Siska WordPress Theme Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and administering a WordPress Website from scratch.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It enables you to build Websites and powerful on-line applications and requires almost no technical skills or knowledge to manage. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular Web site software available. Learn More

What is a WordPress template

A WordPress template is a skin for a website built with the WordPress CMS platform. In other words, you can easily change your WordPress Web site appearance by installing a new template in a few easy steps. With all its simplicity, a WordPress template is provided with all the necessary source files and you are free to edit or extend it the way you need.

Help and Support

Files structure

The template package you have downloaded consists of several folders. Let's see what each folder contains:

  • documentation - contains documentation files.
    • documentation.html - the main documentation file. You are right here :)
  • screenshots - contains template screenshots. Not for production.
  • theme - contains WordPress theme files.
    • theme####.zip - this folder content all the necessary files for the theme.
    • sample_data - contains files that can make your WordPress website look like our live demo.
      • sample_data.xml - contains all template sample data (posts, pages, categories, etc.).
      • various images and other media files
    • manuall_install - contains files that can make your WordPress website look like our live demo.
      • uploads - contains theme images.
      • theme#####.sql - database backup file (contains theme content).
  • license.txt - contains license details.
  • readme.txt - contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

Template installation

Template installation is very easy process. The installation process includes only two simple steps: theme installation and sample data installation.

All installation steps can be done within WordPress interface. It makes process comfortable and fast.

Step 1. Theme installation

  1. Go to the menu Appearance > Themes and click the Add New Theme button.
  2. Click the Upload link.
  3. Click the Browse button and navigate to the unzipped template package on your computer.
  4. Look for a file called siska-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
  5. Click the Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
  6. Click the Activate link to change the current layout of the site to the theme your purchased.
  7. Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Restore Default.

Congratulations, your theme have been successfully installed!

Step 2. Sample Data Installation

To make your WordPress website look like our live demo, please follow the instructions below.

  1. Go to the tools Select import option and select wordpress and install then browse xml file and you'r done. See below screenshot.

How to set up homepage

Setup Header

Follow these instructions to setup header.

  • For Header Topbar Right: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Basic Setting >> Add Contact Details and Social Icon
  • For Site Name/Logo: For changing site name go to Settings >> General >> Site Title OR if you want to uplaod logo for your site go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Basic settings >> Logo. Please see the theme option tab in this documentation for more details.
  • For Navigation: See the Setup Navigation tab of this documentation.
  • For Slider: Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Homepage Slider >> Upload image, Add Title/Sub Title
Shortcode for Social Icon.
[social_area][social icon="facebook-f" link="#"][social icon="twitter" link="#"][social icon="instagram" link="#"][social icon="linkedin-in" link="#"][social icon="google-plus-g" link="#"][social icon="youtube" link="#"][/social_area]
Take all the icons name from Font Awesome

Setup About Siska Section

For setting up About Siska section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 1.

Shortcode/Content for About Siska Section.
[column_content type="one_half" subcls="about-text"][about_text sub_title="About Siska" title="Lighting your" highlight_title="Better Life" tagline="Our electrical repair and service options are proudly" button_text="View More" button_link="#"]Your outdoors to a whole home generator that will keep your appliances working during a power outage.[clear]<ul><li>Electrical Maintenance</li><li>Service Layout & Design</li><li>Lighting and Repair</li><li>Wiring and Installation</li><li>Installation & Update</li><li>Emergency power solution</li></ul>[/about_text][/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last" subcls="about-video"][about_video image_path_1="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/abt-img-1.jpg" image_path_2="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/abt-img-2.jpg" highlight_year="25" experience_text="Years Of<br>Experience" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EPe93qavQFc"][/about_video][/column_content][clear]

Setup Designer Collection Product Categories Section

For setting up Designer Collection section first of all you need to add some woocommerce plugin by using Product Categories type please see the below screenshot.

For setting up Designer Collection Product Categories section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 3.

Shortcode/Content for Designer Collection Product Categories Section.
[product_categories]

Setup Custom Banner Section

For setting up Custom Banner section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 4.

Shortcode/Content for Custom Banner Section.
[custom_banner image_path="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/cus-img-left.jpg" title="Best Hanging Light Discount 20%" price_text="From $170 / Product" button_text="Shop Now" button_link="#"][custom_banner image_path="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/cus-img-right.jpg" title="New Antique Lamps Sale 30% Up" price_text="From $189 / Product" button_text="Shop Now" button_link="#"][clear]

Setup Trending Collection Product Section

For setting up Trending Collection Product section first of all you need to add some Woocommerce Plugin by using Product post type please see the below screenshot.

For setting up Trending Collection Product section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 5.

Shortcode/Content for Trending Collection Product Section.
[products limit="8" columns="4" order="ASC"]

Setup Our Testimonials Section

For setting up Our Testimonials section first of all you need to add some testimonials by using testimonials post type please see the below screenshot.

After adding post to Our Testimonials go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Section 6.

Our Testimonials Section Shortcode/Content:
[testimonials show="4"]

Setup What We Do Section

For setting up What We Do section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 7.

Shortcode/Content for What We Do Section.
[what_we_do image_path="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/what-we-1.jpg" image_position="right" sub_title="New Arrivals" title="8 Trendy Lighting Styles to Brighten Your Home" button_text="Shop Now" button_link="#"]Illuminate your home with light fixtures that brighten your style as well as your space.[/what_we_do][what_we_do image_path="http://localhost/alexa/siska/wp-content/themes/siska-pro/images/what-we-2.jpg" image_position="left" sub_title="New Collection" title="Best Light Fixtures for Your Dining Room" button_text="Shop Now" button_link="#"]Check out this list of popular light fixtures for dining rooms to help you get started in choosing the perfect lighting option for your space.[/what_we_do]

Setup Process Advantages Section

For setting up Process Advantages section Go to >> Appearance >> Theme Options >> Sections >> Select Section 8.

