Woodora - eCommerce Theme Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of the Woodora - WooCommerce Theme for eCommerce Stores This document provides detailed instructions on installing, managing, and updating your theme. Additionally, it includes information on creating content, installing plugins, and importing Demo data. If you have any questions that are not covered in this help file, please don't hesitate to reach out to us through our Support link. We are committed to providing you with prompt assistance.

Note: Please be aware that all images are solely used for preview purposes. They are not integrated into the theme and are not included in the final purchase files.

Need Support?

Support for our items includes:

Addressing inquiries or concerns pertaining to the product and its functionalities.
Fixing bugs and reported problems
Ensuring compatibility with new software versions by providing regular updates.

Item support does not include:

Customization and installation services
Support for third party software and plugins

Support requests are handled during business hours, which are from Monday to Saturday, between 10:00 and 18:00 (GMT +05:30). Our team operates in the GMT+5:30 time zone. We prioritize and respond to all support queries in the order they are received, except on Sundays when we are closed.

In the event that there is no response from the item owner within 7 days, any support ticket will be marked as closed. Should you require additional assistance, please feel free to open a new ticket.

If you require any assistance or have inquiries related to theme issues, kindly submit a support request to us here.

Requirement

To use Woodora, you must be running WordPress 6.7.x or higher, PHP 7.4 or higher, and MySQL 8.0 or higher. We have tested it with Mac, Windows and Linux. Below is a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.

Recommended PHP Configuration Limits

max_input_vars = 3000
memory_limit = 256M
max_execution_time = 300
post_max_size = 64M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
max_input_time = 300

Theme Installation

Upon downloading the package from ThemeForest, kindly extract the contents. You will come across a file named woodora.zip, which is essential for uploading and installing.

The theme files can be uploaded in 2 ways:

Theme Installation via WordPress
Theme Installation via FTP

1] Install via WordPress

Login to your WordPress Admin Panel.
Go to Appearance > Themes
Click Add New button on top of the page.
Then click Upload Theme
Browse to the woodora.zip file and click Install now for the theme to be uploaded and installed.
After done installing, click Activate the theme

2] Install via FTP

Log into your Hosting server using an FTP client. (Ex: FileZilla)
Locate the "Theme/woodora.zip" that you found in your Account Package and unzip it. Once it is done you'll get a folder named Woodora with all theme files in it.
Locate your WordPress directory and upload the Woodora folder (unzipped in the previous step) into ../wp-content/themes/
Click on the Activate button to activate Woodora. Congratulations, you have now activated Woodora! You can now proceed with Woodora's Plugin Installation.

All required plugins are already added to your downloaded package.

After theme installation, you should be redirected to the Install Required Plugins page, which shows a list of plugins:
Now, Select all "plugins"
Note - The installation process may take a few minutes. Proceed further after successful installation.
When "All installations have been completed" appears, click on "Return to Required Plugins Installer".
Now, select all plugins and choose Activate from a drop-down box this time.

One-Click Import Demo Content

With Woodora, you can build a functioning website just by clicking a button and installing our demo data or navigating to Create A New Page to step by step build your website from scratch. Your Woodora installation will be ready with data on our demo site, and you can use it as a template to develop your website.

Login to your WordPress dashboard.
Go to Appearance > Import Demo Data.
Choose demo as you want to import.
Continue to import demo contents.
Progress bar will appear while it is setting up demo data.
Congratulations, Now you can visit your website to see the imported data.

Updating the theme

Notice:After updating the theme, Your content will not be lost. However, any customizations to the theme’s core files, such as PHP files, language files will be lost. So you need to the child theme to customize the theme and backup the language file if you translated the theme.

First of all, do a backup on your local computer. There is a lot of tool and plugins available to help you to do this. Just find one with a good rating and get it set up now, not later: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=backup+wp

ALWAYS make a backup of your entire site before you update. Usually. the update installs within seconds and causes zero problems, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

1] Theme Update Automatically

As the old Envato Toolkit has become deprecated, it was replaced with a new plugin called Envato Market.

To update your theme automatically, follow these steps.

Please download the Envato WordPress plugin by visiting the following link:http://envato.github.io/wp-envato-market/
Please proceed with uploading and enabling the Envato WordPress plugin by using the .zip file that you have downloaded.
Kindly generate your own Token by clicking on the link provided within the plugin settings page and proceed with the instructions displayed on the screen.
Please enter your Envato token key (not the token name) in the specified field.
Please ensure that you update your theme by clicking on the update theme button and patiently waiting for the update process to complete.

Notice:Additionally, you may also consider referring to this URL: https://www.envato.com/lp/market-plugin/

2] Manual Update Via WordPress

First Download Latest Installable theme from here.
Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Go to Appearance > Themes
Click Add New button on top of the page.
Then click Upload Theme
Upload the file you’ve downloaded from ThemeForest in step 1 and click Install Now
After done installing, click Replace current with uploaded button

3] Manual Update Via FTP

First Download Latest Installable theme from here Then extract it to your computer.
Access your server via FTP or SFTP
Browse to wp-content/themes/
Delete the current theme folder (folder "woodora") then upload the new one downloaded in step 1. (Don't forgot to upload unzip folder.)

Plugin Update

Here Is Step To Update Plugin

First of all, do a backup on your local computer. There is a lot of tool and plugins available to help you to do this. Just find one with a good rating and get it set up now, not later:https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/backup+wp/

ALWAYS make a backup of your entire site before you update. Usually. the update installs within seconds and causes zero problems, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

There Are Two Ways to Update Plugins

1] Manually Update Plugin :

Backup Plugin Woodora-Extensions in site->wp-content->plugins Folder
Extract the Plugin Zip file into the site->wp-content->plugin.
Replace The Old Woodora-extensions Folder with a new Extracted folder.

