Hostlinea, theme documentation

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 Hostlinea 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 Hostlinea as much as we enjoyed developing it and continue to develop with new features!

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:

• 1. FTP Upload
  

  Unzip the download and upload the theme directory /Hostlinea/ into your WordPress themes directory /wp-content/themes/.

• 2. WordPress Upload
  

  This is definitely the easier route for most. Simply navigate to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme. 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.

Next, just click the link to Return to Required Plugins Installer.

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.

To be perfect, you should make sure all of photos available.

The first, install Regenerate Thumbnails on the Tools menu.



Go to Regen Thumbnails on the Tools menu.



You just click on Regenerate All Thumbnail button and wait until the update is complete all photos.



You will have the perfect website.

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:

Step-1: Import Taxonomies

1. Go to Tools on the CPT UI menu




2. You shoud be able to find it following the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > taxonomies.json.

3. You can copy all content in file taxonomies.json and paste in here like image below:

Step-2: Import post-type

1. Go to Post Types tab.

2. Copy all content in file post-type.json in the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > post-type.json and paste in here like image below.

Step-3: Import XML

1. Go to Tools > Import.







2. You need upload a file:

Select Wordpress system then browse for the .xml file. You shoud be able to find it following the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > 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.

Step-4: Import Slider

1. Go to Slider Revolution.



2. Import slider.



3. You shoud be able to find it following the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > revslider > home1.zip. You need upload all slider inside revslider file.

Step-5: Import Options

1. Go to Appearance > Theme Options > Import/Export on the left menu




2. You shoud be able to find it following the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > 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.

Step-6: Import Widgets

1. Go to Widget Importer & Exporter on the Tools menu.



2. You shoud be able to find it following the path wp-hostlinea > inc > demo-data > classic > widgets.wie.

3. You can click button browse and upload file widget.wie

To be more perfect site you should install more photos.

The first, install Regenerate Thumbnails on the Tools menu.



Go to Regen Thumbnails on the Tools menu.



You just click on Regenerate All Thumbnail button and wait until the update is complete all photos.



You will have the perfect website.

Now you have a website just like our demo.

Step 1 – Go to menu Plugins > Add New.

Step 2 – Click input keyword and type whmcs-bridge press enter on keyboard start search.

Step 3 – From Search Results click "Install Now" button in WHMCS Bridge plugin, then Active this plugin.

After install successful, You also need install "WHMCS Bridge Pro" version.

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

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

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

Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular form builders for wordpress.

We have created styles ready for you to use within your Hostlinea theme.

For detailed inforamtion and support on this plugin, please go to: Contact Form 7

Flex Map is a wordpress map plugin that provides many features with different map types such as creating area mapping, polygone, polyline, circle, rectangle, single markers, street view markers.

With a simple visual map editor, It is extremely easy to make and place your map anywhere on your frontend wordpress site.

For detailed inforamtion and support on this plugin, please go to: Flex Map

1. 1. From the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the 'Menus' option to bring up the Menu Editor.



2. 2. Select create a new menu at the top of the page



3. 3. Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box.
4. 4. Click the Create Menu button. 



5. 5. Click Select to select menu created.

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.

1. 1. Locate the pane entitled Pages.
2. 2. Within this pane, select the View All link to bring up a list of all the currently published Pages on your site.
3. 3. Select the Pages that you want to add by clicking the checkbox next to each Page's title.
4. 4. Click the Add to Menu button located at the bottom of this pane to add your selection(s) to the menu that you created in the previous step.



5. 5. Click the Save Menu button once you've added all the menu items you want.

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.

1. 1. Position the mouse over the 'child' menu item.
2. 2. Whilst holding the left mouse button, drag it to the right.
3. 3. Release the mouse button.
4. 4. Repeat these steps for each sub-menu item.



5. 5. Click the Save Menu  button in the Menu Editor to save your changes.

1. 1. Scroll to the bottom of the menu editor window.
2. 2. In the section titled Theme locations, click the check box for the location where you want your menu to appear.



3. 3. Click Save menu once you've made your selection.

Congratulations! Your menu has now been added to your site.

You can set any menu as Primary menu here.



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With the Page Options specially built for our themes, you can easily customize General, Header, Page Title,Footer and One page of every page.

General

Padding: By turning Enable/Disable the switch button.



Result:

Header

• Custom: Enable/Disable custom style mode.
• Layout: Select layout to show.

Result:

Page Title

Disable Page Title.

