Theme Installation

You can install Themes directly to WordPress by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Dashboard.
2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
3. Select Add New.
4. Then Select Upload Theme.
5. You can then Install your Theme and Activate it.

Recommened Plugins

After installing your theme, you will be prompted to install a set if additional plugins. Click on the "Begin Installing Plugins" text link to install the plugins.

You will then view the "Install Required Plugins" page. You can also reach this page under Appearance > Install Plugins. You can select all the items and Bulk Install the plugins or install the plugins one at a time.

Note: We strongly recommend installing theses upon the initial installation. You can also deactivate and remove any plugins later on.

Adding New Themes Manually (FTP)

To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

1. Download the Theme archive and extract the files it contains. You may need to preserve the directory structure in the archive when extracting these files. Follow the guidelines provided by your Theme author.
2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, create a directory to save your Theme in the wp-content/themes directory provided by WordPress. For example, a Theme named Test should be in wp-content/themes/test. Your Theme may provide this directory as part of the archive.
3. Upload the Theme files to the new directory on your host server.

Import Demo Content

You can import the demo content under Appearance > Import Demo Data. Click "Import Demo Data" and wait until the importer notifies you the import is completed. If the import times out or does not finish, you can run the importer again.

Header Top

We do have an option header top which can display widgets or menu's. You can turn this on/off in the Theme Customizer (Appearance > Customize) under section "Header" and sub-section "Top Header Options".

Top Left Links

You can add your top left navigation under Apperance > Menu's > Header Top Left Menu.

Disable: To remove the top left navigation, just remove the menu.

Top Right Social Icons

You can adjust the social icons in the top right under Apperance > Customize > Header Social Icons.

Disable the Header Top Completely

You can disable the header top on all pages in the Theme Customizer(Appearance > Customizer) under section "Header" and sub-section "Top Header Options".

Tablet/Mobile Display for Header Top

By default the header top area is disabled on tablet and mobile. You can this in the Theme Customizer(Appearance > Customizer) under section "Header" and sub-section "Tablet/Mobile Header Options".

Theme Options

You can easily customize your the theme options under Appearance > Customize. This includes theme colors, fonts, and more!

Changing the Logo

You can easily adjust the logo in the Theme Customizer(Appearance > Customizer) under section "Header" and sub-section "Logo".

To change your logo, click "Change Image" and choose your new logo. Make sure to adjust the "Logo Width" to match your logo.

Customizing Navigation Fonts & Colors

You can easily adjust the navigation colors in the Theme Customizer(Appearance > Customizer) under section "Header" and sub-section "Navigation".

Options Per Page

Each page also has options for adjusting on a per page basis. Just scroll to the bottom and you will see page options.

Navigation Menu

You can create & manage your navigation menus under Appearance > Menus.

Step 1: Create a Menu

To start, create a new menu. You can click on text link "create a new menu". Then, enter in a menu name and click "Create Menu".

Step 2: Set the Menu Location

After you have created your menu, you need to select the Theme Location. You can do this by going under the "Manage Locations" tab at the top. Then select a menu under "Primary Menu" or "Mobile Menu" and click "Save Changes".

Step 3: Add pages to your Menu

You can then start adding pages and links to your menu. After you click "Add to Menu", it will move the menu item menu on the right. You can drag menu items around to order them. Or customize/delete the menu items by clicking on the down arrow on the right. Make sure to save the menu when you are done editing it.

Adding Sub-menus

You can make multiple level's of sub-menus. All you need to do is drag the menu item that you want inside the sub-menu under-neath the parent menu item. There will be an option to indent the item, so that the sub-menu item looks like it is pushed inside of the parent menu item. See example, "Contact" is in a sub-menu of the parent page "Home":

Adding Menu Icons

You can easily add-in a menu icon by clicking the small down-arrow and editing the menu item.

You can get a list of available icons here: https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free. Just pick an icon and then type in the class of the icon in the "Menu Icon" field.

Adding Mega-Menu's

You can easily add-in support for mega-menus by clicking the small down-arrow and editing the menu item. Just click "Enable Mega Menu" and then choose the ammount of columns you want to use for your mega menu.

The first sub-menu level is going to be the heading for the column (Use Custom Link with "#" added in for the URL). The next sub-level will display the navigation item. Here is an screen-shot example of how the live preview menu is setup:

Blog/News

The blog is managed under "Posts" in WordPress:

Adding a Featured Image

Just click "Add Media" and upload the image. Then click "Set Featured Image" and select your image. The last step is to click "Use as featured image". See the example below.

Adding a Video

You can add a video using the Video/Audio Field at teh bottom of the post page:

Adding an Excerpt (Summary text on index)

You can control which text displays on the index. This is what we use in the live preview to display a snippet of text on the post list.

You can find the Excerpt field on the right side:

Altnerative to Excerpt: Adding the 'Continue Reading' Button (Cut-off content on index)

By default the blog-posts on the blog index will display all content. If you want to cut-off the blog-post on the index earlier, you will use the "Insert More" element. The information above the break will be displayed on the Blog Index and all other information will be displayed on the post page. You can find the button for in default text editor as shown in the example.

Choose Post Format - Post Icon

You can choose a post format on the top right of the post editing page under Document:

Blog Category/Archive Options

The blog category pages are generated automaticaly via WordPress. If you want to adjust the column count, pagination, etc. you can do so under:

Appearance > Customize > Blog > Blog Archive Options

Page Builder

This theme is powered by the page builder "Elementor". We also have a page builder add-on called "Boosted Elements".

