Initial installation

First, turn template files on.

1. Copy files from the zip file to your Magento Directory

2. Navigate to Backend->System->Configuration->Design->Themes Tab and set all fields to bluescale value.

Now do the following actions from the admin side:

Categories

Create 2 categories as subcategories to your theme default category. They must be inactive to be hidden in the main navigation. These categories will be for "Home page products" and "Popular products". Remember the IDs of these categories. See the image below.

Create new Magento category

Once categories are created it is good to add several products to them.

Create Static Block left_info_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* left_info_block
Identifier* left_info_block
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block right_info_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Do not forget to replace "PopularProductsCategoryID" with the ID of one of the created categories.

Block Title* right_info_block
Identifier* right_info_block
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block home_page_footer_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* home_page_footer_block
Identifier* home_page_footer_block
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block header_phone_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* header_phone_block
Identifier* header_phone_block
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block search_block_content

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* search_block_content
Identifier* search_block_content
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block home_page_left_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* home_page_left_block
Identifier* home_page_left_block
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Create Static Block footer_links

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title* footer_links
Identifier* footer_links
Store View* Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)

Edit home page

Go to CMS->Pages and Edit/Add home page

Page Title* home
URL Key home
Store View Select correct store view
Status Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)
Do not forget to replace "HomeProductsCategoryID" with the ID of one of the created categories
Layout 2columns-left*
Layout Update XML

If you are using non English language(es):

"Most Popular" sentence is not present in the default language packs. We need to add it manually.

Open file directory where your magento is. Go to "app/design/frontend/default/bluescale/locale/"

There is a "en_US/translate.csv" file there. "en_US" represents locale. Copy file to any locale you need ("da_DK" for example) and edit "translate.csv" file.

It holds this text:

"Most Popular","Most Popular"

You need to change it to:

"Most Popular","[[Most popular in your language]]"

Note that file encoding should be UTF8.

 

Congratulations! Your magento theme is ready!

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