General Information

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing our theme. We are happy that you are one of our customers and we assure you will not be disappointed. We do our best to produce top notch themes with great functionality, premium designs and easily readable code.

Laon Wine House is a responsive and clean Blog WordPress theme, made by a team of creative professionals here at ThemeREX.
ThemeREX is a place to buy premium WordPress themes and HTML templates covered by effective and helpful support. Creative, crazy about details and innovative. We are a small and customers oriented company aiming to exceed your expectations!

Rate This Theme

PLEASE do not forget to rate this theme on ThemeForest. It only takes a second but it helps more than you think and of course it is always good to know what others think about our work.
If you like our theme, please consider rating it with 5 stars. You can rate it in the "Downloads" section of your account:

How To Use This Document

Before you get started we highly encourage you to get familiar with this documentation file. Spending half an hour reading the manual may save a lot of your time and avoid questions with obvious answers.

To quickly find the necessary information click on the "Search" button in the upper right corner of this documentation file and type the "keyword" you are looking for in the opened "Find Window" search box.
Alternatively you can use your browser's built-in "Search" tool. To do that press the CTRL+F (in Windows) or CMD+F (in OSX) keystroke to open the search bar.

License

With ThemeForest regular license you are licensed to use this theme to create one single End Product (the final website customized with your content) for yourself or for one client. In short:

What is allowed with single regular license:

  1. You can create one website for yourself or for your client and you can transfer that single website to your client for any fee. This license is then transferred to your client.

  2. You can install the theme on your test server for testing/development purposes (that installation shouldn't be available to the public).

  3. You can modify or manipulate the theme, you can combine it with other works to create the End Product.

  4. Theme updates for that single End Product (website) are free.

What is not allowed:

  1. With single regular license you are not allowed to create multiple websites. For multiple websites you will need multiple regular licenses.

  2. To resell the same website (Single End Product) to another clients. You will need to purchase an extended license for this.

For more information regarding license regulations and policies, please check the links below:

Help & Support

Support Policy

Please read this user guide carefully, it will help you eliminate most of potential issues with incorrect configuration or using this template.

IMPORTANT! For more information regarding the theme's functionality, we suggest checking our Video Tutorials and Articles.

To be able to request a technical support assistance, you need to have a valid purchase code. To get the code, please navigate to your ThemeForest "Downloads" page and click on the theme download link.
Check this link for more information on this matter.

PLEASE NOTE That as authors of this theme we do provide support only for the theme-related features and of course for the issues related strictly to this theme.
We do not provide support for configuration, installation, maintenance, customization, 3rd party plugins integration or any other compatibility issues that might arise. Nevertheless, there is an exception that is only applied to the plugin(s) we have developed and integrated ourselves.

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, feel free to post them on our support message board (forum) at https://themerex.net/support/. We will respond as soon as possible (within 24 – 48 hours, usually faster). We are open from 10am to 7pm (CET), from Monday till Friday.

Please be aware that some questions are posted on our website in "Common Questions" section. So, before submitting a new ticket, please try searching our website for an answer, as well as checking our Video Tutorials and Articles. Our website has its own inner search and also has been indexed by Google, so if you can not find your answer with our website search, it is worth typing it into Google too. Please make sure you have looked at all the available resources before submitting a support request.

Third-party extensions

Unfortunately, we do not provide support for third-party extensions. Please contact the author of the extension if needed. If you feel that you might have troubles with installing an extension, we advise you to order a professional installation service.

PLEASE NOTE that this theme may not be compatible with some third-party extensions. It is impossible for theme authors to make the theme compatible with all the existing extensions by default.
Only the standard (“default”) WordPress theme is compatible with all third-party extensions. Please be aware that an author of the extension should provide a detailed instruction on how to integrate it with a custom theme (since nobody actually uses “default” themes).

Customization

As we have mentioned above the theme's customization/modification is beyond the scope of our support policy.

As for minor CSS tweaks the best way is to use Web Inspector (available in Safari/ Safari Technology Preview ), Developer Tools (for Firefox and Google Chrome) or other similar tools.
Check these short video tutorials regarding Firebug functionality features:

More information regarding CSS syntax can be found here:

Additional Information

IMPORTANT! Please be aware that we do not include theme related .PSD files into the theme package, because it might significantly increase the size of a downloadable archive.
In case you need these files you can always request them by contacting our support department at https://themerex.net/support/.

Please also be advised that all clipart images included in this theme are copyrighted to their respective owners and are not available for download with this theme. Clipart images can not be used without express permission from the owner and/or need to be purchased separately.

Bundled Plug-ins

The theme package contains a number of bundled plug-ins. Please click here to view the list of plug-ins that come included into the theme.

If a new version of a bundled plug-in is available, it will be included in the next theme release. You can also request it by submitting a support ticket.

Bundled plug-ins are fully functional without the activation using a registration license key. In case you are willing to receive automatic updates and support from the plug-in team, you will need to purchase the plug-in separately. Only the direct buyers get the plug-in license key.

Getting Started

WordPress Information

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. Below are all the useful links for WordPress information.

Theme Requirements

To use this theme you must be running at least WordPress 6.0, PHP 7.4 or higher. External plug-ins may require additional limitations (for WooCommerce plug-in WordPress 6.4+). If you use low-end hosting with limited resources (e.g. GoDaddy!), you may experience issues with "one-click" demo data installation feature.
We recommend that you contact your web hosting service provider to make sure that your server PHP configuration limits are as follows:

max_execution_time 600

memory_limit 128M

post_max_size 32M

upload_max_filesize 32M

If you are running unmanaged dedicated server or VPS, you should check your php.ini file. Alternatively, you can edit .htaccess file in the root of your website and add the following values:

php_value max_execution_time 600

php_value memory_limit 128M

php_value post_max_size 32M

php_value upload_max_filesize 32M

Setting these values will ensure you will not get error messages during the installation. To safeguard your website, please use secure passwords and the latest version of WordPress and plugins.

Here is the list of other recommended web hosting services:

Theme Installation

Unpacking the theme

Before installing the theme, please make sure you unpacked the archive and extracted theme files. After unzipping the archive, you will see the following files:

If you try to install the wrong files, you will get missing style.css file error. This is the most common error that means you are trying to install an incorrect package.

To install "Laon" theme, you must have WordPress installed. For information regarding WordPress platform installation, please check the WordPress Codex or check this great video tutorial.

Update WordPress: To ensure a positive user experience, we highly recommend updating your WordPress to the latest stable version. This will help utilizing all of the latest features of WordPress.

If you have questions regarding the theme installation, we recommend reading the detailed instruction below.

You can install the theme in two ways:

  • via FTP:
    1. Log into your web server with FTP client software.
    2. Unzip the laon-wine-house.zip file and ONLY use the extracted /laon-wine-house theme folder.
    3. Upload the extracted /laon-wine-house theme folder into /wp-content/themes folder.
    4. Activate the newly installed theme. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate it.
  • via WordPress:
    1. Login to admin panel.
    2. Go to Appearance - Themes and click on the Add New button.
    3. Choose Upload theme option. Click on Browse... (Choose file in Safari/Chrome), select the "laon-wine-house.zip" and click Install Now button.
    4. After the successful installation, click on Activate or go to Appearance - Themes and click on Activate to activate the newly installed theme.
    5. After the theme is activated, you will be prompted to install the required (ThemeREX Addons) and recommended plugins: Contact Form 7, Revolution Slider, ThemeREX Updater, Tribe Events Calendar, WPBakery Page Builder, WPBakery Page Builder Extensions Bundle, WooCommerce, WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry.
      All these plugins are included into the theme archive, or can be installed from the WordPress.org repository.

      The theme can function without recommended plugins. But if you want your website look precisely as the demo page, you have to install all recommended plugins and import demo content. This is a good idea if you are building your website from scratch.

      However, if you have an existing website, you should be very careful with plugin installation and importing demo data: this may affect the website content and structure.
    6. A new menu item Appearance > ThemeREX Addons will appear.
    7. IMPORTANT! If you want to make changes in theme’s templates or functions, we recommend activating a child theme before demo data installation. Please see the Child Theme section for more information.

Plugins Installation

In order to make the theme look exactly as the demo page, you need to install recommended plugins. Click on Begin installing plugins link.

Alternatively, you can use Appearance > Install Plugins menu to be redirected to the plugins installation page. Check all listed plugins, select Install option and click on Apply button. Installation may take a few minutes, please be patient and do not refresh the page.

IMPORTANT! Please be aware that there is only one required (mandatory) plugin for proper theme functioning which is "ThemeREX Addons." The rest of the plugins are recommended for installation, but not required.
In case you are running a shared hosting (e.g. GoDaddy) with limited resources, we do recommend to enable only the essential plugins (the ones you need) and disable the rest if any. Otherwise, it may significantly increase memory (RAM) consumption, which might lead to unwanted issues.


