Building multi-level navigation menu

Ashford allows you to build your web site navigation by adding pages and child pages. Ashford automagically will build a multi-level menu by default. If you wish to turn that off, you can in the Theme Options. You add parent pages to build the main navigation bar. We recommend that you do not add more than [...] Read more »

Building your blog with thumbnail images

If you upload and display an image to your post, Ashford automagically add thumbnails to your post excerpts. This feature is used used on the default index page, default blog page template and on the Ashford Pro Blogger page template. As background, the code looks through the post and grabs the first image it sees. [...] Read more »

Building with page templates

Ashford and Ashford Pro provide page templates that allow you to build virtually any kind of site. Ashford covers all the standard WordPress pages.

Building a page with an Image Hero

Ashford suppports adding eye-popping hero images to any page on your site. Use these large format images (e.g. 300px by 940px) on landing pages where you want to increase the number of conversions. These can be added to ANY page regardless of template. See sample to the right. Ashford users get [...] Read more »

Building pages with Pro Hero types

Pro Hero types are available only to owners of Ashford Pro. They give you the ability to add seven Hero Types to ANY or ALL page templates. This means that any page template can get an eye-catching creative added above the fold.

Building a blog

Add a post Coming soon. Edit a post Coming soon. Working with categories Coming soon. Working with tags Coming soon.

Building with images

There are 2 steps to insert an image. Upload image to your server Insert the image on to your page Check your Media Settings Ashford uses thumbnails and other built-in WordPress image features. So if you do not use these values, it may cause layout issues. Please enter the following values in the Media [...] Read more »

Building with sidebars and widgets

Use sidebars with page templates Ashford has many page templates. Each template has 1-3 sidebars. These sidebars can be loaded with one or more widgets. This allows you to create customized pages for your site. The default page template has NO sidebars. When adding or editing a page, find the Advanced Options subheading and click [...] Read more »