You can find Revolution Slider  at the bottom of the WordPress Menu.

After pressing the Create New Slider button you will see a form where you are need to enter a Slider Title and a Slider Alias (a slug that is used to display the Slider in this theme, try to keep it simple, no spaces and special chars). Set all the setting like on image below.

In the Edit Slide view you see the heart of our plugin. The drag&drop Caption editor.

But first please note that you have another chance here to change the background image with the "Change Image" button.

To create a Layer (Caption, Image or Video) press the button "Add Layer" or "Add Layer: Image". In case of a text layer a basic layer will be created you can use the "Text" field in the Layer Params to change the caption on it. The "Style" selectbox shows some basic styles (CSS classes) you can use to style the caption (you can always add own CSS classes to this field or edit the existing ones via the "Edit CSS File").

In case of an Image Layer you will see the native WP Media Uploader again. In case of a Video Layer you will prompted to a custom Video selection wizard.

You now can move the Layers around via drag&drop or type in the x and y coordinate in the corresponding fields.

The "Layers Sorting" drag&drop list determines the Layers' z-index. This list specifies the stack order of an element.

An element with greater stack order is always in front of an element with a lower stack order.

This theme uses WordPress 3.0 Custom Menus. Go to Appearance > Menus and you will see a panel where you can create new menus. Create one, add your created pages to it(from the left side panels) and save it. After this, go to tab Manage Locations where you can select the Menu from dropdown box . Choose your newly created menu, click Save and your menu is ready.

Creating posts is nothing special if you have even basic experience with WordPress. Astrum theme offers couple of additional options in Post editor.

Post types

Astrum support 3 types of posts. You can change them in right side box. Default is Standard - that one shows only text of post. Image type shows thumbs if it has any Featured Image added. The Video post will display video if you'll fill Video URL option, and Gallery type will display gallery you've created in post. (How to create gallery is little bit further in docs)

Below Editor you'll see Layout box and Post options box.

Layout box

Layout box gives you ability to select sidebar to display with post or page, and also select layout of post - you can put sidebar on left or right side, or just show full-width content. Right side is default.

You can create more sidebars in Theme Options in Sidebars section. Just follow instruction there.

Post options

You can choose here post display type.

1. Hide thumbnail - you can hide the post thumbnail (featured image) if you don't want it to appear on blog page or archive page, or single page. By default it will be visible everywhere
2. Gallery if you want to use Gallery post type, here is the place to create a gallery. Check this short screencast to learn how to do it (watch fullscreen) - it was based on my other theme, Nevia, but it's the same thing here ;) :
   
   
3. Link to Video - if you want to show video at the begining of post, paste here URL to movie (only from those sites: What Sites Can I Embed From?)
4. Embed code - if you prefer to use embed code, or your service doesn't support oEmbed, you can put the code here

If you want to use shortcodes in post content, you need to write the excerpt or you might see non parsed shortcodes in search results or in front page. The same applies if you want to use Page Builder.

Layout box

Layout box gives you ability to select sidebar to display with post or page, and also select layout of post - you can put sidebar on left or right side, or just show full-width content. Right side is default.

You can create more sidebars in Theme Options in Sidebars section. Just follow instruction there.

Portfolio Template Options

This options apply only if page uses one of Page Template from this list:

• Portfolio page 3 colums
• Portfolio page 3 colums with Revolution Slider
• Portfolio page 4 colums
• Portfolio page 4 colums with Revolution Slider

Filters to display Instead of showing all filters at once, you can select which one to display on current page, which will allow you to create many portfolios with different content.

Filters button you can hide it if you don't want to show filters. If you've selected just one filter, it won't be visible.

The Title is a field where you can overwrite default title of Portfolio section

Slider

This options apply only if page uses one of Page Template from this list:

• Portfolio page 3 columns with Revolution Slider
• Page with Revolution Slider
• Portfolio page 4 columns with Revolution Slider

If the template is used, you'll able here to select which slider should be displayed. It allows you to create pages with custom sliders.

List of page templates:

Portfolio is similar to posts. You can create portfolio item which will feature gallery of your images, or video clip. Create Gallery the same way you do it in posts (reminder: screencast is here, and don't forget to set Featured Image.

