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Table of Contents
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theme Installation
- 3.How to import Demo?
- 4.Site Identity (Manage Logo, Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon?)
- 5.Colors (How to change color in your site?)
- 6.How to add Header Media?
- 7.How to change Background Image?
- 8.Custom Menus
- 9.Widgets and Sidebars
- 10.How to set Homepage settings?
- 11.Theme Options
- 12.How to add Custom CSS?
- 13.How to reset theme settings?
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theme Installation
- 3.How to import Demo?
- 4.Site Identity (Manage Logo, Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon?)
- 5.Colors (How to change color in your site?)
- 6.How to add Header Media?
- 7.How to change Background Image?
- 8.Custom Menus
- 9.Widgets and Sidebars
- 10.How to set Homepage settings?
- 11.Theme Options
- 12.How to add Custom CSS?
- 13.How to reset theme settings?
WEN Travel
WEN Travel is a responsive Travel WordPress theme with an abundance of expressive travel features and functionalities. The theme is ideal for all travel-related businesses and blogs like Travel Agencies, Travel Blogs, Travel journal, and Tourism Websites. The modern design is fully responsive and excellent to attract potential customers. A vast range of features has been power-packed into WEN Travel, making it a perfect theme to suit all travel businesses.
There are two approaches to installing the theme. You can either install it easily via the WordPress admin dashboard or Upload and install the theme through FTP client.
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- Select Add New.
- Type “WEN Travel” in Search themes… box
- It will show WEN Travel and click on it and Install. Once installation is complete you can activate it.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Download wen-travel.zip to your Desktop.
- Unzip wen-travel.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 WEN Travel Theme.
- Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- You will see the theme “WEN Travel” in the list.
- Then click Activate button.
- Now the theme will be activate and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.
Free themes are hosted in WordPress.org and while hosting there, we are not allowed to add demo content in the theme. So, you need to download the demo content file manually and import them.
Please follow the instructions below to import demo file:
- First, download the demo content zip file by clicking the button below
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Go to “Appearance => Plugins => Add New” and in the plugin search box, type “Catch Themes Demo Import“.
- It will show the plugin, click on the “Install Now” button and wait for it to show the “Activate” button and click on it.
- After activation, it will redirect you to the demo import dashboard at “Appearance => Catch Themes Demo Import”.
- Now, you need to unzip/extract the wen-travel-demo-data.zip file that you have downloaded, which contains 3 files.
- Browse wen-travel-content.xml file under Choose an XML file for content import:
- Browse wen-travel-widgets.wie file under Choose a WIE or JSON file for widget import:
- Browse wen-travel-customizer.dat file under Choose a DAT file for customizer import:
- Finally, click on the Import Demo Data button only once and wait for it to complete the import.
- It can take a couple of minutes and will display “That’s it, all done!” message after the import is completed.
For Site Identity: Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity” and you will see option for Logo, Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon.
- Logo:
- To upload logo, click on “Select Logo” and if you already have logo then you can replace the existing logo by clicking on “Change logo”
- Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
- Finally, click on “Publish”
- Site Title: You can just type in the title such as brand name of your site and click on “Publish”
- Tagline: You can just type in the Tagline, such as your brand slogan of your site and click on “Publish”
- If you want to disable Site Title and Tagling then just uncheck “Display Site Title and Tagline”. Finally click on “Publish”
- Site Icon: It is also commonly know as Favicon. Site Icons are what you see in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and within the WordPress mobile apps. Click on “Select site icon” and if you already have site logo then you can replace the existing site icon by clicking on “Change image”
Colors: You only have 2 core color option in free version. For more color schemes and color pickers, please upgrade to the WEN Travel Pro theme.
To change colors:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Color”
- Here you an only change Header Text Color and Background Color.
- Finally, click on “Publish”
This theme supports WordPress code Custom Header Media. So, you can add “Header Image” or “Header Video” as per your need.
This theme supports the default header image functionality of the WordPress core. So, you can add a header image to your site as per your needs.
How to Add/Replace Header Image?
Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Media”, you will see the Default Header image that came with the theme. If you want to replace that then click on “Add new image”. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and finally click on the “Publish” button.
This theme supports the default header video functionality of the WordPress core. So, you can add a header video to your site as per your needs.
How to Add Header Video?
Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Media”, you will see “Header Video” options and you can either upload video by clicking on the “Select Video” button or to save your website bandwidth you can upload video in youtube and add youtube video URL in “enter a YouTube URL:”. Finally, click on the “Publish” button.
