Classiads - WordPress Classified Ads Theme” Documentation by “Designinvento” v4.3


“Classiads - WordPress Classified Ads Theme”

Created: 15/05/2017
By: DesignInvento

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Hello! First of all I would like to thank you for purchasing my theme! :)

This file will teach you how to set up and use the “classiads” WordPress Theme.
This file is really extensive so you might think the theme is hard to use,
actually its not, you probably just might jump to the options page and explore everything yourself, this file is more of a reference work if you do not know what to do, or if you are not familiar to WordPress.

Have fun with your new theme! best regards
DesignInvento


Table of Contents

  1. Folder Structure
  2. Installation and setup (to get it like in our demo)
    1. Install theme
    2. Install plugins
    3. Plugins activation
    4. Import demo content
    5. Main menu
    6. Home page
    7. Layer slider
    8. Custome pages
    9. Category icon code,images,colors and map pins
    10. miscellaneous
    11. Locations
    12. Blog
    13. How to create an ad from Front end
    14. How to create an ad from Back end
    15. Edit profile page
  3. All over general settings
    1. General Settings
    2. Header Settings
    3. Ad detail page Settings
    4. Make new ad page Settings
    5. Footer Settings
    6. Google map
    7. Fonts
    8. Colors
    9. Social Links
    10. Custome Ads
    11. Twitter Api
    12. Curruncy Settings
    13. Payment Gateway
    14. Custom Code
  4. Classiads Notification settings
  5. Custome fields by category
  6. Make new or edit categories
  7. Pricing Plan
    1. Edit plan
    2. Make new plan
  8. Invoices
  9. Contact page
  10. Settings
  11. With social links login for customers
  12. How to add visual composer elements
  13. Settings with Visual Composer
    1. Map/Banner/Slider section
    2. Featured ads section
    3. Section title
    4. Category section
    5. Callout section
    6. Location section
    7. Classiads section ads tab
    8. Blog section
    9. Pricing plan section
    10. Partener section
    11. Page title
    12. Search style
    13. Classiads section login
    14. Classiads register section
    15. Classiads forget password section
    16. Classiads contact form

Folder Structure of classiads - top

The Theme is built with WordPress best practices in mind, therefore it makes heavy use of the WordPress template engine. What exactly does that mean?

Whenever you see a php function call like this within your php files (get_header(), get_footer() or get_sidebar() ) the theme retrieves a reusable code snippet, most of the time a chunk of code that is used in many different files.

Apart from the php structure the theme uses a lot of modern CSS3 features, most notably the power of media queries to serve different layouts for different viewport sizes. If you use a modern browser (IE9 +, Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and resize your browser window you will realize that the theme adapts its size to the viewport.

 


Installation - top

2.1 Install theme - top


Step #1

You can either choose to upload the theme to your server via ftp (only upload the unzipped folder „classiads“ into the folder wp-content/themes/ ) or via WordPress upload function. to use the upload function of the WordPress admin panel make sure to ONLY upload the “classiads” folder and not the whole archive file that you received by themesnap.

Step #2

Go to wordpress admin page > appearance > themes > add theme > upload theme > chose theme from classiads folder > classiads > install now > activate




Step #3

For classiads child theme Go to wordpress admin page > appearance > themes > add theme > upload theme > chose theme from classiads folder > classiads child theme > install now



2.2 Install plugins - top

After the theme activation you'll see an info box about installing some plugins: Plugins > Begin installing plugins


Select all plugins > install > apply.


2.3 Plugins activation - top

For plugin activation: Select all plugins > activate > apply.


To get all the features you see on our demo, make sure you'll install all of them.


2.4 Import demo content - top

Go to wordpress admin page > classiads options > theme setting > demo importer > click on import demo any one of demo you wants.

Remember: After import the demo you should set main menu and home page so your demo look like same our demo.

2.5 Setup Menu - top

After the importing demo content is done we have to setup the menu. Go to Dashboard -> Appearance -> Menus. Here Select Main Menu first from "Select a menu to edit:". After that select the menu location ( see 3 in picture ) and save the menu.



2.6 Classiads Home page Settings - top

Go to dashboard > settings > Readings.



2.7 Import LayerSlider content - top

Go to wordpress admin page > Layer slider wp > all slider > import slider > chose file ( from classiads folder > layer slider ) > import both slider one by one.




2.8 Setup classiads custom pages - top

Go to wordpress admin page > classiads options > theme settings > pages > set the links and save it.

