How To Setup GMag Magazine Blogger Template

 How To Install And Setup GMag Magazine Blogger Template

GMag is a professional and responsive magazine blogger template. It is fully customizable for you to create your own amazing design. GMag also has Seo Optimized and is surprisingly fast, which will make your site better ranked in search engines. GMag is a blogger template that has the latest platform codes and exclusive technologies developed by the Templateify team. Using GMag, your website will be at another level.

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Main Logo

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Logo gadget.

Widget Settings:



Main Menu

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Menu gadget.

DropDown Options:

Normal Link Ex: Features
SubLink Level 1 Ex: _Level 1 "Before the Title add 1 underscore"
SubLink Level 2 Ex: __Level 2 "Before the Title add 2 underscore"

ALERT: Level 2 Links must be between or below level 1 links.

MegaMenu Options:

Shortcode Structure: {getMega} $label={Your Label} $type={Type}
Shortcode Types: msimple or mtabs
Shortcode Label: label or recent

What are Label?


Shortcode mSimple Ex: {getMega} $label={Economy} $type={msimple}
Shortcode mTabs Ex: {getMega} $label={Bitcoin/Business/Sports/Technology/Travel} $type={mtabs}

INFO: In the mTabs type, you can add as many labels as you want, there is no defined limit! but remember they must be separated by "/".

Widget Settings 01:


Widget Settings 02:


SAVING: After adding all the desired links and organizing them in the correct position, click on the Save Button.

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Navbar Menu gadget.

Widget Settings:



Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Navbar Icons gadget.

Icon Shortcode: {icon: "ICON-NAME", url: "LINK-URL"}

Supported Icons: bloggerfacebookfacebook-ftwitterrssyoutubeskypestumbleupontumblrvkstack-overflowgithublinkedindribbblesoundcloudbehancedigginstagrampinterestpinterest-ptwitchdeliciouscodepenflipboardredditwhatsapptelegrammessengersnapchatemaildiscordshareexternal-link

Widget Settings:


NOTE: If this widget is enabled, the icons will also appear on the Mobile Menu.

Header ADS

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScriptImage or AdSense > in the section Header ADS.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only be displayed on the Homepage and Post Page.

Featured Posts

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Featured Posts section.

Shortcode Structure: {getFeatured} $label={Your Label} $type={Type$color={Hex Color}
Shortcode Types:  featured1featured2featured3
Shortcode Label:  label or recent
Shortcode Color:  $color={Hex Color} is Optional
Shortcode Example: {getFeatured} $label={recent} $type={featured1} $color={#1abc9c}

Hex Colors Site: https://flatuicolors.com/

Widget Settings:


Content Blocks 1  /  Content Blocks 2

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the sections Post Widgets 1 or Post Widgets 2.

Shortcode Structure: {getBlock} $results={Number of Results} $label={Your Label} $type={Type$color={Hex Color}
Shortcode Types:  block1col-leftcol-rightvideosgrid1grid2gallery
Shortcode Label:  label or recent
Shortcode Results:  You must add the desired number of results
Shortcode Color:  $color={Hex Color} is Optional
Shortcode Example: {getBlock} $results={5} $label={Music} $type={block1} $color={#1abc9c}

Hex Colors Site: https://flatuicolors.com/

Widget Settings:


Content Blocks Demo:



Home ADS 1

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScriptImage or AdSense > in the section HOME ADS 1.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only appear on the Homepage before main posts.

Main Posts

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Main Posts/Blog Posts gadget.

Widget Settings:


Recent Posts Headline: Replace text for hide to remove the headline


In-Article ADS on "Post Page"

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScriptImage or AdSense > in the sections ADS 1 ( before content and ADS 2 ( after content ).

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


Move ADS 1 and ADS 2 to inside the post content:

Sortcode ADS 1: $ads={1}
Sortcode ADS 2: $ads={2}

IMPORTANT: After adding a Shortcode apply the Strikethrough style EX: $ads={2}

Example:


IMPORTANT: The ad will only appear if you have inserted in the section, if you want to hide just remove check to not display or remove the gadget. 

Home ADS 2

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScriptImage or AdSense > in the section HOME ADS 2.

HTML/JavaScript Ex:


IMPORTANT: This ad will only appear on the Homepage after main posts.

Author Box

The widget receives the blogger profile informations automatically, As long as your profile is marked as public. The icons are displayed if there are links in the description.

Supported Icons: bloggerfacebookfacebook-ftwitterrssyoutubeskypestumbleupontumblrvkstack-overflowgithublinkedindribbblesoundcloudbehancedigginstagrampinterestpinterest-ptwitchdeliciouscodepenflipboardredditwhatsapptelegrammessengersnapchatemaildiscordshareexternal-link

Blogger Settings: Go to https://www.blogger.com/edit-profile.g

Find for Additional Information > Introduction > and add your description with HTML links.