2] Auto Update Plugin :

Backup Plugin Woodora-Extensions in site->wp-content->plugins Folder

You can update automatically by clicking on Update Now

Child Theme

A WordPress child theme is like a customized version of the main theme of your website. It allows you to tweak and add special features without altering the original theme directly. This is crucial because when you update the main theme, any changes you made directly to it could get overwritten, potentially undoing your hard work.

Woodora seamlessly integrates with child themes. Inside the download package, you'll find a basic child theme (Source Files > woodora-child.zip) containing all the essential files. If you're considering any code customization, we strongly advise doing so within the child theme to ensure compatibility and preserve your modifications.

1] What is a Child Theme?

A child theme inherits the design and features of another theme, known as the parent theme. It's the preferred method for altering an existing theme, granting you the flexibility to tweak or enhance its functionality without altering the original parent theme.

2] Why use a Child Theme?

Always use a Child Theme when modifying any theme files. This way you make sure a theme update will not wipe out any changes you have made to the files.

There are a few reasons why you would want to use a child theme: If you modify a theme directly and it is updated, then your modifications may be lost. By using a child theme you will ensure that your modifications are preserved.

Speed Optimization

What can make your site slower?

1. Plugins:

When you have a number of plugins active on your site, it can slow down your site. Deactivate all the plugins except the ones included within the theme and clear the browser cache. Then, you can activate your plugins one by one and check to see which plugin is slowing your site.

2. Images:

Images are a key factor in optimizing a website. It is important to optimize your images for your website. Images with large size can slow down your site. Do not upload images in large size. For instance, if your weblog is created by images with the size 800*600, you should upload an image with the same size and not bigger.

3. Host:

Your host or sever can be a reason of your site low speed. If you are using VPS for your hosting, it can be because of bad configurations and low resources. If you are using shared hosting, you need to contact your host provider in this regard so they can check it.

4. JS and CSS Files:

You should use a cache plugin. These plugins minify your files and combine them and stores a version of the file in cache in order to reduce your server requests and as a result, it will boost your site speed.

How To Improve Site Speed ?

1. Image Optimize:

You can compress images from Compress JPEG/TinyPNG website. Visit https://compressjpeg.com Or https://tinypng.com/ and compress all images before uploading them on your website. By this process, you can decrease your website loading time and provide your visitors, a better experience.

2. We recommend use follow plugins to boost your site performance.

WP Rocket
Optimize
WP Super Cache

Home Page Setting

Kindly review the subsequent guidelines to understand the process of setting a home page:

Login to your wp-admin
Go to "Settings > Reading".
Your homepage displays : Select a static page.
Homepage : Select home page from dropdown list.
Then Click on Save button

Create Page

Login to your wp-admin and navigate to page.
Go to add new page.
Enter page title
Click on publish button for publish page.

Edit page With Elementor

For existing pages, you can select Edit with Elementor directly from the WordPress dashboard.

From the WordPress dashboard, click the Pages tab
Hover over the page name
Select Edit with Elementor

Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Go To Appearance > Menus.
Select the "Screen Options" button located in the upper right corner to customize the items available for adding to a menu, such as "Product categories," "Categories," and more.
Choose the desired Pages by clicking on the checkbox adjacent to the title of each Page.
Click on "Add to menu" button to add selected items to menu
Select a location for the menu in the "Display Location".
Click on "Save Menu" button to save

Max Mega Menu

Go to your WordPress dashboard.
Go To Mega Menu > Menu Themes.
Customize the appearance and behavior of your mega menu. You might be able to set the number of columns, add images or icons, adjust styling, etc.
Navigate to Appearance > Menus. Select the menu where you want to add a mega menu item.

This section shows a list of pre-defined widgets on a page so that you will find it easier when pulling out widgets to set up your site.

Sidebar Area: Widgets can be added here to display in your post sidebar.
Footer Area 1: The initial widget position will be displayed in the primary footer area as the foremost widget position.
Footer Area 2: The second widget position will be displayed in the second footer area.
Footer Area 3: The third widget position will be displayed in the third footer area.
Footer Area 4: The fourth widget position will be displayed in the fourth footer area.
Shop Sidebar: The Widget Position will be displayed in the Sidebar of the shop page, similar to the Filter.

Site Logo

To upload your site logo, Please go to Woodora > Theme Options > Site Logo. From there you can upload site logo.

Favicon Icon

To upload favicon icon, Please go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity. From there you can upload site favicon icon.

Site Info

To add Address, Contact number, Email also add Social Media Links

Header Style

To set up your header, navigate to Woodora > Theme Options > Header > Header Style from your WordPress admin panel.

Footer Style

To set up your footer, navigate to Woodora > Theme Options > Footer from your WordPress admin panel.

Theme Options

Theme Options located in WP Dashboard > Woodora > Theme Options includes all global options that affect your entire website. These options can be overwritten by page options of any custom page.

General

This section contain the following options:

Mode Select : Select your site layout Dark or Light.
Theme Layout : Select your site layout Rtl or Ltr.
Background color : Select your site layout Background color Light & Dark mode.
Container Width : Enter site container width.
Back to top : select option on & off for back to top icon.

Site Logo

You can mange Logo related option here. Like light-dark version, image or text and size.

You can change Fav icon here.

Site Loader

You can add site leader here

Typography

You can select font family, font size, font weight etc.

Color Switcher

This section you can manage all color options like font color, background color, hover color, border color etc.

Header

Header Top

You have the option to modify the content in the header's top section and to hide it altogether if needed.

Header Style

You can select your preferred header style right here. Additionally, you have the option to include more content or images within the hamburger menu.

Header Layout

You can HIDE or SHOW header transparent, header sticky, mobile sticky, Header Container or header color option.