Available plugins:

  • Contact Form 7

  • Slider Revolution

  • The Events Calendar

  • ThemeREX Addons (required)

  • All In One Addons for WPBakery Page Builder

  • ThemeREX Updater

  • WooCommerce

  • WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry

  • WPBakery Page Builder (required)

SUCCESS! The "Success" message appears after plugins successful installation.

PLEASE NOTE! Please be aware that this theme is compatible with The GDPR Framework plugin, though it is not provided with the theme.

Gutenberg Compatibility

Our theme is compatible with Gutenberg page builder. You can create new pages using this editor.

All existing demo pages are built using WPBakery Page Builder and should be customized using WPBakery Page Builder ONLY.

PLEASE NOTE! It is possible to switch between the page builders. Please use One page builder for creating/customizing One particular page/post.

Child Theme

Child theme is for developers willing to make changes to core functions and code. If you are not planning to dig that deep, you can just skip this chapter.

IMPORTANT! If you want to make changes in theme’s templates or functions, we recommend to install a child theme and apply changes there. To learn more about that, please visit WordPress Codex.

In the theme's package you can find all the necessary files for the child theme. It is located in the "laon-wine-house-child.zip" archive. The installation of a child theme is similar to the main theme.

A few recommendations on how to use a Child Theme:

  • Almost all files from the main theme can be replaced in a child theme. It doesn’t concern only .php-files with templates and basic logic, but also both .js, .css files from respective folders and files with images, icons etc.
  • If you want to change some theme-related functions or add new ones, copy/add all the required functions into functions.php file in the laon-wine-house-child folder. If our theme contains functions with such names, they will be replaced with yours, if not – your functions will complete our theme logics.

    PLEASE NOTE If you want to replace some functions from other files (except functions.php), e.g. from _wp_utils.php or _utils.php, we do not recommend you to copy respective files into the child theme, but you should create the respective functions in functions.php in the child theme. This should be done, so that when updating the theme, new functions from these files are available for use.

    As for other files - put out the templates from the folder 'templates', images from the folder 'images' etc. - to make changes copy theme into the folder 'child theme' and make changes there.

Demo Content

Our themes have simple One click demo data import tool. It's very easy to use and you can get a precise copy of our demo website in just 1 click.

Before installing demo data, please make sure you have installed all the required plugins, please refer to Plugins installation section of this document for details.

To import demo content into a WordPress site, please follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your site as an administrator.
  2. If you see a message prompting to install required plugin ThemeREX Addons, click on Begin installing plugins" and install it on the corresponding page.
    IMPORTANT! The rest of recommended plugins are not mandatory for installation of demo content but highly recommended.
  3. Navigate to Appearance > Install Demo Data:
  4. On the page that showed up set the required parameters.

    IMPORTANT! When installing "Whole demo-site content", ALL THE EXISTING CONTENTS of your website will be deleted and replaced with the new data! We highly recommend that you install "Whole demo-site content" only on blank WordPress installation.
  5. Click on "Start import" button.
    PLEASE NOTE It may take a while for demo data to be copied from our server to your site. It depends significantly on the Internet connection speed between your website and our server. Please wait patiently and do not refresh/leave the page.
  6. Once the data is successfully imported, you will see the following message:
    IMPORTANT! In case "Demo Data" installation stuck and you see "Error load data from the file ... " error message, you can manually install it by downloading the demo.zip archive from our server. Extract the archive to demo/ folder and upload this demo/ folder to wp-content/themes/laon-wine-house directory.

    Treat the screenshot below as an example only. The list of folders inside a theme package may vary.


    If the issue persists, please contact your hosting provider to make sure that your server configuration meets the Theme Requirements. Otherwise, please refer your request to our support department.

Theme Update

This step is required if you received the notification that a new version of the theme is available. You can see this information in Changelog section at the bottom of the item details page, as well.

Do Not Forget Before you go ahead with the update, please make sure you backup your old theme folder. Download it to your computer locally.

It is a good practice to backup both your files and database regularly and especially before making some serious updates.

Update Option 1. Update using the ThemeREX Updater plugin
(for theme version 1.8.1 and above only!)

  1. Please make sure the ThemeREX Updater plugin is installed and activated. This plugin is provided with the theme.

  2. Navigate to Appearance > ThemeREX Updater and enter your purchase code to get the latest versions of bundled plug-ins and theme updates through the WordPress admin panel. To get the code, please navigate to your ThemeForest "Downloads" page and click on the theme download link. Check this guide for more details.
  3. We recommend you to check the "Create backups" option to allow the system create backups for plugins versions and the theme automatically.

  4. Proceed to WP Dashboard > Updates and check if any updates are available.
  5. Choose the options for an update (plugin, theme, etc.) and click on Update button.

  6. You can restore the backups created by the system in WP Dashboard > Updates or in Appearance > ThemeREX Updater (if the "Create backups" option was checked before the update).

Update Option 2. Update using WordPress uploader

  1. Log into your ThemeForest account and navigate to your downloads tab. Find the theme and download “Installable WordPress file”.
  2. Log into your WordPress website and go to Appearance > Themes.
  3. Activate a different theme. Delete the previous version of laon-wine-house and re-upload the new WordPress Installable files that you have downloaded from ThemeForest during the 1st step.
  4. Once it is uploaded, activate the theme.
  5. Update (if necessary!) the included plugins, if you see a notification message prompting about a newer version.
    • Navigate to WP Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins.
    • Update ThemeREX Addons plugin. You can click on "Update" button (if available in a particular theme) or deactivate and delete this plugin. Then follow the prompt to install it again. This will load a new plug-in version on the site.
    • Deactivate and delete the rest plugin(s) of old version.
    • Go to Appearance > Install Plugins and install the plugin(s) like it was described in the Plugins Installation section of this documentation.

Update Option 3. Update using FTP client

  1. Log into your ThemeForest account and get the last version of the theme as described above.
  2. Connect to your server using desktop client software (we recommend CyberDuck and Filezilla).
  3. Change directory to /wp-content/themes.
  4. Remove existing folder with old theme files.
  5. Unpack theme installable files downloaded from ThemeForest and upload to the theme folder.
  6. Update the included plugins as it was described above, if you see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version.

Quick start

After the theme activation and demo content import, we are ready to get started with basic theme settings like site title, tagline, logo, favicon etc.

To change your site title and tagline, go to Settings > General. Please note, these parameters are important for search engines.

Another great idea may be setting custom permalinks structure to make them more SEO friendly and human-readable. Go to Settings > Permalinks and make changes according to the example below.

Customizer settings

Now let's navigate to Appearance > Customize in the WP dashboard side menu - the feature which makes theme customization extremely user-friendly and straight-forward, allowing the Administrator to manage the feel and look of the blog website easily from one place.

PLEASE NOTE that our theme has unique inheritance hierarchy. It means that Global settings made with Customizer Panel can be overridden by the settings of each particular post, page or category via the particular "Theme Options".​

But there is one more unique feature we have developed and integrated. It allows you to integrate Blog Archive feed with the WPBakery Page Builder in any area of the page - just right where you want it to appear without any additional code modifications. Find more detailed instructions in the Blog Archive Styles section (Doc Navigation menu item).

We have integrated a lot of additional options to default WordPress "Customize" menu, which allows you to flexibly control the appearance and behavior of the whole website as well as individual types of posts, pages and categories.

Moreover, you can see the changes of the frontend right after the alterations - when the needed parameter is selected, without switching from admin to frontend each time. It saves much of your time and lets you customize your website just in several clicks. When you are done with the changes, you should click on "Save and Publish" button at the top of the Customizer's side menu.
There are quite a lot of parameters here, but luckily the majority of them have default values that suit most of users needs. Let's take a closer look at them:

Menus

These settings allow you to manage available Menus:

Menus can also be edited via "Appearance > Menus" settings.

There are a few types of menus available:

  • Footer Menu - Responsible for displaying menu in the footer's area.
  • Header Menu - Responsible for displaying menu in the header's area.
  • Main Menu - Displays the main menu under the logo image.

Each of these menu locations is available for filling with any of the predefined menu sets and also available for editing right through the "Customizer" settings.


Predefined Menu set(s):

Widgets

Depending on the selected page that is being edited with Customizer's tools you can notice a different kind of widgets set included to a particular page. For example the Header Widgets.

If you expand this widget set, you will be able to:

  1. Add a Widget (for Classic Widgets Editor) or Add a Block (for New Block Widgets Editor): just click on "Add a Widget/Block" button to see the available widgets, then choose the one you want to use:

  2. Reorder the position of widgets using 3 icons:
    • Move - allows you to move the widget to another sidebar.
    • Down - the widget will be moved down.
    • Up - the widget will be moved upwards.

