Hottest WordPress Theme Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and administering a WordPress Website from scratch.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It enables you to build Websites and powerful on-line applications and requires almost no technical skills or knowledge to manage. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular Web site software available. Learn More

What is a WordPress template

A WordPress template is a skin for a website built with the WordPress CMS platform. In other words, you can easily change your WordPress Web site appearance by installing a new template in a few easy steps. With all its simplicity, a WordPress template is provided with all the necessary source files and you are free to edit or extend it the way you need.

Help and Support

Files structure

The template package you have downloaded consists of several folders. Let's see what each folder contains:

  • documentation - contains documentation files.
    • documentation.html - the main documentation file. You are right here :)
  • screenshots - contains template screenshots. Not for production.
  • theme - contains WordPress theme files.
    • theme####.zip - this folder content all the necessary files for the theme.
    • sample_data - contains files that can make your WordPress website look like our live demo.
      • sample_data.xml - contains all template sample data (posts, pages, categories, etc.).
      • various images and other media files
    • manuall_install - contains files that can make your WordPress website look like our live demo.
      • uploads - contains theme images.
      • theme#####.sql - database backup file (contains theme content).
  • license.txt - contains license details.
  • readme.txt - contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

Template installation

Template installation is very easy process. The installation process includes only two simple steps: theme installation and sample data installation.

All installation steps can be done within WordPress interface. It makes process comfortable and fast.

Step 1. Theme installation

  1. Go to the menu Appearance > Themes and click the Add New Theme button.
  2. Click the Upload link.
  3. Click the Browse button and navigate to the unzipped template package on your computer.
  4. Look for a file called Hottest-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
  5. Click the Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
  6. Click the Activate link to change the current layout of the site to the theme your purchased.
  7. Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Restore Default.

Congratulations, your theme have been successfully installed!

Step 2. Sample Data Installation

To make your WordPress website look like our live demo, please follow the instructions below.

  1. Go to the tools Select import option and select wordpress and install then browse xml file and you'r done. See below screenshot.

How to set up homepage

Setup Header

Follow these instructions to setup header.

  • For Site Name/Logo: For changing site name go to Settings >> General >> Site Title OR if you want to uplaod logo for your site go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Basic settings >> Logo. Please see the theme option tab in this documentation for more details.
  • For Navigation: See the Setup Navigation tab of this documentation.
  • For Slider: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Homepage Slider >> Upload image, Add Title

Setup Welcome To Our Restaurant Section

For setting up welcome to our restaurant first section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 1.

Shortcode/Content for Welcome To Our Restaurant First Section.
[column_content type="one_half"]<h2>Welcome to Our <span>Restaurant</span></h2>Duis turpis mi, tincidunt vestibulum massa vitae, tristique maximus felis. Sed a est viverra, fermentum urna a, malesuada ante. Suspendisse egestas vitae augue quis consectetur. Nullam ut dolor egestas, vehicula lacus eu, molestie massa. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Pellentesque pharetra dui in ornare lobortis. Mauris tempus pretium auctor. Nam tincidunt, tortor pretium hendrerit ornare, arcu felis tristique ligula, tempus malesuada turpis arcu in metus. Curabitur dapibus lorem et sodales faucibus. Aenean non neque tempus, interdum dui rutrum, suscipit lacus. Aliquam arcu nisi, condimentum id eleifend eu, fermentum quis mi. Curabitur nec posuere magna, id eleifend justo. Maecenas non maximus tellus vestibulum massa vitae, tristique maximus.[clear]<a class="button" href="#">Read More</a>[/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last"]<img src="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/welcome-img.jpg">[/column_content][clear]

Setup Make A Reservation Section

For setting up make a reservation second section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 2.

Shortcode/Content for Make A Reservation Second Section.
[contact-form-7 id="113" title="Make A Reservation"]

Setup Lets Have Video Tours Section

For setting up Lets Have Video Tours Fourth section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 4.

