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Sirocco: Recreating the Demo - Portfolio Page

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Sirocco Demo for WordPress

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Introduction

The Portfolio example page demonstrates how you can create a beautiful page with the Sirocco theme. Here is some information to help you replicate this page as it appears in the demo.

Theme Override Options

Override

The Portfolio page is a regular Page. To recreate the layout the way it appears in our demo, enter menu-portfolio in the Page Suffix field in the Gizmos page inside the Sirocco theme settings. This suffix is tied to a class in the demo.less file that sets the page up so it appears the way it does in the demo.

In order for this to work, you should have the Page Suffix option set to On in Admin > Sirocco > Gizmos. You will likely need to create a theme override specifically for the page before assigning that suffix to it. For more information on creating theme overrides, visit our Gantry Documentation.

Mainbody

Mainbody

The page's content body is set in the Portfolio page. You will find the content used in the page below.

<h3>Our Awesome Project</h3>

<p>Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.</p>

<div class="gantry-row">
    <div class="gantry-width-container">
    <div class="gantry-width-50">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <span class="rt-image">
                <img src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-17.jpg" alt="image" />
            </span>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="gantry-width-50">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <h3>Project Description</h3>
            <p>Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value.<span class="hidden-tablet"> Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.</span></p>
            <h3>Project Details</h3>
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                <div class="gantry-width-30">
                    <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">Customer:</p>
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">Live Demo:</p>
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">Published<span class="hidden-tablet"> Date</span>:</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="gantry-width-70">
                    <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">RocketTheme</p>
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">http://www.rockettheme.com</p>
                        <p class="smallmarginbottom">08 March, 2014</p>
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                </div>
            </div>
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            <p class="largemargintop"><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/sirocco" class="readon">Learn More</a></p>
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Widgets

Below is a brief rundown of the widgets used to make up the demo page. Widgets in the Header and Copyright positions are outlined in the main demo replication area of this guide.

Page
1
Showcase - Text
2
Breadcrumbs
3
Expanded Top - RokSprocket
4
Main Bottom - RokSprocket
5
Mainbody
6
Extension - Text
7
Bottom - Text
8
Bottom - Text
  1. Showcase - Text
  2. Breadcrumbs
  3. Expanded Top - RokSprocket
  4. Mainbody
  5. Main Bottom - RokSprocket
  6. Extension - Text
  7. Bottom - Text
  8. Bottom - Text

Showcase Section

Showcase

Here is the widget breakdown for the Showcase section:

Text

This section of the page is a standard text widget. You will need to enter the following in the main text field.

&nbsp;

Here is a breakdown of options changes you will want to make to match the demo.

Option Setting
Title Portfolio[span class="rt-title-tag"]What We Have Already Done[/span]
Widget Variations RT-Center, No Margin All
Custom Variations rt-title-large rt-nomodulecontent rt-top-large-padding

Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

Breadcrumbs Section

Breadcrumbs

Gantry Breadcrumbs

The Gantry Breadcrumbs widget gives you the ability to present page-aware breadcrumbs on the page. All you need to do to add them is to drag the Gantry Breadcrumbs widget from the Available Widgets area to the Breadcrumbs widget position.

Expanded Top Section

Expanded Top

Here is a breakdown for the Expanded Top section:

RokSprocket (Mosaic)

This area of the demo is a RokSprocket widget. You will need to do two things to prepare this widget so that it looks similar to the one in the demo.

First, you will need to create the RokSprocket Widget. You can do this by navigating to Administration -> RokSprocket Admin and creating a new Mosaic widget.

You can find out more about RokSprocket and how to set up and modify widgets by visiting our RokSprocket documentation.

Simple Content Provider

In this instance, we used the Simple content provider in order to allow us to create custom items, without having to create posts to connect them to. The Title and Description fields of these items are custom, with custom images set, as well. Any tags set appear below the description on the frontend.

Option Setting
Title Spectral
Description Objectively innovate empowered manufactured products
Image Custom
Link Custom
Tags logo, web

Here is a look at the Mosaic Layout Options for this widget.

Option Setting
Theme Default
Display Limit ∞
Columns 4
Preview Length ∞
Only Show Tags
Strip HTML Tags No
Blocks Per View 8
Article Details Hide Author and Date
Block Animation Fade, Scale, Rotate
Ordering Default, Title, Date, Random
Image Resize Disable

Once you have created this widget, you can add it via the Widgets menu by clicking RokSprocket and dragging it to the appropriate section. When you have done this, you will need to complete the following.

  • Select your RokSprocket Featured widget in the Choose Widget field.
  • Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

The widget should now be created and ready for use on the front page of your WordPress site.

