System Requirements
To get the most out of the Ecommerce Watch Store Pro theme, we recommend that your web server have the following minimal system settings.
- WordPress 6.4 or Above
- PHP 7.4 and Above
- MySQL 5.6 (or greater) | MariaDB 10.0 (or greater)
- Need php ini file configration -
- post_max_size = 256M
- upload_max_filesize = 256M
- max_execution_time = 5000
- max_input_time = 5000
- memory_limit = 1000M
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 serves as the skin for websites built using the WordPress content management system. A WordPress template is incredibly simple to setup. You may quickly modify the appearance of your WordPress website by installing a new template. A WordPress template comes with all the necessary source files, and you are free to change and expand it however you see fit.
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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-car-wash-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
My site was working fine before? Who changed the File Permissions?
WordPress may be unable to create directories, upload photos, or execute some scripts if file permissions are set incorrectly.
To manage files and create directories on the server, WordPress needs permissions..
- 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
- For the wp-content folder, continue the same procedure.
Template Installation
Installing a template is a simple process.
The WordPress interface allows for complete installation. Process is simplified and made more comfortable..
The installation process can be done in two ways
1-Install a theme using wordpress admin
The first step is to log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. then 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.
2.Once you are on the themes page, click on the Upload Theme button at the top and upload zip file (vw-car-wash-pro-zip)
5.Your theme will now be installed by WordPress, and you will see a success message with a link to activate it or view a live preview.
Congratulations!! Your theme has been set up successfully.
2-Install a Theme using FTP
The theme can be uploaded using FTP, which is your second installation option. To use this method, first log into your website using FTP and navigate to the wp-content/themes folder. Only the extracted Total folder from the theme file you downloaded should be uploaded to your server.
Next log into your WordPress site and navigate to Appearance >> Themes to activate Total.
Plugin Installation.
The functionality that already exists in WordPress can be expanded and improved using plugins.
How to turn on plug-ins If you want these features in your theme, you must activate the plugin. In order to activate the plugin in your theme, follow these instructions.
To manually install a WordPress plugin using a.zip archive, follow the instructions below for uploading the plugin.
Install Required Plugins:
VW Car Wash Pro Posttype, VW Social Media Plugin and Contact Form 7 Plugin
Go to Dashboard >> plugin >> Add New >> Upload plugin.
Learn how to use plugins for additional functionality by reading the theme documentation and all the plugin information.
First, you must to upload zip file (vw-car-wash-pro-posttype-zip) of posttype plugin.click on the install now button and activate plugin.
Demo Content Importer
To set up your theme, just import demo content with one click. This information will take you through creating your website for website creation.
Before Run Importer you have to install all the required Plugins :- VW Car Wash Pro Posttype, VW Social Media Plugin and Contact Form 7
1. Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Get Started
2. Click on "Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".
Section Ordering
How to Arrange and Reordering Section
Rearranging the sections according to our needs is the essence of section reordering. Drag this part to the top or bottom as necessary in order to move on with it. When you drag a portion to the top or bottom, your front view will adjust based on the customizer settings.
To reorder a section, all you have to do is drag & drop the options into the desired order.
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
The method of changing the color or font is quite simple. These choices are available in all customizer areas. It is a comprehensive graphic that demonstrates the typeface and color palette. You can change the color and font of the headings, paragraphs, and buttons with a single glance or click.
Depending on how many options are available in each part, you can choose the color scheme for the headings, title and text, paragraphs, button text, and button background..
Default Color/Font settings
Theme Setup
The index page with the most recent post will be visible when you access your site after activating the theme. You must now configure the home page design such that it displays the entire demo area on your front page.
8.1. 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 --> Select the option of Static Page, now select the page you created to be the homepage, while another page to be your default page.
Once you are done with this, you can see all the demo content on front page.
8.2. Setup Topbar Section
Setup Social icons
In order to establish Social icon section follow these steps
First, you must to upload and activate VW Social Media Plugin
Go to Dashboard >> VW Social Media >>
In order to establish Topbar, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Topbar
In this way you can setup Topbar Section.
8.3. Setup Header
In order to establish Header section. First, you must to setup site Identity follow these steps.
Setup Site Identity.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Site Identity
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Header.
2. For Menu Section, follow these steps.
Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New.
Follow same steps for more pages.
For creating menu...
Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Menu.
Create menu, add pages and select header menu.
In this way you can setup the menu section.
Sticky Header:
When you on Sticky Header button and scroll the page then header navigation go on the top and stick at top of page.
