Installation

Thank you for purchasing Avalanche! Follow the instructions below to set up your new theme in Magento.

1) Upload the contents inside the “upload” directory to the same directory as your Magento installation:

/app/code/local
/app/design/adminhtml/default/default
/app/design/frontend/avalanche
/app/etc/modules
/js/avalanche
/media/reviews (CHMOD 777 for Review Photos)
/skin/adminhtml/default/default
/skin/frontend/avalanche

CHMOD 777 the following files for unlimited customization:

/skin/frontend/avalanche/default/css/style.css
/skin/frontend/avalanche/default/images/sprite.png
/skin/frontend/avalanche/default/images/stars.png
/skin/frontend/avalanche/mobile/css/style.css

2) Now we just need to configure a few settings in the Magento Admin Panel. Log in to your Magento backend.

Go to System > Configuration on the main menu.

General > Design > Themes Package
Current Package Name – avalanche

Themes
Default – default

Catalog > Catalog > Frontend Products per Page on Grid Allowed Values – 16,24,32

Products per Page on Grid Default Value – 24

3) Go to CMS > Pages on the main menu.

  • Edit “Home page”
Page Information Page Title – Your Descriptive Homepage Title with Keywords (e.g. Avalanche Outdoor Apparel and Equipment)

Status – Enabled

Content
  1. Click the Show / Hide Editor button.
  2. Copy and paste the code from /cms/homepage.html from the theme folder.

Design Layout – 1 Column

Edit “404 not found” and “Customer Service” using the steps above with the provided HTML files in /cms. If you want to create a brand new page, refer to customer-service.html for an easy one-column design.

4) Go to CMS > Static Blocks on the main menu.

  • Edit “Footer Links”
General Information Block Title – Footer Links
Identifier – footer_links
Status – Enabled
Content
  1. Click the Show / Hide Editor button.
  2. Copy and paste the code from /cms/footer_links.html from the theme folder.
  • Create a new static block. Call it “Footer Box”
General Information Block Title – Footer Box
Identifier – footer_box
Status – Enabled
Content
  1. Click the Show / Hide Editor button.
  2. Copy and paste the code from /cms/footer_box.html from the theme folder.

5) Log out and log back in to the admin panel. Go to System > Configuration. Use the Avalanche admin interface to tweak your design and add a new logo.

6) Go to System > Cache Management. Flush all Magento caches.

7) Go to System > Index Management. Reindex all Magento indices.

You’re done! Enjoy using the Avalanche theme.