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Table of Contents
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.
- 3.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client
- 4.How to set Homepage setting?
- 5.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 6.How to manage Colors?
- 7.How to manage Header Image ?
- 8.How to manage Background Image?
- 9.How to create a menu?
- 10.How to create a Widget?
- 11.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 12.How to manage Theme Options?
- 12.1.How to manage Homepage Sortable?
- 12.2.How to manage Loader?
- 12.3.How to manage Breadcrumb?
- 12.4.How to manage Layout?
- 12.5.How to manage Excerpt?
- 12.6.How to manage Blog/Archive Options?
- 12.7.How to manage Single post Options?
- 12.8.How to manage Pagination?
- 12.9.How to manage Typography?
- 12.10.Footer Options
- 13.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 14.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 15.Updating Theme Using FTP
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.
- 3.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client
- 4.How to set Homepage setting?
- 5.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 6.How to manage Colors?
- 7.How to manage Header Image ?
- 8.How to manage Background Image?
- 9.How to create a menu?
- 10.How to create a Widget?
- 11.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 12.How to manage Theme Options?
- 12.1.How to manage Homepage Sortable?
- 12.2.How to manage Loader?
- 12.3.How to manage Breadcrumb?
- 12.4.How to manage Layout?
- 12.5.How to manage Excerpt?
- 12.6.How to manage Blog/Archive Options?
- 12.7.How to manage Single post Options?
- 12.8.How to manage Pagination?
- 12.9.How to manage Typography?
- 12.10.Footer Options
- 13.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 14.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 15.Updating Theme Using FTP
Travel Life Pro
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-life-pro.zip theme in your computer.
- Select travel-life-pro.zip and click Install Now.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Unzip travel-life-pro.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 Life Pro 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.
From Customize section, go to Homepage Setting you will see two option.
- 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.
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Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Homepage setting once you set a page for the Homepage Setting option.
- 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.
From Homepage : you can set any page as Homepage .
From Posts Page : you can set any page as Blog.
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
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Site Identity Extra Options
- Hide All: If you don’t want to display anything in header then click this option.
- Show All: If you want to display logo title tagline in header then click this option.
- Title Only: If you want to display only title in header then click this option.
- Tagline Only: If you want to display only tagline in header then click this option.
- Logo + Title: If you want to display logo and title in header then click this option.
- Logo + Tagline: If you want to display logo and tagline in header then click this option.
- 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.
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.
- Theme Version: This changes the theme version of the site.
- Color Scheme: This changes the theme color of the site.
1. From Customize section, go to Header Image
2. From Header Image, you will have these options:
- Header Image This changes the header image.
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: Load free theme has two menu location provided as Primary and Social.
- Menu Options :
- Primary: This setting allows user to change or set Primary/Main menu.
- Social: This setting allows user to change or set social menu.
- Secondary: This setting allows user to change or set top-bar menu.
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Header Menu:
- Make Menu Sticky : This option is for menu sticky. If menu sticky is enable then the menu is fixed when user scroll.
- Enable Social Links: If enable sicail links is enable then the socail icon will be shown in the menu bar.
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 that pages to the menu.
After you added the pages to the menu set the menu location from / Customize / Menus / Menu Locations /.
Two locations are available:
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.
The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.
- Home Page Layout
- Topbar Options
- Main Slider
- Trip Search
- Package
- Counter
- About Us
- Popular Destination
- Latest Post
- Subscription
- Testimonial
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:
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.
WooCommerce Plugins are recommended Plugins in this theme.
You can see the divided sections in the image below :
The image below shows customizer options for the sections shown above :
To configure Home Page Layout section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Home Page Layout.
In this panel, you will find:
- Select Homepage layout: This setting allows user to changes the home page layout.
To configure Topbar section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Tobbar.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Topbar Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Contact Number: This setting allows the user to set contacts number.
- Opening Time: This setting allows user to opening time.
- Address: This setting allows the user to set address.
- Secondary Address: This setting allows the user to set secondary address.
- Enable Header Button: Check to enable header button on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Button Text: This setting allows the user to set the button alt text.