After you reorder the position of the widgets/blocks in the sidebar, save your changes.

Please note! Our theme supports both Classic Widgets Editor and New Block Widgets Editor (WordPress 5.8+). You can easily switch between the editors using the "Disable new Widgets Block Editor" option in Appearance (WP Dashboard) > ThemeREX Addons > General section.

Moreover, our theme provides a few Custom Widget sets that are available in Appearance > Widgets section (for New Block Widgets Editor - under "Widgets" group) as well as a few more additional areas (you can add on your own) that allow displaying the necessary widgets almost anywhere on the page. Check the screenshots below for more information.

Here is a short guide that will help you to have a better understanding of how and where widgets can be set and displayed:

  1. Navigate to the Appearance > Widgets section and drag and drop all the necessary widgets to the needed Widget Sets, such as "Custom Widgets 1, 2, ..." or any other ones. On the screenshot below you can see custom widgets marked with arrows that we will be using.
  2. Now let's create a test page and add a simple custom block to it via the WPBakery Page Builder.
  3. Once it's done, navigate to your page's "Theme Options". In the header tab enable the "Header widgets" option and specify the necessary widget set you want to be displayed.


  4. In the "Widgets" tab enable the options like it is shown on the example below.


  5. In the "Footer" tab enable the "Footer widgets" option and specify the necessary widget set for it.


  6. Once it's done the page needs to be updated ("Update" button in the right hand sidebar). Now let's navigate to the frontend to see the result of our customizations.
Custom widgets

  1. ThemeREX Addons - About Me: Displays the photo and description of the website admin:
  2. ThemeREX Addons - Audio player: Displays an audio player.
  3. ThemeREX Addons - Banner: Displays the banner with image and/or any html and js code.
  4. ThemeREX Addons - Calendar: A standard WP Calendar showing the current date and the days with available daily archives (posts).
  5. ThemeREX Addons - Categories list: Displays the list of available categories.
  6. ThemeREX Addons - Contacts: Displays your Logo and contact information.
  7. ThemeREX Addons - Flickr Photos: Shows photos from Flickr account.
  8. ThemeREX Addons - Most Popular & Commented Posts: Displays the most visited, most commented and most liked articles.
  9. ThemeREX Addons - Post Slider/Revolution Slider: Displays the slides via Posts (Swiper) Slider or Revolution Slider.
  10. ThemeREX Addons - Recent News: Displays recent news in many styles.
  11. ThemeREX Addons - Recent Posts: Displays the most recent posts. Unlike the standard widget, it can display a post featured image, author name, comments, post counters and post category if you enable these options.
  12. ThemeREX Addons - Socials: Shows the links to social network profiles. The social icons inherit the links (URLs) to your social profiles specified in the Appearance > ThemeREX Addons > Socials tab.
  13. ThemeREX Addons - Twitter: Shows latest tweets from Twitter account.
  14. ThemeREX Addons - Video player: Displays a video player.

Title, Tagline & Site icon

Settings of this group are responsible for the website icon, tagline and title display:

Site Title

The text entered into this field will be displayed as the logo (if the image logo is not uploaded) and as the website title in your browser tab.

Tagline

The text entered into this field will be displayed as the website slogan under the logo. By default, the tagline is used if no image logo is selected.

Site Icon

You can upload/remove your site icon (favicon) here (must be 512x512px).

Background

These settings allow you to add the background image/color behind the content body, when "Boxed" body style is enabled:

Just click on Select image button to upload the image from the Media Library or your computer. Right after this step, additional options appear, such as "Preset", "Image Position", "Image Size" and a few other.

Header

Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of the header elements, such as header styles, menu, and logo.

Header-related settings

These settings allow implementing a video or image as the particular header, managing style and position of the header's area and also manipulating with widgets and color scheme.

Available header styles:

  • "Header 1" style:
  • "Header 2" style
    The custom header background image in the example below is a part of content area and is used just to show all trasparent header elements ("Header position" option is set to "Under" in the Theme Options section of a particular page).

IMPORTANT! The header are is created via the Global Customize settings (Appearance > Customize). To change the header area in available styles you should navigate to the .../wp-content/themes/laon-wine-house/templates folder and edit the corresponding template file header-1.php or header-2.php.

Menu-related settings

These settings allow choosing a menu position, color scheme and hover effect as well as submenu animation.

Search in the header

Select the way for the search field to work: to expand or go fullscreen.

Logo-related settings

These settings are responsible for managing your main logo image, as well as its Retina version.

Header title image option allows you to apply a custom background image to the header's title (Style 2 Header ONLY!).

Header title text option inserts the necessary text into this field. The text will be displayed for the Header "Style 2".

Mobile layout from

This setting is responsible for mobile layout. For instance, if screen's resolution is 959px the mobile layout will be applied.

The Events Calendar

Settings of this group allow to manage the overall look of Event Calendar elements (works only if the The Events Calendar plugin is installed).

WooCommerce

Settings of this group allow managing the overall look of the WooCommerce elements (works only if the WooCommerce plugin is installed). The single products can be added/customized in WordPress Dashboard Menu > Products.


The quantity of products displayed on shop page is inherited from the Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog section. "Products per row" and "Rows per page" options work only if the "Shop mode" (Appearance > Customize > Shop) is set to "Thumbnails".

Additional CSS

Settings of this group are responsible for specifying additional custom styles.

Content

Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of all the content-related elements, such as "Body style", color scheme, image placeholders and hovers, sidebars and widgets.

Body-related settings

These settings allow choosing body style, website's color scheme, as well as some styling and SEO-related parameters.

  • Boxed - the page's body is in the area of limited screen width, and the background image is visible.

  • Wide - the page's body occupies an entire screen width (background image is behind it and is not visible), and the content occupies the fixed width area in the center of the screen.

  • Fullwide - the page's body occupies almost all screen width.

  • Fullscreen - the page's body occupies an entire screen width.

Boxed

Wide

Fullwide

Fullscreen

Expand Content setting responsible for expanding content width, in case the sidebar is hidden.

Remove Margins setting responsible for removing the margins above and below the content's area.

Images/Buttons-related settings

These settings allow uploading placeholders and selecting images/buttons hovers.

Below you can find an example of image's hover effect with the option set to "Icon".

Sidebar-related settings

These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar, its color scheme, and position as well.

Widgets-related settings

These settings allow specifying widgets set for any widget area. Check the Widgets section for more information.

Text with Privacy Policy link

Specify the text for the checkbox in a default form. This text will be displayed before the Privacy Policy link.

In order to add/customize the Privacy Policy link, navigate to Settings (WP Dashboard) > Privacy and specify the page that will be used as a Privacy Policy one.

PLEASE NOTE! In case you are planning to use default forms without consent checkboxes, just leave the "Text with Privacy Policy link" option empty!

Footer

Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of footer elements, such as color scheme, widgets, social icons, logo and copyright text.

Style-related settings

This setting allows choosing footer's color scheme.

Widgets-related settings

These settings allow specifying widgets set for any widget area. Check the Widgets section for more information.

Logo for Footer/(Retina)

This setting displays logo in the footer area. If you have checked this option, please click on the save button and refresh the page to make additional fields appear. Here you can upload the logo for your footer as well as its Retina version.

Copyright

Place your copyright text here. Use {Y} symbol to indicate the current year.

Homepage

Settings of this group are responsible for managing an overall look and behavior of homepage elements, such as "Blog style", header and sidebar widgets and additional widgets areas.

"Expand content" - expands the content width if sidebar is set to "hidden".

Style-related settings

These settings allow choosing blog's and header's style.

Blog style options:

  • Excerpt - posts contain the featured image, a small excerpt from the post content and "Continue Reading" button.

  • Classic 2/3 columns - "Excerpt" style posts arranged in 2/3 columns.

  • Portfolio 2/3/4 columns - posts arranged in several columns, with no description.

  • Gallery 2/3/4 columns - posts arranged as gallery image tiles.

  • Chess 2/4/6 columns - posts arranged in a "chess" order.

Header-related settings

Here you can specify header widgets.

Sidebar-related settings

These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar and its position as well.

Widgets-related settings

These settings allow specifying widgets set for any widget area. Check the Widgets section for more information.

Blog archive

This section allows you to control the layout and style of your blog archive pages such as a blog stream page and category pages. The settings of this section are same as for the Homepage we have described above.
Please check our article or visit this video tutorial for more information on how to customize the Posts pages.

Style-related settings

These settings allow choosing blog and pagination style. Blog Style settings are the same as for the Homepage. Here you can also select the category to show in the blog archive.

