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Table of Contents
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.How to set Static Front Page?
- 3.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 3.1.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 3.2.Featured Slider Section
- 3.3.Popular Destination Section
- 3.4.About Section
- 3.5.Articles Section
- 3.6.Tours Section
- 3.7.Guide Section
- 3.8.Call To Action Section
- 3.9.Primary Sidebar & Optional Sidebar( Widgets )
- 3.10.Copyright Section( Footer Options )
- 4.How to manage Colors?
- 5.How to manage Header image?
- 6.How to manage Background Image?
- 7.How to create a menu?
- 8.How to manage Theme Options?
- 9.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 10.Available Metaboxes.
- 11.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 12.Updating Theme Using FTP
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.How to set Static Front Page?
- 3.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 3.1.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 3.2.Featured Slider Section
- 3.3.Popular Destination Section
- 3.4.About Section
- 3.5.Articles Section
- 3.6.Tours Section
- 3.7.Guide Section
- 3.8.Call To Action Section
- 3.9.Primary Sidebar & Optional Sidebar( Widgets )
- 3.10.Copyright Section( Footer Options )
- 4.How to manage Colors?
- 5.How to manage Header image?
- 6.How to manage Background Image?
- 7.How to create a menu?
- 8.How to manage Theme Options?
- 9.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 10.Available Metaboxes.
- 11.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 12.Updating Theme Using FTP
Travel Insight
After you purchase and download your theme from Theme Palace, you can choose either of the approaches given below to install your theme:
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- Select Add New.
- Then, select Upload Theme.
- Click Browse. Locate travel-insight.zip theme in your computer.
- Select travel-insight.zip and click Install Now.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Unzip travel-insight.zip to your Desktop.
- Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Travel Insight theme.
- Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- You will see the theme in the list.
- Then, click Activate button.
- Now, the theme will be activated and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.
Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Static Front Page once you set a page for the Front Page option.
1. From Customize section, go to Static Front Page.
2. From Static Front Page, you will be able to set a page as Front Page and you will find Post Page option as well.
From Front Page : You can set any page as Static Front Page.
From Post Page : You can set any page as Latest Post.
The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.
- Site Title & Tagline and Navigation Menu Section
- Featured Slider Section
- Popular Destination Section
- About Us Section
- Articles Section
- Tours Section
- Guide Section
- Call To Action Section
- Copyright Section And Footer Widget Area
You can see the divided sections in the image below :
The image below shows customizer options for the sections shown above :
1. From Customize section, go to Site Identity.
2. From Site Identity, you will be able to add various options related to site identity like:
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- Logo( Only available in WordPress version greater than or equal to 4.5 ): It changes the main logo of the site.
- Site Title : It changes the main site title of the site.
- Tagline : It changes the tagline (i.e:Description) of the site.Just below site title.
- Enable Site Title: This enables/disables the site title in the site
- Enable Site Description: This enables/disables the site tagline in the site
- Enable Site Logo: This enables/disables the site description in the site
- Display Site Title and Tagline: This enables/disables the site title and tagline from the site
- Site Icon : The Site Icon is used as a browser and app icon for your site.Icon must be square and at least 512px wide and tall.
To configure Slider section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / Featured Slider
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Slider Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Slider is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
Featured Slider Control Options: It contain following settings:
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- Enable Slider Caption: Allows to enable/disable slider contents provided.
- Enable Search Field: Allows to enable/disable search field in slider.
- Slider Background: Allows to change the slider background.
- Select Page ID: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.
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To configure About section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / Popular Destination.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Popular Destination Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Popular Destination Section is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
Popular Destination Options: It contain following settings:
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- Title : Allows to set the title.
- Number Of Destinations : This setting allows user to set the number of sliders as required.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image in their respective position.
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To configure About section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / About.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable About Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After About Section is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
About Section Options: It contain following settings:
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.
- Button Link Title: This setting allows user to set the title of the button.
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To configure Articles section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / Articles.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Articles Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Articles Section is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
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- Select Background Image : This setting allows user to change the background image.
- Number Of Articles Per Category : This setting allows user to set the number of posts per category.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image in their respective position.
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To configure Tours section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / Tours.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Tours Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Tours Section is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
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- Title : This setting allows user to change the title of this section.
- Select Multiple Categories : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured content in their respective position.
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To configure Guide section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Section / Guide
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Guide Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Guide is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
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- Title : This setting allows user to set the title.
- Select Page ID: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.
To configure Call To Action section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Homepage Sections / Call To Action
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Enable Call To Action Section: Check to enable on home page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Call To Action Section is enabled, you will see following options on customizer
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- Select Page ID: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.
- Button Label : This setting allows user to change the button label.
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To add widgets in this area, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Widgets panel. In this section you will see different widgets, but you can choose from these options:
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- Primary Sidebar : This widget area will be visible on front-page,archive page,search page, blog page.
- Optional Sidebar Areas: It is used to replace Primary Sidebar if you want different widgets on pages or posts.It can be changed from Select Sidebar metabox in Pages or Posts. There is 1 optional sidebar areas.