You can create portfolio item in two types - Wide and "Half wide". In first case, slider takes all available space, which means that ideally images for portfolio should be 1180px wide, smaller images won't look good as they will be strechted. If you wish to use only "Half wide" the images needs to be 775px wide. The height of images is not important as slider will adjust for each image.

Now you have couple of custom options. First you can put subtitle to the Item name.
You can also switch gallery to Video, then just paste URL to the clip and it will be displayed in place of gallery slider. List of supported sites is here http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

You're free to use any shortcodes or other elements in a Portfolio content, just remember that if you're using "half" layout the content wide is just "five" columns.

Portfolio Options

Portfolio Type Video or gallery. If you select Video, you need to either put URL to video in field below or get embed code.

Portfolio layout If "wide" is selected the gallery will take all available space, if "half" is selected the gallery will take only 11 columns.

Gallery Slider the same gallery editor as for posts.

Link to video paste URL to the clip and it will be displayed in place of gallery slider. List of supported sites is here http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

Embed code for Video if your service doesn't support oEmbed, you need to paste here whole embed code (probably starts with "object" tags)

Portfolio filters

Filters acts like categories - you can add one portfolio item to many filters.

Astrum has many shortcodes which will help you to build awesome layouts. In "extras" folder you have sample layouts saved as text files, so you can just copy them to your Editor and use them as a base for your site.

Here is list of all shortcodes:

[line]

[clear]

[dropcap color=""] A[/dropcap]

[headline] Text [headline]

[icon icon=""]

[highlight color=""] text [highlight]

You can add many iconbox for one group but it need to be wrapped with [iconwrapper] shortcode

[iconbox title="Easy to Customize" link="" icon="icon-bullhorn" place="" width="one-third" ]Proin iaculis purus consequat sem cursus digni ssim. Donec porttitor entume suscipit. Aenean rhoncus posuere odio in tincidunt.[/iconbox]
                            

[recent_work limit="4" title="Recent Work" orderby="date" order="DESC" filters="" width="sixteen" place="center" exclude_posts=""] 

[testimonials limit="4" title="Testimonials" orderby="date" width="" place=""]
    OR
[happytestimonials limit="4" title="Testimonials" orderby="date" width="" place=""]
                    

This shortcode will display carousel with testimonials. You need to first add them in WordPress, in Testimonials menu (it's a Custom Post Type) If you want some nicely styled carousel with company logo you can try 'happytestimonials' shortcode.

• title - required field
• limit - how many items to display
• orderby - none | ID | author | title | name | date | modified | parent | rand | comment_count
• place - first/last/center/none
• width - width of box, default is 'one-third'

[team limit="4" title="Team" members=""]
                        

Team shortcode is used on About Us page - it gives nicely styled boxes to feature team members of your comapny. You need to first add team in WordPress, in Team menu (it's a Custom Post Type)

• title - required field
• limit - how many items to display
• members - if you want to show specific members, you can put here ID's separated by the comma

Astrum is based on modified Skeletons grid - Full width page has 16 columns, if it's page with sidebar it has 12 columns. Using columns shortcodes you can build your own layouts.

The important part of columns shortcode except the width is place. You have 3 options here - first, none or last. If last is used, it's assumed that this column is last in current row and floats will be cleared. First  will set margin-left to 0px. If you have more than two columns you might want to use also place="center" - it will set margin left and margin right to 0px. It's good to try different parameters to find out what looks the best in specific situation.

[column width="one-third" place="first" ] Put here content [/column] [column width="two-thirds" place="last" ] Put here content[/column]
                                

You can use other shortcodes in columns.

[noticebox title="This is a Headline" icon="" link=""]  Adipiscing elit. Cras eu nisl quam. Cras in elit a massa fermentum bibendum.
[/noticebox]
                        

it's good way to show "call to action" buttons and important informations. Example:

[tooltip title="" url="" side=""] text [tooltip]

It needs to be wrapped with [skillbars] shortcode

[skillbars] [skillbar title="Security" icon="icon-shield" value="90"][skillbar title="HTML / CSS" icon="icon-html5" value="80"][skillbar title="Usability" icon="icon-laptop" value="70"][skillbar title="Marketing" icon="icon-puzzle-piece" value="60"] [/skillbars]
                        

This will show animated horizontal bars that represents levels of your skills

Pricing tables are not available currently from TinyMCE editor.