HTML Link Structure: <a href="Your Link Here">Icon Name</a>
HTML Link Example: <a href="https://facebook.com/templateify">facebook</a>



Post Layouts and Contact Form

Full Width: full-width
Left Sidebar: left-sidebar
Right Sidebar: right-sidebar
Contact Form: contact-form

Example:



Social Counter

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > List > in the Sidebar sections.

Icon Shortcode: {icon: "ICON-NAME", url: "LINK-URL", count: "CUSTOM-COUNTER"}

Supported Icons: bloggerfacebookfacebook-ftwitterrssyoutubeskypestumbleupontumblrvkstack-overflowgithublinkedindribbblesoundcloudbehancedigginstagrampinterestpinterest-ptwitchdeliciouscodepenflipboardredditwhatsapptelegrammessengersnapchatemaildiscordshareexternal-link

Widget Settings:



Post List Widgets

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Sidebar section.

Shortcode Structure: {getWidget} $results={Number of Results} $label={Your Label} $type={list}
Shortcode Label:  labelrecent or comments
Shortcode Results:  You must add the desired number of results
Shortcode Example: {getWidget} $results={3} $label={comments} $type={list}

Widget Settings:



Facebook Page Plugin

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript > in the Sidebar sections.

NOTE: To add the Page Plugin, you will need to install the facebook SDK on your blog, how to install it by clicking here.

Add This Code:

<div class="fb-page" data-href="YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE URL" data-width="500" data-small-header="false" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false" data-show-facepile="true"></div>

INFO: Replace "data-href" content with your facebook page address, and click save

About Section

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the About Section gadgets.

1.1 - About Us



1.2 - Follow Us

Icon Shortcode: {icon: "ICON-NAME", url: "LINK-URL"}

Supported Icons: bloggerfacebookfacebook-ftwitterrssyoutubeskypestumbleupontumblrvkstack-overflowgithublinkedindribbblesoundcloudbehancedigginstagrampinterestpinterest-ptwitchdeliciouscodepenflipboardredditwhatsapptelegrammessengersnapchatemaildiscordshareexternal-link



Footer Copyright (Premium)

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Footer Copyright gadget.

Widget Settings:



Footer Menu

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Footer Menu gadget.

Widget Settings:



Theme Options


1.1 - Facebook SDK

The Page Plugin as well as facebook comments only work if you have the Facebook SDK installed on your theme. See below for the steps to acquire and install the Facebook SDK.

Get SDK:

Step 01: Go to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/page-plugin/ and click on Get Code button and copy the SDK Script.

Copying SDK:


SDK en_US:

https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v5.0

Installing SDK:

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Theme Options > Facebook SDK gadget.

Widget Settings:


1.2 - JSON Variables

Access your blog Layout > and click on the Edit Icon > in the Theme Options > JSON Variables gadget.

{
  relatedPostsNum"3",
  viewAllText"View all",
  followByEmailText"Get all latest content delivered straight to your inbox.",
  commentsSystem"blogger",
  disqusShortname"templateify-theme",
  months: {
    jan"January",
    feb"February",
    mar"March",
    apr"April",
    may"May",
    jun"June",
    jul"July",
    aug"August",
    sep"September",
    oct"October",
    nov"November",
    dec"December"
  }
}

relatedPostsNum: default is 3.
viewAllText: default is View all.
followByEmailText: default is Get all latest content delivered straight to your inbox.
commentsSystem: bloggerfacebookdisqus or hide, default is blogger.
disqusShortname: If you add the disqus form, you will then have to add the username of your form, default is templateify-theme.
months: default is "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December".

NOTE: To add the Facebook Comments, you will need to install the facebook SDK on your blog, how to install it by clicking here.

Widget Settings:



Site Feed

Access your blog Settings > and click on the Other.

Site Feed Settings:


IMPORTANT: For Mega Menu, Featured Posts, Content Blocks, Related Posts, Recent Comments and Recent Posts Widget and others load normally, you must configure the site feed to "Full".

How to Customize This Theme?

Access your blog Theme > and click on the Customize button > and find Background and Advanced options.

Available customizations: Layout Options, Widths, Colors, Backgrounds, Fonts and more.

Background Example:


Advanced > Background:

Background Image Size Cover: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Floating Mode - on Full Width: 0 is false and 1 is true.


Advanced > Layout Options:

Boxed Version: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Left Sidebar: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Fixed Menu: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Fixed Sidebar: 0 is false and 1 is true.


Advanced > Theme Widths:


Advanced > Theme Fonts:


Advanced > Theme Colors:


Advanced > Post Options:

Post Breadcrumbs: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Comments Count: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Post Navigation: 0 is false and 1 is true.
Facebook Comments Dark Mode: 0 is false and 1 is true.



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