INTRODUCTION
We would like to thank you for purchasing Express!
We are sure that you have made an excellent choice in selecting it. You also have agreed that this item is unique among tons of Premium WordPress themes. Before getting started, please make sure that you always check out our Express WordPress Theme documentation files. We offer all kinds of useful information that you need to use for your purchased item. Besides, Knowledgebase, Articles, Forum Search in our Free support center are available for you to fully satisfy your questions. Thank you, we hope yo
u enjoy our theme.
Express can only be used with WordPress and we assume that you already have WordPress installed and ready to go. If you do not, please follow the below WordPress information section to see our section on WordPress to help you get started.
To install this theme, you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex. Below are all the useful links for WordPress users:
To use Express, your server must be running WordPress 4.3 or higher, PHP5.5 or higher, and mysql 5 or higher. Below is a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.
- Please make sure that your server has the minimum requirements to run WordPress at least.
- Always check to ensure that you have updated the latest version of WordPress
- You can download the latest version of WordPress from offical WordPress from offical website.
- Always create secure passwords for FTP and Database
THEME INSTALLATION
To install Express you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. Make sure your installed Wordpress version is 4.3 or higher. You also need to have PHP 5.5 or higher versions and MySQL 5.0 to function correctly. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex
When you purchase Express, you need to download our theme package on from Themeforest.
Extract our full package, then you will see all the files and folders, including 02 .zip files and 03 folders. Below is a full list of everything that is included when you download our theme, along with a short description of each item.
- Express.zip - This is the theme file you need to add to install theme
- Express-child.zip - The child theme just for users who want to make code changes
- Plugins folder - Contains the necessary plugins used for Express theme
- js_composer.zip - Visual Composer - the most popular page builder for WordPress
- Advanced-custom-fields-pro.zip - A graphic user interface layer for custom fields
- Documentation folder - Contains the document providing you with basic guides to use Express theme
- Sample-Data folder - Contains 01 .xml file and 01 .zip file.
- Express.wordpress.xml - Includes all dummy data
Following some steps below, you can completely install Express in few minutes.
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Admin
- Step 2: Go to Appearance >>> Themes >>> Add new
- Step 3: Click to Upload >>> Select installation files, choose Express.zip.
- Step 4: Click Install now button and then wait while the theme uploaded and installed
- Step 5: Finally, click the Activate link
1. Are You Sure You Want To Do This?
If you get the “Are You Sure You Want To Do This” message when installing Express via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. Install Express via FTP if this happens, or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.
2. Upload size limit
If you get this message when you install our theme on localhost, here is a solution for you:
- Through php.ini file
Step 1 - Find the php.ini file on your host
Step 2 - Find the following lines and adjust the value. We suggest to change the upload file limit to 10M
- Through function.php
You may add the below mentioned code in the functions.php file of your theme
@ini_set( 'upload_max_size' , '64M' );
@ini_set( 'post_max_size', '64M');
@ini_set( 'max_execution_time', '300' );
- Through .htaccess method
You may try modifying the existing .htaccess file in the root directory or creating a new one.
Add the following code in the existing or new htacess file:
php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size 64M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
- Step 1 – Log into your hosting via an FTP software
- Step 2 – Unzip the Express.zip file, and ONLY use the extracted Express theme folder
- Step 3 – Upload the extracted Express theme folder into /wp-content/themes/.
- Step 4 – Login to your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance >>>> Themes
- Step 5 – Click to Activate link to enable Express theme
INSTALL DEMO DATA
Import Manual Demo Content: If you choose to import manually some data from other websites, usually you have to import an XML file (called Sample Data and included in our package)
Please Note These Important Items about The Demo Content
Images - Our demo images are not included because they are licensed stock items that are not allowed to be shared. So, they will be modified by placeholders, you need to contact authors to get permission in case you want to use them in your commercial or non-commercial projects.
This is the second way for you to import our demo content. Continue reading below to learn how to manually import demo content.
