Create a New Page
Your theme features a full widgetized page template that allows you to add and order your homepage widgets however you would like. To create your new widgetized page visit Pages > Add New. On the right side of your screen assign the Homepage Template in the Page Attributes area. Also note that there will be no need for you to fill the editor block as the content of the homepage will be completely replaced by a widget area. Finally, click Publish.
Replace the Homepage Widget Area
Every page saved with the Homepage Template will display the Homepage widget area. However, you can create a new custom widget area with Easy Custom Sidebars to replace it. To do so, just follow the steps described in the following post:
Creating Custom Widget Areas
Add Section Widgets
When activated, the Grimlock plugin allows you to add section widgets to your new custom widget area. Those widgets have an important number of customization options that lets you perfect the content of your page. Moreover, it provides you with 5 types of widgets:
- Grimlock Section Widget – A full width widget to showcase any marketing heavy content
- Grimock Query Section Widget – A full width widget to display a query for post types
- Grimock Term Query Section Widget – A full width widget to display a query for taxonomy terms
- Grimock Posts Section Widget – A full width widget to display a query for posts
- Grimock Custom Menu Section Widget – A full width widget to display a menu