Sample code for Pricing table:

[pricing_table title="Standard" price="9.99" buttonlink="#" per="per month" place="first" ]<ul>
    <li>25 GB Storage</li>
    <li>Free Live Support</li>
    <li>Unlimited Users</li>
    <li>No Time Tracking</li>
    <li>Enhanced SSL Security</li>
</ul>[/pricing_table][pricing_table title="Premium" price="29.99" per="per month" buttonlink="#" type="featured" ]<ul>
    <li>50 GB Storage</li>
    <li>Free Live Support</li>
    <li>Unlimited Users</li>
    <li>No Time Tracking</li>
    <li>Enhanced SSL Security</li>
</ul>[/pricing_table][pricing_table title="Professional" price="69.99" per="per month" buttonlink="#" type="premium"]<ul>
    <li>100 GB Storage</li>
    <li>Free Live Support</li>
    <li>Unlimited Users</li>
    <li>No Time Tracking</li>
    <li>Enhanced SSL Security</li>
</ul>[/pricing_table] [pricing_table title="Ultimate" price="99.99" per="per month" buttonlink="#" place="last"]<ul>
    <li>100 GB Storage</li>
    <li>Free Live Support</li>
    <li>Unlimited Users</li>
    <li>No Time Tracking</li>
    <li>Enhanced SSL Security</li>
</ul>[/pricing_table]

                        

Here's one regular column:

                                [pricing_table title="Ultimate" price="99.99" per="per month" buttonlink="#" place="last" ]<ul>
                                <li>5 GB Storage</li>
                                <li>Free Live Support</li>
                                <li>Unlimited Users</li>
                                <li>No Time Tracking</li>
                                <li>Enhanced SSL Security</li>
                                </ul>
                                <a href="#">Sign Up</a>[/pricing_table]
                            

• type standard | premium | featured
• title required
• currency by default $
• price just a number
• per "per month" | "per year" etc
• buttonstyle additional class for button
• buttonlink URL
• buttontext "Sign up" etc
• width "sixteen" (default), "fifteen", "fourteen", (..), "two", "one"
• place "first" (default), "center", "last", "none"

Remember that there shoudn't be any white space between closing and opening tag [/pricing_table][pricing_table]

It needs to be wrapped with [social_icons] shortcode

[social_icons] [social_icon service="twitter" url="#"] [social_icon service="dribbble" url="#"] [social_icon service="facebook" url="#"] [social_icon service="linkedin" url="#"] [social_icon service="gplus" url="#"] [social_icon service="stumbleupon" url="#"] [social_icon service="fivehundredpx" url="#"] [social_icon service="pinterest" url="#"] [social_icon service="forrst" url="#"][social_icon service="digg" url="#"] [social_icon service="spotify" url="#"] [social_icon service="reddit" url="#"] [social_icon service="delicious" url="#"] [social_icon service="appstore" url="#"] [social_icon service="paypal" url="#"] [social_icon service="blogger" url="#"]   [social_icon service="evernote" url="#"] [social_icon service="instagram" url="#"] [social_icon service="flickr" url="#"] [social_icon service="rss" url="#"] [social_icon service="youtube" url="#"] [social_icon service="vimeo" url="#"] [social_icon service="xing" url="#"] [social_icon service="yahoo" url="#"] [social_icon service="amazon" url="#"]   [social_icon service="steam" url="#"] [social_icon service="dropbox" url="#"] [social_icon service="github" url="#"] [social_icon service="lastfm" url="#"] [social_icon service="tumblr" url="#"] [/social_icons]
                                

                                    [toggle title=" How much does it cost?"] Perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam. Donec ut volutpat metus. Vivamus justo arcu, elementum a sollicitudin pellentesque, tincidunt ac enim. Proin id arcu ut ipsum vestibulum elementum. [/toggle]
                                

[list type=check]
  <ul>
    <li> list item </li>
    <li> list item </li>
 </ul>
[/list]
                                

[box type=error] Error! Please fill in all the fields required. [/box]
                                

[button size="small" color="green" url="#" icon="icon-ok" iconcolor="white"] Text [/button]
                            

[tabgroup] [tab title="Tab 1" icon="icon-star"] Aliquam egestas consectetur elementum class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent perea conubia nostra lorem inceptos orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.[/tab] [tab title="Tab 2"] Lorem ipsum pharetra felis. Aliquam egestas consectetur elementum class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent perea conubia nostra lorem inceptos orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.[/tab] [tab title="Tab 3"] Lorem ipsum pharetra felis. Aliquam egestas consectetur elementum class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent perea conubia nostra lorem inceptos orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. [/tab] [/tabgroup]
                    

You can add icons to tab by using parameter icon. Whole tab section must be in [tabgroup] shortcode.

