# Material - White Label WordPress Admin Theme

## Most Advanced & Elegant White Label branding Admin Theme for WordPress.

- created (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/26/2015
- latest update (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/26/2015
- by: themepassion
- email: themepassion@jaybabani.com

Thank you for purchasing our plugin. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email at themepassion@jaybabani.com. Thanks so much!

### Installation and setup

#### Plugin installation

First install WordPress (Installing WordPress) , then please log in to admin panel to install Material - White Label WordPress Admin Theme plugin.

There are 2 ways of installing a plugin

1. Install via WordPress Admin

2. Upload via FTP directly to your server.

##### 1. Install via WordPress Admin

To install the plugin correctly, you find plugin legacy-admin.zip file (in the plugin folder) downloaded from marketplace.

Go to WordPress admin panel -> Plugins -> Add New to upload plugin.

Upload this zip file > Click on Install Now. This will install the plugin. After installation click on "Activate" link to activate the plugin. You will find a new theme already in action in your admin panel.

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##### 2. Upload via FTP directly to your server.

To install the plugin correctly, you MUST UNZIP legacy-admin.zip file (in the plugin folder) downloaded from marketplace.

1. Open your FTP client and connect to your server.
2. Locate your extracted folder and copy the "legacy-admin" folder in the plugins directory of your WordPress installation. Plugin directory of default WordPress installation is your_rooth_path/wp-content/plugins/
3. The correct plugin folder must have the legacy-core.php file within the root. i.e. your_rooth_path/wp-content/plugins/legacy-admin/legacy-core.php

Log into the WordPress admin, go to Plugins → You will find a new plugin "Material - White Label WordPress Admin Theme" in the list. Now click on "Activate" link below it.
You will see admin theme in action directly..

#### Updating the Plugin

CAUTION: If you have made any changes to plugin files, updating will overwrite your modified files and you will loose any customizations. For safe updates please take the backup first.

If you wish to upgrade via FTP, you can do the following:

1. Open your FTP client and connect to your server.
2. Locate the plugin in the plugins directory e.g. ‘/wp-content/plugins/legacy-admin‘
3. Make a backup if needed by downloading the current version of the Plugin to your computer.
4. Upload the new files from legacy-admin folder to the exact same directory, overwriting the existing files.
5. When completed, the new version will be active.
6. You might need to deactivate and activate the plugin again.

### Control Panel

Material Admin comes with advanced control panel options. After the plugin is installed correctly, a new tab is added in the Admin Menu named as Material Admin.
All the options like selecting a theme, logo settings, page loader settings, color settings, typography, forms, buttons etc. can be found in this panel.
You can take some time out and go through all the detailed options.

### Select Theme

Using Material Admin you can either select any inbuilt theme or can create your own theme.

Go to Admin Menu → Material Admin → Pick a Theme section.
Select Custom Option to build your own theme or Select any inbuilt theme option.
Click save changes button.

You can also import the inbuilt themes in the options panel from import/export tab under Material Admin Menu tab. Find the inbuilt theme import files in the downloaded package.

### Create a Theme

This plugin lets you create your own admin theme. As mentioned earlier you need to select Custom Theme option first in Material Admin → Pick a theme section.

After that you will notice many other styling settings available in different subsections of Material Admin Section like Logo settings, typography, top bar, form, menu etc.
Go to all these sections to make your changes and click save changes button when done.
This will generate a new CSS file on the server and this file will be applied automatically to your wordpress admin section. This way you can create a theme as many times as needed.

### Layout Settings

Set the general layout of your admin panel via WP Admin → Material Admin → Layout.
Pick settings like page background, Page headings color, Pages text and link color options.
Click save changes when done.
This layout options are applied throughout the Admin panel generally.

- Dashboard Widgets
- Floating Menu

### Dashboard Widgets

With Material Admin you can have your customized dashboard. Go to Material Admin → Dashboard Widgets section.

All the statistics are calculated from your website and displayed on your dashboard.
Choose which widgets to show or hide.

### Floating Menu

With Material Admin you can have your shortcut floating menu. Go to Material Admin → Floating Menu Settings section.

Pick your quick links to show in floating menu.
Also you can pick the position of floating menu on the webpage.

### Menu Management

With Material Admin you can have manage your admin menu. Go to Material Admin Addon → Menu Management.

Admin Menu Management Addon is again outstanding feature to use. You can easily Rename,Rearrange menu and submenu items, Change menu icons, Enable/Disable Menu and submenu items.

To show original menu to admin users and edited menu to all other users, you need to go to Plugin settings page and check the option "Check to Show original menu to admin users".

### Logo & Favicon

With Material Admin you can have your own branding in Admin Panel. Go to Material Admin → Logo Settings section.

Upload your logo and favicon images of proper dimensions as mentioned in the section. You can upload logo, login page logo, Collapsed menu logo (smaller in size), favicon images.
Demo images are already part of plugin directory. You can also replace theme in the directory via FTP.

### Login Page

To access Theme option go to Material Admin -> Login Page Section.

In this section you can build your own login page. Pick the backgroud, color, opactiy, button color, form styles etc. in this section.
Give your users/visitors a unique look of your brand by customizing this page based on your branding needs.

### Admin Menu

Set the Admin Menu Appearance of your admin panel via WP Admin → Material Admin → Menu Section.
Pick settings like menu background, menu and submenu text and backround colors, hover effects etc.
Click save changes when done.
This menu options are applied when saved and selected theme is custom options.

### Typography

Typography is unique feature of this plugin.

Power of 650+ Google fonts in your admin panel is a amazing addon.

Pick different fonts for menu, heading, button and body text. Also pick the back up font just in case online access to google fonts directory is not available. Thus you can also use your desktop fonts at will along with google fonts.

You can set options like font size, font weight, line height, word spacing and letter spacing too in this section for any font.

### Admin Top Bar

You can also control the appearance of default admin panel top bar using Material Admin.

Material Admin also gives you an option to enable or disable top bar on your website along with your admin panel.

Enable or disable top bar at will from the top bar section in control panel.

You can also pick from two different styles of appearance.

Plus customize its styling options based on your liking or branding

### Form & Buttons

Set the form and buttons layout of your admin panel via WP Admin → Material Admin → Form and Button sections respectively.
Pick settings like page text color, backround color etc from their respective sections.
Click save changes when done.
These options are applied throughout the Admin panel generally.

### Page Loader Integration

Material Admin theme comes with a integrated page loader progress bar at top of page. This page loader can be seen in action at the time when the page is loading at top.
Its a nice addon to know the how much proportion of page content is loaded and is ready to use.
You can enable or disable it from control panel as well.

### Content Boxes

Set the content boxes layout of your admin panel via WP Admin → Material Admin → Content Boxes section.
Pick settings like page text color, backround color, heading background etc from this section.
Click save changes when done.
These options are applied throughout the Admin panel generally.

### Import / Export & Extra Settings

Import and export your settings option. Also do some custom settings like footer editing and adding your own custom CSS code from the option panel.

### Material ADDON

Also manage your admin menu from menu management addon. Rename, Reorder, Change Menu Icon, Enable/Disable Menu and Sub menu items. Also control plugin permission and other settings from the Material Admin Addon Tab.

### Uninstall

Go to your WordPress Admin panel > Plugins. You will find a plugin "Material Admin WordPress Theme" in the list. Now click on "Deactivate" link below it.
This will uninstall the plugin and restore your WordPress admin theme to default style that comes with WordPress installation package.

### THANK YOU!

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this Plugin. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this plugin.