Check The Following Plugins Before Import
- Visual Composer: The most popular page builder for WordPress
- Advanced Custom Fields Pro: A graphic user interface layer for custom fields
- K shortcodes: A plugin which includes all shortcodes for theme which helps you build your own pages
- K2T Portfolio: A plugin which helps you create portfolio to show your works
That are required plugins to use this theme, besides there are some recommended plugins including Contact Form 7, Instagram Feed, WooCommerce and YITH WooCommerce Wishlist
How to Install Plugins
Once you activate Express, you will see a notification message to install and activate the required and recommended plugins
- Step 1: Click to Begin installing plugins
- Step 2: Select All the plugin >>> Install, then click to Apply
- Step 3: Click to Activate to enable the plugins you want to use
Where To Find Demo Files
But before moving straight to the point, there are some notes worth checking:
- Make sure you have installed all recommended plugins before importing sample data.
- In /Sample Data/ folder of our package, you can find 01 .xlm file which are:
- Express.wordpress.xml All Data - sample demo data of some pages from our demo.
- The import process may take several minutes due to large data and your server capacity. If your server setting "Max Execution Time" is too low, increase it (as your hosting provider). Please do not close the browser until it finishes. If it fails, you can run this process again until seeing the "Success Message".
Demo Images are not installed due to some copyrighted licenses
- If you have to run the process more than once, menu items may be duplicated. Just go to Appearance > Menus and edit/delete Menu items
- Feature images are not imported (We use licensed photos on our demo page). Instead you will see placeholder images.
How To Import XML Files
To install sample data, please following these steps below:
- Step 0 - Make sure you have installed Express theme and all required & recommended plugins
- Step 1 - Go to Tools >>> Import, then click to "Install now" in WordPress and wait until installation is finished
- Step 2 - After having been completely installed, you continue to click on Run Importer
- Step 3 - Go ahead and click to "Choose File" button and import Express-wordpress-import.xml file. Don't cancel the importing process
- Step 4 - When you see the message "All done. Have fun!", you will know that the import process is done. Note: you may need to re-import the second time if the data is large.
And now you finished!
- Step 5 - Done, then you have to set Homepage, Menu, Widgets for your site
NOTE: You can get the .xml file by going to Tools >> Export >> Choose file and click "Download Export File". In the screenshot above, we have exported all content demo data. Then we got the file named "content-export.xml"
HOW TO
This is necessary steps for you to setup your site
1. Upload Logo
To upload your logo, you navigate to Theme Options. Please follow the below steps to upload your logo:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Appearance >>> Theme Options >>> Header
- Step 3: After clicking to Header tab, you scroll to the bottom of page - Logo section and upload your logo. Please use jpg, jpeg, png or gif image for best performance.
- Step 4: If you want to use Text logo, you turn ON and fill text you want to show, for example the name of your site
- Step 5: If you want to make retina logo, you can use a big logo (2x times your regular logo dimension.).
- Step 6: There are also options to choose alignment of the logo, and adjust the left, top logo margins. This allows you to fine tune the placement of your logo.
- Step 7: Click to Save all changes and see them on front-end.
Note: If your logo is narrowed down in tiny shape
- (1) You can resize it by navigating to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Header >> Headers Section. Then move your mouse pointer to the space between two blocks. If the logo block was too small, you need to resize it until you satisfy with the result.
- (2) Also, don’t forget to adjust the padding size in “Logo Margin” of Theme Options. That is also the reason causing the logo’s narrowing. The final way to resolve this problem is to have some code knowledge to be able to edit the height of header section.