- Button Link: This setting allows the user to set the button alt URL.
After Topbar section is enabled, you will see following options
After enabling header button section, user will see following options
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:
- Main Slider Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Auto Play Enable : Check to enable autoplay slider posts otherwise Uncheck to disable.
- Enable Cloud : This setting allows the user to enable/Disable the Cloud design of the slider.
- Slider Button Label : This setting allow user to set Button Text of slider post.
- Number of Slides : This setting allow user to set number of slider posts to show.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category ,Trip, Trips Type, Destination, Activity) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Post Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and content of that selected Category is displayed as section content.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
- Trip: Selecting Trip as Content Type allows user to choose Trip from Select Trip setting where featured image and content of that selected Trip is displayed.
- Select Trip : This setting allows user to select trip to get featured image and content of that trip.
- Trip Types: Selecting Trip Types as Content Type allows user to choose trip types from Select Trip Types setting where featured image and content of that selected trip types is displayed.
- Select Trip Types : This setting allows user to select trip types to get featured image and content of that trip types.
- Destination: Selecting Destination as Content Type allows user to choose Destination from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected Destination is displayed.
- Select Destinations : This setting allows user to select destination to get featured image and content of that destination.
- Activity: Selecting Activity as Content Type allows user to choose Activity from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected Activity is displayed.
- Select Activity : This setting allows user to select activity to get featured image and content of that activity.
After Main Slider section is enabled, you will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
Trip Options : It contains following settings
Trip Types Options : It contains following settings
Destination Options : It contains following settings
Activity Options : It contains following settings
To configure Trip Search section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Trip Search.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Trip Search Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
To configure Package section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Package.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Package Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Title : This setting allow user to set Package section title.
- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number of posts to show.
- Read more Text : This setting sets read more text button fro package section.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Add Social: This setting allows user to set their social media link.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Page setting where title of that selected Posts is displayed.
- Select post: This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Add Social: This setting allows user to set their social media link.
- Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select Category setting where featured image and content of that selected Category is displayed.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select Category to get featured image and content of that Category.
- Add Social: This setting allows user to set their social media link.
*After enabling the Package section, user will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
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.
- Number of Counter : This setting allow user to set number of counters to show.
- Select Icon : Ths setting allow user to set icons.
- Title : This setting allow user to set counter title.
- Value : This setting allow user to set counter number.
After Counter section is enabled, you will see following options
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 Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Information Text : This setting allow user to write the information text of this section.
- About Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set total description words to be displayed in about posts.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Custom) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Button Label : This setting allows user to set button label of that content.
- Button Link : This setting allows user to set section’s button link.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Button Label : This setting allows user to set button label of that content.
- Button Link : This setting allows user to set section’s button link.
- Custom: Selecting Custom as Content Type allows user to choose Custom from Select post setting where title of that selected Custom is displayed.
- Title : This setting allows user to set section’s title.
- Description : This setting allows user to set section’s description.
- Button Label : This setting allows user to set button label of that content.
- Button Link : This setting allows user to set section’s button link.
- Background Image : This setting allows user to set Image.
After About Us section is enabled, you will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Custom Options : It contains following settings
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.
- Title : This setting allow user to set the title of popular destination section
- Sub Title : This setting allow user to set the title of popular destination section
- Read More Text : This setting allow user to set read more text button.
- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number of Popular Destination posts to show.
- Button Label : This setting allows user to set button label of that content.
- Button Link : This setting allows user to set section’s button link.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category ,Trip, Trips Type, Destination, Activity) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Post Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and content of that selected Category is displayed as section content.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
- Trip: Selecting Trip as Content Type allows user to choose Trip from Select Trip setting where featured image and content of that selected Trip is displayed.
- Select Trip : This setting allows user to select trip to get featured image and content of that trip.
- Trip Types: Selecting Trip Types as Content Type allows user to choose trip types from Select Trip Types setting where featured image and content of that selected trip types is displayed.
- Select Trip Types : This setting allows user to select trip types to get featured image and content of that trip types.
- Destination: Selecting Destination as Content Type allows user to choose Destination from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected Destination is displayed.
