VW Church

Introduction

We appreciate you installing 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?

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What is a Wordpress Template?

A WordPress template acts as a skin for the websites which are created on WordPress CMS. The installation of a WordPress Template is very easy. With the help of an installed new template, you can change the look of your WordPress website very easily. All the requisite source files are provided with a WordPress template and you can freely go for editing and increasing it the way you want.


Template Installation

File Structure

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

    Screenshots -contains template screenshot. Not for production.
  • theme -contains wordpress theme files.
  • "vw-church.zip" -this folder contains all the necessary files for the theme.
  • "license.txt" -contains license details.
  • "readme.txt" -contain information about theme images path, font use and usage script.
Template installation

Template installation is very easy process.

All installation steps can be done within WordPress interface. It makes process comfortable and fast.

There are two ways to go about the installation process.

1-Install a theme using wordpress admin.

First thing you need to do is to login to your WordPress admin area. Next, click on.

1.1 Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Themes.

1.2. Once you have reached the page of themes, click on the Add New button.

1.3. To upload a theme press the button

1.4. Press "Upload Theme" button then select your vw-church.zip theme then click on "install now".

Then, Your theme will be successfully install.

2-Install a Theme using FTP

The following installment choice is to FTP the theme. For this method first log into your site via FTP and browse to your themes folder placed in the wp-content. The theme you downloaded and unzip it and upload only the extracted Total folder to your server.

Next log into on your WordPress blog and browse to access Appearance >> Themes to activate Theme.


Setup Home page Template With Customizer

In order to setup home page with customizer, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New

3.1. Create a new page and name it as "Home" then select the template "Custom Home page".

3.2. you can select static home page by two methods

Method 1. Go To Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading

Select the option of Static Page, now select the page you created to be the Home page, while another page to be your default page.

Method 2. Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Home Page Settings

Select the option of Static Page, now select the page you created to be the Home page, while another page to be your default page.

Once you have done that, save the settings and now you have a custom Home page. You will now have a custom page being displayed as your Home page.


Setup Header

In order to setup the Header Settings, follow the below steps.

You have to add VW social icons.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets >> Topbar Social Icons

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Home page Settings >> Header Section

It will appear as such on the front end.

Setup Logo

For Logo

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Site Identity

Setup Slider

In order to setup the Slider Section, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New

Add title, content and feature image.

Repeat the above step for two more slider.

Go To Customizer >> Home page Settings >> Slider Settings

Select the Pages created for Slider Section.

It will appear as such on the front end.


Setup Events Section

In order to setup Events Section , follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Post >> Categories >> Add New Category

Then you have to create the Post.

Go To Dashboard >> Post >> Add New

Add Post tittle,description,Post image and assign category and also add meta fields such as event date,time,location that you have created in above step.
Repeat the above step for more Post.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings >> Events Section

Add section heading, small section text, select the page created for Events Section , select post images and button text respectively.


It will appear as such on the front end.


Setup Footer Section

In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.

Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install and activate it.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets

It will appear as such on the front end.

In this way you can setup Footer section.


Setup Copyright Section

In order to setup the copyright section, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings >> Footer Settings

Here you can change the copyright alignment.

It will appear as such on the front end.


For Scroll To Top:

Here you can enable/disable scroll to top, and you can change its position.


Blog Post Settings

1. Post Settings

In order to setup the Post Settings, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Post Settings

Here you have options for Blog post layout,enable/disable author, date, comments, time and featured image respectively.

It will appear as such on the front end.


2. Button Settings

In order to setup the Button Settings, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Button Settings

Here you have options for adding button text.

It will appear as such on the front end.


3. Related Post Settings

In order to setup the Related Post Settings, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Related Post Settings

Here you have options for related post title, Show/hide related post and related post count options.

It will appear as such on the front end.

General Settings

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings >> General Settings

1. Width Layout

In Theme Width Layout there are three options

1) Full width
2) Fluid Container width
3) Box container width

In Full width, the theme width will be default.

In Fluid Container width, the theme width will be in container fluid.

In Box Container width, the theme width will be in box container width.

Below Given Screenshot is for Full width.

It will appear as such on the front end.


Below Given Screenshot is for Fluid Container width.In below given example you can see that the theme width is changed.

Below Given Screenshot is for Box container width.

