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
- mail us: support@starthemes.net
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
- Go to the menu Appearance > Themes and click the Add New Theme button.
- Click the Upload link.
- Click the Browse button and navigate to the unzipped template package on your computer.
- Look for a file called solar-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
- Click the Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
- Click the Activate link to change the current layout of the site to the theme your purchased.
- 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.
- 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 Header Information: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Bsdic Settings >> Header Information.
- For Navigation: See the Setup Navigation tab of this documentation.
- For Social Icons: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Bsdic Settings >> Header Social Icons.
- For Slider: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Homepage Slider >> Upload image, Add Title and Add Description.
Top Headlines Section
For setting up Top Headlines Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 1.
Shortcode/Content for Top Headlines Section.
<div class="tp-headline"><div class="tp-headline-ttl"><h1>Top<span>Headlines</span></h1></div><div class="tp-headline-text">[text_rotator_wrap][text_rotator text="Phasellus at dapibus magna. Ut imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcu ac sapien pharetra, id feugiat dolor luctus."][text_rotator text="Phasellus at dapibus magna. Ut imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcu ac sapien pharetra, id feugiat dolor luctus."][text_rotator text="Phasellus at dapibus magna. Ut imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcu ac sapien pharetra, id feugiat dolor luctus."][/text_rotator_wrap]</div></div>
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 1.)
Renewable Energy Sources Section
For setting up Renewable Energy Sources Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 2.
Shortcode/Content for Renewable Energy Sources Section.
[column_content type="one_third"][iconbox icon="solar-panel" icon_position="left" title="Solar Power" link="#"] Phasellus at dapibus magna imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcuac. [/iconbox][iconbox icon="wind" icon_position="left" title="Wind Energy" link="#"] Phasellus at dapibus magna imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcuac. [/iconbox][/column_content][column_content type="one_third" subcls="pl-25 pr-25"]<img src="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/solar-panels.jpg" class="img-round" /> [/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][iconbox icon="tint" icon_position="right" title="Hydropower" link="#"] Phasellus at dapibus magna imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcuac. [/iconbox][iconbox icon="seedling" icon_position="right" title="Bioenergy" link="#"] Phasellus at dapibus magna imperdiet neque a sem pellentesque venenatis. Sed efficitur arcuac. [/iconbox][/column_content][clear]
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 2.)
About Us Section
For setting up About Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 3.
Shortcode/Content for About Section.
<div class="about-solar">[column_content type="one_half"]<img src="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/about.jpg" />[/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last" subcls="text-center pl-80 pr-80 pt-80"][section_title title="About Solar Energy"] <p>Aenean vestibulum tortor erat, nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. Nam lacus nunc, commodo bibendum ex sit amet, dapibus consectetur nibh. Morbi pellentesque turpis eu velit posuere imperdiet. Ut eget feugiat l commodo varius semper. Pellentesque habitant.</p> [button name="View More" align="center" link="#"][/column_content][clear]</div>
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 3.)
Services Section
For setting up Services Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 4.
Shortcode/Content for Services Section.
<div class="service-wrap"><div class="service-left"><h2>Phasellus at dapibus magna imperdiet neque asem.</h2><p>Aenean vestibulum tortor erat, nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. Nam lacus nunc, commodo bibendum ex sit amet, dapibus consectetur nibh. Morbi pellentesqu turpis eu velit posuere imperdiet. Ut eget feugiat l commodo vari llentesque habitant.</p><a href="#" class="sliderbtn">View More</a></div><div class="service-right">[column_content type="one_third"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service1.png" title="Commercial Equipment" link="#"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service2.png" title="Home Appliance" link="#"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service3.png" title="Military Products" link="#"][/column_content][clear][column_content type="one_third"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service4.png" title="Innovations and Research" link="#"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service5.png" title="Development Ideas" link="#"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][service_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/service6.png" title="Technical Development" link="#"][/column_content][clear]</div>[clear]</div>
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 4.)
Video Section
For setting up Video Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 5.
Shortcode/Content for Video Section.
[popup_video title="Our Video" image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/pop-vid.jpg" video_link="https://vimeo.com/77228982"] Aenean vestibulum tortor erat, nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. Nam lacus nunc, commodo bibendum ex sit amet, dapibus consectetur nibh. Morbi pellentesque turpis eu velit posuere imperdiet. Ut eget feugiat l commodo varius semper. Pellentesque habitant. [/popup_video]
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 5.)
Why Choose Us Section
For setting up Why Choose Us Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 6.
Shortcode/Content for Why Choose Us Section.
