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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Hunted. This document includes the necessary information about using it.

Please do share any thoughts or comments with us. We'd like to hear from you!

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2. Installation
Extract the zipped package that you downloaded from ThemeForest. You'll find a file named "hunted.zip" in "Theme" folder. Now there are 2 ways to start using it:

1) Extract the "hunted.zip" file and upload the extracted folder to the ".../wp-content/themes/" folder on your server.

2) On WordPress admin panel, go to "Appearance > Themes" and click the "Add New" button at the top of the page. Then click "Upload Theme" button. Pick "hunted.zip" file and click "Install Now" button.

After uploading the theme, you need to activate it. Go to "Appearence > Themes" page and click Hunted's "Activate" button. And you're done.

If you face any problem, please visit ThemeForest Knowledgebase to learn how to install a WordPress theme.
3. Demo Content Instructions
Before importing the content, please watch out these:
  • Use WordPress Reset to clean the database and import the data from scratch if needed. After that, don't forget to pick Hunted from "Appearance > Themes" to see the theme.
  • Please ensure that you've installed and activated all of the plugins before importing the data.

Step 1) Importing the Demo Content
  1. Navigate to "Tools > Import".
  2. Click WordPress.
  3. Click Browse and point the xml file you've got.
  4. Click Upload file and import and wait.
  5. When the page refreshes, assign authors from the drop downs, check Download and import file attachments and click Submit. You're done when the process is finished.
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Step 2) Setting Your Menus
Please set the menu locations to see the menus properly. To do this, navigate to "Appearance > Menus", select the menu you want to show and check one of the location checkboxes. Demo settings are like that:

(Menu Name : Menu Location)
toPrimary : Primary Menu
toHeader : Header Menu
toFooter : Footer Menu

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Step 3) The Slider
To see the slider, please navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings > 5.6. Blog Posts in Slider" and check "Show Blog Posts in Slider".

Alternatively, go to "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings > 5.4. Shortcode" and place the code below:
[new_huntedslider group="among"]

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Step 4) Placing Your Widgets
Please navigate to "Appearance > Widgets" and place your widgets like below:

a) Header Widgets Placement
  1. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 61
    • Alternative Post ID: 67
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style C"
    • Lens Opacity: 30%
  2. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 51
    • Alternative Post ID: 67
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style C"
    • Lens Opacity: 30%
  3. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 25
    • Alternative Post ID: 67
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style C"
    • Lens Opacity: 30%

Note: Post ID values make sense if you've imported the demo content.

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b) Sidebar Widgets Placement
  1. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 65
    • Alternative Post ID: 59
  2. Hunted Widget: Search
  3. Hunted Widget: Selected Posts
    • Post 1 ID: 73
    • Post 2 ID: 51
    • Post 3 ID: 57
    • Post 4 ID: 21
    • Post count for "Style B": 2
    • Post count for "Style C": 0
    • Post count for "Style Z": 2
  4. Instagram Slider
    • Username: isabellath
    • Number of images to show: 9
    • Template: Thumbnails
    • Number of Columns: 3
  5. Hunted Widget: Recent Comments
    • Number of comments to show: 3
  6. Hunted Widget: Social
  7. Hunted Widget: Image
  8. Hunted Widget: Tags/Categories
    • "Show Tags" unchecked.
  9. Hunted Widget: Ads
    <img src="https://www.burnhambox.com/hunted/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hunted-banner-ad-3.png" />

Note 1: Please ensure that you've installed and activated all of the recommended plugins.
Note 2: Post ID values make sense if you've imported the demo content.

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c) Home Widgets Placement
  1. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 47
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style Z"
    • Sponsored Text: Sponsored
  2. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 19
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style Z"
  3. Hunted Widget: Category/Tag Posts
    • Category slug: trending
    • Title Color Scheme: "Light"
    • Post count for "Style B": 1
    • Post count for "Style C": 0
    • Post count for "Style Z": 3
  4. Hunted Widget: Category/Tag Posts
    • Category slug: featured
    • Title Color Scheme: "Dark"
    • Post count for "Style B": 1
    • Post count for "Style C": 1
    • Post count for "Style Z": 2

Note: Post ID values and category slugs make sense if you've imported the demo content.

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d) Footer Widgets Placement
  1. Text
    • "Automatically add paragraphs" checked.
    • Content:
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    <i class="fa fa-tree" style="margin-right: 10px;"></i>At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. 
  3. Hunted Widget: Post
    • Post ID: 67
    • Choose Listing Style: "Style E"
    • Lens Opacity: 90%
  4. Hunted Widget: Tags/Categories
    • Number of Tags to show: 12

Note: Post ID values make sense if you've imported the demo content.

