Thank you for purchasing our theme. We are happy that you are one of our customers and we assure you will not be disappointed. We do our best to produce top notch themes with great functionality, premium designs, and clear code.
With ThemeForest regular license you are licensed to use this theme to create one single End Product (the final website customized with your content) for yourself or for one client.
What is allowed with the single regular license:
What is not allowed:
For more information regarding license regulations and policies, see the links below:
IMPORTANT! We do not include theme-related .PSD
files into the theme package, because it significantly increases the theme archive size. If you need those files, feel free to submit a support request.
All the clipart images included in this theme are supplied with a copyright sign on them. The original images belong to their owners and are not available for download with this theme. They can be purchased separately directly from these owners.
Nevertheless, you can request the clipart-related image IDs/references and .PSD files by contacting our support department.
The theme package contains a number of bundled plug-ins. Please click here to view the list of plug-ins that come included into the theme.
If a new version of a bundled plug-in is available, it will be included in the next theme release. You can also request it by submitting a support ticket.
Bundled plug-ins are fully functional without the activation using a registration license key. In case you are willing to receive automatic updates and support from the plug-in team, you will need to purchase the plug-in separately. Only the direct buyers get the plug-in license key.
In order to receive a technical support assistance, you need to have a valid purchase code. To get the code, please navigate to your ThemeForest "Downloads" page and click on the theme download link. Check this guide for more details.
PLEASE NOTE! As authors of this theme we do provide support only for the theme-related features.
We do not provide support for additional customization, 3rd party plug-ins integration or any other compatibility issues that might arise. Nevertheless, there is an exception that is only applied to the plug-in(s) we have developed and integrated ourselves.
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, feel free to contact us. We will respond as soon as possible (within 24 – 48 hours, usually faster). We are open from 10am to 7pm (CET), from Monday till Friday.
Please be aware that some questions are posted on our website in "Common Questions" section. So, before submitting a new ticket, please try searching our website for an answer, as well as checking our Video Tutorials and Articles. Our website has its own inner search and also has been indexed by Google, so if you can not find your answer with our website search, it is worth typing it into Google too. Please make sure you have looked at all the available resources before submitting a support request.
Unfortunately, we do not provide support for third-party extensions. Please contact the author of the extension if needed. If you feel that you might have troubles with installing an extension, we advise you to order a professional installation service.
For more information regarding the theme's functionality, we suggest checking our Video Tutorials and Articles.
To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. Below are some useful links regarding WordPress information.
To use this theme you must be running at least WordPress 6.0, PHP 7.4 or higher.
External plug-ins may require additional limitations, like WooCommerce - WordPress 6.3+, etc.
If you use a hosting service with limited resources (e.g. GoDaddy!), you may experience issues with the "one-click" demo data installation.
We recommend that you contact your web hosting service provider to make sure that your server PHP configuration limits are as follows:
max_execution_time 600
memory_limit 128M
post_max_size 32M
upload_max_filesize 32M
If you are running unmanaged dedicated server or VPS,
you should check your php.ini
file. Alternatively, you can edit .htaccess
file in the root of your website and add the following values:
php_value max_execution_time 600
php_value memory_limit 128M
php_value post_max_size 32M
php_value upload_max_filesize 32M
Setting these values will ensure you will not get error messages during the installation. To safeguard your website, please use secure passwords and the latest version of WordPress and plug-ins.
Here is the list of web hosting service providers we recommend:
Before installing the theme, please make sure you unpacked the archive and extracted the theme files. Some of the folders names may slightly vary. Treat the screenshot below as an example only.
The main package contains archives with the main theme, child theme and documentation.
If you try to install the wrong files, you will get the missing style.css error. This is the most common error that means you are trying to install an incorrect package.
In order to install the theme, you need to have a working version of WordPress installed on your server first. Check out this guide for detailed information on how to install WordPress. We also highly recommend updating your WordPress to the latest stable version.
There are 2 ways to install the theme:
gloss-blog.zip
file and ONLY use the extracted /gloss-blog
theme folder.
gloss-blog
theme folder into /wp-content/themes
.
gloss-blog.zip
folder and click Install Now button.
You can also watch our video tutorial on how to install a WordPress theme.
Attention! If you want to make changes in theme’s templates or functions, we recommend activating a child theme before demo data installation. Please see the Child Theme section for more information.
Below is the list of the plug-ins that come included into the theme.
Some of these plug-ins can also be installed from the WordPress.org repository.
You can find a detailed overview of each plug-in in the Plug-ins section of this documentation file.
There is only one required plug-in for proper theme functioning, and that is ThemeREX Addons. The rest of the plug-ins are recommended for installation, but not required.
To make the theme look exactly as on the demo page, you would need to install the recommended plug-ins:
In case you are running a shared hosting with limited resources (e.g. GoDaddy), we do recommend enabling only the essential plug-ins (e.g. ThemeREX Addons, Elementor) and disable the rest. Otherwise, it may significantly increase the memory consumption, which might lead to unwanted issues.
Our theme is compatible with Gutenberg page builder. You can create new pages using Gutenberg editor. Anyway, can still use pre-built custom header and footer layouts.
All existing demo pages and layouts are created using Elementor Page Builder and should be customized using Elementor ONLY.
PLEASE NOTE! It is possible to switch between the page builders. Please use One page builder for creating/customizing One particular page/post/layout.
If you want to make changes to the theme's files and functions, we strongly recommend installing a child theme. This ensures that your theme customizations stay in place after the theme update. If you are not planning to change the core theme files, you are free to skip this chapter.
IMPORTANT! Install the child theme before importing the demo data. Otherwise, all of your theme options will be reset.
A child theme is installed the same way you install a parent theme. Locate the gloss-blog-child.zip
file in the theme package and upload it via the WordPress admin panel. Alternatively, you can unzip it and upload via FTP (see main theme installation chapter).
Your child theme has its own functions.php
file. Use it to copy modified functions from the parent theme's functions.php
, or register new functions.