Check out the Boosted Elements documentation here: http://boosted.progression-studios.com/documentation/

Using the Page Builder

You can edit pages in the page builder by clicking the "Edit with Elementor" button.

From there you can add new Elements or editing elements by clicking on them. Just select an element and then the panel on the left will display options:

Adding Elements

You can add new elements by clicking the icon. From there you get a list of elements. Choose any element and drag it onto your page where you want it

Tablet/Mobile Styles

You have full control over your layouts and font sizes on tablet mobile. You can edit the Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile styles by clickign on the grey desktop icon next to most options. Click on the tablet or mobile to open that specific device size.

Default Page Setup

By default when you create a pagein Elementor, it will have a maximum width and some additional padding. To remove that so it matches your other pages, simply edit these settings:

Edit the section in blue by selecting it:

Then set the Content Width to Full Width. And the Columsn Gap to No Gap.

Adding Pre-Saved Templates

We have saved all the tempaltes from the live preview for you. In addition there are many other templates available that can be be used to re-create various pages or sections of the site. Click on the templates library button to open the layout options:

Templates can be used to re-create various pages or sections of the site. Click on the layouts button to open the layout options:

Then click on the "My Templates" tab in order to see all the built-in templates.

Page Options

You have additional page options at the bottom which can be used to adjust the sidebar display and header display.

404 Page Error

You can control which page template is used for your 404 page under Apearance > Customize > General > General Options

Sidebar

The sidebar on the left of the page is controlled via widgets under Appearance > Widgets.

Sidebar Options

You can control the sidebar styling under Apperance > Customize > Body > Left Sidebar Options:

Content Sidebar

You can turn on the sidebar while editing any page under "Page Settings" at the bottom.

Contact Form

The contact forms are powered by the plugin Contact Form 7. It has many additional options which you can find in the full Contact Form 7 documentation here: https://contactform7.com/docs/

The contact forms are managed under "Contact" in your WordPress Dashboard. From there you can edit the existing contact forms by hovering of them.

Adding Contact Form to any Page:

You can add Contact Forms onto any page using the Contact Form 7 page builder element

Footer

You have two options for the footer. You can use the default which is a basic footer with text OR you can use the page builder to buil the footer.

Basic Footer (Text Only)

If you did not import the demo data or if you prefer a simple footer, you can use the basic footer option. You can edit the footer copyright text under the Theme Options (Appearance > Customize). The footer settings are located under "Footer".

If you do not see this option, then edit the "Footer Elementor Template" opiton to "Choose a Template". This will turn on the basic footer which is text only.

Page Builder Footer

If you would like to use the page builder to edit your footer, you do so by creating a footer template under Templates.

From there you can edit the footer like any other page builder element. You can then assign the theme to use this template for your footer under Apperance > Customize > Footer. Just select a different page elementor template under "Footer Elementor Template".

Google Maps Key

As of June 22, 2016 Google has started to require an API key to use Google Maps on your site. Don't worry as this is still free. You just need to register with Google and get a free API key. Then paste the key into our theme.

Step 1) Register and get an API Key here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key

Step 2) Login to your WordPress site and add your API key into your theme customizer. (Appearance > Customize > Google Maps)

Maps still not loading? Check these settings

"It is our experience with customers using WordPress to load our maps that, in order for the maps to be correctly displayed, three APIs must be enabled: the Maps Javascript API, the Places API and the Geocoding API"

1. Log onto your Google Cloud Platform Console
2. Click on the hamburger menu (the three lines next to "Google Cloud Platform")
3. Click on "APIs & Services" >> "Library".
4. On the "Library" screen, simply type in the names of the missing APIs (Places and Geocoding) and click on the blue
5. "Enable API" button for each of them.

Translate & Customize

This theme is ready to be translated to any language. The easiest way to translate is via a Translation WordPress Plugin. Check out wordpress.org for a list of translation plugins. Our current recommendation is the plugin Loco Translate

You can learn more about translating WordPress via the Translating WordPress Documentation.

Need to support Multiple Languages?

Here are some of the Multilingual WordPress Plugins that will allow you to add multiple languages:

1. Manage multilingual posts in one post per language (e.g. WPML - paid, xili-language, Polylang or Bogo). Translations are then linked together, indicating that one page is the translation of another.
2. Store all languages alternatives for each post in the same post (e.g. qTranslate).
3. Manage translations on the generated page instead of using a post context (e.g. Transposh and Global Translator)
4. Plugins that direct you to external translation services (e.g. Google AJAX Translation)
5. Plugins like Multisite Language Switcher, Multilingual Press, and Zanto, link together separate WordPress network (multisite) installations for each language by pinging back and forth.

Missing Font Characters

If you notice any font characters missing, you will need to select additional Font Subsets. You can manage this under Appearance > Customize under the Typography tab.

Note: Some fonts do not support all font sub-sets. If your font does not support your language, you will need to choose another font that supports your font characters.

Customizations

Any questions regarding customizations of themes are not included in theme support. It is up to the buyer to make any necessary customizations they need. If you would like to hire us for custom development, please contact here: http://progressionstudios.com/contact/

If you have questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, visit our support forum.

Tips on Customizing CSS

If the customization you want to change isn't listed in the Theme Customizer, check the style.css file. We have a table of contents at the top that points out all of the sections within theme. You can also look-up styles using FireBug for FireFox or Safari/Chrome Inspector. This will allow you to edit additional places within the theme.

How to use Inspector for Safari & Chrome to look-up styles in the style.css file: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOEw9iiopwI