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Step 5) General Settings
a) Navigate to "Settings > Reading" and;

Choose "Your latest posts" for "Front page displays".
Set the "Blog pages show at most" to 12.

b) Navigate to "Settings > Permalinks" and choose "Day and name".

c) Navigate to "Appearance > Customize" and set the values like below:

4. Header > 4.5. Logo Image: Pick the Hunted logo from your media library or upload your own.
7. Layout Options > 7.5. Listing Style Options: Set all inputs to 4.
9. Post Format: Gallery > 9.1. Featured Image Options: Choose "Show featured image".
9. Post Format: Gallery > 9.2. Gallery Position: Choose "Instead of Featured Image".
10. Post Format: Video > 10.1. Featured Image Options: Choose "Show featured image".
14. Social Accounts: Write the URL addresses of your accounts that you'd like to see.
17. Banner Management: The banner placement choices on our demo site are Below Home Widgets and Post Pages (Below the Post). You can use the code below for your banners:
<img src="https://www.burnhambox.com/hunted/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hunted-banner-ad-2.png">

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Step 6) "MailChimp for WP" Settings

MailChimp for WordPress plugin must be installed and activated in order to display the newsletter bar on your site.


Here's the HTML code we use on our demo site:

<input type="email" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Your e-mail address" required /><input type="submit" value="SUBSCRIBE" />

You should place the MailChimp shortcode into the "Shortcode" field on your customizer. Please go to "Appearance > Customize > 12. Footer > 12.5. Newsletter Bar" and you'll see it over there.


If you have troubles regarding the usage of MailChimp, please visit this page to find out everything about it.

THAT'S ALL! If you followed the steps above, now you should have the same look with the demo site.
Something went wrong? Please let us know.

Copyright Notice: All the images/photographs used in our demo site and all the rights of them belong to their creators/owners.
4. FAQ
If you can't find your question below or in entire documentation, please don't hesitate to ask for help. We'd be glad to help you.

How can I upload my own logo?
Go to "Appearance > Customize > 4. Header > 4.5. Logo Image" and select your logo from the media library.

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What's the size of the logo on your demo site?
The original logo size is 354 x 81 px.

But what you see on this page is 157 x 36 px.

And you see the original size (354 x 81 px) on this page.

You can set your logo size as you wish from "Appearance > Customize > 4. Header > 4.9. Logo Height".

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How can I change my header view?
Go to "Appearance > Customize > 4. Header" and use the options from "4.7. Logo Position" and "4.13. Menu Position" sections.

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I can't see the slider.
Please ensure that you've placed the slider shortcode into "5.4. Shortcode" box on your customizer. (Go to "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings")

Or "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings > 5.5. Blog Posts in Slider" should be checked.

If you're sure that one of them is OK, please go to "Settings > Reading" and choose "Your latest posts" from "Front page displays" part.

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I'm choosing "Fullwidth" for the slider but it doesn't take effect.
Please see: Using "Fullwidth" Option for Slider

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How can I change the color scheme?
Go to "Appearance > Customize > 3. Background & Colors" and set your colors.

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How can I change the font?
Go to "Appearance > Customize > 2. Font Settings" and pick your fonts.

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Where can I find the layout options?
Go to "Appearance > Customize > 7. Layout Options > 7.2. Home Display Options".

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What is a "Child Theme" and how can I use it?
A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of the parent theme. Child themes are the recommended way of modifying an existing theme. If you modify a theme directly and it is updated, then your modifications may be lost. By using a child theme you will ensure that your modifications are preserved.

Visit this link for more information.
5. Menus
Hunted has 3 locations for a menu: Primary Menu, Header Menu and Footer Menu.

For menu setup, go to "Appearance > Menus" page. Choose your items you want to show in menu from the left side. Don't forget to check "Primary Menu", "Header Menu" or "Footer Menu" box to see your menu in correct place. And finally click "Save Menu" button to get it done.

You don't have to use all of the locations. You can show/hide your "Header Menu" and "Footer Menu" locations from your customizer at any time.

To read more about WordPress Menus: WordPress Menu User Guide
6. Home
Hunted comes with "2 Columns + Sidebar" layout option. If you don't see the sidebar, ensure that you have active widgets on "Appearance > Widgets" page. If not, you can add widgets by drag & drop function to your sidebar.

You can choose your layout on your customizer. Please navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 7. Layout Options" and see what's available over there.
7. Theme Customizer
Hunted has a very well organized customizer which almost is a user guide itself. It uses the native customizer of WordPress. So navigate to "Appearance > Customize" and start to personalize your theme!