You can copy all files from the parent theme into the child theme except files located in the following folders:
/includes
/plugins
/theme-options
/theme-specifics
In the /front-page
folder, you can copy all files except front-page.options.php
.
If the file you want to edit is in one of these folders, you need to copy the required function from that file, and register it in the child theme's functions.php
.
The rest of the files can be copied and edited directly in the child theme folder.
When copying parent theme files into the child theme, preserve the original folder structure. Create respective folders and make sure that the file path is the same as in the parent theme.
Our theme includes a simple One-click demo data installation, which allows your site to look exactly as on the theme demo.
Before installing demo data, please make sure you have installed all the required plug-ins, check the Plug-ins installation section for more information.
In order to import the demo content go to Theme Panel (WP Dashboard) > Theme Dashboard > Demo Data.
On the page that showed up set the required parameters.
When choosing the partial demo data import, the new content will be added to your existing data.
Although this will not overwrite your existing content, we still recommend backing up your website before doing this.
Note, that the pages are imported without the original images. Instead, the image placeholders are used. This is done to keep your existing content intact.
Import separate pages means that you receive the page structured like on our demo, just widgets set that requires further customization: you should replace demo categories/post ids with your own ones.
When choosing this option, all the existing content of your website will be lost and replaced with the new data. We recommend using this option for new WordPress installations only.
Use the whole demo import option if you want to have an exact copy of the theme demo. It enables you to import all media files, pages, theme options, and plug-in settings.
Some plug-ins increase the memory consumption. For example, BuddyPress and bbPress (not included into the theme's package) require additional 60-80Mb
. If you are having trouble installing the demo data, deactivate massive plug-ins and try again.
In case demo data installation is stuck and you see "Error load data from the file ... " error message, you can manually install it by downloading the demo.zip archive from our server. Extract the archive to demo/
folder and upload this demo/
folder to wp-content/themes/gloss-blog
directory.
Treat the screenshot below as an example only. The list of folders inside a theme package may vary.
If the issue persists, please contact your hosting service provider to make sure that your server configuration meets the Theme Requirements. Otherwise, please refer your request to our support department.
upload_max_filesize
to 32M
.wp-content/themes
directory.memory_limit
. You can increase memory_limit
on your server in several ways, namely by editing:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M');
memory_limit = 128M;
php_value memory_limit 128M;
mbstring PHP
function in server settings. The function is needed for some languages, such as Japanese, Chinese etc. In case you can not enable the settings, please contact the support team to get assistance with disabling the function in the theme.
wp-config.php
file and add the following lines after database information:
define( 'FS_METHOD', 'direct' );
define('FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0770);
define('FS_CHMOD_FILE', 0660);
max_execution_time 600
memory_limit 128M
post_max_size 32M
upload_max_filesize 32M
This step is required if you received the notification that a new version of the theme is available. You can see this information in Changelog section at the bottom of the item's details page.
Before you go ahead with the update make sure to backup your old theme's folder. Download it to your computer locally.
/wp-content/themes
.
themes
folder.
Now let's navigate to Appearance (WP Dashboard) > Customize to flexibly control the appearance and behavior of the whole website as well as individual types of posts, pages and categories.
IMPORTANT! Please be aware that our theme provides a special inheritance hierarchy system for "Theme Options" settings. It means that individual settings of each page may override global settings made with Customizer Panel.
Settings of "Blog", "Plugins settings" (such as Services and Team) and other groups may also override default/general settings available through Customizer.
Moreover, you can see the changes of the front-end right after the alterations - when the needed parameter is selected, without switching from admin to front-end each time. When you are done with the changes, you should click on Publish button at the top of the Customizer's side menu.
IMPORTANT! Please be aware that all the Customizer's settings are also available for editing through Theme Panel (WordPress Dashboard Menu) > Theme Options section.
Settings of this group are responsible for managing site identity features. This is the initial place where you should upload your logo.
The text entered into this field appears as the logo title (if the image logo is not uploaded) and as the website's title in your browser tab.
The text entered into this field appears as the website slogan under the logo. By default, the tagline is used if no image logo is selected.
You can modify the site title and tagline appearance by inserting special characters, e.g.:
||
- line break;{{
... }}
- modifies style and color of parts of the text;[[
... ]]
- makes the text bold;The site icon (favicon) is used as a browser and app icon for your site. Icons must be square, and at least 512 pixels wide and tall.
These settings allow managing your logo images (main, for mobile header and mobile menu), as well as their Retina versions (if "Allow retina display logo" option is checked). As a rule, the retina logo should be twice as big as the regular logo in order to be displayed properly.
Here you can also zoom the logo. 1 - original size. Please note, that the maximum size of the logo depends on the actual size of the image. This option works if max height of the logo is set in em
in Elementor "Layouts: Logo" widget.
The logo uploaded in the Customizer can be overwritten by the logo image selected in the Header layout. This allows you to upload a different logo image for each page.
Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look of the site.
Here you can choose the body style as well as set the page width (site content + sidebar) in pixels.
PLEASE NOTE! These settings work with default WordPress page output and can be overridden by the content width set in the Elementor Editor for a particular page.
PLEASE NOTE! In the Theme Options section of a particular page additional body styles are available: fullwidth and fullscreen.
Here you can select a border radius for the form fields and buttons and specify image's hover.
Below you can find an example of image's hover effect with the option set to "Icon".
This setting is responsible for specifying SEO-related parameters.
Specify the text for the checkbox in a default form. This text will be displayed before the Privacy Policy link. It works only for forms that are built using Elementor Form Widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group).
In order to add/customize the Privacy Policy link, navigate to Settings (WP Dashboard) > Privacy and specify the page that will be used as a Privacy Policy one.
PLEASE NOTE! In case you are planning to use default forms without consent checkboxes, just leave the "Text with Privacy Policy link" option empty!
Settings of this group allow you to manage an overall look and behavior of the header elements.
