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Getting Started

Installation

In our guide, we will show you step by step instructions on how to install our WordPress theme for beginners. Below you will find will cover two ways to install a WordPress theme.

Installation via Administration Panel

If Puer files are downloaded from your Themeforest account, you can start an installation using WordPress administration panel. Once you’ve logged in to your administration panel go to Appearance > Themes. Depending on your version of WordPress, you’ll see Add New or two other tabs: Manage Themes and Install Themes.

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Follow steps below to install the theme:

  • Step 1 - Click on Add New
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  • Step 2 – Choose Upload Theme option to upload .zip file
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  • Step 3 - Choose Puertheme.zip from you computer.
  • Step 4 – Once file is chosen click Install Now
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  • Step 5 - Go to Appearance > Themes and Activate Puer WP theme
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  • Step 6 - After activating Puer WP you will be send to Theme installation instruction steps. By following this steps you will be able to activate required plugins, activate them and import demo content.
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Note

Common Install Error: Are You Sure You Want To Do This?

If you get the following question message when installing Puertheme.zip file via WordPress, it means that you have an upload file size limit. Install the theme via FTP or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.

Installation via FTP

To install Puer WP via FTP, follow steps below:

  • Step 1 – Unarchive Puertheme.zip file
  • Step 2 – Access your host web server using FTP client
  • Step 3 – Find directory wp-content > themes
  • Step 4 – Put folder Puertheme in directory wp-content > themes
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Unyson, Plugin and Extensions

Some functionalities of the Puer Theme are available because of plugins we used to create it. Once Puer is activated in your WordPress admin panel you should see notification about bundled plugins we recommend to install – they are included in Puer package – so you don’t have to do anything more than click install and activate.

Unyson

Unyson is a framework for WordPress that facilitates development of a theme. This framework was created from the ground up by the team behind ThemeFuse from the desire to empower developers to build outstanding WordPress themes fast and easy. This documentation is heavily modified by createIT to ensure all custom extensions are well documented.

Note

This documentation assumes you have a working knowledge of WordPress. If you haven’t, please start by reading WordPress Documentation.

Minimum Requirements

  • WordPress 4.0 or greater
  • PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
  • MySQL version 5.0 or greater

Installation

Unyson is part of Puer plugin that should be activated to be able to use the fully use this theme.

After plugin will be activated you will notice the Unyson entry in the sidebar:

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Configure the plugin by going to the Unyson menu and activating the following extensions:
  • Backup & Demo Content: This extension lets you create an automated backup schedule, import demo content or even create a demo content archive for migration purposes.
  • Visual Composer: Allows for seamless integration with Visual Composer
  • SASS Compiler: Compiles SASS files. Remember to activate it when you are going to change theme colors via Customize.
  • Puer FAQ: This extension will add FAQ post type support
  • Puer Portfolio: Puer Portfolio
  • CT Shop Locator: CT Shop Locator
  • Puer Team: This extension will add team post type support.
  • Puer Testimonials: This extension will add testimonials post type support
  • CT WooCommerce: This extension will add WooCommerce shortcodes

License

The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software. Unyson inherits the General Public License (GPL) from WordPress.

Extension

On the Unysone page you’ll see a list of avaliable extensions separated in two sections:

Active Extensions - Extensions that should be activate to be able to fully use Puer WP theme functionality.

Available Extensions - Extensions not yet downloaded or activated.

Note

We recommend to not activate any of the extensions that are not part of the list above. They may be not compatible with the theme and could create unexpected issues.

Visual Composer

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Simply drag and drop elements to build your page content. We prepared components which will help you determine main structure of the webpage – easily set up backgrounds, colors and styles for whole sections as well as lots of various smaller components which you can freely put wherever you want.

Note

As the VC plugin used with Puer WP Theme is part of a bundle, that mean that theme author has a license and only he/she can download latest versions of VC and include it in the theme. You as a theme user may use Visual Composer free of charge while you use the theme that came with VC (because you have a license for that theme).

Learn more:

For more information about Visual Composer, please check articles below:

Revolution Slider

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How to activate the plugin

Revolution Slider is included in Puer WP package – so you don’t have to do anything more than click install and activate as you do with other plugins.

If you are new user of the revolution Slider plugin or you just want to check some of it functionality feel free to check Revolution Slider Documentation created by the authors of this plugin.

Common questions:

Contact Form 7

Contact forms in Puer WP are created with the use of Contact Form 7 Plugin. Below you will find information how to recreate Contact forms used in our theme by adding the correct markup for the Form section of this plugin.

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If you never before used this plugin I suggest you to check Getting Started with ContactForm 7.

WooCommerce

Warning

WooCommerce Variation Swatches or WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin can’t be activate without having working version of WooCommerce plugin in the theme. This plugins will not work and may also create unexpected problems for the theme.

WooCommerce Variation Swatches

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Variation Swatches for WooCommerce plugin provides users with better looking variations of variable products and help select style for attribute as color, image or label. WooCommerce Variation Swatches allow to present product colors, sizes, styles and anything else in the better way which is not support by basic WooCommerce plugin.

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WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin

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The Wishlist functionality is handled by a free plugin called: WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin by TemplateInvaders

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Demo content

Note

To be able to use theme content installation and backup functionality make sure to activate Backup & Demo Content Unyson’s extension.

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The fastest and easiest way to import our demo content is to use Theme Options Demo Content Installer. It will import all pages and posts, sample slider, widgets, theme options, assigned pages, and more.

To import our demo content, please follow the steps below:

Step 1 – navigate to Tools where after activating the Unyson extansion Demo Content Install option will be available

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Step 2 – choose import option you want to use from avaliable options

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Step 3 - To be able to continue you need to agree to this term.

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Step 4 – Wait until the content will be installed

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Importing can take a few minutes. Please be patient and wait for it to complete. Once it will be loading, you will see message with indicating progress.

We recommend this approach on a newly installed WordPress. It will replace the content you currently have on your website. However, we create a backup of your current content in (Tools > Backup). You can restore the backup from there at any time in the future.

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