Post-related settings

These settings allow manipulating with posts content and animation.

Header-related settings

This setting allows specifying header widgets.

Sidebar-related settings

These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar and its position as well.

Widgets-related settings

These settings allow specifying widgets set for any widget area. Check the Widgets section for more information.

Shop, Events

These settings are responsible for overall look and behavior of Shop and Events pages. Check the screenshots below for more information:

Style-related settings (for shop pages)

Here you can specify the shop mode for the products list.

Header-related settings

This setting allows specifying header widgets.

Sidebar-related settings

These settings are responsible for specifying widgets set for a sidebar and its position as well.

Widgets-related settings

These settings allow specifying widgets set for any widget area. Check the Widgets section for more information.


The quantity of products displayed on shop page is inherited from the Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog section. "Products per row" and "Rows per page" options work only if the "Shop mode" (Appearance > Customize > Shop) is set to "Thumbnails".

This is how the default Shop page looks like with current settings. Shop mode is set to "Thumbnails".

Color Scheme

The next section of settings allows you to manage the color scheme of your website. Let's consider these parameters.

Color Settings

Here you can select whether to stick with Simple (you will be able to change only accented colors, links and buttons colors) or the Advanced option (you will be able to get the full control over the appearance of your site) of color scheme customization settings.

Color Scheme

Select one of a few predefined color schemes:

Default

Links

This option allows you to set the necessary color for your links and accented areas.

Links Hover

Here you can set the necessary hover color for your links and accented areas.

PLEASE NOTE In case the capabilities of "Simple" color scheme are not enough you can go with the "Advanced" one and completely change your website's look.

Pages

This section covers the information about Pages in your website: included page templates, how to edit existing pages, add new ones.

Page templates

Please navigate to Pages in your WordPress admin panel, click on "Add new" button to create new pages:

On the right you will see Page Attributes - Template section. It allows you to select the page style. Additionally you can manipulate with Theme Options settings to make your page look more attractive.

Homepage

Now, let's proceed with building a homepage. You can create as many options of the main page, as you want.

We will show you how to configure one the homepage, which is "Homepage 1" (just the same one as on our demo).

Homepage 1

The screenshot below demonstrates the page style we are aiming at:

The algorithm of our actions would be as follows:

  1. Select Pages > Add New and create a new page.

  2. Specify a name for it (e.g. Home 1).

Now the page is ready for further customization with WPBakery Page Builder. Before you start, please check these WPBakery Page Builder-related tutorials. They will give you a basic understanding of how to build a page properly.

  1. Official WPBakery Page Builder FAQ page.

  2. Getting Started With WPBakery Page Builder Guide.

  3. WPBakery Page Builder: A Guide To Drag & Drop Page Building

  4. How to Add Row and Column with WPBakery Page Builder.

  5. How to Add Row or Column Background with WPBakery Page Builder.

  6. How to Create Empty Space Between Elements with Custom Height.


The whole page is build with the following elements: Rows, Block containers, Content blocks, Gaps, Columns and other shortcodes. On the screenshots below you can see which backend section corresponds to a frontend section.

Here is how it looks on the frontend:

And here is how it looks in the WPBakery Page Builder's backend editor:

Homepage 1 Code 
[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1469089433188{background-image: url(/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bg-02.jpg?id=482) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_column width="1/4"][cq_vc_hotspot image="593" position="60%|20%,80%|90%" iconbackground="#e19931" circlecolor="#ffffff" tooltipstyle="light" maxwidth="210" extra_class="hide_on_mobile"][hotspotitem]<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="trx_addons_dark"><a href="/product/cabernet-sauvignon/">Cabernet Sauvignon</a></span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_accent trx_addons_tiny_text">2013</span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_dark trx_addons_tiny_text"><a href="/product/cabernet-sauvignon/">See Details</a></span></p>
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[vc_single_image image="322" img_size="210x230" alignment="center"][vc_column_text scheme="dark"]
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="trx_addons_dark"><a href="/product/classic-shardonnay/">Classic Shardonnay</a></span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_accent trx_addons_tiny_text">2014</span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_dark trx_addons_tiny_text"><a href="/product/classic-shardonnay/">See Details</a></span></p>
[/vc_column_text]<br />
[/hotspotitem][/cq_vc_hotspot][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="huge" hide_on_mobile=""][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="huge" hide_on_mobile=""][vc_single_image image="488" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1469087371560{margin-right: 2em !important;margin-left: 2em !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1526037095851{margin-right: 3em !important;margin-left: 3em !important;}"]
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.8421em; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.75em;"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">WINE HOUSE IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING ESTATE GROWN WINES OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER AND DISTINCTION.</span></strong></p>
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="huge" hide_on_mobile=""][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="huge" hide_on_mobile=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][cq_vc_hotspot image="593" position="35%|10%,60%|65%" iconbackground="#e19931" circlecolor="#ffffff" tooltipstyle="light" maxwidth="210" extra_class="hide_on_mobile"][hotspotitem]<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="trx_addons_dark"><a href="/product/johann-shiraz-cabernet/">Johann Shiraz Cabernet</a></span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_accent trx_addons_tiny_text">2012</span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_dark trx_addons_tiny_text"><a href="/product/johann-shiraz-cabernet/">See Details</a></span></p>
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[vc_single_image image="322" img_size="210x230" alignment="center"][vc_column_text scheme="dark"]
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="trx_addons_dark"><a href="/product/classic-shardonnay/">Classic Shardonnay</a></span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_accent trx_addons_tiny_text">2014</span><br />
<span class="trx_addons_dark trx_addons_tiny_text"><a href="/product/classic-shardonnay/">See Details</a></span></p>
[/vc_column_text]<br />
[/hotspotitem][/cq_vc_hotspot][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1466087475749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][trx_sc_anchor id="favourite_place" title="Favourite Place"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-3" title="Favourite Place" subtitle="Lovely Relaxed Atmosphere of the Winery Gives You a Positive." description="Cras sodales luctus arcu, ac placerat nunc sagittis a. In at turpis ac nibh luctus sagittis in ut est. Proin sed mi vitae velit convallis gravida imperdiet eu mauris. Maecenas vehicula quam vel urna pulvinar, quis faucibus quam pellentesque. Sed vitae pellentesque velit. Etiam nec ornare tortor." link="/contacts/" link_text="Our Plantation" link_image="" image="508" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][vc_single_image image="256" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1465806595697{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="wine_essentials" title="Wine Essentials"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-leafs" title="Wine Essentials" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. 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3867 Robinson Road, Historic Oaklawn Plantation
<p><em><strong>Telephone:</strong></em><br />
<a href="tel:+1 939 381 84 11">+1 939 381 84 11</a></p>
<em><strong>E-mail:</strong></em><br />
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Our plantation<br />
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The hotspots are available only if the All In One Addons for WPBakery Page Builder plug-in is installed.

The background color/image for the page blocks can be customized in the Row/Column Settings > Design Options tab in the WPBakery backend editor. Here you can also set the custom paddings.


Below are the individual Theme Options settings for the Homepage 1:


Once you finished with building your page you would need to assign it as Homepage. To do this:

  1. Select the menu item Settings > Readings

  2. In order to choose some static content page for your Homepage, please navigate to Settings > Reading and locate "Homepage displays", select Static page, and choose pages for your Homepage and Posts page. (Please do not forget to add your new Blog page to the navigation bar in Appearance > Menus). On the same page in admin you can enter the number of posts to be displayed on the blog archive pages:

Below you can find a few other variations of the same Homepage we have described above.

Home 2

This is how the second version looks like.

