CuckooLove theme contains Works Custom Post #1. Using this custom post, you can create portfolios, photo or video albums or any other kind of galleries.

Custom Post Name


By default name of this post in CuckooLove theme is set to Photos, but it can be changed according to your needs: go to Dashboard → Appearance → CuckooLove → Custom Posts.

IMPORTANT!
SET CUSTOM POST SLUG BEFORE ADDING YOUR CONTENT!

After changing custom post slug, go to Dashboard → Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes button. After changing custom post slug, all existing posts with old slug will be lost. They can be restored by changing the slug name back.

After changing the slug, all the content of Works Custom Post #1 has to be re-uploaded.

Custom Taxonomy


Works Custom Post #1 has a custom taxonomy named Type, which functions in the same way as Categories used for the Posts.

Using Types you can easily arrange your works in Multiple Galleries, Homepage Gallery Units or create Single Type Portfolio Gallery using one of the two Works Custom Post #1 page templates.

IMPORTANT!
SET CUSTOM CATEGORY SLUG BEFORE ADDING YOUR CONTENT!

After changing slug, go to Dashboard → Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes button. After changing slug, all existing categories with old slug will be lost. They cannot be restored.

Display in Homepage


Using CuckooLove WordPress Theme, you can display Works in Homepage Works Gallery Unit. The number of Gallery units is unlimited, for example, you can create a number of Gallery units and display different work types in each single unit.

Templates

  • Works 2 Custom Post #1 / 2 Columns Layout + Multiple;
  • Works 4 Custom Post #1 / 4 Columns Layout + Multiple;

Shortcode


In addition, works can be displayed using one of Works Custom Post #1 shortcodes.


Create Work Post


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Step 1

Navigate to Dashboard → Works → Add New in your WordPress dashboard panel.
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Step 2

Add Title of your Work Post. It will be used in post url and will be displayed in a single Work post.

Do not use word Works on its own in a custom post URL. Use it only in a combination with other words; for example, works-gallery.

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Step 3

Add subtitle for your Work Post. Optional.

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Step 4

Start adding content. You can add up to 10 images in a certain sequence. All images will be displayed in the internal gallery.

The recommended minimum gallery work image size is 960 x 475 pixels. Smaller images will be stretched to fit minimal gallery work image area. Smaller images without minimum size limitations can be added using page editing area.

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Step 5

If your project contains video, enter Youtube or Vimeo video URL here. Video Unit will replace Image Unit or Images Gallery.

If you want to have Images and Video in one work post, add all your content via post editing area as usual.

Blog Posts

Step 6

Using Choose Sidebar panel, activate Custom Sidebar for your Work Post if needed. Select Custom sidebar from dropdown and set sidebar alignment.

Custom Sidebar can be created using Dashboard → Appearance → CuckooLove → Sidebars tab. Content of the sidebar can be modified using Dashboard → Appearance → Widgets tab.

Blog Posts

Step 7

Using Header Settings panel enter shortcode and add custom header to your Work Post. Check Hide Title if you want hide Work Post title.

Using one of 4 theme shortcodes you can add Revolution Slider, Layer Slider, Google Map and Vimeo or Youtube Video to the header of any Page, Post and even to any Custom Post in your site.

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Step 8

Add a Featured Image to your post and it will be used as Work Post thumbnail in Works Gallery templates and Homepage Works Gallery units.
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Step 9

Choose type of your Work Post from existing types or add a new one.

Using Types you can easily arrange your works in Multiple Galleries, Homepage Gallery Units or create a Single Type Portfolio Gallery using one of two Works Custom Post #1 page templates.

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Step 10

Click Publish, when you are ready.

Additional Customization Features

Custom Background

Using Background Settings panel, you can add custom background to any page or post. Two background options are available – Image and Video. By entering video URL, you can add any YouTube or Vimeo video as the background of your page/post. If you want to use image background option, you can add Default and Parallax style background. Moreover, using Background Settings panel, you can add an unlimited number of image background layers and create awesome multi-layered parallax background effect.

Global background settings can be managed using Color Settings tab of theme framework. Here you can also choose parallax style background or default background for specific page and posts groups.

Image Background

Custom Background

1. Choose Custom as your page/post background source;
2. Choose background type of your page/post.

Custom Background

3. Expand Layer #1* and start editing Image background settings;
4. Choose background type of Layer #1;
5. Edit other background settings.

* Using Add Layer button you can add unlimited number of background layers.

Video Background

Custom Background

1. Choose Custom as your page/post background source;
2. Choose Video as background type of your page/post;
3. Add Youtube or Vimeo video url;
4. Edit other Video background settings.

Custom Super Footer

Using Super Footer panel you can add custom Super Footer to any page/post. Super Footer displays any page content that is created using Default page template. Global Super footer settings can be managed using Header & Footer tab of theme framework.

The awesome thing is that Super Footer supports Full Width content. The usual width of a single pages/post content area is limited to 960 pixels. Using Super Footer you can add full width videos, sliders, maps and other full width stuff to your page above your site’s footer.

Custom Super Footer

1. Choose Custom as your page/post Super Footer source;
2. Select Page Source from pages dropdown;
3. Edit Super Footer top and bottom padding.

In addition, using Header Settings panel you can add Full Width videos, sliders and maps to any page header as well.

Header Display Settings

Using Header Display Settings panel you can choose custom header appearance and functionality settings for a specific page or post.

It’s very useful when different pages display different style content in page header. For example, page displays full screen video or slider. In this case, it is recommended to use Option 5 style header. Header logo and top navigation menu will be hidden until user scrolls to the bottom of the slider.

Header Display Settings
Global Header Display Settings for Homepage and All Other Pages can be managed using Header & Footer tab of theme framework.