- (3) You can remove the max height limit by adding this code to Apperance >>> Theme Options >>> General >>> Custom CSS .k2t-logo, .k2t-logo img { max-height: inherit; max-width: inherit }
2. Upload Favicon
To upload your favion, you navigate to Theme Options. Please follow the below steps to upload favicon:
- Step 1: Go to Appearance >>> Theme Options >>> General
- Step 2: You scroll to the bottom of page - Icons section
Favicon - Favicon is a small icon image at the topbar of your browser. The size should be a 16x16px or 32x2px Png/Gif image
- Step 2: You can upload icons for iphone, ipad
- Iphone icon - The iPhone icon is a file used for a web page icon on the iPhone. When someone bookmarks your web page or adds your web page to their home screen, this icon is used. If this file is not found, these products will use the screen shot of the web page, which often looks like no more than a white square.
- Iphone retina icon - The same as iPhone icon but for Retina iPhone.
- Ipad icon - The same as iPhone icon but for iPad.
- Ipad retina icon - The same as iPhone icon but for Retina iPad.
1. How To Add A New Post
To create a new post, you follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Add new post
- Step 3: Then, you enter your post title, contents in the text editor
- Step 4: You need to select post format, category and add tags
- Step 5: Upload a featured image for your post
- Step 6: Scroll down to Post options box, you will need to setup some options about layout, metadata, format. Please check Post options for more information
- Step 7: Click to Publish post
2. How To Add A Gallery Post
To create a gallery post, you follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Add new post
- Step 3: Then, you enter your post title, contents in the text editor
- Step 4: You need to select "Gallery" post format, select category and add tags
- Step 6: Scroll down to Post options box, click to Post format tab, you will see Gallery format and some other options
- Step 7: CLick to Add to gallery to select and upload images you want to gallery
- Step 8: Setup some options for your gallery:
- Gallery format: add images, audio, video... from gallery.
- Gallery auto play: True or False. If you choose True, your gallery will play in auto. Default is False.
- Gallery duration time: fill duration time for your gallery. Default is 5000.
- Gallery speed: custom the speed. Default is 300.
- Gallery pagination: True or False. If you choose True, your gallery will be paginated. Default is False.
- Gallery navigation: True or False. If you choose True, your post will have gallery navigation. Default is True.
- Gallery mousewheel using: True or False. If you choose True, the gallery can be used by mousewheel. Default is True.
- Step 9: Upload a featured image for your post
- Step 10: Click to Publish post
3. How To Add A Video Post
To create a video post, you follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Add new post
- Step 3: Then, you enter your post title, contents in the text editor
- Step 4: You need to select "Video" post format, select category and add tags
- Step 6: Scroll down to Post options box, click to Post format tab, you will see Video source and video format link
- Step 8: Setup some options for your video:
- Video source: Select video source: video link, upload local file, video embed code.
- Video format URL: You can only add link from Vimeo and Youtube
- Step 9: Upload a featured image for your post
- Step 10: Click to Publish post
4. How To Add An Audio Post
To create an audio post, you follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Add new post
- Step 3: Then, you enter your post title, contents in the text editor
- Step 4: You need to select "Audio" post format, select category and add tags
- Step 6: Scroll down to Post options box, click to Post format tab, you will see Audio source and soundcloud format link
- Step 8: Setup some options for your audio:
- Audio source: Select audio source: soundcloud link or upload local file.
- Soundcloud format URL: Insert soundcloud link, or link audio from other websites (option for format "Link" only, please fill in full http:// address).
- Step 9: Upload a featured image for your post
- Step 10: Click to Publish post
5. How To Add A Quote Post
To create an quote post, you follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Add new post
- Step 3: Then, you enter your post title, contents in the text editor
- Step 4: You need to select "Quote" post format, select category and add tags
- Step 6: Scroll down to Post options box, click to Post format tab, you will see Quote
- Step 8: Setup some options for your audio:
- Quote author: Fill the author name of the quote.
- Author quote URL: Add author link.
- Quote content: Fill the quote.
- Step 9: Upload a featured image for your post
- Step 10: Click to Publish post
1. How To Create A Blog Page with Categories
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Admin
- Step 2: Go to Posts >>> Categories
- Step 3: You will see that all categories of posts you have created.