Make sure you change the permalinks to something different than default. Otherwise it will not work. (Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks)

The pages are:

Login Page Url -> Login

Profile Page Url -> Profile

New Ad Page Url -> New Ad

Edit Ad Page Url -> Edit Ad

Featured Plans Page Url -> Pricing Plans

Make sure you delete the empty space after the link, otherwise it will not be saved.

2.9 Setup Categories icon and colour - top

Go to wordpress admin page > post > categories > click on main category and there you'll have custom field for category icon code, a color picker and an upload image for icon.


When you click on fontawesome for icon code a new page will be open click ane of icone then you can get code as below mensioned image.


2.10 Miscellaneous - top
Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading and there make the homepage statik page and select "Home"
That's it. Now the theme should look like our demo. Enjoy and dont't forget to rate it ( On your download page on ThemeForest ). Thank you!

2.11 Setup Locations Images - top
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2.12 How to add blog - top

Go to dashboard and there is a custom post type "Blog posts" add new blog posts as you want. Now make new page and selet page template from right side with name of "blog", This page will contain all blog listings.


2.13 How to create an ad from front end - top

Go to theme front end page click on + Make new ad button > type ad title > select category > select sub category > select price > select location > map location > disciptions > upload image and publish ad





2.14 How to create an ad from back end - top

Go to w-p dashboard > post > ad new post




2.15 Edit Profile page - top

Go to theme front end page > click on your profile name > edit profile




3.1 General settings- top

If you want to change general settings go to classiads options > theme setting > general settings here you will add the logo, favicon and google analitycs id, google map styles.




3.2 Header Settings - top

3.3 Ad details page - top


3.4 Make new ad page Settings - top


3.5 Footer Settings - top


3.6 Google map - top


3.7 Foonts - top


3.8 Colors - top


3.9 Social Links - top


3.10 Custome Ads - top


3.11 Twitter Api - top


3.12 Currency Settings - top


3.13 Payment Gateway - top


3.14 Custom Code - top


4 Classiads notification settings - top


5 Custome fields by category - top


6 Make new or edit categories - top


7 Pricing Plan - top


7.1 Edit Pricing Plan - top


To edit the plan please go to dashboard > Pricing Plans > Edit Price Plan > update it.




7.2 Make new price plantop

You can make unlimited number of plans go to dashboard > ad new plan > fill the form and published it




8 Invoicestop

You can make or edit invoice through below mentioned image. Go to dashboard > invoices> all invoices ( For edit invoice ) or add new invoice ( for new invoice )




9 Contact pagetop

For contact page please go to dashboard > contact > here you can check or make contact details




10 Settings top

Go to dashboard > Settings > here you can change the settings.




11 With social links login for customerstop

With social links login please go to settings > select one of the social link > nextend FB connect, nextend Google connect, nextend Twitter connect > see the instructions and fill the form then save it as below mentioned image




12 How to add visual composer elementstop

To set the visual composer element go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+" and select the classiads element as below mentioned image.





13.1 Map/Banner/Slider sectiontop

Go to dashboard > pages > all pages > ( If you want to edit old page like below image ) > edit the page thats you want to edit > and add element with the help of upper image and don't forget to click on update



For layer slider short codetop

For row settingstop




For row design optionstop



13.2 Featured ads section top

To set Featured ads section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+" and add the Featured ads section element.




Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.3 Section title top
To set the secion title go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of section title.

Note: Section title for the element will be remain in same row of this element.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.4 Category Sectiontop

To set the Category secion go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Category section.




Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.5 Callout Sectiontop

To set the Callout secion go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Callout section.




Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.6 Location Sectiontop

To set the Location secion go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Location section.




Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.7 Classiads section ads tabtop

To set the Classiad secion ads tab go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Classiads section ads.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.8 Blog sectiontop

To set the Blog section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Blog section.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.9 Pricing plan sectiontop

To set the Pricing plan section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Pricing plan section.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.10 Partner sectiontop

To set the Partner section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Partner section.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.11 Partner sectiontop

To set the Page title go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Page title.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.12 Search styletop

To set the Search style go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Search style.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.13 Classiads section logintop

To set the Classiads section login go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Classiads section login.





Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.14 Classiads register sectiontop

To set the Classiads register section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Classiads register section.





Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.15 Classiads forget password sectiontop

To set the Classiads forget password section go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Classiads forget password section.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top
13.16 Classiads contact formtop

To set the Classiads contact form go to w-p dashboar > Pages > add new page ( If you want to make new page ) > all pages ( If you want to edit old pages ) > select one of the page & edit it thats you want to edit > click on add element or the button of "+ and add the element of Classiads contact form.



Note: For row settings and design options please see the image 13.1 row settings and design options will be same as above image 13.1top

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist.

Designinvento

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