How-to guides

Step-by-step guides for the things site owners do most.

• What people usually do first A short list of the guides most Reign site owners follow, in a sensible order, with what each one gets you.
• How your site fits together How Reign, your plugins, pages, menus, header, login, search and layout connect, with ready-made wiring for community, course, event, directory, job board, services and shop sites.
• Build a community site Go from an empty WordPress site to a working BuddyNext community on Reign, with sample content, menus and login checked.
• Set up your menus Fill every menu location Reign registers, in the right order, for logged-in and logged-out visitors, phones and the profile dropdown.
• Build your homepage Use Reign's starter pages or block patterns, set a static homepage, and control the page width and title banner.
• Set up login and registration Let visitors sign up, choose between a popup and full pages for login, brand the WordPress login screen, and test the result.
• Choose page layouts and sidebars Set the site width, choose a layout and sidebar for blog posts, pages and search, fill the sidebars with widgets, and override one page.
• Change the footer Add footer widgets, edit the copyright line, and set footer spacing and colours.
• Turn on dark mode Give visitors a light and dark switch, choose the default mode, add a dark logo and check both looks.
• Make it look right on phones Choose the mobile header layout, add a separate mobile logo, order the mobile icons, set the tablet menu width and preview each screen size.
• Add a shop Install WooCommerce, see what Reign styles for it, and choose your cart icon, shop layout, product page and sidebar settings.

11 pages, written for Reign 8.0.8.