General

General introduction about WordPress & the Omega theme

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Thank You!

For purchasing the Omega Wordpress theme!

Getting Started

Introduction

Thank you for buying Omega Wordpress theme! Omega is an elegant, modern and unique wordpress theme and we have spent a very long time developing it from scratch. It is packed with awesome features and its main focus is to make your web pages stand out, while keeping it extremely easy to use and maintain.

Feel free to contact us and give us your feedback about the theme, improvements you feel it needs and the documentation of the theme. We've worked hard to create Omega and we'll work even harder to support and improve it.

On behalf of Oxygenna team thanks again for buying Omega.

WordPress

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

Hosting

Some of the WordPress hosting options that we recommend

Digital Ocean
WP Engine
A Small Orange

We recommend using digital ocean hosting it has great support and you can be up and running quickly using one of their ready made WordPress instances. Check out this one click install tutorial.

If you aren't ok with running your own server. We also recommend WP Engine, which offers a full managed hosting solution.

Another full hosting solution we recommend is A Small Orange who provide top notch servers and customer service

Setup Digital Ocean Hosting
Setup WP Engine Hosting
Setup ASO Hosting

Do it alone! You can always host and install wordpress yourself if you have the skills.

Get started with WordPress

Here are some useful links to get you started with WordPress.

  • WordPress Codex Your first port of call for everything about how WordPress is coded.
  • WP Screencasts WP Screencasts is a collection of training videos for managing web based content using the WordPress publishing platform.
  • WP Lessons Lessons from the creators of WordPress from beginners to advanced
  • Tuts Plus Tutorials Join over 5 million people using Tuts+ each month to learn skills including code, illustration, photography, web design, and more.

Theme Requirements

Before you install theme, make sure your installed wordpress version is 3.4 or higher. You also need to have PHP 5.2.4 or higher and MySQL 5.0 in order for the theme to function correctly.