You can set up header settings for a specific page in the Theme Options > Header section of that page.
This setting allows managing the style ("Default" or "Custom") of the header area. For custom header style you can specify the header layout (available only if the ThemeREX Addons plug-in is activated) and follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
Available Custom Header Layouts:
Please also see header-related layouts section of this documentation file. All elements of pre-built custom header areas can be edited in Dashboard > Layouts tab, using a user-friendly Elementor. Check the Layouts section and this video tutorial for more information.
To avoid "Sticky Menu" behavior select "Don't fix" option in the Edit Section > panel > Custom Layout > Fix this row when scroll (for the section with the menu element). Check also the Layouts description.
Available Default Header Style:
The header area in "Default" style is created via the Global Customize settings (Appearance > Customize). You can also navigate to the .../wp-content/themes/gloss-blog/templates
folder and edit the corresponding template file header-default.php.
This setting allows choosing the behavior of the menu on mobile devices.
"Mobile menu fullscreen" - displays mobile menu on full screen (if checked) or slide narrow nemu from the side (if not checked).
These settings allow selecting a header background image or background video.
Here you can enable the mobile header. It lets you show/hide such elements as logo, search form, login link, and shopping cart. You can also use the Additional Info section, a text block where you can add information about your business, such as telephone number, open hours, etc.
.../wp-content/themes/gloss-blog/templates
folder and edit the corresponding template file header-default.php.
Setting of this group is responsible for choosing the style of the footer area.
These settings allow choosing footer style: "Default" or "Custom". Please note that custom footer layouts are available only if the ThemeREX Addons plug-in is activated. You can also follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
Available Custom Footer Layouts:
Please also see footer-related layouts section of this documentation file. All elements of custom footer areas can be edited in Dashboard - Layouts tab. Check the Layouts section and this video tutorial for more information.
Available Default Footer Style:
The footer area in "Default" style is created via the Global Customize settings (Appearance > Customize). You can also navigate to the .../wp-content/themes/gloss-blog/templates
folder and edit the corresponding template file footer-default.php in any text editor.
Additional options for Default Footer style:
0
to autodetect the number of columns based on how many widgets you have got in the set.{Y}
symbol to indicate the current year.Settings of this group are responsible for managing Menus. Each menu location is available for filling with any of the predefined menu sets.
Menus are also available for editing through the "Appearance > Menus" options.
Below are predefined Menu locations:
Within custom header & footer layouts, you can add menus using Elementor Layouts: Menu widget.
Widgets are the blocks of content that can be placed into specifically designed widget areas.
You can find the list of available widgets and widget areas under Appearance (WP Dashboard) > Widgets. Here it is possible to create additional widget sets that can be assigned to available default widget areas. This is useful when you have different widget sets for different pages.
IMPORTANT! Our theme supports both Classic Widgets Editor and New Block Widgets Editor (WordPress 5.8+). You can easily switch between the editors using the "Disable new Widgets Block Editor" option in Theme Panel (WP Dashboard) > ThemeREX Addons > General section.
You can add widgets into widget areas by simply dragging and dropping.
But in order to see them on your website, you need to make sure you have a particular widget set assigned to a particular default widget area. You can assign widget sets either for the whole website (in Appearance > Customize), or for a specific page (single Page > Theme Options > Widgets/Footer).
Body widgets (for sidebar) are accessible in Appearance > Customize > General Settings section.
Footer widgets are available for managing in Appearance > Customize > Footer section. Footer widgets work for Default Footer Style only! Otherwise, you need to customize footer widgets in the corresponding footer Layout.
If you want to specify a widget set for a separate page, open that page in your WordPress admin and in the Theme Options section choose the required widgets. The widgets assigned in Theme Options would be applicable only for that particular page.
Depending on the selected page that is available for editing with Customizer's tools, you can notice a different kind of widgets sets included to a particular page. The same can be done through Appearance (WP Dashboard) > Widgets.
Below are options responsible for managing widgets/blocks.
After you reorder the position of the widgets/blocks in the sidebar, save your changes.
See the example of how the Sidebar Widgets Set may look like:
Moreover, our theme provides a few Custom Widgets that are available in Appearance > Widgets section (for New Block Widgets Editor - under "Widgets" group).
Settings of this group are responsible for selecting the way to display the homepage (front page), as a blog stream or a static one and specifying the pages to be set as a static homepage and as posts page.
IMPORTANT! Please be aware that these settings are also available for editing through Settings > Reading section.
As a free addition to this theme we provide it with The Front Page Builder. A special tool that helps you manage entire content of your website in just few clicks without using WPBakery Page Builder or Elementor. You can enable the Front Page builder in the General tab.
The Page Builder provides a few different areas for customization. Feel free to discover them and make any changes to the content you want.
Check the video below for more information on how to properly use The Front Page Builder.
Settings of this group allow you to manage an overall look and behavior of posts pages.
These settings are applied to all types of blog pages, including Posts pages defined in the WordPress settings (Posts, available post types: Testimonials), as well as pages created via the Blog Archive template (unless no custom settings are specified in the Theme Options panel of a particular page/post).
Please check our article or visit this video tutorial for more information on how to add/customize the Posts pages.
If the page is created using the Blog Archive template, the post meta settings should be specified in the Theme Options > Content section of that page.
Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of single posts' pages.
Settings of this group allow managing the overall look of the WooCommerce elements (works only if the WooCommerce plug-in is installed). The single products can be added/customized in WordPress Dashboard Menu > Products.
The quantity of products displayed on shop page is inherited from the Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog section. "Products per row" and "Rows per page" options work only if the "Shop style" (Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Theme-specific options) is set to "Grid".
Here you can manage an overall look and behavior of shop-related pages.
Product List setting
This setting allows specifying the Shop style.
Single Product settings
These settings are responsible for arranging a proper output of related products.