It need's to be wrapped with [accordionwrap] shortcode

[accordionwrap] [accordion title="Accordion#1"] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit tortor libero sodales leo, eget blandit nunc tortor eu nibh. Aenean nisl orci lorem, condiment ultrices consequat eu lorem ipsum dolor sit amet inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo dolor sit amet.[/accordion][accordion title="Accordion#1"] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit tortor libero sodales leo, eget blandit nunc tortor eu nibh. Aenean nisl orci lorem, [/accordion][accordion title="Accordion#1"] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit tortor libero sodales leo, eget blandit nunc tortor eu nibh. Aenean nisl orci lorem, [/accordion] [/accordionwrap]
                    

[googlemap width="100%" height="250px" address='New York, United States']

You can display simple google map with address box, if you want something more advanced there are dozens of plugins you could use

[clients_carousel]
<ul>
<li><img title="logo_01" src="http://www.demo.purethemes.net/incredible/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/logo_01.png" alt="" width="187" height="95" /></li>
<li><img title="logo_01" src="http://www.demo.purethemes.net/incredible/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/logo_02.png" alt="" width="187" height="95" /></li>
</ul>
[/clients_carousel]
                        

You can display with this shortcode nice list of logo of e.g your partners, just put list of IMG tags in [clients] [/clients].

• title 'Clients'
• subtitle 'Check for who we worked!'
• width "sixteen" (default), "fifteen", "fourteen", (..), "two", "one"
• place "first" (default), "center", "last", "none"

[recent_blog limit="2" title="Recent Work" subtitle="/ Stuff From Our Blog" words="15"]  

You can display with this shortcode you recent blog posts.

• Astrum Contact Info
  Nicely styled box with basic contact informations (address, phone, fax)
• Astrum Flickr
  Displays photos from Flickr
• Astrum MailChimp List Signup
  Works only if you have installed plugin named 'MailChimp Widget'
• Astrum Tabbed Widget
  Show tabs with popular and recent posts and latest comments
• Astrum Twitter Widget
  Important read widgets description below before using it.

Astrum Twitter Widget

Astrum Twitter widget is build on Twitter API 1.1. To get it working you need to create an application on the Twitter Developer site. Once your application is created Twitter will generate your Oauth settings and access tokens. Now, when you have this informations, go to Appearance - Theme Options - Twitter and paste them to 4 fields you'll see. Thanks to this you don't have to put these informations to widget, and it's hidden from other authors.

Options panel is based on amazing OptionsTree plugin.

Typography

You can choose from one of 500+ Google fonts. Select font for body and for headers. You can also just choose some nice font for a logo if you prefer to have text logo instead of image.

Sidebars

All sidebars that you create here will appear both in the Appearance > Widgets, and then you can choose them for specific pages or posts. Please choose a unique title for each sidebar and make it one word.

Astrum is using new feature of latest WordPress - Theme Customizer, you'll get there by clicking Appearance - Customize

It gives you real time preview of changes you made to your site.

You should use contact form 7 plugin for contact form. After installing it, go to Contact - Add new (or edit current one) and in Form field paste what's below:

<p>Name:<div style="margin-bottom: -5px"></div>
[text your-name] </p>

<p>Email: <span style="color:#e24747">*</span><div style="margin-bottom: -5px"></div>
 [email* your-email] </p>

<p>Message: <span style="color:#e24747">*</span><div style="margin-bottom: -5px"></div>
[textarea* your-message] </p>

<p>[submit "Send Message"]</p>
                                    

Than at the top of page you'll see shortcode, for example:

[contact-form-7 id="503" title="Contact form 1"] 

You'll find some PSD format in "extras" folder.

You can learn from here about Translating theme into your language.

The .pot file is in 'astrum/languages' folder named 'default.pot'.

You can use Poedit to translate the .po file. You need to save it in languages folder, and name just the same way your language is defined in WP config file. Open wp-config.php and check define ('WPLANG', '');
if it's for example fr_FR, save your .po file as fr_FR.po