This document covers the installation and use of this theme and reveals answers to common problems and issues - I encourage you to read this document if you are experiencing any difficulties.
To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For information in regard to installing the WordPress platform, please see the WordPress Codex - https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
First, unzip the zip archive you downloaded on your computer. Search the folder named Kidshop-free.zip. Open this archive and upload the kidshop folder to your server via ftp to the /themes/ directory on your Wordpress installation. (wp-content > themes)
Go to your Wordpress admin, and in the Appearance-panel, choose Add New Themes. Click Add new. Upload the kidshop.zip. Do not upload the zip archive you downloaded. Upload only the kidshop.zip file. If you have a "missing stylesheet" issue you are uploading the wrong file!
Installing WordPress https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
In Kidshop > Theme options > General tab you can set the basic settings of the theme:
You can use a footer with centered-align text or with text on the right/left side.
In our demo we are using the 2 columns footer.
The footer can be customized in Kidshop Free > Theme options > General > Footer.
In this theme is available a Header sidebar, that you can find in Appearance > Widgets.
On each page, below the page content, there is a Page settings table that allows you to set interesting settings on the page.
In settings tab you're able to configure if you'd like to show page title or breadcrumbs and the layout type choosing from (left sidebar, right sidebar, no sidebar). If you select a layout with sidebar, you will be able also to choose the sidebar to use.
Header tab enables you to select a static image for the page.
To start with Kidshop Theme you have to create a new page for your home page.
It's important that Wordpress is set up to display a static page as home page. You can set this in Settings > Reading. Choose 'static page' and select the page you created for the home in the select menu.
Each home page makes use of Home template so, before you customize the page, you need to select that template from the right side menu. The image below shows the right way to choose the template.
Note: for a correct representation of our home pages, it is highly recommended to activate HTML editor instead of Visual Editor like on the image below.
You do not need to enter any content on this page. This will be your blog index page, and will list your blog posts in chronological order. You can create your posts in Posts > Add New.
You can customize the layout and appearance of the blog page in Kidshop > Theme options > Blog > Settings:
Now create a new shortcode by clicking on the "Shortcode" button:
Click on "Post types" tab and then on "Testimonials" icon. A new window will be opened.
Choose how many items you want to display (leave -1 to show all) and click on "Insert shortcode" button.
A new shortcode will be added to your content area:
This is a list of some shortcodes of this theme. Insert this code in the editor of your page.
In this theme you'll find 5 preset sidebars:
The default sidebar is the preset sidebar that you can find in your pages when you set a page with "sidebar right or left" layout without to select a sidebar to assign. Put a widget in the default sidebar to display it on your page instead of the static wordpress sidebar with blogroll, search and so on.
5 custom widgets are provided with the theme. These are:
This theme is ready for localization via .po/.mo files, and works with the WPML plugin.
If you are not familiar with translating Wordpress themes, I recommend you reading this article: https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress
This is the best configuration to operate WPML plugin.
This theme uses wp-nav-menu for building menus. You find this in Appearance > Menus.
For more info on how to setup your menu in WordPress see https://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel
When you add all pages to your menu, you can drag/drop and order pages.
This theme is based on the WooCommerce plugin. You can search it in your plugin area, install and active it.
In our support forum there are a complete videoscreencast that can help you to set your store: how to create product's categories, how to add products and change the style of your product page (and the style of the products thumbnails) and so on.