Header-related settings
These settings allow selecting header style and position. For custom header style you can specify the header layout and follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
Sidebar-related settings
These settings are responsible for specifying the position of a sidebar and its widgets set (for left/right sidebar position) as well. Here you can also hide the sidebar for a single product page.
Footer-related settings
These settings allow specifying footer style. For "Default" footer style specify widgets sets and widgets' columns quantity. For "Custom" footer style "Select custom layout" option is available. You can also follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout.
This is how the default Shop page looks like with current settings. Shop style is set to "Grid".
Here you can upload fonts and adjust font settings for specific typography elements.
Check this article or video tutorials for more information on how to add new Google Fonts and Custom Fonts.
The theme enables you to use both Google Fonts and custom fonts in your design. You can load up to 5 different font families, including different styles and weights for each typeface.
IMPORTANT! To manage fonts quantity available for upload, edit 'max_load_fonts' => 5
variable in theme-specific/theme.setup.php
file.
The theme allows you to assign color schemes to specific parts of your website. This is useful for highlighting certain areas and giving them a distinctive look.
Check this video tutorial for more information on how to customize color schemes.
The theme supports 2 color schemes - default (light) and dark.
IMPORTANT! Due to specifics of CSS rules, you are unable to assign a light color scheme to any website part, if the dark color scheme is enabled.
Here are the website parts to which you can assign color schemes:
You can also assign color schemes for individual pages in the Theme Options > Colors panel of those pages.
Here you can customize the color schemes of your website.
Three additional buttons are available:
Select the color scheme you want to customize and choose one of 2 modes (editor types) - simple or advanced.
In a simple mode, you can customize the accent colors (link colors) of a theme. If you want to dig deeper, switch to the advanced mode. You can entirely change the theme colors.
Both modes contain the following groups of settings:
MAIN
The main color group of a website. Here you can find the following elements:
ALTER
Alter means alternative color group, mostly applied for sidebar and footer. Alter colors include the same elements as the Main color group, plus two additional hover colors for border and background.
EXTRA
An additional color group for extra elements such as dropdowns, price blocks, table headers, etc.
As a rule, the text and background colors from the Extra group should contrast against the respective colors from the Main color group.
INVERSE
Inverse elements are elements that use the theme accent color (usually the main one) as a background color. In this way, they get distinctive look and stand out from the rest of the content. You can apply these settings for blockquotes, dropdowns, etc.
INPUT (for advanced mode only)
Colors for input fields, text areas, select fields, etc.
In case the changes of the color schemes are not applied, please enable Debug mode (in Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > General tab) and save ThemeREX Addons settings.
Settings of this group allow editing the background color/image (the one behind the body's content when "Boxed" body style is on).
Just click on Select image button to upload the image from the Media Library or your computer. Right after this step, additional options appear, such as "Preset", "Image Position", "Image Size" and a few other.
Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of services-related pages (all services page and single service posts).
IMPORTANT! The number of services posts displayed on all services page is inherited from the Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most option. The services posts can be added/customized in WordPress Dashboard Menu > Services section.
Here you can enable/disable services post type and specify the style of the services archive as well as add a contact form to a single service post.
Please check "Disable post type Services" option only if you do not want to use this post type.
Apply "Style" option only after you save the other options!
Contact form option:
These settings allow selecting header style and position. For custom header style you can specify the header layout and follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar and its position as well. Here you can also hide the sidebar for a single service page.
These settings allow selecting footer style. For "Default" footer style you can also specify widgets sets and columns quantity. For "Custom" footer style "Select custom layout" option is available. You can also follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of team-related pages (all team members page and single team member posts).
IMPORTANT! The number of team posts displayed on all team members page is inherited from the Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most option. The team posts can be added in WordPress Dashboard Menu > Team section.
Here you can enable/disable team post type and specify the style of the team archive.
Please check "Disable post type Team" option only if you do not want to use this post type.
Apply "Style" option only after you save the other options!
These settings allow selecting header style and position. For custom header style you can specify the header layout and follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar and its position as well. Here you can also hide the sidebar for a single team member page.
These settings allow selecting footer style. For "Default" footer style you can also specify widgets sets and columns quantity. For "Custom" footer style "Select custom layout" option is available. You can also follow the direct link for editing the selected custom layout if needed.
Settings of this group allow you to specify additional custom styles.
This section covers the information about Pages in your website: included page templates, how to edit existing pages and add new ones.
You can import required pages, along with the page settings, using the Importer tool. Learn more about it in the Demo Content chapter.
To create a new page navigate to "Pages" dashboard menu item in your WordPress admin panel and click on Add new button.
Choose either "Blog Archive" (blog page) or "Default Template" (regular page) option in the Summary > Template sidebar. Check Posts pages article to find out more information on how to customize them.
Usually, the page consists of Sections, Columns, Widgets and some other elements that can be edited via Elementor. Before you start, please check the following tutorials:
Each page has a Theme Options panel, where you can specify custom page parameters.
In Theme Options, you can assign a different header/footer style, widgets set, body style, as well as many other options for each individual page.
These settings are applied to the page you are editing, and will overwrite the global settings specified in the Customizer.
You can enable or disable the Theme Options panel in the Preferences > Panels in the top right corner of the WordPress admin.
Once you finished with building your page, assign it as a Homepage:
Alternatively, you can assign a page as a homepage in Appearance > Customize > Homepage Settings.
The theme comes with the following set of Homepages.
Below you can find the screenshots of "Homepage 1" front-end with hotspots describing where you can customize content for a particular section and the "Theme Options" settings.
The background color for the page blocks can be managed in the Edit Section > Style > Background tab in the Elementor widgets panel.
Theme Options settings (Homepage 1):
This is how the second version looks like.
You can manage the background color for the page blocks in the Edit Section > Style > Background tab in the Elementor widgets panel.
Theme Options settings (Homepage 2):
This is how the third version looks like.
The background color for the page blocks can be managed in the Edit Section > Style > Background tab in the Elementor widgets panel.
