Painter Pro wordpress theme Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of our WordPress theme. This documentation shows the entire process of configuring and managing a WordPress website from start to finish in various sections.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is an open source website creation tool that is built on PHP and MySQL. It is a free content management system (CMS) and a powerful blogging platform. You can use this CMS to create websites and solid online apps. It requires little knowledge or technical ability to manage. WordPress has become the most widely used website development software due to a variety of factors such as its ease of use and flexibility.Learn More

What is a WordPress template

A WordPress template serves as a skin for websites built with the WordPress CMS. A WordPress Template is very simple to install. You can easily change the appearance of your WordPress website by installing a new template. A WordPress template includes all of the necessary source files, which you can freely edit and expand as you see fit.

Help and Support

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Files structure

The template package you downloaded is divided into several folders. Let's take a look at what's in each folder:

Screenshots : contains template screenshots. Not for production.
Theme : contains WordPress theme files.
alt-painter-pro.zip: This folder contains all of the files required for the theme.
license.txt : contains license details.
readme.txt : contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

TC Key Activation

The TC Key Activation procedure is as follows.

As you will get the License Key on your Email, use that key to Activate License.

Follow the following Process to Activate License.

Go to the Dashboard Appearance TC 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.

In this way you can activate your Licence Key.

My site was working fine before? Who changed the File Permissions?

Incorrect file permissions may prevent WordPress from creating folders, uploading images, or running certain scripts.

WordPress requires server permissions to manage files and create folders.

Then, select all folders in the root directory and right-click to select 'File Permissions'.
wp-config >> permissions dialog box >> click on checkbox read and write >> Click on the OK button to continue

The same procedure should be followed for the wp-content folder.

Template Installation

The installation of a template is a simple process.

Step 1. Theme Installation

The first step is to log into your WordPress admin area. Then, click on

Go to the menu Appearance Themes

Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New button at the top.

Click on upload theme button.

Click on Browse Button then select your alt-painter-pro.zip theme and click on Install Now Button..

WordPress will now install your theme and display a success message, as well as a link to activate or view the live preview.

Step 2. Install a Theme using FTP

The second method of installation is to upload the theme via FTP. To use this method, first connect to your site via FTP and navigate to the wp-content/themes folder. Unzip the downloaded theme file and upload only the extracted Total folder 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 enhance the functionality already present in WordPress.

How to Enable Plugins If you want these features in your theme, you must activate the plugin. To activate the plugin in your theme, follow these steps.

To manually install a WordPress Plugin, download the.zip archive and follow the steps below for Upload plugin.

Install Required Plugins:

alt-painter-pro Posttype plugin, Contact Form 7

To use Painter, you must first install and activate the Alt Painter Pro plugin. Without this theme, your content will not be displayed on your website.

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

Install and activate by clicking the Install Now button.

One-Click Demo Content Importer

Import demonstration content with a single click to get your theme up and running. This content will walk you through the process of creating a website.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Get started

Click on"Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

Section Ordering

How to Arrange and Reordering Section

Section reordering essentially means rearranging the section to meet our needs. To proceed with this section, drag the section to the top or bottom of the page where you want it. When you drag any section top or bottom, the front view changes based on the customizer values.

Section re-ordering is as simple as dragging and dropping options into any order you desire.

In order to proceed with Section Ordering.

Step 1 Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Plugin Setting >> Section Ordering

Click on "Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

How to set up homepage

After activating the theme, you will see the index page with the most recent post. Now you must configure the home page template to display all of the demo sections on your front page.

Setup Home Page

To configure the Home page, follow these steps.

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.

When you're finished, you'll be able to see all of the demo content on the front page.

Setup Topbar

In order to proceed Topbar Section.

Topbar

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Setting Topbar .

Setup the Topbar section in this manner.

Site Identity

Follow the steps below to continue with Site Identity.

Site Identity

Go to Appearance Customize Site Identity .

Setup Header

Follow the steps below to configure the Header.

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New

For menus, you must first create a menu and then add menus from the Add menu items menu.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Header.

If you want to add more pages, follow the same procedure.

This is how you add the Header section.

Setup Slider

To continue with the slider.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Slider Section.

This is how you add the slider section.

Setup About Section

To proceed to the About Section.

To further configure this section, see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings About Section.

This is how you can set up the About Section.

Setup Services Section

To proceed with the Services Section.

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Services section option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Services Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Services Section.

This is how you set up the Services Section.