- Step 4: Click to any category you want to. For example "Game Online". Here, you can select Blog layouts such as Right sidebar, Left sidebar, No sidebar, choose Blog styles including Large, Large 2, Masonry, Grid, Medium for your blog listing.
- Step 5: Go ahead, scroll to "Background for blog taxonomy" to know more details.
- Blog layout: You can select the position of sidebar for your blog page including right sidebar, left sidebar, no sidebar or use global setting.
- Blog style: There are 05 blog styles including Large, Large 2, Masonry, Grid, Medium. You can select one of 05 blog styles for your blog listing
- Blog column: If you select Grid or Masonry style, then you can select the number of blog columns including 2-4 columns.
- Blog titlebar image: Allow you to upload the image as titlebar background of blog listing. The with of background image should be 1920 or larger.
- Step 6: Click to UPDATE category
2. How To Setup Blog Category Page
To setup for your blog page, please go to Theme Options and follow the below steps. All the changes that have been made in this 'Blog' section of Theme Options will effect the entire website. That means if you make any adjustments in a certain page, it will overwrite options in Theme Options.
- Step 1: Login to your WordPress Admin
- Step 2: Go to Appearance >>> Theme Options
- Step 3: Click to Blog tab, you wwill see blog setting options
- Step 4: In Blog layout there will have options for you to setup layout, sidebar, style for blog
- Blog layout: Right sidebar, left sidebar or no sidebar
- Blog style: There are 05 styles icluding large, large 2, grid, masonry, medium.
- Blog animation: Turn ON to enable animation for blog
- Fullwidth: Enable full width layout for masonry blog.
- Categories titlebar background image: Allows you to upload background image for the titlebar of blog category listing.
- Step 5: Blog options
- Content or excerpt: select to display content or excerpt on the blog
- Excerpt length: The number of displayed excerpt words
- Infinite scroll: You can use Pagination number to navigate to the next page
- Title link: You can show or hide title link
- Post date: Enable to show published date information
- Comments: Show the number of comments
- Author: Show the name of author
- "Readmore" link: Show the readmore button
- Step 6: Finally, Save changes
To create a homepage, please follow the below steps:
- Step 0: Make sure you created two new pages in WordPress (under Pages >>> Add new), and publish them. For the purpose of example, we’ll call these “Home” (for the front, or Home, page) and “Blog”.
- Step 1: Go to Settings >>> Reading in your WordPress Admin
- Step 2: Set "Front page displays" to a "Static Page"
- Step 3: In Front Page, choose a page which will be your homepage and select a page for posts page
- Step 4: Save changes
Sample Codes For Homepages
Here we provide you 04 demo pages, each comes with different style and purpose:
- 1. Homepage 1:
You can insert the following code into the back-end's visual section:
- 2. Homepage 2:
You can insert the following code into the back-end's visual section:
Below is an example of WordPress theme with direct instruction for every section. This captures some main components in contributing a web page:
- Search: You can also add more icons to Top Navigation such as Text Editor, Social, Widgets, Canvas Sidebar, Woocommerce Cart, Logo, Custom Menu by navigating to Theme Options >> Header. Then scroll down to "Middle Header Section".
- Primary/Main Menu: In order to change all the title in the main menu, you can go to Appearance >> Menus. More information
- Logo: You can change logo by navigating Appearance >> Theme Options >> Header. Then scroll down to 'Logo' section. More information
- Page Content:This section of a web page plays the most important role partly because it contains visual block, content, image, video, which are built by shortcodes in Visual composers or codes. It also occupies the largest part in a web page.
- Footer:Web page footer content most often conveys technical information. You can customize it by navigating to Theme Options >> Footer. More information
- Copyright text:This copyright text is in the footer of web page. You can go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Footer. Then scroll down to the 'Footer copyright text'.
- Social Accounts: To customize all the social links in page bottom, you can go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Social and then change the links.
1.24. Socials
To increase interact between you and your visitors, Express has 4 different popular social buttons for you to choose: facebook, twitter, google plus and pinterest.