Homepage 2 Code 
[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1466087475749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][trx_sc_anchor id="favourite_place" title="Favourite Place"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-3" title="Favourite Place" subtitle="Lovely Relaxed Atmosphere of the Winery Gives You a Positive." description="Cras sodales luctus arcu, ac placerat nunc sagittis a. In at turpis ac nibh luctus sagittis in ut est. Proin sed mi vitae velit convallis gravida imperdiet eu mauris. Maecenas vehicula quam vel urna pulvinar, quis faucibus quam pellentesque. Sed vitae pellentesque velit. Etiam nec ornare tortor." link="/contacts/" link_text="Our Plantation" link_image="" image="508" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][vc_single_image image="256" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1465806595697{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="wine_essentials" title="Wine Essentials"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-leafs" title="Wine Essentials" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. 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Typically this free-run juice is of a higher quality than the press juice." link="/about-us/" link_text="Our Philosophy" link_image="" image="515" image_position="right" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" content_placement="middle"][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_content type="default" width="none" float="none" align="none" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="home_products" css=""][products columns="2" orderby="menu_order" order="ASC" ids="406, 403, 405, 404"][/trx_sc_content][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="our_wines" title="Our Wines"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-bottles" title="Our Wines" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. Pressing is not always a necessary act in winemaking; if grapes are crushed there is a considerable amount of juice immediately liberated (called free-run juice) that can be used for vinification. Typically this free-run juice is of a higher quality than the press juice." link="/wine-list/" link_text="Wine List" link_image="" image="" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css=""][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle"][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_content type="default" width="none" float="none" align="none" padding="large" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][trx_sc_events cat="0" count="4" columns="1" past="" slider="" slides_space="0" title="Events" subtitle="" description="" link="/events/" link_text="All Events" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" type="detailed"][/trx_sc_content][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="events" title="Events"][trx_sc_action type="event" columns="1" slider="" slides_space="0" actions="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Wine%20Festival%22%2C%22subtitle%22%3A%22Spring%20Hill%22%2C%22date%22%3A%22Saturday%2C%20May%207%2C%202016%22%2C%22info%22%3A%2233335%20Denning%20Lane%2C%20Spring%20Hill%20*%20Tel.%20800%201235%2065%2098%20*%20facebook%3A%20Spring%20Hill%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Historic%20Oaklawn%20Plantation%7C%5Cn%3Cb%3E6-9%20PM%3C%2Fb%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fevent%2Fwine-festival-spring-hill%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22245%22%2C%22bg_image%22%3A%22460%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css="" full_height="1"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_height="yes" content_placement="middle"][vc_column][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="awards" title="Our awards"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][trx_sc_icons type="default" align="center" size="medium" color="" columns="3" icons="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Awards%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22We%20make%20wine%20with%20a%20thought%20of%20our%20customers%2C%20therefore%20the%20team...%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Four-awards%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22281%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Our%20Store%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Integer%20egestas%20ipsum%20ut%20mi%20convallis%20lacinia%20pellentesque%20vitae%20lectus.%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Fshop%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22282%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Royal%20Wine%20Club%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Etiam%20laoreet%2C%20arcu%20ut%20imperdiet%20facilisis%2C%20nunc%20tellus%20consequat%20nis...%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Fwine-list%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22283%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1466154433105{background-image: url(/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bg-03.jpg?id=539) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1466756857898{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="address" title="Our Address"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-winery" title="Get in touch" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="" link="/contacts/" link_text="Join laon wine house" link_image="" image="" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="normal" text_width="none" text_float="center" text_align="center" text_paddings="" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][vc_column_text]
<p><em><strong>Address:</strong></em></p>
<p>3867 Robinson Road, Historic Oaklawn Plantation</p>
<p><em><strong>Telephone:</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="tel:+1 939 381 84 11">+1 939 381 84 11</a></p>
<p><em><strong>E-mail:</strong></em></p>
<a href="mailto:clifton.carter20@laon.com">clifton.carter20@laon.com</a>
[/vc_column_text][/trx_sc_promo][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1466156080949{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="footer_menu" title="Footer menu"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The background color/image for the page blocks can be managed in the Row/Column Settings > Design Options tab in the WPBakery backend editor. Here you can also set the custom paddings if needed.


Below are an individual Theme Options settings for the Homepage 2:

Home 3

This is how the third version looks like.

Homepage 3 Code 
[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1466087475749{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][trx_sc_anchor id="favourite_place" title="Favourite Place"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-3" title="Favourite Place" subtitle="Lovely Relaxed Atmosphere of the Winery Gives You a Positive." description="Cras sodales luctus arcu, ac placerat nunc sagittis a. In at turpis ac nibh luctus sagittis in ut est. Proin sed mi vitae velit convallis gravida imperdiet eu mauris. Maecenas vehicula quam vel urna pulvinar, quis faucibus quam pellentesque. Sed vitae pellentesque velit. Etiam nec ornare tortor." link="/contacts/" link_text="Our Plantation" link_image="" image="508" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][vc_single_image image="256" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1465806595697{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="wine_essentials" title="Wine Essentials"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-leafs" title="Wine Essentials" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. Pressing is not always a necessary act in winemaking; if grapes are crushed there is a considerable amount of juice immediately liberated (called free-run juice) that can be used for vinification. Typically this free-run juice is of a higher quality than the press juice." link="/about-us/" link_text="Our Philosophy" link_image="" image="515" image_position="right" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" content_placement="middle"][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_content type="default" width="none" float="none" align="none" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="home_products" css=""][products columns="2" orderby="menu_order" order="ASC" ids="406, 403, 405, 404"][/trx_sc_content][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="our_wines" title="Our Wines"][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-bottles" title="Our Wines" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. Pressing is not always a necessary act in winemaking; if grapes are crushed there is a considerable amount of juice immediately liberated (called free-run juice) that can be used for vinification. Typically this free-run juice is of a higher quality than the press juice." link="/wine-list/" link_text="Wine List" link_image="" image="" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css=""][/trx_sc_promo][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle"][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_content type="default" width="none" float="none" align="none" padding="large" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][trx_sc_events cat="0" count="4" columns="1" past="" slider="" slides_space="0" title="Events" subtitle="" description="" link="/events/" link_text="All Events" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" type="detailed"][/trx_sc_content][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="events" title="Events"][trx_sc_action type="event" columns="1" slider="" slides_space="0" actions="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Wine%20Festival%22%2C%22subtitle%22%3A%22Spring%20Hill%22%2C%22date%22%3A%22Saturday%2C%20May%207%2C%202016%22%2C%22info%22%3A%2233335%20Denning%20Lane%2C%20Spring%20Hill%20*%20Tel.%20800%201235%2065%2098%20*%20facebook%3A%20Spring%20Hill%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Historic%20Oaklawn%20Plantation%7C%5Cn%3Cb%3E6-9%20PM%3C%2Fb%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fevent%2Fwine-festival-spring-hill%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22245%22%2C%22bg_image%22%3A%22460%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css="" full_height="1"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_height="yes" content_placement="middle"][vc_column][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="awards" title="Our awards"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][trx_sc_icons type="default" align="center" size="medium" color="" columns="3" icons="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Awards%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22We%20make%20wine%20with%20a%20thought%20of%20our%20customers%2C%20therefore%20the%20team...%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Four-awards%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22281%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Our%20Store%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Integer%20egestas%20ipsum%20ut%20mi%20convallis%20lacinia%20pellentesque%20vitae%20lectus.%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Fshop%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22282%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Royal%20Wine%20Club%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Etiam%20laoreet%2C%20arcu%20ut%20imperdiet%20facilisis%2C%20nunc%20tellus%20consequat%20nis...%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%2Fwine-list%2F%22%2C%22image%22%3A%22283%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content_no_spaces" full_height="yes" columns_placement="stretch" content_placement="middle" css=".vc_custom_1466154433105{background-image: url(/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bg-03.jpg?id=539) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1466756857898{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="address" title="Our Address"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-winery" title="Get in touch" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="" link="/contacts/" link_text="Join laon wine house" link_image="" image="" image_position="left" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="normal" text_width="none" text_float="center" text_align="center" text_paddings="" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][vc_column_text]<em><strong>Address:</strong></em><br />
3867 Robinson Road, Historic Oaklawn Plantation
<em><strong>Telephone:</strong></em><br />
<a href="tel:+1 939 381 84 11">+1 939 381 84 11</a>
<em><strong>E-mail:</strong></em><br />
<a href="mailto:clifton.carter20@laon.com">clifton.carter20@laon.com</a>[/vc_column_text][/trx_sc_promo][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="medium" hide_on_mobile=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1466156080949{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}"][trx_sc_anchor icon_type="fontawesome" id="footer_menu" title="Footer menu"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The background color/image for the page blocks can be customized in the Row/Column Settings > Design Options tab in the WPBakery backend editor. Here you can also set the custom paddings if needed.


Below are an individual Theme Options settings for the Homepage 3:

Blog Archives

Our theme allows you to create numerous kinds of different Blog Archive Feeds by flexibly managing their settings through the "Theme Options". So now you can customize the behavior and an overall feed's look to make it stand out from the rest.
Moreover there is one more additional feature that allows you to embed a Blog Feed right into the middle of your page's content just in a few clicks. And, yes, it can be done via WPBakery Page Builder.

PLEASE NOTE that our unique Settings Inheritance System allows you to override an overall (global) behavior of all pages (that are set through the "Customizer" option) by changes made to settings of some of the individual pages/posts/categories. Global customization for Blog Archive-related feeds are available through "Appearance > Customizer > Blog Archive" section.