Here is a full list of setting sections:
  1. Featured Image Settings
    1. Featured Image Width
    2. Featured Image Height
    3. Thumbnail Image Width
    4. Thumbnail Image Height
    5. Home Thumbnail Options
  2. Font Settings
    1. Primary Font
    2. Secondary Font
    3. Tertiary Font
    4. Font Switching
  3. Background & Colors
    1. Background Color
    2. Background Image
    3. Background Repeat Options
    4. Colors
  4. Header
    1. Logo Text
    2. Logo Font
    3. Logo Font Size
    4. Logo Text Color
    5. Logo Image
    6. Sticky Logo Image
    7. Logo Position
    8. Logo Background Color
    9. Logo Height
    10. Logo Top Padding
    11. Logo Right Padding
    12. Logo Bottom Padding
    13. Menu Position
    14. Menu Container Width
    15. Menu Container Height
    16. Menu Container Left Padding
    17. Menu Container Right Padding
    18. Trigger Mobile Menu
    19. Sticky Header
    20. Header Menu Container Width
    21. Show/Hide
  5. Slider Settings
    1. Slide Image Width
    2. Slide Image Height
    3. Slider Position & View
    4. Shortcode
    5. Blog Posts in Slider
    6. Slider Style
    7. Home View Options
    8. Mobile Settings
    9. Control Settings
    10. Page Bullets Position
    11. Autoplay Duration
    12. Transition Effect
    13. Show/Hide & Other Options
  6. Header, Upper & Home Widgets
    1. Header Widget Columns
    2. Upper Widget Columns
    3. Home Widget Columns
  7. Layout Options
    1. Container Width
    2. Home Display Options
    3. Show/Hide Specific Categories on Homepage
    4. Archive Display Options
    5. Listing Style Options
    6. Listing Style Heights
    7. Sidebar Options
  8. Post Format: Standard
    1. Featured Image Options
  9. Post Format: Gallery
    1. Featured Image Options
    2. Gallery Position
    3. Gallery Slider Settings
  10. Post Format: Video
    1. Featured Image Options
  11. Related & Authorized Posts
    1. Related Posts
    2. Authorized Posts
  12. Footer
    1. Widget Container Width
    2. Widget Columns
    3. Bottom Bar Container Width
    4. Copyright Text
    5. Newsletter Bar
  13. Show/Hide Elements
  14. Social Accounts
  15. Google Maps
  16. Translation
    1. Site Language
    2. General
    3. Archive Titles
    4. Post Comments
  17. Banner Management
    1. Responsive Options
    2. Banner 1
    3. Banner 2
    4. Banner 3
    5. Banner 4
    6. Banner 5
    7. Header Banner
  18. WooCommerce Options
  19. Custom CSS
8. Layout Options
Hunted has 7 layout options:
  • 1 Column
  • 1 Column + Sidebar
  • 2 Columns
  • 2 Columns + Sidebar
  • (1 + 2) Columns + Sidebar
  • 3 Colums
  • (2 + 3) Colums
And the fullwidth versions of them. They're really fullwidth. We mean it!

You can set archive pages layout separately. By the way, you can also decide if the post pages or single pages will have a sidebar or not.

Ah, you want to hide sidebar for gallery posts only? It's just as far as one little tiny click too.
9. Listing Styles
You can combine different listing styles with Hunted. It's possible to do it in indexed views (Home, Archives etc.) and widgets both. You'll find an example below regarding the usage of listing styles.

Let's say you have 8 blog posts per page on your site. On customizer, under "7. Layout Options > 7.5. Listing Style Options", the default view is this:



This means all your posts will be shown in default listing style (Style A). Now, when we set the numbers like below:



This means 2 of our posts will be shown in Style A, 4 of them in Style B and 2 of them in Style Z.
And the ordering will be like that:

2 Style A + 4 Style B + 2 Style Z = 8 posts total.

Of course, you can set the numbers only for Style A or only for Style B, or Z. It's up to you!

Final Notes
1. If the sum of Style A, B and Z is bigger than the number of posts per page, your settings will be ignored and all the posts will be shown in Style A.

2. If the sum of Style A, B and Z is smaller than the number of posts per page, Style A will take effect to complete the count.
10. Post Formats
Hunted supports 5 post formats: Standard, Gallery, Video, Aside and Link.

On "Posts > Add New" page, choose your post format from the right side of the panel and then place your content naturally.

By the way, no worries about formatting the content. Hunted is compatible with WordPress native content window and will do everything automatically. For example, if you want to add a gallery, just do it by "Add Media > Create Gallery" in classic way. Then when you have a look at your site, you'll see that the gallery you just added is shaped very well in a slider!*

*Ensure "Instead of Featured Image" or "Both" option is selected under "10.2. Gallery Position" on customizer.
11. Featured Images
One of the most powerful features of Hunted is letting you to set up the "Featured Image" dimensions. By default, all of the images are resized to 1200 px width and not cropped from height. Change these settings as you wish.