Theme Options settings (Homepage 3):
This is how the boxed version looks like.
The background color for the page sections can be managed in the Edit Section > Style > Background tab in the Elementor widgets panel.
Theme Options settings (Homepage 4):
This is how the fifth version looks like.
The background color for the page sections can be managed in the Edit Section > Style > Background tab in the Elementor widgets panel.
Theme Options settings (Homepage 5):
Layouts is a tool that lets you create custom headers, footers, and other website sections, and is based on the Elementor Page Builder.
Layouts are available after you activate the ThemeREX Addons plug-in. After the activation, a new menu item appears in your WordPress admin panel.
Your theme comes with a number of pre-built Layouts. If you've imported the whole demo content, they will be available for you from the start. Otherwise, you would need to generate them in Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Theme Specific > Create Layouts.
In order to create a layout, navigate to Layouts (WP Dashboard) > Add New.
Layouts are built in a similar way you build regular pages with Elementor Page Builder. The difference is that Layouts expand the default list of widgets by adding layout-specific widgets and provide you with additional section settings.
Please check this article for detailed information regarding layouts customization.
You can also view our video tutorials about header and footer layouts customization.
When creating a Layout, first you need to specify the correct Layout type in the Item Options panel:
You can also choose a different Header/Footer Layout for a specific page. Simply open that page in the WordPress admin, and in the Theme Options > Header/Footer panel edit the Header Style and Footer Style settings.
Custom Layouts can be especially useful when you need to use the same section in different places on your website. Instead of building it from scratch on every new page, you can save it as a custom Layout and insert using a Layouts widget.
In order to add a custom Layout to a web page:
In case there are some page fragments with more or less identical structure, you can create one layout using the Elementor Page Builder, save it as a template and use it as a foundation for your new Layout. Thus, there is no need to create a new layout or block each time. Please see this article for more information.
Open a Layout and click on the Add Template button from the editing screen (Elementor Page Builder's backend editor). Scroll down to view the available templates:
PLEASE NOTE! The demo content of the theme is assembled as separate pages that can be easily imported through Theme Panel (WP Dashboard) > Theme Dashboard > Demo Data > Partial Import. Our theme comes with empty Elementor library.
Layouts is a preferred way of creating a mobile header since it gives you flexibility and control over your elements. Creating a mobile header is similar to creating a standard header, except there are several features you should know about in order to use Layouts more efficiently. Please see the official elementor video tutorial or article for more information.
Layout-specific widgets are additional widgets available for editing/creating layouts. They are especially useful for building headers and footers. You can find layout-specific widgets under the ThemeREX Addons Layouts group in the Elementor widgets panel.
Displays a shopping cart icon (in case the WooCommerce plug-in is active). When clicked, the icon triggers a window with additional shopping details.
For narrow and normal row types, the cart displays the number of products in the cart, the sum total, and an icon label. The compact row type has a shopping cart with a product counter badge only.
Inserts an icon and two text lines. It is possible to add a URL to the icon.
Displays a login/logout link with an icon.
Inserts a logo (any image). In case there is no logo (both in layouts and in the Customizer), the theme displays the website title and description specified in Appearance > Customize > Logo & Site Identity.
Uploading Logo
The algorithm of our actions would be as follows:
IMPORTANT! Logo is available for editing for each particular layout. If no logo is selected in the Layouts: Logo widget, the initial logo from the Appearance > Customize > Logo & Site Identity will be used.
Displays one of available menus. Specify a preferred menu in the Menu field by its name, like on the screenshot below.
The Layout parameter allows selecting the Menu Layout:
Direction of the menu items: Horizontal or Vertical.
Specify default behavior for a responsive menu in the Content tab:
Adds a search button/input field. There are 3 styles available:
Displays a title and breadcrumbs of the currently opened page/post.
Inserts content in different ways, depending on the type of the layout:
Select which type of the layout to use in the layouts widget's content settings.
The algorithm of building a popup notification or panel:
example_popup
.
#
), as an address for the link or button that should trigger the popup/panel.Layouts have an extended number of settings for Section, default Elementor element.
Choose which section you want to edit, click on the Edit Section button, and go to the panel > Edit Section > Custom Layout.
is_singular()
).
In this section you can find the examples of layouts that come with our theme. If you have imported the whole demo content, they will be available for you from the start. Otherwise, you would need to generate them in Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Theme Specific > Create Layouts. Feel free to create your own layouts.
You can view the list of available Layouts in Layouts (WP Dashboard) > All Layouts.
All layouts are divided into four types. For more information on how to add each type of layouts to the page, please view Creating Layouts section of this documentation file.
Important! Please be aware that this theme does not provide any examples of custom and submenu layouts. Feel free to create your own ones.
Header menu can be customized in Appearance > Menus > Edit Menus or Appearance > Customize > Menus.
In case no logo is selected in the "Layouts: Logo" widget, the initial logo from the Appearance > Customize > Logo & Site Identity will be used.
The background color for the menu and "Title and Breadrumbs" areas can be managed in Edit Section > Style > Background in the Elementor editor.
Footer menu can be customized in Appearance > Menus > Edit Menus or Appearance > Customize > Menus.
In case no logo is selected in the "Layouts: Logo" widget, the initial logo from the Appearance > Customize > Logo & Site Identity will be used.
In order to make the current year change automatically in the copyright area, just paste {Y}
instead of the year.
A custom post type is an additional type of posts that is tailored for a specific kind of content. Custom post types are a part of the ThemeREX Addons plug-in, and you can use them after the plug-in activation.
If you want to add a services section to your web page, you need to create the services posts, and output them using the Services widget (ThemeREX Addons Extensions group) or Blogger widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group).
In order to create a new service, click on Services (WP Dashboard) > Add New.
The back-end view of a single service post:
Apart from the standard fields, such as title, description, services group, excerpt, and featured image, you can use additional fields in the Item Options panel:
The single service pages as well as all services page inherit the general settings (for header, footer, etc.) specified in Appearance > Customize > Plugins Settings > Services.
