Laurels Pro Theme Documentation
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Laurels Pro. Before you get started, please be sure to always check out these documentation files. We outline all kinds of good information, and provide you with all the details you need know to use Laurels Pro Theme.
If you are unable to find your answer here in the documentation, please contact us on our Support desk.
What is included in the price?
- Laurels Pro WordPress Theme
- Child Theme
- Lifetime Free Updates
- Theme Documentation
- Priority Support - To our support desk.
Thanks!
FasterThemes Team
Theme Installation via WordPress
After the purchase you will be able to download the theme .zip file.
When done, you should see laurelspro.zip (zip file name can be changed from version to version).
Please, follow the steps below to install Laurels Pro Theme.
Step 1 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 - Go to Appearance > Themes. Click Add new button, located at the top of the screen or Add new theme ( see screenshots below ).
Step 4 - Choose laurelspro.zip.
Step 5 - Wait while the theme is uploaded and installed , when done Activate the Laurels Pro theme. (see screenshots below )
Step 6 - Congratulation you are ready to use Laurels Pro, but first Activate your license key.
Common Theme Installation Problems
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
If you get the “Are you sure you want to do this” message when installing laurelspro.zip file via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. Install the theme via FTP if this happens, or ask your hosting company to increase the limit.
Missing stylesheet file
If you get an error saying that the stylesheet is missing, then you have uploaded the wrong folder. Please check that you are uploading the laurelspro.zip within the Theme Files folder.
Theme Installation via FTP
If you are going to install the theme using FTP, you will need an FTP Client, such as FileZilla.
After the purchase you will be able to download the theme .zip file.
When done, you should see laurelspro.zip(folder name can be changed from version to version).
Please, follow the steps below to install Laurels Pro theme via FTP:
Step 1 - Log into your hosting space (server) via FTP client.
Step 2 - In extracted archive folder, find laurelspro folder
Step 3 - Upload the laurelspro folder to your server in path .../wp-content/themes/
Step 4 - The uploaded path should be like this: .../wp-content/themes/laurelspro/
Step 5 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Themes and activate the Laurels Pro Theme. (see screenshots below )
Additional Links
Theme License Activation
After installing the theme the first step to take will be activating the theme license. Enter the license key and you'll get access to theme support.
Follow the below instruction to activate the theme license.
Step 1 - Go to your WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Theme License.
Step 3 - The final step is to click on Save Changes.
Setting up the Demo Content
Before importing the dummy data Make sure you have installed all the plugins and set the permalinks.
Once the theme will be activated you will see the option for importing demo.
Set Permalinks
Step 1 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 - Go to Settings > Permalinks select Post name & click on save changes.
One Click Importer
Step 1 - Go to Appearance > Laurels Pro Demo Setup
Step 2 - click on Import Demo Data.
Step 3 - Done! Menu and Home Page will be automatically set.
Setup Home Page
Note: If your Home Page is not default set after importing the dummy data, then only manually set home page as front page.
Step 1 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 - Go to Settings > Reading and select the A static page (select below) option and then select Home in the Front page field, else any page which you want to assign as a home page.
Step 3 - After selecting Home Page as Front page , click on Save Changes button to save all these changes.
Upload your logo
You can upload your logo image in the Customize Menu. If the logo is not uploaded, then your site name will be used.
Please, follow the steps below to upload your logo:
Step 1 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 - Go to Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Header & Logo > Logo.
Step 3 - You can upload your logo, image and favicon using
Select Image option. Click on Save & Publish after the logo is uploaded.
Menu Setup
Create & Manage your menu
First we will see how to create your menu
Adding pages to your menu
How to add page to our new menu
Assigning a Menu to a Location
Select where to show our menu
Create & Manage your menu
Step 1 - Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 - From the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the 'Menus' option to bring up the Menu Editor.
Step 3 - Select Create a new menu at the top of the page.
Step 4 - Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box.
Step 5 - Click the Create Menu button.
Your menu is now defined, and you can now add pages to it (steps below).
Adding pages to your menu
The Screen Options allow you to choose which items you can use to add to a menu. Certain items, like Posts are hidden by default. The Screen Options are located in the top right corner of your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 1 - Locate the pane entitled Pages.
Step 2 - Within this pane, select the View All link to bring up a list of all the currently published Pages on your site.
Step 3 - Select the Pages that you want to add by clicking the checkbox next to each Page's title.
Step 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.
Step 5 - Click the Save Menu button once you've added all the menu items you want.
Your custom menu has now been saved.
Assigning a Menu to a Location
Once you've created a menu and filled it with items, it's time to assign it to one of the theme pre-defined locations.
Step 1 - Go to Appearance > Menus and click Manage Locations.
Step 2 - Assign the menu which you want to use as the main menu as the "Header Menu".
Step 3 - Click the Save Changes button.
Customize Options
Go to Appearance > Customize and you'll find all the customize options to change logo, colors etc. as per your requirements.