- Select Destinations : This setting allows user to select destination to get featured image and content of that destination.
- Activity: Selecting Activity as Content Type allows user to choose Activity from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected Activity is displayed.
- Select Activity : This setting allows user to select activity to get featured image and content of that activity.
After Popular Destination section is enabled, you will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
Trip Options : It contains following settings
Trip Types Options : It contains following settings
Destination Options : It contains following settings
Activity Options : It contains following settings
To configure Latest Posts section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Latest Posts.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Latest Posts Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Title : This setting allow user to set Title of the section.
- Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the section.
- Button Label : This setting allow user to set button label of the section.
- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number to show posts to display in latest-posts section.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Recent) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and content of that selected Category is displayed as section content.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
- Recent: Selecting Recent as Content Type allows user to choose Recent from Select Excluding Categories setting where featured image and content of that selected Recent is displayed as section content.
- Select Excluding Categories : This setting allows user to select Excluding Categories to get the featured image and content of that Recent.
After Latest Posts section is enabled, you will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
Recent Options : It contains following settings
To configure Subscription section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Subscription.
In this panel, you will find these options:
Note:
For this section you need to install and active Jetpack Plugin.
- Enable subscription: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Title : This setting allow user to set Title of subscription section.
- Background Image : This setting allow user to set Background Iamge of subscription section.
After Subscription section is enabled, you will see following options
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 : Check to enable autoplay slider posts otherwise Uncheck to disable.
- Section Title : This setting allow user to set Title of the section.
- Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the section.
- Button Text : This setting allow user to set button text of the section.
- Button Link : This setting allow user to set button link of the section.
- Number of Testimonials : This setting allow user to set number to show posts to display in testimonial section.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Custom) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Author : This setting allows user to set position of particular client.
- Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Author : This setting allows user to set position of particular client.
- Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and content of that selected Category is displayed as section content.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
- Custom: Selecting Custom as Content Type allows user to choose Custom from Select Custom setting where featured image and content of that selected Custom is displayed as section content.
- Select Custom : This setting allows user to select Custom to get the featured image and content of that Custom.
- Title : This setting allows user to set title .
- Author : This setting allows user to set position of particular client.
- Description : This setting allow user to set discription.
- Image : This setting allow user to set image.
- Url Link : This setting allow user to set url link.
After Testimonials section is enabled, you will see following options
Pages Options : It contains following settings
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
Custom Options : It contains following settings
You will see following sections under Theme Options:
- Homepage Sortable
- Loader
- Breadcrumb
- Excerpt
- Layout
- Blog/Archive
- Single Post
- Pagination
- Typography
- Footer Option
The above sections are described below.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Homepage Sortable.
3. In Homepage Sortable you will see section lists
In this Option you can change position of section. If you want Latest Posts section is above of Featured Slider Section you can drag Latest Posts section and drop on above Featured Slider Section.
This option is used to enable/disable loader.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Loader.
3. In Loader you will see:
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- Enable Loader : This enables the loader image when the page is fully not loaded.
After enable Loader You will see following option
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- Icon: This setting allow user to select loading icon.
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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.
- Separator: Set the Separator symbol.
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 Left sidebar or No Sidebar .
- Posts Sidebar Position : This option is for Posts Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or Left 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 Left sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.
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.
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 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 single post.
- Hide Author : You can hide the author image on single post.
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 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.
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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- 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.
- Infinite Scroll : This options allow to show infinite number of posts on scroll.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Typography.
3. In Typography you will see:
- Choose Menu Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for menu text.
- Choose Site Title Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for site title.
- Choose Site description Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for site description.
- Choose Button label Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for button label.
- Choose Heading Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for header section.
- Choose Body Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for body section.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.
3. In Footer Options you will see:
- Copyright text : This changes the copyright text of Copyright content.
- Powered By Text : This changes the powered by text of Copyright content.
- Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.
To configure footer widget, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / widgets / Footer widget.
You can add 4 Footer Widget fields.
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.
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.
To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:
- Download the latest version of Travel Life Pro theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
- Unzip travel-life-pro.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 Life Pro theme which shall replace the old files.