Craftsmen, theme documentation
Below is the detailed documentation for the Craftsmen Version 2 theme
Below is the detailed documentation for the Craftsmen Version 2 theme
First, thank you for purchasing our theme!
This guide provides instructions for installation, help on getting started and extensive documentation of features. It is recommended you read it thoroughly to fully leverage the Craftsmen theme's capabilities. Please also make sure to check out our Video Tutorials as they explain everything covered in here in greater depth. We hope you enjoy building with Craftsmen as much as we enjoyed developing it and continue to develop with new features!
Server requirements is one of the key factors for WordPress and Craftsmen theme, it is highly recommended to use a server which supports the following requirements. We explain about WordPress, Craftsmen, WooCommerce server requirements.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| PHP | Version 7 or greater. |
| MySQL | Version 5.6 or greater. |
| MariaDB | Version 10.0 or greater. Only required if you are not using MySQL. |
| HTTPS | Supported by the server. |
We recommends following server settings for Our WordPress Theme:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| PHP | Version 5.6 or greater. |
| MySQL | Version 5.6 or greater |
| mod_rewrite | The Apache module needs to be activated for pretty permalinks. |
| GD Library | The library needs to be installed for Captcha and Image cropping. |
| cURL | Supported by the server. |
| OpenSSL | Supported by the server. |
| allow_url_fopen | Supported by the server. |
| post_max_size | 32 MB or greater |
| upload_max_filesize | 32 MB or greater |
| memory_limit | 128 MB or greater |
| max_execution_time | 120s or greater |
| max_input_vars | The minimum value is 4000 but the recommended is 6000. |
Craftsmen support WooCommerce officially so it is best to make sure your server also supports this plugin requirements if you are going to set up a shop.To learn about the plugin server requirements, read the official article.
WordPress is well-known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances, installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less that five minutes to complete.
Before beginning the installation and configuring of your new theme, you must first have WordPress already installed on a server.
If you are struggling, here is a very detailed guide at Wordpress Codex that will walk you through every step.
If you prefer something more visual, you can watch this video tutorial on how to install Wordpress by us
(Please note the video shown is from our NUVO Restaurant theme, but the same process applies)
Once you have setup a copy of WordPress, there are two ways you can go about installing the theme:
Unzip the download and upload the theme directory /Craftsmen/ into your WordPress themes directory /wp-content/themes/.
This is definitely the easier route for most. Simply navigate to Appearance > Add New Themes > Upload. Click the 'browse' button and locate the still zipped theme folder. The theme will be uploaded and installed in a matter of seconds.
Here is our video tutorial to help you through the process
(Please note the video shown is from our NUVO Restaurant theme, but the same process applies)
After you have installed the theme successfully, you can optionally import the supplied dummy data in order to get a feel for things. If you're interested in importing the data, please check the Demo Data section below.
Once you have installed and activated our theme you will be prompted to install required and recommended plugins. Just click the link to Begin installing plugins.
Next, check boxes to select all the plugins you want to install, select the bulk action of install from the dropdown box and then click the button to apply.
Select the plugins you had installed, and then apply the bulk action to activate them.
Finally, you will got a confirmation notice that your plugins were activeded.
To help you set up website with the least efforts, we include in the theme package dummy content file. After installing it, all content seen on the live demo will be imported except for images/videos.
There are two methods you can use, one is using our One-click Importer, the other is Importing manually. To go with the former option, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to Install Demo on the Tools menu.
2. The Install Demo section will show for you.
3. Just click Install the demo you want and wait for the process to complete.
Now you have a website just like our demo.
To imprort demo content by yourself, please follow some steps below:
1. Install and Active Widget Importer & Exporter plugin.
2. Import XML you need deactivate plugin EF3 Import And Export.
You need to extra theme package file. And then:
1. Go to Tools on the CPT UI menu
2. You shoud be able to find it following the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > taxonomies.json.
3. You can copy all content in file taxonomies.json and paste in here like image below:
1. Go to Post Types tab.
2. Copy all content in file post-type.json in the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > post-type.json and paste in here like image below.
1. Go to Tools > Import.
2. You need upload two file:
Select Wordpress system then browse for the .xml file. You shoud be able to find it following the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > content > attachment-data.xml
And Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > content > content-data.xml
3. Choose a WXR (.xml) file to upload, then click Upload file and import.
4. You will then have the choice to import attachments, so click on the "Download and import file attachments" box.
5. Click Submit.
Repeat the steps with content-data.xml file.
1. Go to Slider Revolution.
2. Import slider.
3. You shoud be able to find it following the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > revslider > home1.zip. You need upload all slider inside revslider file.
