout. To choose one, click the bubble to the left of the choice and save changes when done.

  

  The following screenshots are for the default style. Your style choice may look different.

  Layout 1

  Layout 1 gives a layout with various widgets, a banner and widgets for custom text and images.

  

  The banner, widgets and popular blog widgets are controlled via the Layout Editor. Click "Edit" to edit one of the widgets or click "x" to delete. 

  

  Landing Page Banner

  You can edit the landing page banner to change the banner and height. You need to have uploaded a banner in order to choose one. The default height is 600.

  

  Landing Page Features

  The landing page features are the text and image widgets seen under the banner. Edit the widget to change each as you want it.

  

  Landing Page Popular Blog Entries

  You can set which way you prefer the blog entries to show - popular by views or comments.

  

  Layout 2

  Layout 2 has a more compact landing page and shows an image and login widget.

  

  Header Options for Logged in Members

  Choose the header options for members that are logged in by checking or unchecking the boxes to the left of each selection.

  

  Header Options for Non-Logged in Members

  Choose the header options for guests by checking or unchecking the boxes to the left of each selection. Please see the above image as these settings are the same.

  Widget Corner Radius

  You can control the widget corner radius which helps keep the design as you want it.

  Be sure to Save Changes when done!

  Color Schemes

  You can choose from three color schemes or make your own. Click the "Color Schemes" tab to view the choices.

  

  Choose a color by clicking it and clicking "Save Changes.

  Create a new theme by clicking "Add New Custom Theme." (Recommended if you want to change colors and other CSS or the theme layouts.)

  

  Enter the new theme name and choose which theme to clone. Save changes when done by clicking "Create."

  

  Manage Fonts

  You can configure the font settings for this theme on your website. You can also choose to enable Google Fonts or use web safe fonts. Click the "Manage Fonts" tab to configure your fonts. Be sure to save it after.

  

  Tip!

  Remember to enable and disable development mode after making any changes!