Giving Walk, theme documentation
Below is the detailed documentation for the Giving Walk theme
Below is the detailed documentation for the Giving Walk 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 Giving Walk 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 Giving Walk 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 Giving Walk theme, it is highly recommended to use a server which supports the following requirements. We explain about WordPress, Giving Walk, 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. |
Giving Walk 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 /Giving Walk/ 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:
Install and Active Widget Importer & Exporter plugin.
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 givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > 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 givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > 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 givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > content > attachment-data.xml
And givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > 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 givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > revslider > home1.zip. You need upload all slider inside revslider file.
1. Go to givingwalk > Import / Export on the left menu
2. You shoud be able to find it following the path givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > 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 givingwalk > inc > demo-data > givingwalk > widgets.wie.
3. You can click button browse and upload file widget.wie
Now you have a website just like our demo.
This is plugin required all our themes
This plugin provides an easy to use interface to create and administer custom post types and taxonomies in WordPress. This plugin is created for WordPress 4.x.
If you need dedicated support for this plugin, please visit: Custom Post Type UI
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
Drag and drop page builder for WordPress. Take full control over your WordPress site, build any layout you can imagine – no programming knowledge required
If you need dedicated support for this component, please visit: WPBakery Page Builder
Slider Revolution is an innovative, responsive WordPress Slider Plugin that displays your content the beautiful way. Whether it's a Slider, Carousel, Hero Scene or even a whole Front Page, the visual, drag & drop editor will let you tell your own stories in no time!
For detailed inforamtion and support on this plugin, please go to: Slider Revolution
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.
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:
Click Publish and View page to see Result:
With the Page Options specially built for our themes, you can easily customize for Header, Page Title & BC, Content and Footer of every page.
You can make page boxed and set background for content and body areas.
Example for page No sidebar and fullwidth:
Page Boxed layout with body and content background color:
Example for site boxed:
Result:
You can choose show or hide header top.
Result:
When you choose show header top, you need to manage widget in Widget Manager
You can choose to show or hide Search, Cart, Tool, Donate Button and Social icons on Header.
Result:
You can give a Title to the page here. You can also change the position of Title and Breadcrumb. In our layout selecting panels, the color Brown represents the Title, while the color Gray represents the Breadcrumb. See example below:
Result:
You can choose Client logo for page and set margin top/bottom for client logo area.
Result:
You can set background with color or image for Footer.
Result:
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 Giving Walk 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.
Theme Options is the main section of Giving Walk, which you can do your global settings for your website. You can access Theme Options from top left side of your dashboard. We are going to describe about General Settings options available under Giving Walk > General section of Theme Options in this article.
You can make site is boxed or fullwidth, Default mode is fullwidth layout.
Example for site boxed layout:
Example for site fullwidth layout:
You can select style of Page loading and enable or disable Back to top button.
The Page loading show when you reload website.
Example for Back to top button:
All options for styling color can be found here.
Example:
Not just color, all text elements are also within your control. You can define the style of Body font and H1 to H6 Headlines for yourself.
Result:
Example for Heading 1 tag.
Result:
On this section, Giving Walk theme had some available fonts for you. If you want to set a special font for a special class, you only need to insert your class into Selector section, and choose the font that you want on the Font dropdown box. Finally, you click Save changes and see your result, all completed.
Example: Select font family and enter tag that you want to change.
Result:
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:
Example for header layout 2:
You can make header fullwidth or boxed.
Example for header fullwidth:
Show a Revolution Slider before Main Header.
Example for Revolution Slider:
Add height for header.
Example for Header Height:
You need manager widget in Widget Manager to get what you want to show in mega menu!
You can choose show or hide Search, Cart, Tool and Donate Button on Header
Example:
Here you can config width, typography, background and link color for your header top.
When Header top option is ON, you need to manage widget in Widget Manager.
Result:
Select logo and set logo height for your site.
Result for Logo Image:
Here you can set background color, typography, link color and menu item space.
Example:
Here you can set background color, typography, link color and menu item space.
Example:
Sticky header: Sticky header will show when you scroll down.
Example:
The below are options config color for sub-menu and mobile menu.
Example for Dropdown menu:
Example for Mobile menu:
All options relating to Page Title can be found here. You can change the position of Title and Breadcrumb. In our layout selecting panels, the color Brown represents the Title, while the color Gray represents the Breadcrumb. See example below:
Select Style, layout and background for page title.
Result:
Page title typography: Select typography for Page title.
Result:
Breadcrumb Typography.
Result:
Here you can set background and padding top and bottom for all pages.
Result:
Here you can set background and padding for Sidebar Area.
Result:
Here you can config for archive, search, index... pages.
Result:
The options config for single blog page.
Result:
Select layout, product column and product number to show on Shop catalog page.
Result for Shop catalog page:
Result single product page:
To add a new button, you can go to page and add CMS Button shortcode, then select button type are Primary, Default or Second button.
Choose colors for buttons:
Example for buttons:
Choose style for form field
Example for Contact form:
Add your social network
Example for show socials on single post:
Here you can select background image for 404 page.
Result:
All options for Client logo section, it will show before the Footer.
Result:
You can set background, border and margin for Footer.
Result:
Here you Choose layout, logo and Set Background for Footer top.
When you choose show Footer, you need manager widget in Widget Manager too!
Example for Footer layout 2:
Option for Footer logo
Example for Footer Logo:
Set background and text color.
Result:
The first, please go to Page > Add new in the sidebar left to create a new page.
Visual Composer is a powerful Wordpress page builder that allows you to create complex page layouts without touching a single line of code. To switch to Visual Composer's Backend Editor, click on this button:
When Visual Composer's editing pane comes up, click on either of these buttons to Add Element.
A shortcode selecting panel will show up, you can see all the shortcode available in the theme. Select the one you would like to use.
You will then encounter a setting panel for the shortcode (each shortcode has it own setting options), after a bit of configuration, it will show up nicely on your page.
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:
You can update our theme using some ways bellow
1. Update theme using Envato WordPress Toolkit
2. You can update manual theme
If you have any troubles while using auto update ( It is likely to be a permissions issue ) then you may want to manually update the theme via FTP or Cpanel.
Download the latest version of the theme on ThemeForest download page and simply replace with the old one via FTP or Cpanel.
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