Interior Designs Pro wordpress theme Documentation

Introduction

You're welcome for purchasing our WordPress theme. This documentation's several sections each demonstrate how to configure and maintain a WordPress website from scratch.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is an open source website creation tool that uses PHP and MySQL as its foundation. It is a robust blogging platform and a totally free content management system (CMS). Using this CMS, you may create reliable online applications and websites. To manage it, you scarcely need any technological expertise or understanding. Because of its many benefits, including ease of use and flexibility, WordPress has emerged as the most popular website construction tool on the market.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.

Help and Support

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Files structure

The template bundle that you downloaded is divided into various directories. Let's examine the contents of each folder:

  • Screenshots : contains template screenshots. Not for production.

  • Theme : contains WordPress theme files.

  • alt-interior-designs-pro.zip: this folder content all the necessary files for the theme.

  • license.txt : contains license details.

  • readme.txt : contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

TS Key Activation

The steps for activating a TS Key are as follows.

Use the License Key that you get through Email, use that key to activate licence.

Follow the following Process to Activate License.

Go to the Dashboard Appearance TS Key Activation Enter Key Save Changes.

After Entering The Key Activate Licence.

After you Activate Licence,the key will be active and then you can Getstarted with the Theme.

You can activate your Licence Key in this manner.

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.

  • Then, choose "File Permissions" from the context menu when you right-click on all of the folders in the root directory.
  • the permissions dialogue box in wp-config tick the box next to "Read and Write" >> To go further, click the OK button.
  • Repeat the same procedure with the wp-content folder.

Template Installation

Installing a template is a simple process.

Step 1. Theme Installation

Logging into your WordPress admin area is the first step you need to take. then click on

Go to the menu Appearance Themes

Click the Add New button at the top of the themes page after you've arrived there.

Click on upload theme button.

Choose your alt-interior-designs-pro.zip theme by clicking the Browse Button and then click the Install Now Button.

Your theme will now be installed by WordPress, and you will see a success message with a link to activate or view a live preview.

Step 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. Just extract the Total folder from the theme file you got and upload it to your server.

Next log into your WordPress site and navigate to Appearance Themes to activate total folder.

Plugin Installation.

Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress.

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.

The following instructions for uploading a plugin can be used to manually install a WordPress plugin from a.zip archive.

Install Required Plugins:

alt-interior-designs-pro Posttype plugin, Contact Form 7

The Interior Designs Pro plugin must be installed and activated before you can use the Interior Designs theme to display information on your website.

1.Add Plugin : Go to Dashboard Add New Upload plugin..

click on the install now button and activate.

One-Click Demo Content Importer

To set up your theme, simply click to import sample content. You can follow the instructions in this article to develop your website for website creation.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Get started

Next select "Run Importer" after selecting "Demo Content Importer".

Typography / General settings

The method of changing the colour or font is quite simple. These choices are available in all customizer areas. It is a comprehensive graphic that demonstrates the typeface and colour palette. You can change the colour and font of the headings, paragraphs, and buttons with a single glance or click.

Depending on the number of options accessible in each part, there is an option to change the colour scheme for the headings, title/text, paragraph, button text, and button background.

So as to continue with Typography / General settings.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Typography / General settings

How to set up homepage

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

Follow these instructions to setup Home page.

1. Create Page to set template : Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

Select the template.

2. Set the front page: Go to Setting Reading Set the front page display static page to home page.

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

Site Identity

So as to continue Site Identity, follow the below steps.

Site Identity

Go to Appearance Customize Site Identity .


Setup Header

In order to establish the Header, follow the below steps.

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New

For menus you need to create menu and add menus from Add menu items.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Header.

Repeat the same steps if you want to add more pages.

In this way you can add the Header section.


Setup Slider

So as to continue with slider.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Slider Section. .


In this way you can add the slider section.


Setup About Section

So as to continue with About Section.

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings About Section.


In this way you can setup About Section Section


Setup Our Services Section

So as to continue with Our Services Section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Services .