Note: If you are adding video then also add the image as by default WordPress core uses Video only in Desktop and will show alternate header image in the mobile. But if you want to do advance settings and also show header video in mobile too then you can use plugin like “Header Enhancement Pro“
This theme supports the default background image functionality of WordPress core. So, you can add a background image to your site as per your needs.
How to Add/Replace Background Image?
Go to “Appearance => Customize => Background Image”, click on “Select image” and if you already have background image then you can replace the existing image by clicking on “Change image”. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library. There are order options like preset, image positions, image size, repeat background, and scroll. You can adjust as per your need and finally click on the “Publish” button.
Custom Menus are a list of common links that are usually displayed as the main navigation for your site. The menu location can vary depending on your theme. This theme offers 2 menu locations.
- Primary: This is the main menu of the theme and it will show on the header section
- Header Social: This is the optional social menu and it will show on the header section
To create custom menus
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Menus”
- If your theme already has a custom menu, you can click on it to begin editing
- If your theme does not have a custom menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
- Give your menu a name
- Select Menu Locations where you want the menu to appear, as mention above this theme have 3 custom menu locations
- Click “Next” to begin adding items to your new menu. There are default menu items like
- Custom Link: Adds a custom URL linking to another site or social site
- Pages: Add a link to page on your site
- Posts: Add a link to post on your site
- Categories: Add a link to category on your site, which will show blog posts from a given category
This theme also supports the social links menu. You need to create a social menu the same as a custom menu and just add link to your social site using custom links.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Menus”
- If your theme already has a social menu, you can click on it to begin editing
- If your theme does not have a social menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
- Give your menu a name, best will be like “Social Menu”
- Select Menu Locations where you want this social menu to appear, as mention above this theme have 4 custom menu locations for social menu
- Click “Next” to begin adding items to your social menu
- Click on “Add Items” and click on “Custom Link”
- Add the address for one of your social media profiles in the URL field. For example, if the link to your Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/wenthemes/, you would copy that into the URL field
- You can also enter a name for the social media profile in the Link Text field. Once you’re ready, click Add to Menu
- Repeat the above steps until all the social media profiles you wish to use have been added to the menu
- Finally, click Publish
Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars (Widget Areas) of your site. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your sidebars (Widget Areas).
This theme has 5 Sidebars (widget areas):
- Sidebar: This is your site main sidebar, which is displayed on the right or left side of your site content. This sidebar is visible only when you select the layout as “Right Sidebar” or “Left Sidebar”
- Footer Widget 1: This is your first sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
- Footer Widget 2: This is your second sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
- Footer Widget 3: This is your third sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
- WP Travel: Archive Sidebar: This is optional sidebar for the WP Travel Plugin plugin archive pages and which will replace the default Sidebar
From Customize section, go to Homepage Setting you will see two option.
- Your latest posts: When you choose this option your homepage will display your latest posts. This option is used when you are creating a simple blog site. But if you want a static front page with custom sections then you need to go with “a static page” option.
- A static page: When you choose this option, you will be able to select the page for your Homepage as well as the page to show your latest posts in Posts page. That is why you will get the following two options
- Homepage: Here you can select any page which you want to show in your homepage. Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Homepage once you set a page for the Homepage Setting option.
- Posts page: Here you can select any page where you want to show all your latest posts
Theme options are specific options or customization elements related to theme modules. These modules enhance the site’s features.
We have 15 modules in WEN Travel free version:
- Excerpt Options
- Featured Content
- Featured Slider
- Footer Options
- Hero Content
- Homepage/ Frontpage Options
- Layout Options
- Portfolio
- Scrollup Options
- Search Options
- Services
- Testimonials
- WP Travel: Featured Trips
- WP Travel: Latest Trips
- WP Travel: Trip Filter
You can change the Archive/homepage/blog page excerpt length and continue reading button text from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”.
The featured content module is designed to showcase your important content.
This theme supports Page as Featured Content.
So, to add featured content, please follow the instructions as below:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Featured Content” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- Title: Type in the Title. This is optional
- Description: Type in the short description. This is optional
- No of Featured Content: Enter number between 1 and 20 to show in Featured Content. Save and refresh the page to change the number of items
- Featured Pages 1,2,3.. : Add the pages you want to display as your Featured Content
- After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button to save the changes
The featured slider module is designed to showcase your main image and content for your site in a slide.
This theme supports page as Featured Slider.
So, to add featured slider, please follow the instructions as below:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Featured Slider” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- No of Slides: Enter number between 1 and 20 to show in Featured Slider. Save and refresh the page to change the number of items
- Select pages under Page # 1, Page # 2 to display pages as slider
- After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button
For, this you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Footer Options”.
