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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.

Help and Support

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File Structure

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

    Screenshots -contains template screenshot. Not for production.
  • theme -contains wordpress theme files
  • "vw-handyman-pro.zip" -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

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 Dashboard > Appearance > Themes

2. Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New button at the top.

3. Click on upload theme button.

4. Click on Browse Button then select your vw-handyman-pro.zip theme 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 to Appearance >> Themes to activate Total.

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


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 Setup Wizard and then Start Now button.

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


Theme Setup

Once you view your site after activating the theme, You will see the index page with the latest post. Now you will need to setup the home page template to show all the demo section on your front page.

Setup Home Page Template

Follow these instructions to setup Home page.

  • 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

    • Once you are done with this, you can see all the demo content on front page.

Setup Header

This section shows how to setup the header section. First step for is to add site logo.

Steps for adding site logo.

1. Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Site Identity.


2. For Menu Section, follow these steps.

Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New.


Follow same steps for the more pages.

Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Menu.

3. For Icon Section, follow these steps.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Header.





The output will look like this.

Refer video for create and setup menu:

Setup Slider

In order to setup slider section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Slider Settings.


The output will look like this.

Refer video for Setup slider:

Setup Home Contact

In order to setup contact section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Content Area


The output will look like this.

Setup What We Offer

In order to setup what we offer section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> What We Offers



The output will look like this.

Setup Regular Plumbing Care

In order to setup regular plumbing care section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Plumbing Care



The output will look like this.

Setup Plumbing Care Services

In order to setup plumbing care services section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Plumbing Care Services


The output will look like this.

Setup About Me Section

In order to setup about me section,

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> About Me.





The output will look like this.

Services Section

In order to fetch the service section first you need to upload and activate the VW Handyman Pro Posttype plugin.

For better reference see plugin section.

After installation Services option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard >> Services >> Add New.

Follow same steps for the more posts.


In order to setup this section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Services.



The output will look like this.

Setup Our Pricing Section

In order to setup Our Pricing section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Pricing Plan






The output will look like this.

Setup Repair & Maintenance Section

In order to setup Repair & Maintenance section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Repair & Maintenance





The output will look like this.

Teams Section

In order to fetch the team section first you need to upload and activate the Vw Handy Man Pro Posttype plugin.

For better reference see plugin section.

After installation Team option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard >> Team >> Add New.

Follow same steps for the more posts.

In order to setup portfolio section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Team.






The output will look like this.

Why Choose Us Section

In order to setup Why Choose Us section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Why Choose Us.





The output will look like this.

Testimonial Section

In order to fetch the testimonial section first you need to upload and activate the VW Handy Man Pro Posttype plugin.

For better reference see plugin section.

After installation Testimonial option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard >> Testimonials >> Add New.

In order to setup testimonial section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Testimonials.




The output will look like this.

Quick Contact Section

In order to setup Quick Contact section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Quick Contact.

The output will look like this.

Small Touchup Section

In order to setup Small Touchup section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Small Touchup.




The output will look like this.

Latest News Section

In order to show Latest News Section.

Go to Dashboard >> Posts >> Add New

Refer video for create latest Post section:

In order to setup Latest News section.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Latest News




The output will look like this.

Setup Footer Social Icon

In order to setup footer social icon.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> Footer Widgets.

Footer Section

There are four columns in the footer. Each column have different element to show. These sections will be setup from the admin pannel widget section. Add whatever widget you want and you can update the widget.

Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets

In this way you can add footer section.

Refer video for Create a Footer Widget:

Setup Contact Page

In order to setup Contact Page Section.

1. You need to follow some initial important steps.

2. You need to add contact form 7 plugin.

Create contact form

Go to Dashboard >> Contact >> Add New


Refer video for installation of Contact form 7 Plugin:

In order to setup contact page.

Appearance >> Customize >>VW Theme Setting >> Contact




The output will look like this.


Setup Services Page

In order to fetch the Service Page first you need to upload and activate the Vw Handy Man Pro Posttype plugin.

For better reference see plugin section.

After installation Services option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard >> Services >> Add New.

In order to setup service page.

Appearance >> Customize >>VW Theme Setting >> Services Page





In order to setup contact section in service page. You need to add contact form as you have added in the contact page. Add the contact form and paste it on the service page.

The output will look like this.

About Page

In order to setup About Page.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> About Page.

















Setup FAQ Page

In order to setup FAQ Page.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> FAQ Template.

The output will look like this

Setup 404 Page

In order to setup 404 Page.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >> 404 Page Settings.

Footer Text

In order to showcase Footer Text on home page.

Go to Appearance >> Customize >> VW Theme Settings >>Footer Text.

In this way you can add footer Text.

Theme Plugins

First, you need to download Vw Vcard Cv Resume Pro Posttype plugin from the source which will be a zip file. Next, you need to go to WordPress admin and visit Plugin >> Add new.

You will see a success message like this after installation is finished.Once installed, you need to click on the Activate Plugin link to start using the plugin.

Page Templates and sidebars

Page Templates

  • Home Template (the default Home template)
  • Default Template (the default page template with a right sidebar position)
  • Page (Left Sidebar) (a page templates with left sidebar position)
  • Page (Right Sidebar) (a page template with right sidebar position)
  • 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)
  • Contact Template (the default Contact template with no 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

  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.

  • Projects- [vw-handy-man-pro-projects]
Refer video for Create Pages Using Shortcode:

Custom Widgets





All Important Video.



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