Introduction
Thank you for buying our WordPress Theme. The complete procedure to configure and manage a WordPress Website from the beginning is shown in this documentation in different portions.
What is WordPress CMS?
WordPress is an open source tool which is based on PHP and MySQL to create websites. It is a completely free content management system(CMS) and a strong blogging platform. With this CMS, you can develop websites and solid online apps. You hardly require any knowledge or technical capability to manage it. WordPress has become the most accepted website development software available because of it’s varied aspects like it’s easy usage and flexibility. Learn More
What is a Wordpress Template?
A WordPress template acts as a skin for the websites which are created on WordPress CMS. The installation of a WordPress Template is very easy. With the help of an installed new template, you can change the look of your WordPress website very easily. All the requisite source files are provided with a WordPress template and you can freely go for editing and increasing it the way you want.
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File Structure
The template package you have downloaded consists of several folders. Let's see what each folder contains:
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Screenshots
-contains template screenshot. Not for production.
- theme -contains wordpress theme files
- "vw-fitness-gym-pro" -this folder contains all the necessary files for the theme.
- "license.txt" -contains license details
- "readme.txt" -contain information about theme images path, font use and usage script
My site was working fine before? Who changed the File Permissions?
Incorrect file permissions can block WordPress from creating folders, upload images, or run some scripts
WordPress needs permissions to manage files and create folders on the server.
- After that select all folders in root directory and then right click to select ‘File Permissions’.
- wp-config >> permissions dialog box >> click on checkbox read and write >> Click on the OK button to continue
- same process repeated for wp-content folder
Template Installation
Template installation is very easy process.
All installation steps can be done within WordPress interface. It makes process comfortable and fast.
The installation process can be done in two ways
1-Install a theme using wordpress admin
First thing you need to do is to login to your WordPress admin area. Next, click on
1.Go to the menu Appearance >> Themes
2. Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New button at the top. Add New button at the top.
3. Click on upload theme button.
4. Click on Browse Button then select your vw-fitness-gym-pro zip file and click on install now button.
5.WordPress will now install your theme and show you a success message along with the link to activate or live preview.
Congratulations!! Your theme have been successfully installed.
2-Install a Theme using FTP
Your second installation option is to upload the theme via FTP. For this method first log into your site via FTP and browse to your folder located at wp-content/themes. Unzip the theme file you downloaded and upload only the extracted Total folder to your server.
Next log into your WordPress site and navigate toAppearance >> Themes to activate Total.
Plugin Installation.
To install a WordPress Plugin manually by .zip archive and follow the below steps for Upload plugin .
Install Required Plugins:
VW Fitness Gym Pro Posttype Posttype plugin, Contact Form 7, Social Media.
Go to Dashboard >> plugin >> Add New >> Upload plugin.
Read through all plugin details, read plugin documentation to learn how to use plugins for additional functionality
click on the install now button and activate.
Section Ordering
How to Arrange and Reordering Section
Section reordering basically means to arranage the section as per our requirement. in order to proceed with this section you need to drag section on top or bottom where you need it. when you will drap any section top or bottom your front view will change according customizer values.
For Section Re-ordering,you just need to simply drag-and-drop options into any order as per your wish .
In order to proceed with Section Ordering.
Step 1 Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Theme Settings >> Section Ordering
Click on "Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".
Section Color/Font Pallette
Color/Font is very easy process. We have given these options in all sections of customizer. It is a complete image to show you about color and font pallete. At a single glance of click you can set the color and fonts of the Headings, Paragraph and Buttons
Every individual section have an option to set the color pallete for Headings, Title/Text, Paragraph, Button Text and Button Background depending upon the number of option that are available in that respective section.
Default Color/Font settings
Theme Wizard
* This is new feature added in the version (1.1.2)
Follow the following steps to import content using Theme Wizard
1) Go to Dashboard >> Getstarted
2) Insert your key.
Refer video for Licence key activation:
3) CLick on Wizard and then start now.
4) Install Plugins.
5) Import your demo content based on Customizer and Gutenberg.
You can refer this video for setup your demo content based on
Setup Homepage Template
Setup Home Page Template
Follow these instructions to setup Home page.
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1. Create Page to set template: Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New Page.
Label it "home" or anything as you wish. Then select template "home-page" from template dropdown.
- 2. Set the front page: Go to Setting >> Reading >> Set the front page display static page to home page
Plugin Setup
1. Setup Top Bar Section
In order to proceed with the Top Bar Section
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Top Bar.
Setup Social Icon
In order to setup the Social Icon, follow the below steps.
First you need to upload and activate VW Social Media Plugin
Go to Dadhboard >> VW Social Media .
Setup Site Identity
In order to setup the Site Identity, follow the below steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Site Identity.
Setup Header
In order to setup the Header, follow the below steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> >> Theme Setting >>Header.
Sticky Header :
When you scroll down the page then the header navigation menus fixed and stick at the top of page.
Setup Menus
In order to setup the Menus, follow the below steps.
Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> add new page with addition of image if you want to and allot the page to that section. You can do this several times for creating multiple pages to allot in same section
For menu you need to add pages from Pages >> Add new and then add them to the Appearance >> Menus
Repeat the same steps if you want to add more pages.
In this way you can add the menu section.
In this way you can setup final header with menu navigation
2. Setup Slider Section
In order to proceed with slider Section, follow the below steps.
In this way you can add the slider section.
3. About Us
In order to proceed with About Us Section
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >>About Us
In this way you can setup About Us section.