Shortcode/Content for Lets Have Video Tours Fourth Section.
<div class="video-left"><iframe width="100%" height="460" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-wDmW3QweLk"></iframe></div><div class="video-text"><h2>Let’s Have Video Tour For You</h2><p>Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi niiaculis tellus, ornare pulvinar lacus nunc a sem. Duis viverra purus non est fringilla volutpat. Quisque magna turpis, pharetr tem maximus maximus elit. Duis lacus metus, bibendum sed consectetur vitae. Fusce </p></div>[clear]

Setup Special Recipes Section

For setting up Special Recipes section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 5.

Shortcode/Content for Special Recipes Section.
[column_content type="one_third"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-1.jpg" title="Korean Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi[/special_recipes][/column_content][column_content type="one_third"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-2.jpg" title="Gourmet Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi [/special_recipes][/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-3.jpg" title="Korean Rice Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi [/special_recipes][/column_content][clear][column_content type="one_third"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-4.jpg" title="Special Pizza Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi [/special_recipes][/column_content][column_content type="one_third"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-5.jpg" title="Macro Cheese Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi [/special_recipes][/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][special_recipes image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/special-6.jpg" title="Ham Chees Recipes" link="#"]Duis eget commodo tortor. Donec volutpat, sem amet interdum egestas, mi [/special_recipes][/column_content][clear]

Setup Chef Recommend Section

For setting up Chef Recommend section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 6.

Shortcode/Content for Chef Recommend Section.
[column_content type="one_half"]<img src="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/recommend-img.jpg">[/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last"]<h2>Chef <span>Recommend</span></h2><p>Duis turpis mi, tincidunt vestibulum massa vitae, tristique maximus felis. Sed a est viverra, fermentum urna a, malesuada ante. Suspendisse egestas vitae augue quis consectetur. Nullam ut dolor egestas, vehicula lacus eu, molestie massa. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Pellentesque pharetra dui in ornare lobortis. Mauris tempus pretium auctor.</br></br>Nam tincidunt, tortor pretium hendrerit ornare, arcu felis tristique ligula, tempus malesuada turpis arcu in metus. Curabitur dapibus lorem et sodales faucibus. Aenean non neque tempus</p>[clear]<a href="#" class="button">Get The Food</a><a href="#" class="buttonstyle1">Others Item</a>[/column_content][clear]

Setup Latest News & Update Section

For setting up latest news & update section first of all you need to add some posts by using Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Latest News Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done. (Section 7.)

Shortcode/Content for Latest News & Update Section
[latest-news showposts="3" date="show" category="show" comment="show" author="show"]

Setup What Our Customers Says Section

For setting up Our Customers Says testimonials section first of all you need to add some testimonials by using testimonials post type please see the below screenshot.

After adding post to Our Customers Says Testimonials go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 8.

Our Customers Says Testimonials Section Shortcode/Content:
[testimonials show="4"]

Setup Awesome Master Chef Team Section

For setting up Awesome Master Chef Team section first of all you need to add some team by using our team post type please see the below screenshot.

For setting up Awesome Master Chef Team section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 9.

Shortcode/Content for Awesome Master Chef Team Section.
[our-team showposts="3"]

Setup Our Partners Section

For setting up Our Partners section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 10.

Shortcode/Content for Our Partners Section.
[client_lists][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo1.jpg" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo2.jpg" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo3.jpg" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo4.jpg" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo5.jpg" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/star/hottest/wp-content/themes/hottest-pro/images/logo6.jpg" link="#"][/client_lists]

Page Templates and Sidebars


Page Templates

  • Default Template (the default page template with a right sidebar position)
  • Full Width Page (a page template with one column without a sidebar)
  • Left Sidebar (a page template with left sidebar position)
  • No Sidebar (a page template have space on left and right.)
  • Blog (Full Width) (a blog templates with one column without sidebar)
  • Blog (Left Sidebar) (a blog templates with left sidebar position)
  • Blog (Right Sidebar) (a blog template with right sidebar position)
  • Blog (No Sidebar) (a blog template with no sidebar position)
  • Contact (Full Width) (a contact template with add google map position)

Posts, Categories and Post Formats

Adding category

Review the following article for more information on adding categories: http://codex.wordpress.org/Manage_Categories_SubPanel

  1. Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
  2. Click the Posts tab.
  3. With that done, click Categories for blog posts.
  4. Type in the name of your new category.
  5. After that, click the Add New Category button.
Click the Publish button.