In Footer Options you will see:
- Copyright Text: From here you can edit/delete the copyright text “Copyright © 2020 WEN Travel”
- Reset Section: Use this option to set footer text to default value
This theme supports Page as Hero Content.
Please follow the instructions below to add hero content:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Hero Content” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- Under Type select the page you want to display as your Hero Content
- Finally, click “Publish” button
Homepage / Frontpage options settings are used to control “Recent Posts/Content on homepage” and “Recent Posts on Static Page”. You can manage this from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage / Frontpage Options”.
Layout options setting is used to control the look and feel of your site. You can manage this from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”.
This theme has the following options.
- Default Layout: This is the main layout that is related to your sidebar. There are 2 options
- Right Sidebar ( Content, Primary Sidebar ): If you select this option, then you will have sidebar on the right side of the content.
- No Sidebar: Full Width: If you select this option, then you will just have content. It’s similar to No Sidebar but there the content area will be full width. This layout is mainly used to landing page.
- Homepage/Archive Layout: This is optional for your Homepage/Archive pages. This option will overwrite the default layout only in Homepage/Archive pages.
- Single Page/Post Image: This option is related to the Featured Image of the page/post. So, by default in single page/post, there is no featured image. But you can change this from here.
The portfolio module is designed to showcase your portfolio.
Theme theme supports Page as Portfolio.
To add portfolio, please follow the instructions as below:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Portfolio” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- Select Pages under Page 1, Page2 and so on to display the pages as Portfolio
- Title: Type in the Title. This is optional
- Description: Type in the short description. This is optional
- Number of items to show: Enter number to show in Featured Content. Save and refresh the page to change the number of items
- After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button
The Scrollup options allows you to enable to disable the small “Top Top” arrow navigation at the bottom right corner of your site. You can manage it from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Scrollup Options”.
The Search Options allows you to edit the default Search Text field. You can manage it from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Options”.
The service module is designed to showcase your service details.
This theme supports Page as a service.
To add service, please follow the instructions as below:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Services” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- Title: Type in the Title. This is optional
- Description: Type in the short description. This is optional
- Under Service Page1, Service Page 2 add the pages you want to display as Services
- No of Items: Enter number between 1 and 20 to show in Services. Save and refresh the page to change the number of items
- After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button to save changes
The Testimonials module is designed to showcase your review and rating on your site
This theme supports Page as Testimonials.
To add testimonials, please follow the instructions as below:
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Testimonials” and enable it from “Enable on” option
- Under Page1, Page2 and so on add pages you want to display as Testimonials
- Number of items: Enter number between 1 and 20 to show in Testimonials. Save and refresh the page to change the number of items
- Title: Add Title of the Testimonials
- Descriptions: Add description for Testimonials
- After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button
WP Travel is a free powerful travel engine for making customized travel agency or tour operator websites on WordPress in minutes! With this SEO-friendly & scalable WordPress travel engine, you can create customized itineraries & travel packages on the fly.
This theme supports WP Travel Plugin. To enable Travel features in this theme, you need to install and active the WP Travel Plugin.
Installing WP Travel Pluing
- Login to your site WordPress Dashboard
- Go to “Pluings => Add New”. Then in the Search box, type “WP Travel”
- After this, click on “Install Now” and after the installation, click on “Active”
- For more please visit the WP Travel Plugin documentation page at https://wptravel.io/wp-travel-docs/
WP Travel: Featured Trips module is used to highlight your trips. For this, you need to in WP Travel Plugin.
You can enable it from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => WP Travel: Featured Trips” and then select the layout. You will also get the option to add in the title. After you make all the necessary adjustments. Finally, click the “Publish” button.
WP Travel: Latest Trips module is used to highlight your recent trips. For this, you need to in WP Travel Plugin.
You can enable it from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => WP Travel: Latest Trips”. You can add a Title for this section as per your need. Further, you can also select “Taxonomy Dropdown”. After you make all the necessary adjustments. Finally, click the “Publish” button.
WP Travel: Latest Trip Filter module is used to show the Trip filter search. For this, you need to in WP Travel Plugin.
You can enable it from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => WP Travel: Trip Filter”. You can add the background image, enable or disable the “Location and Itinerary” filter, and Keyword text. After you make all the necessary adjustments. Finally, click the “Publish” button.
You can use the CSS editor to customize the appearance of your site. It works by allowing you to add your own CSS styles, which allows you to override the default styles of your Theme. To access the CSS editor, go to “Appearance = Customize => Additional CSS”.