1. Start
  2. Installation
  3. Getting Started
  4. Theme Customization
  5. Content Blocks
  6. Twitter
  7. MailChimp
  8. Access
  9. Google Analytics
  10. Icons
  11. Support

WP NEBULUS Responsive WordPress Coming Soon Plugin

Installation

The following steps are instructions to install not only WP Nebulus but any wordpress plugin.

  1. It is always to good to backup your installation before installing new plugins. It is recommended that you do so before installing WP Nebulus.
  2. Log into your WordPress admin area
  3. On the left navigation menu, look for “Plugins” and click to go into the plugins section.
  4. Just to the right of the title “Plugins” click on the button labeled “Add New”.
  5. Select the upload option from the menu just below the “Install Plugin” title.
  6. Load the wp-nebulus.zip file into the file field and click Install now.

Getting Started

The status of WP Nebulus is set to “On” as soon as you activate the plugin. All users that are not logged is as administrator will see the coming soon template. This allows the administrators to work on the theme while still having a coming soon page displayed for everyone else.

WP Nebulus populates a few fields when activated but to create a unique look and use your own content, you will need to edit a few of the settings.

NOTE: Settings are located in WordPress' left navigation under Settings > WP Nebulus Settings.

Theme Customization

The plugin allows unlimited possibilities for the background, text and button colors. They can be set in the Settings page. You can even choose to upload a background image for the top section.

Selecting custom colors is easy with the color picker and allows a lot of control over the look of the plugin.

There are also 3 themes included with WP Nebulus. Each theme has one of three color schemes.

  1. Default (Orange Color scheme)
  2. Green
  3. Blue

The theme can be selected in the "Theme" section of the "General" tab in the settings page.

NOTE: Selecting a custom background color or image will override your theme selection.

Custom Background Image

You can easily upload your own background image from the Settings page. After you've uploaded the image, you have 4 options for the sizing of the background image:

NOTE: Best Fit and Responsive will not work in older browsers like Internet Explorer 7-9. It is best used for modern browsers and mobile devices.

For more advanced users, you can use the Custom CSS box and target the class section.top-section to get more control. For example: 

section.top-section{
    background-position: 0 bottom, 20% 30%;
}

Note that there are two background images, one for the jagged bottom edge and the second is the background image. In the example above, each position is seperated by a comma, with the jagged bottom edge being the first, followed by the background image.
So when setting the background properties, keep in mind that the first background is the jagged bottom edge and the second is the background image.

Content Blocks

There are 3 content blocks in total in WP Nebulus. Two are constant and one is optional. They act just like WordPress edit boxes, similar to the ones used when writting a blog post.

"Content Column 1" and "Content Column 2" are constant blocks and are always visible.

"Content Column 3" is an optional block. It is activated by hidding the Twitter Feed using the "Hide Twitter Feed" checkbox in the "Social" tab. That will then display third content column in the front end template.

NOTE: Shortcodes are limited in these content boxes. Any shortcode that adds extra scripts and css in the WordPress header or footer will show up properly.

Twitter

Nebulus includes a script to display tweets. It can pull the latest tweets from your screen name. To set it up you must obtain a few keys from Twitter. Follow these steps to get them:

  1. Go to https://dev.twitter.com/ and sign in with your twitter info.
  2. In the upper right hand corner drop-down, select "My Applications"
  3. Click the "Create a new Application" button.
  4. Fill in the info for you website. Note: In the Callback URL field, fill in 
    http://yourwebsite.com/inc/twitter/tweet.php
    Replacing "yourwebsite.com" with your website url.
  5. In the following screen you will see a section for "OAuth". From here you will find your applications Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. Add these two in the corresponding fields in the settings section. Then hit the "Create Access Token" button.
  6. Your access token should now be in the "Your Access Token" section. Add these in to the fields in settings as well.

After you have all the keys, add them in the "Twitter Feed" section of the "Social" tab in the settings page.

MailChimp

The Notify Me email form has MailChimp integration. You just require a MailChimp API Key and List ID for it to work.

To get your API Key, click here.
To get your List ID, click here.

After you get your List ID and API Key, enter them in the corresponding field in the "Mailchimp" tab of the settings page

Access

You can allow users or team members to bypass the coming soon page and be able see your blog. This can be done either by listing their IP address or allowing a certain user role access.

IP addresses need to be separated by commas. For example: 127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.2, 127.0.0.3

You can also specify which roles will be allowed access by checking off the appropriate box next to the role that you want to whitelist.

Google Analytics

If you wish to use Google Analytics to keep track of you visitors, it is very simple to add you tracking code to WP Nebulus.
Simply paste the tracking code into the Google Analytics Text box in the general settings and save.

The tracking code will appear in the Coming Page and it will begin trackin users.

Icons

For super sharp, retina ready icons, Nebulus uses icons from the Font Awesome project. 
A full list of icons can be found here.

Support

If you come across any issues during installation or customization of this product, please do not hesitate to contact us via ThemeForest or directly through decodigothemes.com/contact.