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Top Travel

1.Theme Installation

After you purchase and download your theme from Theme Palace, you can choose either of the approaches given below to install your theme:

1.1.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.

  1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
  2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
  3. Select Add New.
  4. Then, select Upload Theme.
  5. Click Browse. Locate top-travel.zip theme in your computer.
  6. Select top-travel.zip and click Install Now.

1.2.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client

You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.

  1. Unzip top-travel.zip to your Desktop.
  2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Top Travel theme.
  3. Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
  4. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
  5. You will see the theme in the list.
  6. Then, click Activate button.
  7. Now, the theme will be activated and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.

2.Demo File

If you want to import the demo content manually, then here is the demo file for you. Just click on the button to download the demo file

3.How to set Homepage setting?

From Customize section, go to Homepage Setting you will see two option.

  • Your latest posts: When you choose this option then you will see these options.
    • Your Latest Posts Title : This option only works if Static Front Page is set to “Your latest posts.” This option allows to set the title.
  • A static page: you will be able to set a page as Front Page and you will find Post Page option as well.
      • Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Homepage setting once you set a page for the Homepage Setting option.

      From Homepage : you can set any page as Homepage .

      From Posts Page : you can set any page as Blog.

    • Enable content : Check to display Homepage’s content. If this option is enable then the content of homepage is displayed. For Example “Home” is set as the front page then content of home is displayed at home page design after enable this option.

    4.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?

    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:

    • 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.
    • 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.

    5.How to manage Colors?

    1. From Customize section, go to Colors.

    2. From Colors, you will have these options:

    • Header Title Color: This changes the header text color.
    • Header Tagline Color : This changes the header tagline text color.
    • Background Color: This changes the background color of the site.

    6.How to manage Header Image ?

    1. From Customize section, go to Header Image
    2. From Header Image, you will have these options:

    • Header Image This changes the header image.

    7.How to manage Background Image?

    1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
    2. From Background Image, you will see:

    Background Image:

      •  This will change the background image for the entire site.

    8.How to create a menu?

    Note: Load free theme has two menu location provided as Primary, Social and Footer Menu.

    • Menu Options :

      • To create menu, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Menu .

      OR

      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 that pages to the menu.

      After you added the pages to the menu set the menu location from / Customize / Menus / Menu Locations /.
      Three locations are available.

    • Header Menu:

      • Enable Search : Enable to show search icon
      • Enable Social Links: Enable to show social links

    9.How to create a Widget?

    1. From Customize section, go to.

    2. From Widgets, you will be able to Add and Remove widgets.


    Note:
    If you want to add widget area in footer then you must add widgets in Footer Widget 1, Footer Widget 2, Footer Widget 3, Footer Widget 4
    Sidebar: This sidebar is default sidebar area. This sidebar area is dispaly at blog page, single blog pages, pages.

    10.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?

    The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.

    1. Main Slider
    2. About US
    3. Services
    4. Popular Destination
    5. Testimonial
    6. Counter
    7. Subscription

    These section’s content are display when you choose a static page option on Homepage Setting.

    Catch Themes Demo Import Plugins are high recommended Plugins in this theme. Catch Themes Demo Import Import is recommended for demo import of this theme. To import the dummy demo data:

  • First Install Catch Themes Demo Import Plugin and active this plugin.
  • Then go to Dashboard-> Appearance -> Theme Palace Demo Import
  • Then click Import demo data button.

    • Note: You need to import demo data in fresh wordpress otherwise existing posts, pages, categories, images, custom post types or any other data will be deleted or modified.


    You can see the divided sections in the image below :

    The image below shows customizer options for the sections shown above :

    10.1.MainSlider

    To configure Main Slider section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Main Slider .

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Slider section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Auto Play Enable This setting allow users to enable/disable slider auto play .
    • Slider Arrow This setting allow users to enable/disable slider arrow .
    • Slider Button Label This setting allow users to set button label .
    • Slider Button Label This setting allow users to set button label .
    • Content Type This setting allow users to select content type.
    • Select Page This setting allow users to select page.
    • Select Trip This setting allow users to select trip.