<div class="choose-us-wrap"><div class="choose-us-left pt-90 pl-45 pr-45">[section_title title="Why Choose Us"][image_icon_box_wrap column="2"][image_icon_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/why-icon1.png" title="Commercial Equipment" link="#"] Duis at suscipit massa. Etiam quis mollis arcu. Integer sit amet ex eros [/image_icon_box][image_icon_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/why-icon2.png" title="Home appliance" link="#"] Duis at suscipit massa. Etiam quis mollis arcu. Integer sit amet ex eros [/image_icon_box][clear][/image_icon_box_wrap] [image_icon_box_wrap column="2"][image_icon_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/why-icon3.png" title="Military products" link="#"] Duis at suscipit massa. Etiam quis mollis arcu. Integer sit amet ex eros [/image_icon_box][image_icon_box image_icon="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/why-icon4.png" title="Innovations and research" link="#"] Duis at suscipit massa. Etiam quis mollis arcu. Integer sit amet ex eros [/image_icon_box][clear][/image_icon_box_wrap]</div><div class="choose-us-right"><img src="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/why-us.jpg"></div>[clear]</div>
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 6.)
Photo Gallery Section
For setting up Gallery section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 7.
For setting up Gallery Section first of all you need to add some posts by using Photo Gallery Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.
Once you added posts in the Photo Gallery Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done. (Section 7.)
Gallery Shortcode:
[photo-gallery show="8" category="frontpage" column="4" type="grid"][button name="Gallery Page" align="center" link="#"]
Testimonials Section
For setting up Testimonials section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 8.
For setting up Testimonials Section first of all you need to add some posts by using Testimonials Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.
Once you added posts in the Testimoinials Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done. (Section 8.)
Testimonials Shortcode:
[testimonials show="4"]
Call To Action Section
For setting up Call To Action Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 9.
Shortcode/Content for Call To Action Section.
[call_to_action align="center" title="Panels with a Sleek, Low-Profile Design" font_size="46px" color="#ffffff" font_family="Raleway" font_weight="600" button_text="View More" button_link="#"] Sed efficitur arcu ac sapien pharetra [/call_to_action]
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 9.)
Clients Section
For setting up Clients Section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 10.
Shortcode/Content for Clients Section.
[client_lists][client image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/client1.jpg" title="Lorem Ipsum" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/client2.jpg" title="Lorem Ipsum" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/client3.jpg" title="Lorem Ipsum" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/client4.jpg" title="Lorem Ipsum" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/starthemes/solar/wp-content/themes/solar-pro/images/client5.jpg" title="Lorem Ipsum" link="#"][/client_lists]
Once you added above shortcode in the sections content area, you'r done. (Section 10.)
Latest News Section
For setting up Latest News Section section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 11.
For setting up Latest News page first of all you need to add some posts by using Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.
Once you added posts in the Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done. (Section 11.)
Latest News Section Shortcode:
[latest-news showposts="4" date="show"][button name="Blog Page" align="center" link="#"]
Setup Footer
For Setting up Top Footer : Go to Appearance >> Theme Option >> Footer >> Top Footer.
For Setting up Footer : Go to Appearance >> Widgets >> Add widgets to Footer Sidebar.
For Setting up copyright : Go to Appearance >> Theme Option >> Footer.
Setup Navigation
- First of all create pages from go to Pages >> Add new page.
- Go to Appearance >> Menu
- Click on Create a new menu link
- Give a name to your menu in Menu name and click save menu button
- Once you have create menu. You need to add pages by selecting with checkboxes. After adding menu list you can arrange it by drag and drop.
- Select menu theme location from the below checkboxes
See this screenshot for better understanding.
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
- Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
- Click the Posts tab.
- With that done, click Categories for blog posts.
- Type in the name of your new category.
- After that, click the Add New Category button.
Creating a Blog post
- Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
- Click the Posts tab.
- Click the Add New tab.
- 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:
- 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.
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
Footer
Contact Page
Shortcode
Contact form Plugin
The following instructions are for setup Contact Form Plugin
Follow below instruction to use Contact Form Plugin.
Plugin Installation
- Go to Plugins >> Add New search for plugin Contact Form 7 and install it in your wordpress dashboard.
- After that you'll see Contact menu menu in left sidebar menu list.
Follow below instructions...
Plugin Use
Get Code for Newsletter form
[email* email-452 placeholder "Enter Your Email"][submit "Submit"][checkbox* checkbox-760 "I have read and agree to the terms & conditions"]
Get Code for Contact page form
<label> Your Name (required) </label>[text* your-name] <label> Your Email (required) </label>[email* your-email] <label> Your Message </label>[textarea your-message] [submit "Send"]