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How to install Magento Sports Theme

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Initial installation

1. Copy files from the package theme/ dir to your Magento Directory (PSD/ dir in the package holds PSD source files).

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

Now we need to do the following actions from admin side:

Add new Attribute to product attribute set "Featured Description"

Catalog->Attributes->Manage Attributes:: Add new attribute

Attribute Code*	featured_description
Scope	Store View
Catalog Input Type for Store Owner	Textarea
Unique Value	NO
Input Validation for Store Owner	NO
Enable WYSIWYG	Yes
Used in product listing	Yes

Assign newly created attribute to any Attribute Set

You can do that here Admin->Catalog->Attributes->Manage Attribute Sets

Click on attribute set and edit it

Create Static Block left_info_block

We need to go to CMS->Static Block and add new static blocks

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

Block Title*	left_info_block
Identifier*	left_info_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)	<div>{{block type="catalog/product_popular" template="catalog/product/popular.phtml" category_id="PopularProductsCategoryID"}}</div> <div class="block block-service"> <div class="block-title"><strong><span>Customer service</span></strong></div> <div class="block-content"><span>t <span>99988877</span></span> 9.00-19.00 Mon-Fri</div> </div>

Create Static Block home_page_header_block

We need to go to CMS->Static Block and add new static blocks

Do not forget to replace "FeaturedProductsCategoryID" with the ID of one of the created category.

Block Title*	home_page_header_block
Identifier*	home_page_header_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)	<div>{{block type="catalog/product_popular" template="catalog/product/slider.phtml" category_id="FeaturedProductsCategoryID"}}</div>

Create Static Block quick-access-links

We need to go to CMS->Static Block and add new static blocks

Block Title*	quick-access-links
Identifier*	quick-access-links
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content * (Click to Hide Editor first)	<p><a title="Home" href="#" >Home</a> <a title="Customer Service" href="#" >Customer Service</a> <a class="last" title="Contact Us" href="#" >Contact Us</a></p>

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 category.	<div>{{block type="catalog/product_popular" template="catalog/product/home.phtml" name="home_products" limit="10" category_id="HomeProductsCategoryID"}}</div> <div class="logos"><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="01.png"}}" alt="" /></a><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="02.png"}}" alt="" /></a><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="04.png"}}" alt="" /></a><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="06_1.png"}}" alt="" /></a><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="03.png"}}" alt="" /></a><a href="#" ><img src="{{media url="05_1.png"}}" alt="" /></a></div>
Layout	1-column*
XML Layout Update	<reference name="header"> <block type="cms/block" name="home_page_header_block"> <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>home_page_header_block</block_id></action> </block> </reference> <remove name="catalog.compare.sidebar" ></remove> <remove name="right.reports.product.viewed" ></remove> <reference name="right"> <block type="catalog/product_compare_sidebar" name="catalog.compare.sidebar.right" template="catalog/product/compare/sidebar.phtml" ></block> <block type="reports/product_viewed" after="catalog.compare.sidebar.right" name="right.reports.product.viewed.right" template="reports/product_viewed.phtml" ></block> </reference> <reference name="head"> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_css</type><name>css/coda.css</name><params/></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/coda/jquery-1.2.1.pack.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/coda/jquery-easing.1.2.pack.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/coda/jquery-easing-compatibility.1.2.pack.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/coda/coda-slider.1.1.1.pack.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/coda/noconflict.js</name></action> </reference> <reference name="home_products"> <action method="setDefaultGridPerPage"><limit>10</limit></action> </reference>

Congratulation! Your magento theme should be ready now.

Regarding featured products. "Thumbnail" image is used. Image dimension: 650x370px (at least keep the ratio). The javascript which is used for featured products can conflict with additional extensions

We also recommend to add lightbox extension to your magento

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