Setup Project Section

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Project section option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

You must first create categories.

Go to Dashboard Projects Categories .

Go to Dashboard Projects Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Project.

In this way you can setup Project Section

Setup Gallery Section

To set up Gallery, follow these steps.

To get started with this section, you must first upload and activate the TC Gallery plugin.

The gallery option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard TC Gallery Add New Gallery.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Gallery .

In this way you can setup Gallery Sections.

Setup Faq Section

In order to proceed with Faq Section.

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Faqs option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Faqs Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Faq Section.

You can create a FAQ Section in this manner.

Setup Our Records Section

In order to continue with Our Records.

To further configure this section, see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Records.

You can set up Our Records in this manner.

Setup Why Choose Us Section

To proceed to the Why Choose Us section,

To further configure this section, see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Why Choose Us. .

This is how you set up the Why Choose Us section.

Setup Testimonial Section

To continue with Testimonial,

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

Following installation, the Testimonial option will appear on the dashboard./p>

Go to Dashboard Testimonial Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Testimonials.

This is how you set up Testimonial.

Setup Latest News Section

To proceed with the Latest News section,

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Posts option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Posts Categories.

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Latest News section.

You can create a Latest News section in this manner.

Setup Our Partners Section

To proceed to the Our Partners Section.

To further configure this section, see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Our Partners Section.

You can set up Our Partners Section in this manner.

Setup Blog Page section

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Posts option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Blog Page .

You can create a Blog Page section in this manner.

Setup Social Icons Section

In order to continue with Social Icons,

To further configure this section, see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Social Icons.

This is how you set up Social Icons.

Setup Home Contact form Section

To set up the Home Contact form, you must first upload and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin.

The Contact option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Home Contact form.

You can create a Home Contact form in this manner.

Setup Footer Widgets Section

To continue with Footer Widgets,

To further configure this section, please see the screenshots below. First, you must upload and activate the Alt Painter Pro Posttype plugin.

The Footer Widgets have four columns. Each column displays a different element. The admin pannel widget section will be used to configure these sections. You can add whatever widget you want and then update the widget.

Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Footer Widgets .

The footer will look like this on the page.

Setup Footer Text Section

To proceed with the Footer Text section,

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Footer Text..

The text section in the footer will be This will appear on the page.

Setup Contact Page Section

To set up the Contact Page, you must first upload and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin.

The Contact option will appear on the dashboard after installation.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Contact.

This is how the Contact Page will look.

Themes Plugin

Plugins are ways to extend and enhance the functionality already present in WordPress.

If you want these functionalities in your theme for which you need to activate plugin. Follow these instructions to activate plugin in your theme.

How to activate plugins

Go to Plugins Installed Plugins alt-painter-pro-Posttype. Activate

Setup Navigation

First of all create pages from Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.
Go to Appearance Menu.
Select the Create a new menu link option.
Give your menu a name in Menu name and save menu button.
Once you've created the menu. You must add pages by selecting them with checkboxes. After you've added a menu list, you can rearrange it using drag and drop.
Choose a menu theme location from the checkboxes below.

For a better understanding, look at this screenshot.

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 more information on adding categories, see the following article: click here

Access your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
Click the Posts tab.
With that done, click Categories for blog posts.
Enter the name of your new category here.
After that, click the Add New Category button.

Select the Publish option.

Creating a Blog post

Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
Click the Posts tab.
Click the Add New tab.
Fill in the blanks with your post's content. Please see the following link for more information on adding posts. click here

Shortcodes

A shortcode is a useful tool for creating content. click here Shortcodes are simple to use. First and foremost, ensure that the editing mode is set to Visual.

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

Gallery Shortcodes : [tc-galleryshow tc_gallery="77" numberofitem="8" bootstraponecolsize="4"]

Custom Widgets

To proceed to the Widget section,

Go to Dashboard Appearance Widgets.

It will look like this on the page.

How to Setup Additional Theme Add Ons

1.First, download the plugin from the source (it will be a zip file) ( Post Type plugin.zip). Then, go to the WordPress admin area and navigate to the Plugins » Add New page.

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

3.This takes you to the plugin upload page. Click the Choose File button and navigate to the plugin file you downloaded earlier to your computer.

4.After you've chosen the file, you must click the install now button.

5.WordPress will now upload and install the plugin file from your computer. After the installation is complete, you will see a success message similar to this.

6.Once installed, click the Activate Plugin link to begin using the plugin.