Main Bottom

Main Bottom

Here is a breakdown for the Main Bottom section:

RokSprocket (Strips)

This area of the demo is a RokSprocket widget. You will need to do two things to prepare this widget so that it looks similar to the one in the demo.

First, you will need to create the RokSprocket Widget. You can do this by navigating to Administration -> RokSprocket Admin and creating a new Strips widget.

You can find out more about RokSprocket and how to set up and modify widgets by visiting our RokSprocket documentation.

Simple Provider

We used the Simple Provider to enable us to create custom RokSprocket content without having to create separate posts or pages to do so. Here are the details of one of the Simple Items in the Featured Article List.

Option Setting
Title None
Image None
Link None

Description

<p class="promo2">RokAjaxSearch is a configurable search widget that uses AJAX to load results in real time via a styled popup. It can be set to local or Google search, inclusive of Web, image, video and blog. Results are paged and can be accessed via buttons or keyboard commands.</p>

Here is a look at the Strips Layout Options for this widget.

Option Setting
Theme Default
Display Limit ∞
Preview Length ∞
Strip HTML Tags No
Previews Per Page 1
Items Per Row 1
Arrow Navigation Hide
Pagination Show
Animation Fade Delayed
Autoplay Disable
Autoplay Delay 5
Image Resize Disable

You can set the RokSprocket filters to include any category, specific posts, or otherwise you would like to have featured in this widget.

Once you have created this widget, you can add it via the Widgets menu by clicking RokSprocket and dragging it to the appropriate section. When you have done this, you will need to complete the following.

Option Setting
Title What Our Clients Say
Choose Widget (Select the RokSprocket widget you just created)
Widget Variations Box 3, RT-Center, No Margin All

Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

The widget should now be created and ready for use on the front page of your WordPress site.

Extension Section

Extension

Here is a breakdown for the Extension section:

Text

This section of the page is a standard text widget. You will need to enter the following in the main text field.

<p>Will You be the Next to Join Our Happy Clients?</p>

<br />

<div class="gantry-row">
    <div class="gantry-width-container">
    <div class="gantry-width-20">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/hadron"><img class="rt-transparent-image" src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-18.png" alt="image" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="gantry-width-20">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/acacia"><img class="rt-transparent-image" src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-19.png" alt="image" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="gantry-width-20">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/corvus"><img class="rt-transparent-image" src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-20.png" alt="image" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="gantry-width-20">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/spectral"><img class="rt-transparent-image" src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-21.png" alt="image" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="gantry-width-20">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/stratos"><img class="rt-transparent-image" src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/portfolio/img-22.png" alt="image" /></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
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<p><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress-themes/sirocco" class="readon">Join Now</a></p>

Here is a breakdown of options changes you will want to make to match the demo.

Option Setting
Title Our Satisfied Clients
Widget Variations RT-Center

Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

Bottom Section

Bottom
1
Text 1
2
Text 2

Here is a breakdown of the widgets in the Bottom section:

  • Text
  • Gantry Divider
  • Text

Text 1

This section of the page is a standard text widget. You will need to enter the following in the main text field.

<p class="hidden-phone">These examples are intended to show how Sirocco can be constructed on your site, above and beyond the frontpage demonstration. These include WordPress content with varying widgetized content, mainbody widths and page lengths.</p>

<p class="nomarginbottom">All demo content is for sample purpose only, intended to show a live site. Use the <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/wordpress/themes/sirocco">Sirocco RocketLauncher</a> to install an equivalent of the demo onto your site.</p>

Here is a breakdown of options changes you will want to make to match the demo.

Option Setting
Title Sirocco Demo
Custom Variations rt-phone-center

Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

Gantry Divider

This widget tells WordPress to start a new widget column beginning with the widget placed directly below the divider in the section.

Text 2

This section of the page is a standard text widget. You will need to enter the following in the main text field.

<p>Completely synergize resource sucking relationships via premier niche markets. Professionally cultivate one-to-one customer service with robust ideas.</p>

<div class="gantry-width-container">
    <div class="gantry-width-40">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <img src="http://(Your Site URL)/wp-content/rockettheme/rt_sirocco_wp/pages/pages-overview/logo.png" alt="image" />
        </div>  
    </div>

    <div class="gantry-width-60">
        <div class="gantry-width-spacer">
            <span class="rt-intro-text">+1(123)456-5555-555</span><br />
            <span>Sirocco Theme, LLC</span><br />
            <span>123 WordPress Boulevard</span><br />
            <span>Seattle, WA 00000, USA</span><br />
            <span><a href="#">noreply@domain.com</a></span>
        </div>
    </div>
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Here is a breakdown of options changes you will want to make to match the demo.

Option Setting
Title Sample Contact Info
Custom Variations rt-phone-center

Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.

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