- Footer Widget Areas: This widget area will be visible on footer part. There are 4 Footer Sidebar Areas
Now you can add widgets as your wish in this widgets areas.
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1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.
3. In Footer Options you will see:
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- Footer Text: This changes the copyright text at the footer section. Edit your copyright text here.
- Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.
1. From Customize section, go to Colors.
2. From Colors, you will have these options:
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- Header Text Color: This changes the header text color.
- Background Color: This changes the background color of the site.
Header image will be visible on header part of the pages or posts. Also header image can be different for each pages or posts which can be achieved from header-image metabox.
1. From Customize section, go to Header image.
2. From Header image, you will be able to add various options like:
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- Current header:
1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
2. From Background Image, you will see:
Background Image:
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- This will change the background image for the entire site.
Note: Travel Insight theme has three menu locations provided as Primary, Social, and Footer.
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- Menu Options :
To create menu, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Menu .
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You need to create menu from Customize / Menus / Create Menu .
You can create more menus in similar way. After creating menu, you need to add pages to that menu.
To add pages to the menu, you need to create some pages (For e.g: “About Us” , “Contact”). After creating pages you need to add those pages to the menu.
After you have added the pages to the menu set the menu location from Customize / Menus / Menu Locations /
Now, you will see these pages added as a navigation menu.
You will see following sections under Theme Options:
- Header Options
- Layout
- Excerpt
- Breadcrumb
- Pagination
- Single Page
- Blog Page
- Footer Options
- 404 Options
The above sections are described below.
This option provides additional features to manage header.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Header Options.
3. In Header Options you will see:
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- Enable Social Menu : This enables the social menu in header.
This option is used to change the layout option of site also allows to change the sidebar position.Available site layout is Wide & Boxed.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Layout.
3. In Layout Options you will see:
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- Sidebar Position : This option is for sidebar position. You can choose either Right or No Sidebar.
- Site Layout : This option is for Site Layout. You can choose either Wide or Boxed.
- Content Width : This option allows to change the width of single posts and pages.
This option allows user to set the excerpt length on the archive, blog and search.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Excerpt.
3. In Excerpt Options you will see:
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- Blog Page Excerpt Length: This option allows user to set the excerpt length.
This option allows user to enable/disable breadcrumb on the home-page.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Breadcrumb.
3. Click on Breadcrumb you will see.
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- Enable Breadcrumb : This option enable/disable breadcrumb.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Pagination.
3. In Pagination you will see:
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- Check to enable pagination: This option enables the pagination on the site.
- Pagination type : You will see following options:
- Older Posts/Newer Posts : Default pagination option.
- Numeric : This is for numeric pagination option.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Single Post.
3. In Single Post you will see:
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- Enable Post Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned on single post.
- Enable Post Categories: This option allows user to enable/disable post navigation on single post.
- Enable Author Box: This option allows user to enable/disable author box on single post.
- Enable Pagination: This option allows user to enable/disable pagination on single post.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog Page.
3. In Blog Page you will see:
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- Enable Featured Image: This option allows user to enable/disable featured image assigned in blog post.
- Enable Post Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in blog post.
- Enable Post Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in blog post.
- Select Categories To Exclude: This option allows user to select categories that you want to exclude from blog.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see 404 Options.
3. In 404 Options you will see:
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- Select 404 Image : This option allows user to select image for 404 page.
Only available in WordPress version greater than or equal to 4.7.
1. From Customize section, go to Additional CSS..
2. Additional CSS you will see:
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- You can add your own CSS here.
Note: These meta-boxes are to configure Sidebar Position, Icon Options, Select Sidebar and Header Image for specific posts or pages.
1. From Dashboard section, go to Posts Or Pages go to Add New then, go to Edit .
2. You will see Four Metaboxes. at the end.
- Icon Options.
- Sidebar Position.
- Header Image.
- Select Sidebar.
Icon Options: This metabox allows to set the icon.
Sidebar Position: It contains four options from where you can set the sidebar position either in
- Default to customizer : Sidebar position will be set according to the value set in sidebar layout options in customizer.
- Right : Sidebar position will be set to right.
- No Sidebar : No sidebar will be visible.
Header Image: It contains three options from where you can set the header image as
- Show Both( Featured And Header Image ) : Header and Featured image of the selected post will be shown.
- Enable( Featured Image ) : Featured image of the selected post will be set as header image.
- Default( Customizer Header Image ) : Default image of the selected in custom header will be set as header image.
Select Sidebar: It contains four options from where you can select the sidebar as
- Primary Sidebar : Widgets added in primary sidebar will be shown.
- Optional Sidebar 1 : Widgets added in optional sidebar 1 will be shown.
1. From Customize section, go to Reset all settings..
2. In Reset all settings you will see:
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- Check to reset all settings: Check the Check to reset all settings and refresh the page to reset all theme settings to default.
To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:
- Download the latest version of Travel Insight theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
- Unzip travel-insight.zip to your Desktop
- Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Travel Insight theme which shall replace the old files.