The global settings for a single service page can also be overridden in the Theme Options section of a particular service post. Here you can assign a different header/footer style, widget set, body style, etc.
After creating the required number of service posts, you need to display them on your page using an Elementor widget. Add a new Elementor Page Builder section to your page, and under the ThemeREX Addons Extensions group of elements, select the Services or Blogger widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group).
The Services widget provides you with a large number of options, including the layout style, featured element, featured element position, number of posts to show, and many more.
To display team members on your page, you need to create team posts first, and then output them using an Elementor widget. Add a new team member post by clicking Team > Add New.
Please find the screenshot below with the back-end view of a team post.
On a team member page, you can enter the team member's name, description, featured image, excerpt, and elements in the Item Options panel, which include:
The single team member posts as well as all team page inherit the general settings (for header, footer, etc.) specified in Appearance > Customize > Plugins Settings > Team.
The global settings for a single team member page can also be overridden in the Theme Options section of a particular team post. Here you can assign a different header/footer style, widget set, body style, etc.
Display the team member section on the front-end using the Team widget (Elementor Page Builder > ThemeREX Addons Extensions group) or one of generic widgets, like Blogger widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group) and Services widget (ThemeREX Addons Extensions group). The Team widget provides you with a number of display options that let you customize the section in detail.
Add a new testimonial by clicking Testimonials (WP Dashboard) > Add New.
Here, you can add a person's name, item's subtitle (Item Options section), picture, and insert the testimonial content. The published date sets automatically after the post is saved. Please see the screenshot below with the back-end view of a testimonial post:
The single testimonial page inherits the global settings (for header, footer, etc.) specified in Appearance > Customize. The sidebar and additional widgets set can be added in Appearance > Customize > Posts Page > Sidebar/Additional Widgets.
Insert the testimonials on your page using the Testimonials widget (Elementor Page Builder > ThemeREX Addons Extensions group), Blogger widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group) or Services widget (ThemeREX Addons Extensions group).
Specify the Testimonials widget settings, including the layout, the number of columns, title, subtitle, and many more. You can also display them in a form of a slider by enabling this option under the Slider tab.
Elementor Widgets in WordPress let you add different kinds of functionality to your website without writing a single line of code.
Our theme comes with a number of custom Elementor widgets allowing you to add the information in a simple way.
Custom Elementor widgets (with such functionality) support icons from standard Fontello icons set. You can expand the list of available icons by adding new ones from the fontello website. In order to add new icons proceed to wp-content/themes/your-theme/css/font-icons/config.json
. Watch this video guide for more information.
All custom Elementor widgets are divided into the following groups of elements in the Elementor Editor:
This Elementor widget inserts "Call to action", event item or columns layout.
Example:
The Anchor widget inserts an anchor element that lets you link to specific parts of your page (or to other pages).
If you want to add smooth navigation between your anchors, check the Scroll to Anchor box in Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Shortcodes > Anchor section.
This widget displays category posts/pages/custom posts types. Just specify the post type to show the posts from in the Edit Blogger > Content > Post type field in the Elementor panel.
Example:
You can edit the post excerpt text by opening the corresponding blog post, and adjusting text in the Excerpt field.
Enable the Excerpt field in the Preferences > Panels panel in the top-right corner of the post.
The length (in words) of the post excerpt text is inherited from the global setting in Appearance > Customize > Blog > Posts Page > Posts Page Settings.
This Elementor widget displays buttons.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays countdown.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays a contact form. The text for the checkbox "I agree..." is set in Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Text with Privacy Policy link.
In order to add/customize the Privacy Policy link, navigate to Settings (WP Dashboard) > Privacy and specify the page that will be used as a Privacy Policy one.
PLEASE NOTE! In case you are planning to use default form without consent checkbox, just leave the "Text with Privacy Policy link" option empty in the Appearance > Customize > General Settings section!
Example:
Check the following directory .../wp-content/plugins/trx_addons/сomponents/shortcodes/form
for the form-related files such as tpl.default.php, tpl.detailed.php and others. Each of these files is responsible for displaying the form in different styles. Choose the necessary file, open it with any text editor (for example Sublime or Atom), and modify the code according to your needs.
To translate the form fields edit .pot
file in the following directory .../wp-content/plugins/trx_addons/languages/...
. See the Theme Translation section for more information.
This Elementor widget displays a Googlemap. Make sure there is a valid API key in the "Google API key" field on the Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > API tab.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays icon(s) or image(s) with title and description. You can expand the list of available icons by adding new ones from the fontello website. Watch this video guide for more information.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts a price table divided by blocks.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays skills counters and pie charts.
Example:
This Elementor widget lets you insert several types of sliders, namely:
Select which type of the slider to show in the Slider Engine option under content tab.
Example (Swiper Slider):
The Swiper Slider lets you display your posts, pages, or custom post types in a form of a slider. Enhance the slider by adding preview image thumbnails using Slider Controller, and navigation arrows using the Slider Controls or via the Slider widgets' settings under Controls tab.
Example (ElastiStack Slider):
ElastiStack is a type of slider that allows you to navigate through a stack of slides by dragging away the first item. In the example below the "Controls position" option is set to "Bottom" in the Edit Slider > Layout > Controls tab.
Example (Revolution Slider):
Slider Controller displays image thumbnails and navigation arrows for the Swiper Slider engine in the Slider widget.
Slider Controls adds navigation pointers for the Swiper Slider engine in the Slider widget.
Make sure to enter the ID
of the Slider widget you want to control. Enter the ID first into the Slider widget settings (under the Advanced > CSS ID), and then copy it into the Slider Controller/Slider Controls settings into the Content > Slave slider ID field.