Below are a few examples of different (predefined) kinds of Blog Feeds. Feel free to make your own variations by creating a new page (filling it with content, if necessary, or any columns quantity to display the posts in, for example) and experimenting with its settings in the "Theme Options" section. To make a customizing process easy to use and more user friendly we have added a brief description (right under the option's field) to every option in the "Theme Options" settings. See the screenshots below for more details. Please do not forget to set "Blog archive" kind of template in the "Page's Attributes" section box to allow special Blog Archive-related settings to appear.


Blog Archive Types


Regular Blog Archive Feed:

Backend options:



"Chess"/2 columns" Blog Archive Feed:

Backend options:



"Classic"/2 columns" Blog Archive Feed:

Backend options:



"Portfolio"/2 columns" Blog Archive Feed:

Backend options:

Additional Blog Acrchive feature

As we have mentioned above there is the feature that allows you to embed a "Blog Archive" feed right in the middle of the content of any page.

Follow the steps below to find out more about it:

  1. Create a test page and add a few simple elements using WPBakery Page Builder backend editor. For example let's add a regular text block and a few icons.
    PLEASE NOTE that you need to specify the "Blog Archive" template's type in the Page Attributes or Template sidebar, depending on the page builder you are using.
  2. Once it's done add the same text block again but with this code inside %%BLOG_ARCHIVE%% of it to display our Blog Archive feed. Then move the row with this block right between two icons items.
  3. To save the changes click an "Update" button and proceed to the frontend of your page to see the final result of your customizations.

Please be aware that Blog Archive template displays the Blog feed by default, so applying this feature in the way we have described makes sense only if you need to embed the your right inside of the custom content.

Slider

By default our theme supports a simple Swiper posts slider. Built-in theme's slider allows you to display Featured images from the posts of any category. You can add a slider to the page using slider shortcode. The settings of this shortcode allow you to select a category, and specify the number of the posts to be displayed. Check the Slider Shortcode section for more information.

Nevertheless, our theme is fully compatible with an extremely powerful and beautiful Revolution Slider plugin. It allows you to create an unlimited number of sliders and set anywhere you want on the page within the necessary widget.

Below are the backend and frontend screenshots of the Revolution Slider:

To have a better understanding of this plugin's functionality we highly recommend checking the following links:

The slider is added through the widget section. This way allows you to place the slider anywhere you want on the page.

Below is a short guide on how to add a Revolution Slider with by adding it to one of the widget sets.
Please note that in case you do not have a slider set up (but the Revolution Slider plugin is already installed) you need to create it first by navigating to Slider Revolution tab in the WP Dashboard side menu.

  1. Navigate to the Appearance > Widgets menu item in the WP dashboard side menu.

  2. Locate the Revolution slider widget and drag and drop it to any of the available widget sets. Once it's done specify the necessary parameters and click on "Save" button.
    Check an example below.
  3. Navigate to the page you want your slider to appear on and enable the necessary widgt area on the Widgets tab. For example, let's display our "Custom Widgets 1" with the slider above the page's content area.
  4. Once it's finished click "Update" and "Preview Changes" buttons to see how it will look on the frontend.

In case you want the same slider to display on all the Homepages/Blog Archive/Shop pages, then you should choose already created widget (Custom Widgets 1, for example) it in the necessary "widget set" field of the desired page via Customizer's menu.

Shortcodes

Shortcodes is a handy feature in WordPress that allows you to do some pretty incredible things by just inserting a shortcode into a page or post. Using Shortcodes is very straight-forward, just insert one where you want the relevant content to show up.

The theme comes with a number of custom shortcodes allowing you to add the info in a simple way. Moreover, you can use WPBakery Page Builder to add new elements to the page. Find the theme-related custom shortcodes on the ThemeREX tab in the WPBakery Page Builder's backend Editor.

Additionally you might want to check FAQs or Video Tutorials to become more familiar with default WPBakery Page Builders's elements and an additional article regarding WPBakery Page Builder Extension All In One by Sike that adds extra elements to the standard WPBakery Page Builder's stack of shortcodes.

Below is a list of the shortcodes included into the theme.

Action

This shortcode inserts "Call to action", event item or columns layout.

Example:

Plain Code 
[vc_column width="1/2"][trx_sc_action type="default" columns="1" slider="" slides_space="0" actions="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Wine%20Festival%22%2C%22subtitle%22%3A%22Spring%20Hill%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23%22%2C%22link_text%22%3A%22Learn%20more%22%2C%22bg_image%22%3A%22234%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][/vc_column]

Anchor

This shortcode inserts an "Anchor" item for the inner page navigation. More anchor examples you can see on the Home 1,2 backened pages screenshots. If you want to create one-page navigation then make sure you checked the "Scroll to Anchor" option in Appearance > ThemeREX Addons > Shortcodes > Anchor.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_anchor id="favourite_place" title="Favourite Place"]

Blogger

This shortcode displays category posts in a wide variety of different ways and styles. The single blog posts are editable in Posts (WP dashboard) > All Posts.

Example:

Plain Code 
[vc_row][vc_column][trx_sc_blogger type="default" cat="20" count="2" columns="2" orderby="date" order="desc" excerpt="" slider="" slides_space="0" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Button

This shortcode displays buttons.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_button type="default" size="normal" link="" title="Button" subtitle="" align="none" text_align="none" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="" image="" icon_position="left" id="" class="" css=""]

Content Area

This shortcode limits content width inside the fullwide rows. Just set the necessary width in the shortcode's options window. In the example below we insert the Button shortcode inside the content area with a limited width.

Example:

Plain Code 
[vc_row][vc_column][trx_sc_content type="default" width="1_3" float="center" align="right" padding="none" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""][trx_sc_button type="default" size="normal" link="" title="Button" subtitle="" align="none" text_align="none" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="" image="" icon_position="left" id="" class="" css=""][/trx_sc_content][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Events

This shortcode displays events. To customize a single event post, proceed to the WordPress Dashboard Menu > Events, open a single event post and update all sections to your needs.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_events cat="0" count="4" columns="1" past="" slider="" slides_space="0" title="Events" subtitle="" description="" link="https://laonwine.themerex.net/events/" link_text="All Events" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" type="detailed"]

Form

This shortcode displays a contact form. The text for the checkbox "I agree..." is set in Appearance > Customize > Content > Text with Privacy Policy link.
In order to add/customize the Privacy Policy link, navigate to Settings (WP Dashboard) > Privacy and specify the page that will be used as a Privacy Policy one.

PLEASE NOTE! In case you are planning to use default form without consent checkbox, just leave the "Text with Privacy Policy link" option empty in the Appearance > Customize > Content section!

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_form type="default" style="underline" labels="" phone="" email="" address="" title="Get in touch" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, |therefore the team..." description="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" align="center"]

To customize the form you should edit form template file in any text editor like Notepad or TextEdit. In the .../wp-content/plugins/trx_addons/shortcodes/form folder you can find form-related files like tpl.default.php, tpl.detailed.php and others. These files are responsible for displaying the form in different styles. Choose the file you need, open it in any text editor, and change HTML code according to your needs.

You can also translate the form fields onto the language you need using .pot file located in the .../wp-content/plugins/trx_addons/languages folder. Please check the Translations section for more information on this matter.

Googlemap

This shortcode displays a Googlemap. Please make sure you entered an API key into the "Google API key" field on the Appearance > Themerex Addons > API tab.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_googlemap type="detailed" style="default" zoom="12" width="100%" height="660" markers="%5B%7B%22latlng%22%3A%2241.031786%2C-73.629356%22%2C%22icon%22%3A%22303%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Our%20Plantation%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css=""][/trx_sc_googlemap]

Icons

This shortcode displays icons or images with title and description. You can expand the list of available icons by adding new ones from the fontello website. Watch this video guide for more information.

Examples:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_icons type="default" align="left" size="medium" color="" columns="" icons="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22One%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22Description%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%233abcbc%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""]
Plain Code 
[trx_sc_icons type="default" align="center" size="large" color="" columns="" icons="%5B%7B%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-winery%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""]

Price block

This shortcode inserts a price table divided by blocks. Please note, if you want 3 or more blocks to occupy an entire screen width then enable "Expand content" and "Remove margins" options in the "Theme Options" section for this particular page.