2. Post Sidebar Layout

Add Post sidebar as follows:

In this, you can change the Blog post sidebar layout.

3. Page Sidebar Layout

Add page sidebar as follows:

In this, you can change the page sidebar layout.

4. Pre-Loader: In this, you have option to show/hide the Pre-Loader in the theme and also have option for Pre-Loader type.

Responsive Media Settings

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Other Settings >> Responsive Media

Here you have options to show/hide slider, sidebar and scroll to top.


Typography Settings

In Theme Typography there are two options

1) Content Typography
2) Headings Typography

1. Content Typography

In Content Typography you can change color, font style, font-size, line height, font-weight, letter-spacing of Paragraph and Anchor tags.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Typography >> Content Typography

Below Given Screenshot is for Content Typography.

It will appear as such on the front end.


2. Headings Typography

In Headings Typography you can change color, font style, font-size, line height, font-weight, letter-spacing of Headings.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Typography >> Headings Typography

Below Given Screenshot is for Headings Typography.

It will appear as such on the front end.


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Customised Themes
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Upload a logo
Links to social media
Slider Options
Slides there are 3 Unlimited
Website Templates 3 6
Home page Template 1 1
Theme sections 2 6
Contact us Page Template 0 1
Blog Layout & Templates 0 3 right/left sidebar, full width
Website Templates & Layout 0 2. Right/Left Sidebar
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Section Reordering
Demo Importer
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Images
Mega and Simple Menu Options
Support for custom CSS and JS
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Setup Theme With Ibtana Template

In order to setup the theme with the IBTANA template, follow the below steps.

First, activate the VW Church theme.

Create Pages And Setup Menus

  1. Create pages by going to pages first >> A new page was added.

    2. Repeat the above steps for more pages. As you can see, pages were created.

  2. Goto Appearance >> Menus.
  3. Then select create a new menu.
  4. Give your menu a name in the Menu Name field, then click the Save Menu button.
  5. After creating a menu. Pages must be added by checking the appropriate boxes. You can drag and drop the menu list into place after adding it.
  6. Choosing a menu theme location from the below checkboxes.

See this screenshot for better understanding.

In this way, you can setup Menus.


Setup Footer Section

In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.

Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install them, and activate them.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets

In this way, you can set up the footer section.


Ibtana Activation

1. Go To Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New

Activate the above plugins.

There are two steps to setting up the theme using Ibtana plugins.

step1. Visit Dashboard >> ibtana settings >> templates

click on preview >> free import

step2. Visit Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New

Below screenshot is for ibtana editor.


Slider Section

In order to setup slider section follow the below steps.

take Multiblock Slider.

Now you can add more slides and slider background images.

You can change heading tags, alignment options, font size, and line height through the editor.

You can also change heading colors, hover colors, and spacing settings..


Events Section

In this section you can replace images and also change the dimension of image also.


In button setting you can add font family,letter spacing,text transform,font weight.


Setup Header

In order to setup header section follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Setting >> Header Section


Below screenshot is for ibtana front.

In this way, you can set your theme using the Ibtana template.

Please see Customiser to set up additional pages.


Setup Theme With Block Pattern

In order to setup a theme with a block pattern, follow the below steps.

First, activate the VW Church theme.

Create Pages And Setup Menus

  1. Create pages by going to pages first >> A new page was added.

    2. Repeat the above steps for more pages. As you can see, pages were created.

  2. Goto Appearance >> Menus.
  3. Then select create a new menu.
  4. Give your menu a name in the Menu Name field, then click the Save Menu button.
  5. After creating a menu. Pages must be added by checking the appropriate boxes. You can drag and drop the menu list into place after adding it.
  6. Choosing a menu theme location from the below checkboxes.

See this screenshot for better understanding.

In this way you can setup Menus.


Setup Footer Section

In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.

Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install them, and activate them.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets

In this way, you can set up the footer section.


Setup Block Pattern

Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New

Below screenshot is for block pattern editor.


Banner Section

In order to setup the banner section, follow the below steps.

Take cover and add an image for the banner.

You can change text color, font size, etc. through the editor.


Events Section

In this section, you can add image, text over image and change its dimension.


Setup Header Section

In order to setup the header section, follow the below steps.

Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Setting >> Header Section


Below screenshot is for block pattern front.

In this way, you can set your theme using a block pattern.

Please see Customiser to set up additional pages.

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