This manual is being depreciated. Much of the information here is out of date.

The new Jomres Documentation, updated in 2022, can be found at Jomres.net/documentation.

Installation into Wordpress - Install from Web

To install into Wordpress ( if you're not using one of the Quickstarts ) we recommend that you use the Install from Web feature.

Before you install Jomres

Jomres has three sets of templates, which allow it's layout and components to use different versions of the Bootstrap framework to achieve the best layout and offer things like modal popups and responsive and consistent styling. During the setup process Jomres will ask you which version of Bootstrap your theme supports, giving you a choice between None, Bootstrap 2, Bootstrap 3 or Bootstrap 5.

If your theme does not provide access to the Bootstrap framework, then normally you would choose None, however this isn't the best idea. Jomres can work in non-Bootstrapped themes, however it doesn't look that great in them.

If you don't have a Bootstrap based theme, we would recommend you install the Jomres Leohtian theme for Wordpress, you can download it here. Install and activate that first, before installing Jomres. If you use Leohtian, when you install Jomres you should choose Bootstrap 3 when you are given the choice.

 

Install Jomres

Basic installation is relatively simple. Use the Wordpress Install from web feature, search for Jomres and use the on-screen instructions to do the initial installation.

 

wordpress install from web

 

Jomres is very large, so the initial installation just installs some basic files, the real installation of Jomres happens when you Activate Jomres. Because Jomres is about 10mb in size, this might take some time, depending on your web server's internet connection speed. Please be patient.

Jomres should be automatically added to the WordPress main menu automatically. Don't remeve it. Next, add the Jomres Plugin Manager because you'll need that to use shortcodes.

Install the Plugin Manager

Once Jomres has appeared in the sidebar then it has been installed. Next, go to the Jomres menu option. You'll see this :

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 50 11 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

You can view Jomres, and explore a little, but you're going to want to build your site with some of the plugins that Jomres has so first you should install the basics of the plugins.

Under the Dashboard menu item, click Plugin Manager. You will be invited to install the plugin manager. Click "Let's do this"

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 50 34 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

Once the plugin manager has been installed, next you can install the Alternative Init plugin, and the Jomres Shortcodes plugin.

The vast majority of plugins are CMS agnostic, meaning that they work on both Joomla and WordPress.

Alternative Init is relatively close to the top. The Jomres Shortcodes plugin is Wordpress specific so it's right at the bottom of the list.

Alternative Init plugin

Alternative Init is the plugin that includes the Jomres framework files when Jomres itself isn't called directly.

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 51 06 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 51 15 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

 

 Jomres Shortcodes plugin

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 51 29 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 51 39 Jomres admin ‹ WP install test — WordPress

 

Once you have installed the Jomres Shortcodes plugin visit the WordPress plugin manager and make sure you Activate Jomres Shortcodes. Alternative Init is CMS agnostic, but Jomres Shortcodes is a WordPress plugin and it needs to be activated before it can do it's work. None of the other plugins need to be activated because they're Jomres plugins, not WordPress plugins.

 

Test Shortcodes

 

Go to the Pages page, and add a new one. Call it Shortcodes test, and in it choose the Shortcode block

 

 Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 10 52 19 Add New Page ‹ WP install test — WordPress

 

In the shortcode enter [jomres terms &property_uid=1]

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 11 38 06 Edit Page “Shortcode test” ‹ WP install test — WordPress

 

Save the page. You should now be able to visit the frontend of your site and see a new menu item called Shortcodes test  When you click on it, you should see the following :

 

Screenshot 2022 07 07 at 11 38 16 Shortcode test – WP install test

 

Congratulations, you have installed Jomres and it's ready for you to build your site.