Example:

Plain Code 
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="small"][trx_sc_price icon_type="openiconic" price="Free" period="Silver Card" link="#" link_text="Subscribe"]1 Day[/trx_sc_price][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="small"][trx_sc_price price="89" currency="$" period="Gold Card" link="#" link_text="Subscribe" image="" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="" icon_openiconic="" icon_typicons="" icon_entypo="" icon_linecons="" id="" class="" css=""]Month[/trx_sc_price][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="" alter_height="small"][trx_sc_price price="129" currency="$" period="Platinum Card" link="#" link_text="Subscribe" image="" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="" icon_openiconic="" icon_typicons="" icon_entypo="" icon_linecons="" id="" class="" css=""]2 Months[/trx_sc_price][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Promo

This shortcode inserts a promo block. It also allows you to use custom images, icons and apply different color schemes.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_promo type="default" icon_type="fontawesome" icon_fontawesome="icon-grape-leafs" title="Wine Essentials" subtitle="We make wine with a thought of our customers, therefore the team..." description="Pressing is the act of applying pressure to grapes or pomace in order to separate juice or wine from grapes and grape skins. Pressing is not always a necessary act in winemaking; if grapes are crushed there is a considerable amount of juice immediately liberated (called free-run juice) that can be used for vinification. Typically this free-run juice is of a higher quality than the press juice." link="/about-us/" link_text="Our Philosophy" link_image="" image="515" image_position="right" image_width="50%" image_cover="1" size="large" text_width="none" text_float="none" text_align="center" text_paddings="1" text_margins="" gap="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css="" text_bg_color="" image_bg_color="" full_height="1"][/trx_sc_promo]

Recent News

This shortcode inserts a recent news list. Do not forget to specify the necessary category to get the news from.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_recent_news style="news-magazine" widget_title="" title="" subtitle="" show_categories="" category="18" count="3" featured="3" columns="3" offset="0" orderby="date" order="asc" ids="" id="" class="" css=""]

Skills

This shortcode displays skills counters and pie charts.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_skills type="pie" filled="" compact="" max="100%" values="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Graphic%20Design%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2275%25%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22HTML%20%26%20CSS3%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2280%25%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%7D%5D" color="#2a2a2a" border_color="" id="" class="" css="" columns="" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" back_color="#f0f0f0" cutout="96"]
Plain Code 
[trx_sc_skills type="counter" max="1300" values="%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Wineglasses%22%2C%22value%22%3A%221273%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-glass-2%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Bottles%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22903%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-food%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22Wineyards%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22325%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-grape%22%7D%5D" filled="" compact="" color="" border_color="" id="" class="" css=".vc_custom_1464359029628{background-color: #ffffff !important;}" back_color="" columns="" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image=""]

Socials

This shortcode displays social icons.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_socials type="default" icons="%5B%7B%22link%22%3A%22%23%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-tumblr%22%7D%2C%7B%22link%22%3A%22%23%22%2C%22icon_type%22%3A%22fontawesome%22%2C%22icon_fontawesome%22%3A%22icon-reply%22%7D%5D" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""]

Table

This shortcode inserts a regular table.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_table type="default" align="none" width="100%" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" id="" class="" css=""]
<table summary="Wine market" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Wine tasting</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Lun</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Mar</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Mer</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Jeu</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Sam</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wine &amp; Cheese Lunch</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">12:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">12:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">12:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">12:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">12:15 pm</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>French Wine Introductiry</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">3:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">3:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">3:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">3:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">3:15 pm</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tour de France of Wine</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:15 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:15 pm</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grands Crus Masterclass</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:30 pm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">-</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">-</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">-</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">5:30 pm</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
[/trx_sc_table]

Testimonials

This shortcode displays testimonials block. To manage "Testimonials" proceed to the WordPress Dashboard Menu > Testimonials post type. Use "Testimonials Group", "Item Options", "Featured Image" settings and content section to customize the post.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_sc_testimonials cat="0" count="2" columns="1" slider="1" slides_space="0" title="" subtitle="" description="" link="" link_text="" link_image="" scheme="inherit" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget About Me

This shortcode displays an "About Me" widget.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_aboutme title="About Me" avatar="226" username="Mike" description="" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Audio Player

This shortcode inserts an Audio Player widget.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_audio title="" caption="Insert Audio Title Here" author="Lily Hunter" cover="" url="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/laura.mp3" embed="" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Banner

This shortcode displays banner images. You can select/upload the image, paste URL from the other site for the banner or use HTML/JS Code.

Example:

Plain Code 
[vc_row][vc_column][trx_widget_banner title="" image="265" link="" code="" id="" class="" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Widget Calendar

This shortcode displays a widget calendar.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_calendar title="Calendar" weekdays="" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Categories List

This shortcode displays list of categories. The images for the posts categories can be set in WordPress dashboard > Posts > Categories tab.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_categories_list title="Categories List" style="1" number="5" columns="5" show_posts="1" show_children="" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Contacts

This shortcode displays widget with logo, short description and contacts. Please do not forget to specify the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles in the Appearance > ThemeREX Addons > Socials tab.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_contacts title="" logo="226" logo_retina="" description="Sample text." address="" phone=" 1 718 987 56 74" email="mike@starr.com" socials="1" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Flickr Photos

This shortcode displays images from your Flickr account.

Example:

Plain Code 
									 [trx_widget_flickr title="" flickr_username="" flickr_count="6" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Popular Posts

This shortcode displays popular posts.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_popular_posts title="Most Popular Posts" title_popular="1" title_commented="2" title_liked="3" number="4" show_image="1" show_author="1" show_date="1" show_counters="1" show_categories="1" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Recent Posts

This shortcode displays the most recent posts. You can set additional options on the "Details" tab in the WPBakery Page Builder's Posts Settings window.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_recent_posts title="Recent Posts" number="4" show_image="1" show_author="1" show_date="1" show_counters="1" show_categories="1" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Slider

This shortcode allows you to display either (default) Swiper Slider or the Revolution Slider. In the WPBakery Page Builder's settings you can manage the slider's settings by specifying a category to get the posts from, number of posts, slider's height and other options.

Example (Swiper Slider):

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_slider title="Swiper Slider" engine="swiper" height="500" alias="shop-slider" category="23" posts="5" slides_per_view="1" slides_space="0" interval="7000" titles="center" large="" controls="" pagination="" id="" class="" css=""]

Example (Revolution Slider):

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_slider title="Revolution Slider" engine="revo" height="345" alias="shop-slider" category="0" posts="5" slides_per_view="1" slides_space="0" interval="7000" titles="center" large="" controls="1" pagination="1" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Social Icons

This shortcode displays social icons to the social networks you are subscribed. Please do not forget to specify the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles on the Appearance > Themerex Addons > Socials tab.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_socials title="ThemeREX Socials" id="" class="" css=""]

Widget Twitter

This shortcode displays posts from your twitter account. Please be aware that as the matter of security reasons we provide the shortcode without the twitter token and consumer keys. Please use your own keys to make it display your twitter feed properly.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_twitter title="Twitter Widget" count="4" follow="1" username="themerex" consumer_key="" consumer_secret="" token_key="" token_secret="" id="" class="" css=".vc_custom_1469009338891{background-image: url(/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image-20.jpg?id=460) !important;}"]

Widget Video Player

This shortcode inserts a video file.

Example:

Plain Code 
[trx_widget_video title="" cover="108" link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uwydrbdys4" embed="" id="" class="" css=""][/trx_widget_video]

Post Formats

The theme uses standard WordPress post formats, for you to run the blog using various visual representations of a post.

  • Standard – The default post format: you can add a featured image to the post or leave your post without it.
  • Post with image – The default post format with an image in it.
  • Aside – A note like post, usually styled without title.
  • Gallery – A gallery of images.
  • Link– A link to another site.
  • Quote – A quotation.
  • Status – Twitter like short status update.
  • Video – A post containing video.
  • Sound Cloud Audio – An audio file.
  • Chat – The chat looking post style.

Find all the post types on the screenshot below.

Extra Plugins & Features

In this section we will talk about additional plugins we have included to the theme package. On of them, which is ThemeREX Addons, we have developed ourselves.

ThemeREX Addons

As a free addition to this theme we have included the unique ThemeREX Addons plugin. After its activation, you will be able to noticeably expand the options of the theme. These addons allow you to enable/disable widgets, shortcodes, custom post types, set links on your social profiles and a few theme specific settings.

Once the plugin is installed, the ThemeREX Addons item will appear under the Appearance tab in WP dashboard menu.

Below you can find a brief description of all the available settings.

General

Settings of this tab define the general behavior of your theme.

  • Debug Mode - Enable debug functions and theme profiler output.

    IMPORTANT! There is a separate file for each script snippet .js and style related .css data. For better theme performance the system automatically re-compiles/re-merges these files into a single .js/.css related one after every "Save Options" button click in Customizer (Appearance > Customize) and ThemeREX Addons settings (Appearance > ThemeREX Addons).
    In case the "Debug Mode" is on, the theme does not run the re-compile/re-merge mode, so each and every file loads separately. That is why we do recommend to turn this mode on only if you need to edit/customize the source script and style related files. Please do not edit the following (re-merged) files: trx_addons.css, trx_addons.js, __colors.css, __style.css, __scripts.js.