We recommend you to increase the width value if you prefer to use "Fullwidth" layout option to enjoy the high-res images.

Note that these settings will be applied to newly added images only!
12. Widgets
Hunted has 13 custom widgets and 8 widget areas: Sidebar, Sidebar - Archive, Sidebar - Page, Sidebar - Post, Header Widgets, Upper Widgets, Home Widgets and Footer Widgets. You can place any of your widgets in anywhere you want.

Popular Posts Widget: Some posts are crowded ha? This widget will find and display them.
Recent Posts Widget: Display a couple or two of your latest posts.
Selected Posts Widget: Display the posts you've selected. Very useful for the posts you want to put forward.
Category/Tag Posts Widget: Display the posts belong to a specific category or tag.
Post Widget: Maybe you want some special attention for one of your posts. Use this!
Recent Comments Widget: Display the latest comments your visitors have dropped.
Image Widget: Go ahead and place a nice image with a title. You can link it to anywhere too.
Tags/Categories Widget: A well styled list of your tags or categories.
Search Widget: You can search for anything on your site. Can you believe it? :)
Social Widget: Place your social account icons in a sleek list.
Find us on Facebook Widget: Show your Facebook page's lovers.
Ads Widget: A widget for your Ads. Just place your code and you're done.
Empty Space Widget: Just place an empty space between your widgets if you wish. It's very handy!
13. Slider
Hunted has its own slider plugin. Follow the steps below to start using it!

Firstly, you need to install the "New Hunted Slider" plugin. You'll already realize the "This theme recommends the following plugin: New Hunted Slider." notice when you activate Hunted theme.
  1. Click "Begin installing plugin".
  2. Click "Install" under the "New Hunted Slider" title.
    The "Install" button will appear when you rollover the title.
  3. When you see the "Return to Required Plugins Installer" link appeared, it means you're done! But don't forget to activate the plugin.

    You'll realize that a button named "New Hunted Slider" is placed on your admin panel menu now. If you can't see it, just click to "Dashboard" or somewhere else to refresh the view.
After installing & activating the slider plugin, just navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings > 5.5. Blog Posts in Slider" and check "Show Blog Posts in Slider" to see it. OR, you can create your own slides.

Now, let's create our first slide:
  1. Click "New Hunted Slider > Add New Slide".
  2. If you wish, you can directly insert a post into your slider by selecting it from the "Post Direction" drop down. After selecting it, you can override its properties (Title, Slide Image etc.) too.
  3. To create a brand new slide, just do not select a post and fill in the other fields (Title, URL etc.).
  4. Don't forget that you should use the same group name for the slides/posts you want to see in the same slider. (It's the same procedure with tagging a blog post.)
  5. Click "Publish" and your slide is ready!
You can repeat the steps above to create all the slides you want. Now it's time to place our slider to the site:
  1. Navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 5. Slider Settings".
  2. Place this code to the "5.4. Slider Shortcode" box: [new_huntedslider group="your_group"]
    Don't forget to replace the your_group part with your own group name.
That's all!

Using "Fullwidth" Option for Slider
When you choose "Fullwidth" for slider, it makes the container fullwidth, not the image. So, you should try to upload a bigger image or use a plugin like Regenerate Thumbnails to resize the uploaded images if they're already big enough.

By the way, don't forget to set a high image width for slider. Navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 5.1. Slide Image Width" and you'll find the necessary information there. You should upload your images into the media library (or use Regenerate Thumbnails) AFTER you set the slide width value. So the process ordering is like that:
  1. Set the slide image width. (5.1. Slide Image Width)
  2. Choose "Fullwidth" option for slider. (5.3. Slider Position & View)
  3. Upload your images into the media library.
  4. Create your slides.
And you're done.
14. Fonts
All of the Google Fonts are included in Hunted.

Navigate to "Appearance > Customize > 2. Font Settings" and choose the ones you wish.

15. Translation
Translation is extremely easy with Hunted. Just go to "Appearance > Customize" on WordPress admin panel, find "16. Translation" section and start to translate!

If you wish, you can still use the .pot file for your translations.
16. Sources & Copyrights
All the images/photographs used in our demo site and all the rights of them belong to their creators/owners.
We hope you'll love Hunted and its features. Again, don't hesitate to share any thoughts, ideas, comments or requests with us. We're here to help you and to make your Hunted experience better.

Talk to you soon!

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