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How To Setup Sora Times Blogger Template

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Sora Times Blogger Template is a feature rich news paper publishing magazine blogger theme, with its advance design and amazing layout it helps you to create blog for various niches. Best suited for newspaper sites, it also can be used in blogs like travel, review, fashion, DIY, life & style, girly blogs etc.
You can check the live demo or download the template 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.

Basic Setup

  1. Template Installation
  2. Logo Setup
  3. Template Setting
  4. Shortcodes & Markups
  5. Create Sitemap

Video Documentation

You can check this below video to understand the setup process much more easily, just click the below image to watch the video directly on YouTube, or click this link - How To Setup Sora Times Blogger Template


Top Navigation / Footer Menu

Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Top Navigation widget.


Social Top

Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Social Top widget.

Icons Avaliables { facebook, twitter, gplus, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vk, stack-overflow, github, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, twitch, delicious, codepen, reddit, whatsapp, snapchat, email }


Main Menu/DropDown/Multi DropDown/Mega Menu

Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Main Menu widget.

Home Link: in Site Name add your text ex: "Home" in Site Url add homepage.

Example: 


Normal Link : Features
Sub Link: _Multi DropDown (before the link add "_") 1 underscore
Sub Link 2: __DropDown 1 (before the link add "__") 2 underscore
Mega Shortcode by Label: Technology/mega-menu
Mega Shortcode by Recent: recent/mega-menu
Mega Shortcode by Random: random/mega-menu


Hot Posts

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Hot Posts section, you must place the following names highlighted in blue below.

Shortcode: Label, recent or random/hot-posts

Example: Technology/hot-posts

Featured Slider

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Featured Slider section, you must place the following names highlighted in blue below.

Shortcode: Results number/Label or recent/slider

Example: 5/Fashion/slider


Featured Posts 01 and 02

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Featured Posts 01 or Featured Posts 02 section, you must place the following names highlighted in blue below.

Types: feat-big, col-left, col-right, grid-big, grid-small

Shortcode: Results number/Label, recent or random/type

Feat Big Ex: Business/feat-big  NOTE: in this do not set the number (default is 5).


Col Left Ex: 3/Sports/col-left


Col Right Ex: 3/Technology/col-right


Grid Small Ex: 3/Fashion/grid-small


Grid Big Ex: 4/Music/grid-big


Widget Settings Ex:



Post List Widget

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Sidebar or Footer section, you must place the following names highlighted in blue below.

Shortcode: Results number/Label, recent or random/post-list

Label Posts: 3/Technology/post-list
Recent Posts: 3/recent/post-list
Random Posts: 3/random/post-list


Social Widget

Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Social Widget widget.

Icons Avaliables { facebook, twitter, gplus, rss, youtube, skype, stumbleupon, tumblr, vk, stack-overflow, github, linkedin, dribbble, soundcloud, behance, digg, instagram, pinterest, twitch, delicious, codepen, reddit, whatsapp, snapchat, email }


Post Layouts

Left Sidebar: Inside the post add the text left-sidebar and add the style Strikethrough
Full Width: Inside the post add the text full-width and add the style Strikethrough
Right Sidebar: Inside the post add the text right-sidebar and add the style Strikethrough


Theme Options

01 - Css Options

 Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Css Options widget.

Full Width: In New Site Name add fullWidth, in New Site URL add true or false, after click on save button.

Recent Posts Headline: In New Site Name add recentPostsHeadline, in New Site URL add true or false, after click on save button.


02 - Default Variables

 Access your blog Layout > click Edit icon on Default Variables widget.

Post Per Page: In New Site Name add postPerPage, in New Site URL add the number of results, it should be the same as the posts from the home page, after click on save button.

Fixed Sidebar: In New Site Name add fixedSidebar, in New Site URL  add true or false, after click on save button.

Comments System: In New Site Name add commentsSystem, in New Site URL add the comments sytem type {blogger, disqus, facebook or hide}, after click on save button.

Disqus Shortname: In New Site Name add disqusShortname, in New Site URL add your disqus comment system shortname, after click on save button.

Facebook Page Plugin 

Access your blog Layout > click Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript on Sidebar or Footer section, and paste the code below.

<center><div class="fb-page" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/soratemplates" data-width="360" data-small-header="false" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false"  data-show-facepile="true"></div></center>

Note: In Attribute data-href replace the link per your facebook page url.

Customizing Your Template

Access your blog Theme > click Customize button.

Here you can change the background, and apply pre-defined colors


Clicking Advanced You will see the official option to change the Main Colors



Installation And Custom Services

We provide plenty of templates for free but if you want something unique for your blog then let us create a unique design for your blog, Just tell us your needs and we will convert your dream design into reality. We also Provide Blogger Template Installation Service. Our Installation service gives you a simple, quick and secure way of getting your template setup without hassle.

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