Please use "Spacer" widget if needed.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays social icons. You can specify the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles in the widget's settings under the content tab. If empty, the social icons will inherit the links (URLs) to your social profiles specified in the Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Socials tab.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts a regular table.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts a regular title.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts an Audio Player block. You can use a locally uploaded audio file (from your Media library) or an external one (through embed html code). The system ignores the "Audio caption" and "Author name" options, if the embed code is used.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays a regular banner image linked or not as well as any object inserted using html code (banner, iFrame for video, audio, etc.).
Example:
This Elementor widget displays a regular WP calendar. You can choose the way of shortening the weekday names: to one (first) letter or to three letters.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays a list of categories/groups. By default, it inserts available post categories. You can choose the post type to show the categories/groups from in the Edit Widget: Categories List > Content > Post type field.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts logo, short description and contacts. Please specify the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles in the Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Socials tab. If you want to add a google map, make sure there is a valid API key in the "Google API key" field in the Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > API tab.
Example:
Custom Links widget inserts custom links with icon, title and description. Using this widget you can also create a list with links or a menu.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts popular posts. The titles for tabs can be managed in Edit Widget: Popular Posts > Layout > Tabs.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays the most recent posts. You can set additional options in the "Details" section in the element's settings window.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays social icons of the social networks you are subscribed to. Please specify the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles in the Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons > Socials tab. Works in a sidebar (as a widget) as well.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays a video file.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays category posts/pages/custom posts types. By default, it inserts available services.
To manage "Services" proceed to the WordPress Dashboard Menu > Services post type. Use "Services Group", "Item Options" (for the icon/pictogram and price), "Featured Image" (for the image), "Excerpt" (for the summary) settings and the general content section (if the "Excerpt" section is empty) to customize the post.
Example:
You can choose whether to display image/pictogram/icon/number in the services widget's content settings.
The excerpt section can be hidden in the Layout tab.
In the Edit Services > Content > Post type field you can select another type of posts for output: category posts/pages/custom posts types.
This Elementor widget displays team members. To manage "Teams" proceed to the WordPress Dashboard Menu > Team post type. Use "Team Group", "Item Options" (for the position and social links) and "Featured Image" to customize the post.
Example:
This Elementor widget displays testimonials block. To manage "Testimonials" proceed to the WordPress Dashboard Menu > Testimonials post type. Use "Testimonials Group", "Item Options" (for the position or any other text), "Featured Image", "Excerpt" (for the summary) settings and content section (in case the "Excerpt" section is empty) to customize the post.
Example:
This Elementor widget inserts advanced search form for products.
Example:
Inserts content in different ways, depending on the type of the layout:
Select which type of the layout to use in the layouts widget's content settings.
The algorithm of building a popup notification or panel:
example_popup
.
#
), as an address for the link or button that should trigger the popup/panel.Example (Default layout):
Please be aware that this theme does not provide any examples of custom layouts. Feel free to create your own ones.
Example (Popup layout):
Example (Panel layout with grid gallery):
The rest widgets from this group are described in the Layouts Widgets section of this documentation file.
As a free addition to this theme, we have included a unique ThemeREX Addons plug-in. Once activated, it allows expanding the options of the theme noticeably. These add-ons allow you to use custom widget sets and custom Elementor widgets, show custom post types, set links to your social profiles as well as some advanced theme-specific settings.
After plug-in's installation, the "ThemeREX Addons" menu item should appear in the "Theme Panel" tab in WordPress dashboard menu panel.
Below is a brief description of all the available settings.
Settings of this tab define the general behavior of your theme.
.js
and style related .css
data. For better theme performance the system automatically re-compiles/re-merges these files into a single .js/.css
related one after every "Save Options" button click in Customizer (Appearance > Customize) and ThemeREX Addons settings (Theme Panel > ThemeREX Addons).
trx_addons.css
, trx_addons.js
, __colors.css
, __style.css
, __scripts.js
.
target="_blank"
to all external links.Insert a generated Google API key (as well as analytics, remarketing-related information and marker & cluster icons) to make your map function properly. Follow the link for more information on how to properly obtain Google API key.
Google Analytics code - Specify Google Analytics code or/and any other HTML
/JS
code to be inserted before the closing tag </head>
on each page of this site.
Google Remarketing code - Specify Google Remarketing code or/and any other HTML
/JS
code to be inserted before the closing tag </body>
on each page of this site.
PLEASE NOTE! Check this video tutorial for more information on how to setup Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager and add them to your website.
Here you can specify all the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles. Just paste the permanent URL addresses into the needed fields and click "Save."
Blue layers icon duplicates the settings.
The icons are used from standard Fontello icons set. You can expand the list of available icons by adding new ones from the fontello website. In order to add new icons proceed to wp-content/themes/your-theme/css/font-icons/config.json
. Watch this video guide for more information.
Here you can define whether you want to use the Anchor shortcode and specify hover effects for form fields or not.
Settings of this section override the default theme's grid classes, and recreate layouts. We recommend leaving these settings intact.
Create Layouts setting is responsible for recreating the set of predefined layouts. It might become useful in case there are no layouts available after theme installation.
This section contains a brief description, as well as references, to some plug-ins available with this theme.
Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.
Check this link for more information. More guides are available here (video tutorial) and here.
The theme comes with pre-built contact form that can be customized in Contact (WP Dashboard) > Contact Forms.
[contact-form-7 id="1549" title="Contact form 1"]
PLEASE NOTE! According to General Data Protection Regulation, you need to make your forms compliant. Some pre-built forms, that come with this theme, already have the corresponding "I agree..." checkboxes.
For newly created forms you should add the consent checkboxes in ONE of the following ways:
[acceptance acceptance-157]
tag, like in the example below:
The Cookie Information plug-in allows you to make your website GDPR-compliant. Cookie Information GDPR Consent Plug-in supports Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WooCommerce, WordPress user registration and WordPress Comments. This plug-in offers a friendly installation wizard to get you started quickly.
Using the Cookie Information plug-in does NOT guarantee complete compliance to General Data Protection Regulation.