You can give a Title, Sub Page Title,Button Text and Button link for your Page Title here.



Result:

Footer

Custom Footer: Enable/Disable custom style mode.



Result:

One Page

Enable/Disable one page.



Result:

To set a page as Home page, go to Settings > Reading in your WordPress Dashboard panel.

1. 1. Set "Front page displays" as "A Static Page"
2. 2. In the drop down menu for "Front Page" choose a page which will be your home page.



3. 3. Save changes.

Portfolio and Team are created using Shortcodes. For more detailed instruction, please head to Shortcode > Grid

Testimonials Post are created using Shortcodes. For more detailed instruction, please head to Shortcode > Carousel

To Add Widget on Sidebar, please following these steps:

1. 1. Navigate to Appearance>Widgets to access the list of widgets and widget section that they can be added. The left hand side show all widgets you can use. The right hand side shows all different section you can add widgets to.
2. 2. Simply drag and drop the widget you want into the widgets section you want to the right hand side.
3. 3. When you finished, you can visit the site to see results.

The options panel is home to all of the theme's extensive configuration options. To view the panel, click on Appearance > Theme Options 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.

With our built-in importer, you will be able to get your site ready in a flash. Simply select a layout and click Import now to start importing demo data.

You can set Favicon icon for your site here.

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:

Layout: Select layout for header.

Result for header:

You can enable/disable Header Top here.

Result:

You can enable/disable Header Bottom here. If you choose Enable, you can set Height for Header Bottom.

Result:

Set Up Logo

You can select an image file in your library or upload a new file from your computer to set as logo. Follow the steps below to set up your logo:

1. 1. Go to Hostlinea Option > Header > Logo.  
2. 2. To set logo, cick Upload.
3. 3. If you already had the logo image in your media library, simply click on it, then choose Select at the bottom right. If not, switch to Upload files tab, then browse for the file in your computer. After it is uploaded to your library, click on it then Select.

4. 4. You can scale the logo up and down by changing Logo Height.

Result for logo:

Your logo will appear on the Header as below:

Here you can enable/disable page title for it.

Background: You can select background color you want to show.

Result:

Here, you can change the text before the Breadcrumb home and config Typography with title text.

Result:

Body

Here you can turning on Boxed Layout will change all page layouts from full width to boxed. You can also customize the body's Background.

Result:

Here you can customise the container of all pages. You can change the container's Background.

Result:

Layout: You can select layout Default/Classic.

Result:

Here you can On/Off Custom Footer and customize for it.

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You can select Layout: Classic, Classic 2, Creative and Creative 2 here.

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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:

Body font:

H1:

On this section, Hostlinea 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:

1. Copy class that you want to change.

2. Select Font Family, Font Weight & Style and paste class on Selector section.

Result:

Please create/paste custom css here. Make sure css is out of any errors/mistakes. Please always remember to click "Save Changes" button. Without that you will lose all your changes.

You can turn on/off Smooth Scroll in this section.

Here is where you can turn on/off Developer Mode and Count Views.

This section is especially for all those who want to move settings from theme options panel between themes or when you move your website from test server to live. Please always remember to click "Save Changes" button. Without that you will lose all your changes.

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.

• Shortcode Template: Select your fancy box template.

• Title : Enter title for fancybox.
• Content: Enter content for fancybox.

• Font Weight: Select font weight available in the library.
• Title Style: Select Title Style available in the library.

• Icon Type: Select icon available in the library.

• Result:

• Place Holder: Enter your Domain Name here.
• Style: Choose style for search Domain to show.

• Result:

• Shortcode Template: Select your Pricing Table template.

• List Plan : Enter values for plan option.

• Button Text: Enter button text.
• Title Style: Select Title Style available in the library.

• Result:

• Button Text: Enter button text.
• Color: Select the button color in the library.

• Result:

• List Socials: Enter values for slide item.

• Result:

• Function Mode: Select the Function Mode in the library.

• Result:

• Time Remaining: Choose your time remaining .

• Result:

• Shortcode Template: Choose a style to show for block number .

• Title: Enter title for block number.
• Content: Enter content for block.
• Number: Select number to show.

• Result:

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• Shortcode Template: Choose a style to show for visual carousel.

• Result:

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Team

• 1. To display a team profile, first you need to create member profile items. Go to Team > New Team.
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• 2. Enter the member name in Title field. Add some Description in the content section if you want.
• 3. Set team's profile picture by choosing a Set featured image.
• 4. Finally, Publish.
• Result:

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After creating member items, it's time to display them in a page using grid shortcode.