It will appear like this on the front end
8.4. Setup Slider
In order to establish slider section. follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Slider
It will appear like this on the front end
8.5. Setup Our Feature
In order to establish Our Feature section. follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Our Feature
It will appear like this on the front end
8.6. Setup About Us
In order to establish About Us, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> About Us
The Output will look like this.
8.7. Setup Our Services Section
In order to fetch the Our Services section, follow these steps
First, you must to install and activate VW Car Wash Pro Posttype Plugin.After activating plugin Services post appeared on your dashboard.
Go to Dashboard >> Services >> Add New.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Our Services.
In this way you can Setup Our Services section.
8.8. Setup Our Partner
In order to establish Our Partner, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Our Partner
In this way you can setup Our Partner Section.
8.9. Setup Why Choose Us
In order to establish Why Choose Us, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Why Choose Us
The Output will look like this.
8.10. Setup Faq and Contact
In order to establish Faq and Contact, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Faq Contact
The output will look like this.
8.11. Setup Faq Section
In order to establish Faq, follow these steps.
First, you must to install and activate VW Car Wash Pro Posttype Plugin.After activating plugin Faq post appeared on your dashboard.
Go to Dashboard >> Faq >> Add New.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Faq
In this way you can setup Our Team Section
8.12. Setup Contact Us
In order to establish Contact, follow these steps.
Upload and activate the contact form plugin first.
When activated, a contact option will show up on the dashboard.
Go to Dashboard >> Contact >> Add New
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Contact
The Output will look like this.
8.13. Setup Testimonial
In order to establish Testimonial, follow these steps.
First, you must to install and activate VW Car Wash Pro Posttype Plugin.After activating plugin Testimonial post appeared on your dashboard.
Go to Dashboard >> Testimonial >> Add New.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Testimonial
In this way you can setup Testimonial Section
8.14. Setup Our Process Section
In order to establish Our Process, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Our Process
In this way you can setup Our Process Section.
8.15. Setup Video Section
In order to establish Video, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Video
In this way you can setup Video Section.
8.16. Setup Our Team
In order to establish Our Team, follow these steps.
First, you must to install and activate VW Car Wash Pro Posttype Plugin.After activating plugin Team post appeared on your dashboard.
Go to Dashboard >> Team >> Add New.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Our Team
In this way you can setup Our Team Section
8.17. Setup Recent News Section
In order to establish Recent News Section, create posts first.
Go to Dashboard >> Posts >> Add New
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Recent News
In this way you can setup Our Blog section.
8.18. Setup Book Now Section
In order to establish Book Now, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Book Now
In this way you can setup Book Now Section.
8.19. Setup Home Page Contact Section
In order to establish Home Page Contact, follow these steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> Home Page Contact
In this way you can setup Home Page Contact Section.
8.20. General Settings
In order to establish General Settings section follow these steps..
Go to Appearance >> Customize >>Theme Settings >> General Settings
Here you change page title in left,right and center.
8.21. Setup Post Settings Section
In order to establish Post Settings section follow these steps..
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Post Settings
8.22. Footer Widgets Section
The footer is divided into four columns. Different elements can be displayed in each column. The admin panel widget section will be used to build up these sections. You can update the widget after adding any widget.
Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets
It will appear like this on the front end.
8.23. Footer Text
In order to establish the Footer Text Section, follow the below steps.
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Footer Text.
It will appear like this on the front end.
8.24. Setup Contact Section
In order to establish Contact Section follow these steps.
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
Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Contact
Add contact form shortcode
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Setting>> Contact
In this way you can setup Contact Section
Setup Navigation
- First of all, create pages. For that, go to Pages >> Add new page.
- For creating menu, 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 created 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 Header menu checkbox then menu will appear on header.
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
- 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)
- Page (Right and Left Sidebar) (a page template with both left and 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)
- Blog (Right and Left Sidebar) (a blog template with both left and 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
- Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
- Click the Posts tab.
- 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:
- Services - [vw-car-wash-pro-services]
- Testimonial - [vw-car-wash-pro-testimonials]
- Team - [vw-car-wash-pro-team]
- FAQ - [vw-car-wash-pro-faq]
Services Shortcode
Go to Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
It will appear like this on the front end.
Responsive Media Settings
In order to establish Responsive Media Settings section follow these steps..
Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Settings >> Responsive Media Settings
Here you Show / Hide Slider in responsive media
Here you Show / Hide Metabox in responsive media
Here you Show / Hide Sidebar in responsive media
Here you can change menu icon for open and close
Custom Widgets