    10.2.About Us

    To configure About Us section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / About Us.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • About Us enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Background Image: This setting allows user to set background image
    • Sub Title: This setting allows user to set section sub title
    • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page
    • Button Label: This setting allows user to set button label

    10.3.Services

    To configure Services section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Services.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Services Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Title: This setting allows user to set section title.
    • Sub Title: This setting allows user to set section sub title.
    • Btn Title: This setting allows user to set section button label.
    • Btn Url: This setting allows user to set section button url.
    • Select Icon: This setting allows user to set service icon.
    • Select Page: This setting allows user to setect page.

    To configure Popular Destination section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Popular Destination.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Popular Destination Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Content Type: This setting allow user to select content type.
    • Select Page: This setting allow user to select page.

    10.5.Testimonial

    To configure Testimonial section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Testimonial.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Testimonial Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Auto Play Enable: This setting allow user to enable/disable sliding auto play.
    • Section Title: This setting allow user to set section title.
    • Section Sub Title: This setting allow user to set section sub title.
    • Section Page: This setting allow user to setect page.
    • Client Position: This setting allow user to set person position.

    10.6.Counter

    To configure Counter section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Counter.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Counter Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Background Image:This setting allow user to set backgroung image.
    • Value:This setting allow user to set counter value.
    • Label:This setting allow user to set counter label.

    10.7.Subscription

    To configure Subscription section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Subscription section.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Subscription section enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Title: This setting allow user to set section title.
    • Sub Title: This setting allow user to set section sub title.
    • Button Label: This setting allow user to set button label.

    11.How to manage Theme Options?

    You will see following sections under Theme Options:

    1. Breadcrumb
    2. Layout
    3. Excerpt
    4. Blog/Archive
    5. Single Post
    6. Pagination
    7. Footer Option

    The above sections are described below.

    11.1.How to manage Breadcrumb?

    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.

    • Enable Breadcrumb : This option enable/disable breadcrumb.
    • Separator: Set the Separator symbol.

    11.2.How to manage Layout?

    This option is used to change the layout option of site also allows to change the Width of the body part.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:

    • Site Layout : This option is for Site Layout. You can change the layout of site
    • Global Sidebar Position : This option is for Global Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar .
    • Posts Sidebar Position : This option is for Posts Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.
    • Pages Sidebar Position : This option is for Pages Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.

    11.3.How to manage Excerpt?

    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:

      • Blog Page Excerpt Length: This option allows user to set the excerpt length.

    11.4.How to manage Blog/Archive Options?

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.

    3. In Blog Page you will see:

    • Hide Banner: This option allows user to enable/disable banner.
    • Hide Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in blog post.
    • Hide Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in blog post.
    • Hide author: This option allows user to enable/disable author assigned in blog post.
    • Column Layout: This option allows user to change comlum layout.
    • Read More Button: This option allows user to change button label.

    11.5.How to manage Single post Options?

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.

    3. In Single post you will see:

    • Hide Banner: This option allows user to enable/disable banner.
    • Hide Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in single post.
    • Hide Author : You can hide the author image on single post.
    • Hide Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in single post.
    • Hide Tag: This option allows user to enable/disable views of tag in single post.

    11.6.How to manage Pagination?

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Pagination.

    3. In Pagination you will see:

    • Pagination Enable: This option enables the pagination on the site.
    • Pagination type : You will see following options:

      • Numeric : This is for numeric pagination option.
      • Older Posts/Newer Posts : Default pagination option.

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.

    3. In Footer Options you will see:

      To configure footer widget, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / widgets / Footer widget.

      You can add 4 Footer Widget fields.

    • Copyright text : This changes the copyright text of Copyright content.
    • Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.

    12.How to manage Reset all settings?

    1. From Customize section, go to Reset all settings..
    2. In Reset all settings you will see:

      • Check to reset all settings: Check the Check to reset all settings and refresh the page to reset all theme settings to default.

    13.How to manage Additional CSS?

    1. From Customize section, go to Additional CSS..
    2. Additional CSS you will see:

      • You can add your own CSS here.

    14.Updating Theme Using FTP

    To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

    1. Download the latest version of Top Travel theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
    2. Unzip top-travel.zip to your Desktop
    3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Top Travel theme which shall replace the old files.
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