1. Go to Craftsmen > Import / Export on the left menu
2. You shoud be able to find it following the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > options.json .
3. You go to the option import / export in theme options then click on the button: "import this file" and copy all content in file options.json and paste in here like image below.
1. Go to Widget Importer & Exporter on the Tools menu.
2. You shoud be able to find it following the path Craftsmen > inc > demo-data > Craftsmen > widgets.wie.
3. You can click button browse and upload file widget.wie
Now you have a website just like our demo.
Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular form builders for wordpress.
We have created styles ready for you to use within your Victoria theme.
For detailed inforamtion and support on this plugin, please go to: Contact Form 7
Create a responsive (mobile friendly) or fullwidth slider with must-see-effects and meanwhile keep or build your SEO optimization (all content always readable for search engines). See the heaps of custom transitions/animations for each object on the page!
Customize this slider with our convenient drag & drop backend to your very needs. This plugin features tons of unique transition effects, an image preloader, video embedding, autoplay that stops on user interaction and lots of easy to set options to create your own effects.
For premium support with this plugin please visit: Revolution Slider on Code Canyon
After installation, you will be suggested to install additional plugins. To install them and activate, please navigate to Plugins, you will see a list of required and optional plugins. We recommend that you install the following to get the best of our theme:
Visual Composer is the most popular drag and drop editor for wordpress.
If you need dedicated support for this component, please visit: Visual Composer on Code Canyon
Your new custom menu has been defined.
You can add different link types into your menu, these are split between panes left of the menu you're currently editing.
Your custom menu has now been saved.
When planning the structure of your menu, it helps to think of each menu item as a heading in a formal report document. In a formal report, main section headings (Level 1 headings) are the nearest to the left of the page; sub-section headings (Level 2 headings) are indented slightly further to the right; any other subordinate headings (Level 3, 4, etc) within the same section are indented even further to the right.
The WordPress menu editor allows you to create multi-level menus using a simple 'drag and drop' interface. Drag menu items up or down to change their order of appearance in the menu. Drag menu items left or right in order to create sub-levels within your menu.
To make one menu item a subordinate of another, you need to position the 'child' underneath its 'parent' and then drag it slightly to the right.
Congratulations! Your menu has now been added to your site.
You can set any menu as Primary menu here.
Result:
The first, please go to Page > Add new in the sidebar left to create a new page.
Enter the Page title and content for page, example as image below:
Then, scroll down to the bottom of page to see the Page Options section. With the Page Options specially Craftsmen for our themes, you can easily customize for Header, Footer, Slider, Blog of standard page.
To create a new post, go to Posts > Add new.
1. Enter Posts name in Title field. And then enter post content into the text field.
2. Select Post Format .
3. Select a Category for posts on Categories section. Create more Category by clicking Add New Category.
4. Set posts's picture by choosing a Set featured image.
5. Finally, Click Publish.
Result:
To create a new Portfolio, go to Portfolio > Add new.
Then, enter the content for your Portfolio follow images below:
View page to see the result:
To set a page as Home page, go to Settings > Reading in your WordPress Dashboard panel.
1. Set "Front page displays" as "A Static Page"
2. In the drop down menu for "Front Page" choose a page which will be your home page. And in the "Posts page", choose a page whick will be your blog page.
3. Save changes.
To Add Widget on Sidebar, please following these steps:
Go to Blog page to see Sidebar result:
The options panel is home to all of the theme's extensive configuration options. To view the panel, click on Craftsmen in the left-hand menu. Here you have the ability to alter many core aspects that make up how your theme looks and behaves. Any of the options that have some ambiguity to them conviently have descriptions to explain their purpose.
This is one of most important sections for theme because this is what users see first. With our Theme Options, you will find various options to configure Header bellow:
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You can set Primary Color and Links Color here.
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Our themes are optimized by with H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 tags, clean code, HTML5 but if you want to get higher ranking on search engines, you must need some help from SEO plugins and Google Pagespeed Service:
There are 2 methods to update our WordPress themes to a newer version. These new updates are essential if you want to have a bug free website, as we add new features and make improvements to the theme over time. Some of these updates might be needed in order to make the theme compatible with newer versions of WordPress. There is no risk of losing your settings and pages. However, if you had made modifications to theme files, they will be lost.
1.1 Update Craftsmen Through WordPress Admin Panel:When the time comes that you want to update our themes to the latest versions you may need to update necessary plugins of theme. To update the plugin you will need to follow the steps below:
The team at RedExp are always happy to help you with any questions or recommendations you have about the Craftsmen theme. If you need any help or support please contact us through the TF Messaging system or
Direct at Email: info.spyropress@gmail.com
Direct at Forum: Untheme Forum