• 1. Go to Page > Add New.
• 2. Using Visual Composer, choose Add Element.
  
  
• 3. Select grid.
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• Shortcode Template: Choose a style to show for team.
• 
• Source: Click on Build Query more options will show up.
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• Post types: Set Post Types as team.
• Post count: Limit the number of member to display in grid by entering Post Count number.
• Order by: Select how to sort retrieved posts.
• Sort order: Designates the ascending or descending order.

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• Devices: Select item quantity shown on screens.

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• Result:

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Portfolio

• 1. To display Portfolio in a page, first you need to create portfolio items. Go to Portfolios > New Portfolio.
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• 2. Enter the portfolio name in Title field. Enter portfolio content in the content section.
• 3. Select a Category on Portfolio Categories. Create more Category by clicking Add New.
• 4. Set portfolio's picture by choosing a Featured Image.
• 5. Finally, Publish.
• Result:

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After creating portfolio items, it's time to display them in a page using Grid shortcode.

• 1. Go to Page > Add New.
• 2. Using Visual Composer, choose Add Element.
  
  
• 3. Select Grid.
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• Shortcode Template: Choose a layout to show for the portfolio.
• 
• Source: Click on Build Query more options will show up.
• 
• Post types: Set Post Types as portfolio.
• Post count: Limit the number portfolio to display in grid by entering Post Count number.
• Order by: Select how to sort retrieved posts.
• Sort order: Designates the ascending or descending order.

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• Columns Devices: Select the number of columns displayed.

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• Result:

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Posts

• 1. To display Posts in a page, first you need to create posts items. Go to Posts > Add new.
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• 2. Enter Posts name in Title field. Enter posts content in the content section.
• 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, Publish.
• Result:

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After creating posts items, it to display them in a page using Carousel shortcode.

• 1. Go to Page > Add New.
• 2. Using Visual Composer, choose Add Element.
  
  
• 3. Select Carousel.
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• Shortcode Template: Choose a layout to show for the posts.

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• Devices: Select the number of columns displayed.
• 
• Source: Click on Build Query more options will show up.
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• Post types: Set Post Types as posts.
• Post count: Limit the number posts to display in Carousel by entering Post Count number.
• Order by: Select how to sort retrieved posts.
• Sort order: Designates the ascending or descending order.
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• Result:

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Testimonials

• 1. To display Testimonials in a page, first you need to create testimonial items. Go to Testimonials > New Testimonial.
• 
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• 2. Enter the testimonial's name in Title field. Enter Testimonal content in the content section.
• 3. Set testimonial's profile picture by choosing a Set featured image.
• 4. Finally, Publish.
• Result:

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After creating testimonial items, it's time to display them in a page using Carousel shortcode.

• 1. Go to Page > Add New.
• 2. Using Visual Composer, choose Add Element.
  
  
• 3. Select Carousel.
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• Shortcode Template: Choose a style to show for testimonial.

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• Item Width/Height: The base width/height of slides. It helps the slider to resize in correct ratio.
• View: The slide changing transition.

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• Source: Click on Build Query more options will show up.
• 
• Post types: Set Post Types as our testimonial.
• Post count: Limit the number of testimonial to display in carousel by entering Post Count number.
• Order by: Select how to sort retrieved posts.
• Sort order: Designates the ascending or descending order.

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• Result:

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The theme is compatible with WPML plugin, thus can be translated into multiple languages. Follow this link for guide. You can also use POEdit plugin for translation.

• 1. Located the .po and .mo files in folder /languages.
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• 2. Select language in admin options.
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• 3. Find language prefix (save option and reload front-end view html).
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• 4. Copy two file .po & .mo and rename to eg( en_CA.mo & en_CA.po ... ) same for other languages .
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• 5. Open the file .po with POEdit and translate the texts into your preferred language.
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• 6. When complete, you’ll want to save the file twice, as two separate files – a .po file and a .mo file. When you save the files, you must name them according to your language code. Find a list of language codes at WordPress in your Language. As an example, the language code for English is en_EN, so you would save the translated files as en_EN.po first, then en_EN.mo.
• 7. When that’s done, simply upload the files to your theme folder.

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:

• Yoast SEO plugin
• Google Pagespeed Service
• Smush.it ( Optimizing Images )
• SEO Friendly Images ( SEO Images )

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.

The team at RedExp are always happy to help you with any questions or recommendations you have about the Hostlinea 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: RedExp Forum.