Creating a Blog post

  1. Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
  2. Click the Posts tab.
  3. Click the Add New tab.
  4. Type in your post content. For more information on adding posts, please check the following link http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts_Add_New_SubPanel.

Shortcodes

A shortcode is a powerful content building tool http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode. Shortcodes are easy to use. First of all, make sure that the editing mode is set to Visual.

All available shortcodes are conditionally divided into these groups:

  • Testimonials - used for testimonials output.
  • Social icon - used for social icon output.
  • One half, one third, one fourth, one fifth - used for display content on columns.
  • Tabs - used for display tabs.
  • Toggle content - used for display toggle.
  • Accordion content - used for display accordion.
  • Gradient Button - used for small, medium, large, xtra large gradient button.
  • Simple Button - used for small, medium, large, xtra large simple button.
  • Round Button - used for light, dark round button.
  • Message Boxes - used for success, error, warning, info, about message boxes.
  • Search - used to display search form.
  • List style - used to display lists.
  • Blogpost - used to display blog post.

Testimonial


[testimonials]

Elements


One half
[column_content type="one_half"]Column 1 Content goes here...[/column_content]
[column_content type="one_half_last"]Column 1 Content goes here...[/column_content]

Description: used to display column content. You can also use type="one_third OR one_fourth OR one_fifth" make sure to add _last for the last column.


Tabs
[tabs]
[tab title="TAB TITLE 1"]Tab Content goes here...[/tab]
[/tabs]

Description: use to display tab content.


Toggle content
[toggle_content title="Toggle Title 1"]Toggle Content goes here...[/toggle_content]

Description: use to display toggle content.


Accordion Content
[accordion]
[accordion_content title="ACCORDION TITLE 1"]Accordion Content goes here...[/accordion_content]
[/accordion]

Description: use to display accordion content.


Gradient Button
[gradient_button size="small" bg_color="#000000" color="#ffffff" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display gradient button. you can use small, medium, large, xtra lareg sizes.


Simple Button
[simple_button size="small" bg_color="#000000" color="#ffffff" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display simple button. you can use small, medium, large, xtra lareg sizes.


Round Button
[round_button style="light" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display round button. you can use light or dark style.


Horizontal rule
[hr]

Description: used to display a horizontal line.


Succes Message Box
[message type="success"]This is a sample of the 'success' style message box shortcode. To use this style use the following shortcode[/message]

Description: use to display success message box. you can also use error, warning, info, about types.


Search
[searchform]

Description: use to display search form.


List Style
[unordered_list style="list-1"]<li>List style 1</li>[/unordered_list]

Custom Widgets

Theme Options

The following theme contains the Settings option. These settings allow you to change the theme’s color palette, order of items, turn items on/off and do lots of other things. In order to use these settings, please go to Appearance → Theme Options.

Basic Settings

Sections

Slider Settings

Shortcode

Contact Form 7

The following plugin Settings option. First upon search contact form 7 plugin and follow the below instruction, please go to Plugin → Add New.

Plugin Installation

Plugin Use

Shop Page

Setup Shop Page

For setting up Shop Page first of all you need to add some plugin for Woocommerce Plugin Download by using Products Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Products Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done.

Portfolio Page

Setup Portfolio Page

For setting up portfolio page first of all you need to add some posts by using Portfolio Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Portfolio Page Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the portfolio page content area and you'r done.

Shortcode/Content for Portfolio Page
[portfolios show="9"]

Gallery Page

Setup Gallery Page

For setting up portfolio page first of all you need to add some posts by using Portfolio Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Gallery Page Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the gallery page content area and you'r done.

Shortcode/Content for Gallery Page
[photogallery show="9"]

Menu Page

Setup Menu Page

For setting up Menu Page first of all you need to add some posts by using Special Menu Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Special Menu Posts type after that you just have to select menu template in the menu page content area and you'r done.

Shortcode/Content for Menu Page
Select Menu Template to show all menu in menu page