Check the links below for more information about this plug-in:
IMPORTANT! According to General Data Protection Regulation, you need to make your forms compliant. Some pre-built forms, that come with this theme, already have the corresponding "I agree..." checkboxes. For newly created forms, navigate to Cookie Information (WP Dashboard) > Settings > Integrations and enable a GDPR form tag integration for a particular form. You can specify and activate the Privacy Policy page in the Cookie Information (WP Dashboard) > Settings > Privacy Policy tab.
Elegro Gateway provides facilities for smooth, safe and instant cryptocurrency payments with automated exchange to EUR/USD or any other fiat currency at direct exchange rates. Payment processing fees are reasonable and calculated depending on business risk levels. Your customers can make purchases on any device and without any fees for elegro-inspired payments.
Check this link for more information.
To make your customization even easier we have added the Elementor Page Builder to this theme. Before you start, please check these Elementor-related tutorials. They will give you a basic understanding of how to build a page properly.
We have added an Essential Grid plug-in, to let you create nice gallery views. Check this link for more information.
You can also check a video tutorial showing how to create a new essential grid gallery.
All demo galleries can be customized in WP Dashboard > Ess. Grid tab:
MailChimp is a newsletter service that allows you to send out email campaigns to a list of email subscribers. MailChimp is free for lists up to 2000 subscribers, which is why it is the newsletter-service of choice for thousands of businesses.
This plug-in acts as a bridge between your WordPress site and your MailChimp account, connecting the two together.
Check this link for more information.
More guides are available here.
The backend settings can be found in the WP Dashboard menu > MC4WP > MailChimp tab.
[mc4wp_form id="141"]
If you need to display posts, pages, or custom post types in a form of a slider, also check out Swiper Slider.
Our theme is fully compatible with an extremely powerful Revolution Slider plug-in. It allows you to create an unlimited number of sliders and set anywhere you want on the page within the necessary widget.
Check the following links for more information regarding the Revolution Slider functionality:
Below is an example of the Revolution Slider's main page back-end (default slider style with slides):
The Revolution slider also allows you to use the images from the already created website elements like posts/pages as well as from social profiles streams, etc. This method also preserves adding the needed information (text/buttons) or effects via slider layers. Such images can be specified in Slider Settings. Just open a particular slider, navigate to "Module General Options" tab (gear icon) and set the required parameters in the Content section.
You can add sliders to your page using elements in Elementor Page Builder. Insert either the Revolution Slider widget (WordPress group) or Slider widget (ThemeREX Addons Elements group) to the page and choose slider engine - Slider Revoluion. You can also use a shortcode, like [rev_slider alias="home"][/rev_slider]
.
You can also add Slider Revolution via widgets and place the slider not only in the header of the page (might vary, depending on default sidebars locations available for a particular theme).
Please note! In case you do not have a slider set up (but the Revolution Slider plug-in is already installed), you need to create it first and fill with slides by navigating to Slider Revolution tab in the WP Dashboard side menu.
This is our self-made plug-in that allows you to update the main theme as well as the bundled plug-ins through the WordPress admin panel. ThemeREX Updater plug-in requires a valid purchase code that can be entered in the Appearance > ThemeREX Updater section. To get the code, please navigate to your ThemeForest "Downloads" page and click on the theme download link. Check this guide for more details. Once any plug-ins or theme updates are available for download, you will receive a corresponding notice in WP Dashboard > Updates. Please view the Theme Update chapter of this documentation file for more information.
WooCommerce is an industry leader e-commerce plug-in for WordPress. Our theme is fully compatible with this great tool, allowing you to turn your website into sales machine in just a few clicks. You simply need to install this plug-in and allow it to create a set of pages to display categories, products etc. Then you need to add a set of products.
We highly encourage you to read the great documentation files WooCommerce offers. These manuals help to create effective and reliable on line stores providing more features than you can imagine. Here is a list of really useful links helping you create and polish your shop.
We recommend using Poedit software for translation-related purposes.
To translate the theme to your language, please follow these steps:
theme/.../languages/
folder and locate .pot
file. Copy it to your desktop for editing.
.pot
file. In the Poedit window click on the "Create New Translation" button, choose the necessary language of the translation from the dropdown list and click "OK."
.po
file using the naming convention based on the language code (e.g. pt
for Portuguese) followed by the country code (for instance _BR
for Brazil). To do that click on the "sheet" icon (you can also use hotkeys CMD
+ Shift
+ S
in OS X or Win+S in Windows) and type in the name according to the screenshot below..po
file, Poedit automatically creates a new .mo
file, with the same naming convention. According to the example above, the file would be called pt_BR.mo.
.po
and .mo
files you just created to the .../languages
folder. Make sure these files are in the same directory as the default.pot
one.
.../wp-content/plugins/trx_addons/languages
directory. There is also a trx_addons.pot
file in this directory..po
and .mo
files according to your language. See the file names on the example below:trx_addons-pt_BR.po
,
trx_addons-pt_BR.mo
.
For more information on how to use Poedit, please check the following resources:
In this section you can find additional information regarding fonts, clipart, .PSD files used in this theme.
theme-specific/theme.setup.php
file for more detailed information on this matter.
'max_load_fonts' => 5
variable in the theme-specific/theme.setup.php
file.
wp-content/themes/your-theme/css/font-icons/config.json
. Watch this video guide for more information.
theme-specific/theme.setup.php
file.
.PSD files
into the theme package, because it might significantly increase the size of a downloadable archive. In case you need these files you can always request them by contacting our support department as well.
Custom Websites are usually the most important part of an online marketing campaign. A properly built custom website can help you get the most results from your marketing efforts. Our team can do it for you.
Please, find some of our offers below:
You can check the full list of offers here.
Thank you for purchasing our theme. We are happy that you are one of our customers.
If you come up with any theme-related questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, feel free to contact us. We will respond as soon as possible (within 24 – 48 hours, usually faster). We are open from 10am to 7pm (CET), from Monday till Friday.