In this way you can setup Our Services Section


Setup Projects

So as to continue with Projects Section, First you need upload and activate Interior Designs Pro Posttype plugin.

After installation Projects option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard Projects Add New.


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Projects.


In this way you can setup Projects Section


Setup Our Process Section

So as to continue with Our Process Section.

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Process.


In this way you can setup Our Process Section


Setup Our Records

So as to continue with Our Records.

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Records.


In this way you can setup Our Records


Setup Team Section Section

So as to continue with Team Section Section, First you need upload and activate Interior Designs Pro Posttype plugin.

After installation Our Expert option will appear on the dashboard.

Go to Dashboard Team Section Add New.


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Team Section.

In this way you can setup Team Section Section


Setup Our Partners Section

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Partners .


In this way you can setup Our Partners.


Setup Testimonial

So as to continue with Testimonial,

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section, First you need upload and activate Interior Designs Pro Posttype plugin.

After installation, Testimonial option will appear on the dashboard follow these steps.

Go to Dashboard Testimonial Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Testimonials.

In this way you can Testimonial.


Setup Home Contact form

So as to continue with Home Contact form Section.

Follow these instructions to Setup Home Contact form Section, First you need to upload and activate the contact form 7 plugin.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Home Contact form.


In this way you can Home Contact form Section


Setup Latest News Section

So as to continue with Latest News section,

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section, First you need upload and activate Interior Designs Pro Posttype plugin.

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Latest News .

In this way you can Latest News section.


Setup Blog Page section

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section, First you need upload and activate Interior Designs Pro Posttype plugin.

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Blog Page.

In this way you can setup Blog Page section.



Footer Text

So as to continue with Footer Text section

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Footer Text..

In footer text section,select copyright text.

Footer text section will be Appear on page like this.

Setup Contact Page

In order to establish the Contact Page you need upload and activate contact form 7 plugin.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Dashboard page contact.


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Contact.

Contact Page will be appear on page like this


Themes Plugin

  • With plugins, you can increase and expand the functionality of WordPress.

    You must enable the plugin if you want these features in your theme. To enable the plugin in your theme, adhere to these directions.

    How to activate plugins

    Go to Plugins Installed Plugins interior-desing-pro-Posttype. Activate

Page Templates and Sidebars

Page Templates

  • Default Template (The default page template with a right sidebar position)

  • Home Page Template (Front page with the demo content)

  • Blog Full Width Extend (Page template with no sidebar position)

  • Blog with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Blog With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Page with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Page With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Contact Template (The default Contact template with no sidebar position)

Posts, Categories and Post Formats

Adding category

For further details on adding categories, look at the following article: click here

  • 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 click here

Shortcodes

A shortcode is an effective tool for creating content. click here Using shortcodes is simple. Then, ensure that Visual First is selected as the editing mode.

Contact Form : [contact-form-7 id="5" title="Contact form 1"]

Testimonial : [testimonials]

Project : [project]

Expert : [expert]

Properties : [all_properties]

Testimonial Shortcode

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

After adding shortcode Testimonial page will appear like this


Project Shortcode

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

After adding shortcode Project page will appear like this


Team Shortcode

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

This is how the Team page would look after adding the shortcode.


Custom Widgets

So as to continue with Widget section,

Go to Dashboard Appearance Widgets.

It will be appear on page like this

How to Setup Additional Theme Add Ons

1.The plugin must first be downloaded from the source (which will be a zip file) ( Post Type plugin.zip). Then, click the Plugins » Add New page in the WordPress admin area.

2.Then, select the Upload Plugin button located at the top of the page.

3.You'll arrive at the plugin upload page after doing this. Next, you must select the plugin file you already downloaded to your computer by clicking the choose file option.

4.After choosing the file, you must select the install now option.

5.The plugin file from your computer will now be uploaded to WordPress, where it will be installed. After installation is complete, a notice like this will appear.

6.To use the plugin after installation, click the link that says "Activate Plugin."