Title: Basic user manual?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Basic user manual?

 *  Resolved [Kromatiskfoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kromatiskfoto/)
 * (@kromatiskfoto)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-user-manual/)
 * Thinking about switching to Hoffman. Basic question: Is there a basic user manual
   to be found anywhere? I tried mailing the developer – no answer. 🙂
 * I have a number of functions I need clarification for via a manual.

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 *  [sunshine-man](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunshine-man/)
 * (@sunshine-man)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-user-manual/#post-5630058)
 * It’s a FREE THEME! Free stuff is provides as is. Download, install and figure
   it out.
 * There is a very nice homepage of theme available on andersnoren.se/teman/hoffman-
   wordpress-theme/
 * The demo site of this theme reveals all capabilities: andersnoren.se/themes/hoffman/
 * Btw, Kromatiskfoto, you are demanding the documentation, but you fail to read
   it for another WordPress extension.
 *  Thread Starter [Kromatiskfoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kromatiskfoto/)
 * (@kromatiskfoto)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-user-manual/#post-5630059)
 * Why not take a deep breath and relax a bit, Sunshine person?
 * The documentation for the free theme is quite limited compared to other free 
   themes. I used Asteria Lite before – and it has a comprehensive manual.
 * Specifically I could not find documentation for setting up a static frontpage
   in Hoffman. There are ways around it – there is just noting about various subjects
   in the documentation.
 * The manual is a readme.txt file. If you download the theme via WP-admin, you 
   do not get to see that file.
 * Enough explanation.
 *  Theme Author [Anders Norén](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anlino/)
 * (@anlino)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-user-manual/#post-5630123)
 * Hi Kromatiskfoto,
 * The reason for why Hoffman doesn’t have an extensive manual is that it doesn’t
   have a lot (barely any) custom functionality. It relies on standard WordPress
   functions for pretty much everything, which means that you can find instructions(
   including instructions on how to [set a static front page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page))
   in the WordPress Codex.
 * As for the theme specific functionality, that is covered in the readme.txt file.
 * — Anders

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