Shortcode/Content for Process Advantages Section.
[column_content type="one_third"][advantages icon="truck" icon_style="light" highlight_text="100% Free Delivary" title="ALL ORDER OVER $59"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third"][advantages icon="wallet" icon_style="light" highlight_text="100% Back to money" title="ALL ORDERS"][/column_content][column_content type="one_third_last"][advantages icon="user-headset" icon_style="light" highlight_text="Support" title="Customer SUPPORT 24/7"][/column_content][clear]

Setup Our Latest News & Blog Section

For setting up Our Latest News & Blog section first of all you need to add some posts by using Posts. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Once you added posts in the Our Latest News & Blog Posts type after that you just have to add post shortcode in the sections content area and you'r done. (Section 9.)

Shortcode/Content for Our Latest News & Blog Section
[latest-news show="-1" type="slider" date="show/hide" comment="show/hide" author="show/hide" category="show/hide"]
[latest-news show="2" type="grid" column="2" date="show/hide" comment="show/hide" author="show/hide" category="show/hide"]

Page Templates and Sidebars


Page Templates

  • Default Template (the default page template with a right sidebar position)
  • Full Screen Page (a page template with full screen one column without a sidebar)
  • Full Width Page (a page template with one column without a sidebar)
  • Left Sidebar (a page template with left sidebar position)
  • No Sidebar (a page template have space on left and right.)
  • Blog (Full Width) (a blog templates with one column without sidebar)
  • Blog (Left Sidebar) (a blog templates with left sidebar position)
  • Blog (Right Sidebar) (a blog template with right sidebar position)
  • Blog (No Sidebar) (a blog template with no sidebar position)
  • Contact (Full Width) (a contact template with add google map position)

Posts, Categories and Post Formats

Adding category

Review the following article for more information on adding categories: http://codex.wordpress.org/Manage_Categories_SubPanel

  1. Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
  2. Click the Posts tab.
  3. With that done, click Categories for blog posts.
  4. Type in the name of your new category.
  5. After that, click the Add New Category button.
Click the Publish button.

Creating a Blog post

  1. Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).
  2. Click the Posts tab.
  3. Click the Add New tab.
  4. Type in your post content. For more information on adding posts, please check the following link http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts_Add_New_SubPanel.

Shortcodes

A shortcode is a powerful content building tool http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode. Shortcodes are easy to use. First of all, make sure that the editing mode is set to Visual.

All available shortcodes are conditionally divided into these groups:

  • Testimonials - used for testimonials output.
  • Social icon - used for social icon output.
  • One half, one third, one fourth, one fifth - used for display content on columns.
  • Tabs - used for display tabs.
  • Accordion content - used for display accordion.
  • Gradient Button - used for small, medium, large, xtra large gradient button.
  • Simple Button - used for small, medium, large, xtra large simple button.
  • Round Button - used for light, dark round button.
  • Message Boxes - used for success, error, warning, info, about message boxes.
  • Search - used to display search form.
  • List style - used to display lists.
  • Blogpost - used to display blog post.

Testimonial


[testimonials]

Elements


One half
[column_content type="one_half" subcls="Add extra class"]Column 1 Content goes here...[/column_content]
[column_content type="one_half_last" subcls="Add extra class"]Column 1 Content goes here...[/column_content]

Description: used to display column content. You can also use type="one_third OR one_fourth OR one_fifth" make sure to add _last for the last column.


Tabs
[tabs]
[tab title="TAB TITLE 1"]Tab Content goes here...[/tab]
[/tabs]

Description: use to display tab content.


Accordion Content
[accordion]
[accordion_content title="ACCORDION TITLE 1"]Accordion Content goes here...[/accordion_content]
[/accordion]

Description: use to display accordion content.


Gradient Button
[gradient_button size="small" bg_color="#000000" color="#ffffff" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display gradient button. you can use small, medium, large, xtra lareg sizes.


Simple Button
[simple_button size="small" bg_color="#000000" color="#ffffff" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display simple button. you can use small, medium, large, xtra lareg sizes.


Round Button
[round_button style="light" text="text here"  title="title here" url="#" position="left"]

Description: use to display round button. you can use light or dark style.


Horizontal rule
[hr]

Description: used to display a horizontal line.


Succes Message Box
[message type="success"]This is a sample of the 'success' style message box shortcode. To use this style use the following shortcode[/message]

Description: use to display success message box. you can also use error, warning, info, about types.


Search
[searchform]

Description: use to display search form.


List Style
[unordered_list style="list-1"]<li>List style 1</li>[/unordered_list]

Custom Widgets

Theme Options

The following theme contains the Settings option. These settings allow you to change the theme’s color palette, order of items, turn items on/off and do lots of other things. In order to use these settings, please go to Appearance → Theme Options.

Basic Settings

Sections

Slider Settings

Shortcode

Contact Page

Contact Form 7

The following plugin Settings option. First upon search contact form 7 plugin and follow the below instruction, please go to Plugin → Add New.

Plugin Installation

Plugin Use

Portfolio

For setting up Portfolio Page first of all you need to add some posts by using Portfolio Post. Follow below instruction to add posts.

Portfolio Display Page

Portfolio Grid Layout
Shortcode : 

[portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="grid" filter="true/false" column="2/3/4"]
Portfolio Slider Layout
Shortcode : 

[portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="slider"]
Portfolio Filter Layout
Shortcode : 

[portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="grid" filter="true/false" column="2/3/4"]

Portfolio Post Type