  • Disable new Widgets Block Editor - Disable new Widgets Block Editor, if after the update to WordPress 5.8+ you are having trouble with editing widgets or working in Customizer. New Widgets Block Editor is used in WordPress 5.8+ instead of classic widgets panel.

  • Image dimensions - Which dimensions will be used for the uploaded images: "Original" or "Retina ready" (twice enlarged).

  • Quality for cropped images - Specify range of quality (1-100) to save cropped images.
    PLEASE NOTE Once you change images quality, you will need to regenerate all thumbnails.

  • Show page preloader - Select or upload page preloader image for your site.

  • Page preloader bg color - Specify background color for the page preloader.

  • Add "Scroll to Top" - Add "Scroll to Top" button when page is scrolled.

  • Scroll to Anchor - This options allows you to scroll between anchors with mouse wheel.

  • Update location from Anchor - This options updates browser's location bar while page is scrolling.

  • Popup Engine - Choose one of two scripts to display your popup images.

  • Enable Custom post types/widgets/shortcodes - These settings are responsible for adding custom post types (such as Testimonials, Team and others) ThemeRex-related custom widgets and custom shortcodes.

API

Insert a generated Google API key to make your Google map function properly. More information on how to properly obtain an API key can be found here.

Socials

Here you can specify all the necessary links (URLs) to your social profiles. Just paste the necessary URL address into the needed field and click "Save".

Theme Specific

Settings of this section allow you to override the default theme's grid and wrap classes. If you are not sure what to do with it, please leave these settings intact.

WPBakery Page Builder

To make your customization even easier we have added the WPBakery Page Builder to this theme. Before you start, please check these WPBakery Page Builder related tutorials. They will give you a basic understanding of how to build a page properly.

  1. Official WPBakery Page Builder FAQ page.

  2. Getting Started With WPBakery Page Builder Guide.

  3. WPBakery Page Builder: A Guide To Drag & Drop Page Building

  4. How to Add Row and Column with WPBakery Page Builder.

  5. How to Add Row or Column Background with WPBakery Page Builder.

  6. How to Create Empty Space Between Elements with Custom Height.

All In One Addons for WPBakery Page Builder

Add 40+ new elements to WPBakery Page Builder, includes: Draggable Timeline, Metro Carousel and Tile, Zooma or Magnify, Carousel & Gallery, Tabs, Accordion, Image Hotspot with Tooltip, Parallax, Medium Gallery, Stack Gallery, Testimonial Carousel, iHover, Scrolling Notification and Masonry Gallery etc.

Check the links below for more information about this plugin:

  1. Official ThemeForest page.

  2. WPBackery Official Extension page.

Revolution Slider

Our theme is fully compatible with an extremely powerful Revolution Slider plugin.

Once the dummy content is installed Revolution Slider item will show up in the theme's menu (otherwise you can install the plugin manually and create/add the necessary slides on your own).

Please check the following links for more information regarding the Revolution Slider functionality:

WooCommerce

Woocommerce is an industry leader e-commerce plugin for WordPress. Another good news is that our theme is fully compatible with this great tool, allowing you to turn your website into sales machine in just a few clicks. You simply need to install this plugin and allow it to create a set of pages to display categories, products etc. Then you need to add a set of products.

We highly encourage you to read the great documentation files WooCommerce offers. These manuals help to create effective and reliable on line stores providing more features than you can imagine. Here is a list of really useful links helping you create and polish your shop.

WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry

This plug-in converts your WooCommerce store into a catalog site, fully or partially. Thus, using WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry plugin you can have both shop and catalog simultaneously. In addition, you can also use this plugin to get product enquiries from buyers via enquiry form. Please click here for more information about this plugin.

To view our demo catalog, please click here.

Events Calendar

We have included this awesome plugin to our theme to help you create and manage events easily. Here are some of its features: Rapidly create events, Saved venues & organizers, Calendar month view with tooltips, Event search, Events Taxonomies (Categories & Tags), Completely responsive from mobile to tablet to desktop.

More information on how to properly use this plugin can be found here.

Here is an additional video tutorial that might help you to have a better understanding of how this plugin functions.


Below you can find some of the backend settings (WordPress Dashboard > Events > Settings tab).

Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.
Check this link for more information. More guides are available here (video tutorial) and here.

Code 
[contact-form-7 id="807" title="Contact form 1"]

IMPORTANT! According to General Data Protection Regulation, you need to make your forms compliant. All prebuilt forms, that come with this theme, already have the corresponding "I agree..." checkboxes. For newly created forms you should add the consent checkboxes in ONE of the following ways:

  1. Use [acceptance acceptance-157]...[/acceptance] tag. Treat the code and the screenshot below just as an example:
  2. Use any external GDPR plug-in, like The GDPR Framework or Cookie Information (not provided with the theme).

ThemeREX Updater

This is our self-made plugin that allows you to update the main theme as well as the bundled plugins through the WordPress admin panel. ThemeREX Updater plugin requires a valid purchase code that can be entered in the Appearance > ThemeREX Updater section. To get the code, please navigate to your ThemeForest "Downloads" page and click on the theme download link. Check this guide for more details. Once any plugins or theme updates are available for download, you will receive a corresponding notice in WP Dashboard > Updates. Please view the Theme Update chapter of this documentation file for more information.

Translations

We recommend using Poedit software for translation-related purposes.

To translate the theme to your language, please follow these steps:

  1. Download and install Poedit software.
  2. Navigate to the theme/.../languages/ folder and locate .pot file. Copy it to your desktop for editing.
  3. Double click on the .pot file. In the Poedit window click on the "Create New Translation" button, choose the necessary language of the translation from the dropdown list and click "OK."
  4. Now select the constant text string you need to translate from the "Source text - English" field and type in the necessary translation into the "Translation" field.
    You can translate as much as you want, just go through the file and click on each string in "Poedit" and add your translation.
  5. Next, you have to save the changes to your .po file using the naming convention based on the language code (e.g. pt for Portuguese) followed by the country code (for instance _BR for Brazil). To do that click on the "sheet" icon (you can also use hotkeys CMD+Shift+S in OS X or Win+S in Windows) and type in the name according to the screenshot below.
    The first lower-case letters define the language, whereas the second upper-case letter defines the country. In most cases, the language and country are the same, like “de_DE” for Germany.
    However, there is a difference for languages like English or Portuguese, which are spoken in several countries natively. In this case, the difference is in the first and second letter pairs; for the UK, the code would be en_GB, whereas the en_US stands for the USA. If you are not familiar with the codes for your native language and country, then visit the GNU website. See Language Codes and Country Codes for the lists of codes.
    Please note, if you use the wrong naming convention WordPress can not process your translation.
  6. When saving your .po file, Poedit automatically creates a new .mo file, with the same naming convention. According to the example above, the file would be called pt_BR.mo.
  7. Upload the .po and .mo files you just created to the .../languages folder. Make sure these files are in the same directory as the default.pot one.

  8. Our theme is using ThemeREX Addons plug-in, so some translation should be done in language files of this plugin in this directory: wp-content\plugins\trx_addons\languages. There you will see trx_addons.pot file. Please, generate .po and .mo files according to your language, the file names should look like this: trx_addons-fr_FR.po and trx_addons-fr_FR.mo.

IMPORTANT! Make sure that the language of your files is the same as in your WordPress admin panel - Settings - General Settings.

In case you still have questions on how to use Poedit, please check the following resources:

Sources and Credits

In this section you can find additional information regarding fonts and clipart (.psd files) used in this theme.

  • Fonts:

    • Please check the style.css file for more detailed information on this matter.

  • Clipart:

    • Images were taken from here.

IMPORTANT! Please be aware that all clipart images included in this theme are copyrighted to their respective owners and are not available for download with this theme. Clipart images can not be used without express permission from the owner and/or need to be purchased separately.

We can provide you with the list of image ids used in the theme, just contact our support team.

Website Customization

Custom Websites are usually the most important part of an online marketing campaign. A properly built custom website can help you get the most results from your marketing efforts. Our team can do it for you.

Please, find some of our offers below:


You can check the full list of offers here.

Troubleshooting

We are happy that you are one of our customers and we assure you won't be disappointed. If you come up with any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, feel free to post them on our support message board at https://themerex.net/support/.

We are open from 10am to 7pm (CET), from Monday till Friday.

PLEASE NOTE! Our support policy covers trouble using any theme related features. Unfortunately, we cannot provide support for installation, any kind of customizations or 3rd party plugins. You also need to have a valid purchase code to request an assistance from our support team.

How to find a purchase key (check the screenshot):

  • Log in to your ThemeForest account.
  • Click on the "Downloads" tab.
  • Find our theme in the products list.
  • Click the "Download" button and select "License certificate & purchase code" in the drop down menu.