4.Our Classes
In order to proceed with Our Classes Section, Firstly you need to upload and activate vw fitness gym pro posttype
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >>Our Classes
follow the below steps to setup the Our classes Sections.
First you need to create category .
Now create category. Go to Dashboard >> classes >> Categories. Add New Categories here.
Go to Dashboard >> classes >> Add New . Select the Category and add all the details. For more details, refer the below screenshot.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >>Our Classes
In this way you can add Our classes Section.
5.Our Fitness Classes
In order to proceed with Our Fitness Classes Section, Firstly you need to upload and activate vw fitness gym pro posttype
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >>Our Fitness Classes
follow the below steps to setup the Our classes Sections.
First you need to create category .
Now create category. Go to Dashboard >> classes >> Categories. Add New Categories here.
Go to Dashboard >> Fitness classes >> Add New . Select the Category and add all the details. For more details, refer the below screenshot.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >>Fitness Classes
In this way you can setup Our Fitness classes sections
6. Workout Timing
In order to proceed with Workout Timing Section
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Workout Timing
In this way you can setup Workout Timing Section
7. Fun Fact
In order to setup the Fun Fact Section, follow the below steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Fun Fact
In this way you can setup Fun Fact
8.Our Products
In order to setup the Our Products Section, follow the below steps.
First you need to upload and activate the Woocommerce.
Go to Products >> Add new
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Our Products
In this way you can setup Our Products
9. Pricing Plan
In order to proceed with Pricing Plan Sections.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Pricing Plan
In this way you can setup Pricing Plan
10. Our Team
follow the below steps to setup the Our Team Sections.
First you need to upload and activate the VW Fitness Gym Pro Posttype plugin
Go to Dashboard >> Team >> Add New
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Team
In this way you can setup Team Sections
11. Our Testimonial
follow the below steps to setup the Testimonial Sections.
Firstly you need to upload and activate vw fitness gym pro posttype
Go to Dashboard >> Testimonial >> Add New
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Testimonial
In this way you can setup Testimonial Sections
12.Our Blogs
In order to proceed with Our Blogs Section Follow the steps given below
For Our Blogs Section, first we need to creat posts. For creating posts,
Go to Dashboard >> Posts>> Add New
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Our Blogs
In this way you can setup Our Blogs
13.Our Partners
In order to proceed with Our Partners Sections.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Our Partners
In this way you can setup Our Partners
14. Setup Post Settng
follow the below steps to setup the Post Settng.
Go to Customizer >> Theme Settings >>Post Setting
15. Setup General Settings
follow the below steps to setup the General Settings.
Go to Customizer >> Theme Settings >>General Settings
16. Setup Footer Widgets
In order to proceed with Footer Widgets Section, follow the below steps.
Go to Dashboard >>Appearance >> Widgets
Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Setting>>Footer Widgets.
Follow these instructions in order to set up this section.
- Do you want this section : Here, Enable and Disable options are provided so that if you don't want this section, you can disable it here and if you want this section, just let that be enabled.
- Background Color:This option allows you to set background color of this section.
- Background Image:Instead of setting background color, if you want to set background image, you can set it with the help of this option.
- Footer Heading Color: With this option, you can set the title color of this section.
- Footer Heading Font Family: With this option, you can set the title font family of this section.
- Footer Content Color: With this option, you can set the Content color of this section.
- Footer Content Font Family: With this option, you can set the Content font family of this section.
In this way you can add the Footer Widgets.
17. Setup Footer Text Section
In order to setup the Footer Text Section, follow the below steps.
1. Go to Appearance >>Customize >> Theme setting >> Footer Text.
In this way you can add Footer Text section.
18. Setup Contact Page
In order to setup the Contact Page you need upload and activate contact form 7 plugin.
In order to procced with this contact Page
Go to Dashboard >> Contact >> Add New
Go to Dashboard >> Pages >>Add new >> Contact
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Contact
In this way you can setup Contact Section
Plugins
Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress.
How to activate plugins If you want these functionalities in your theme for which you need to activate plugin. Follow these instructions to activate plugin in your theme. First, you need to download VW Fitness Gym Pro Posttype.from the source which will be a .zip file.
Setup VW Fitness Gym Pro Posttype plugins
Our Classes
Go to Dashboard >> Classes >> Add New
Our Team
Go to Dashboard >> Team >> Add New
Testimonial
Go to Dashboard >> Testimonial >> Add New
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
- If you checked primary menu checkbox then menu will appear on header.
1. Create Page to set template: Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New Page.
Label it "home" or anything as you wish. Then select template "home-page" from template dropdown.
See this screenshot for better understanding.
Page Templates and sidebars
Page Templates
- Default Template (the default page template with a right sidebar position)
- Blog with Full Width (a blog templates with one column without sidebar)
- Blog with Left Sidebar (a blog templates with left sidebar position)
- Blog with Right Sidebar (a blog template with right sidebar position)
- Contact (the default Contact template with no sidebar position)
- Home Page (Template to show home page content)
- Page with Left Sidebar (a page templates with left sidebar position)
- Page with Right Sidebar (a page template with right sidebar position)
Post, 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.
- Click the Publish 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:
- classes-[fitness-pro-classes]
- Testimonials-[fitness-pro-testimonials]
- team-[fitness-pro-team]
Our classes Shortcode
Go to Dashboard >> Page >> Add New
After adding shortcode ,classes page look
Team Shortcode
Go to Dashboard >> Page >> Add New
After adding shortcode ,Team page look
Custom Widgets
