Consal - Corporate business agency wordpress theme Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Consal - Corporate business agency wordpress theme! In this document you will find information on how to install, manage and update your theme, as well as create content, install plugins, import Demo data etc. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to contact us via Support link. We will do our best to answer you in shortest of time.

Note: All images are just used for Preview Purpose Only. They are not part of the theme and NOT included in the final purchase files.

Need Support?

We are always happy to help and we value our customers. All our files come with User Manual prepared specifically for each product – these help files are located inside your download packages.

Support for our items includes:

Responding to questions or problems regarding the item and its features
Fixing bugs and reported issues
Providing updates to ensure compatibility with new software versions

Item support does not include:

Customization and installation services
Support for third party software and plugins

Support requests are processed on business days from 8:00 to 20:00 (GMT + 5.30 ) within 24hrs (usually less) in the order they were received. Support request sent during weekends/holidays will be processed on Monday or the next business day.

If you have any questions regarding to theme issues, please send us support request here.

You Need Installation or Customization Services?

If you need help Installation, Website/Theme Customization or Development, Add Specific Functionality, Back-end Custom Work, Front-end Custom Work, Custom Theme/Plugin Development, Theme & Plugin Updates and Testing & Bug Fixing, Please send us request HERE with your requirement. Our expert technical team will help you with some fees.

WordPress Information

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex. Below are all the useful links for WordPress information.

[WordPress Codex] - General info about WordPress and how to install on your server.
[First Steps With WordPress] - General info about multiple topics about WordPress.
[FAQ New To WordPress] - The most popular FAQ’s regarding WordPress.

Recommended PHP Configuration Limits

Many issues that you may run into such as; white screen, demo content fails when importing, empty page content, max execution time error, memory limit error, upload max filesize error and other similar issues are all related to low PHP configuration limits. The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own, or contact your web host and ask them to increase those limits to a minimum as follows:

max_execution_time = 600
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 32M
upload_max_filesize = 32M
max_input_time = 300

Download Theme Package

To download, you need to log into your ThemeForest account and go to your download page. Locate the theme that you purchased in your Downloads list and click on the Download button

All files & documentation : contains documentation, licenses, theme package, child theme package etc. So if you select this option, you need to extract the downloaded package and install the theme package inside.
Installation WordPress file only : contains only the theme package
License certificate & purchase code (PDF) : contains only the theme package
License certificate & purchase code (text) : contains your license information in a text file

Theme Installation

After you download the package from ThemeForest, please unzip it. You'll see a file called consal.zip, which is the main file needed to upload and install.

The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:

Install via WordPress
Install via FTP

1) Install via WordPress

Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Navigate to Appearance > Themes
Click Add New button on top of the page.

Then click Upload Theme

Browse to the consal.zip file and click Install now for the theme to be uploaded and installed.

After done installing, click Activate the theme

2) Install via FTP

Using an FTP client (like FileZilla), connect to your server/hosting and navigate to your WordPress installation.
Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ folder and upload the theme folder there (you need to unzip the theme consal.zip package first).
Locate your WordPress installation and upload the theme directory consal (you unzipped in the previous step) into ../wp-content/themes/ in your WordPress installation.
Log in to your WP Admin Dashboard and go to Appearance > Themes
You will now see Consal listed among the other themes. Just activate it!

After installing and activate the Consal theme, you'll see a notification in the top of the page that says the theme needs some plugins to function properly.Please, follow the steps below to install required plugins.

Click on the Begin activating plugins links Or Go to Appearance > Install Plugins.

Select all plugins that you wish to install (Selecting all of them is recommended).
Change Bulk Actions drop down to Install then click Apply in order to install the selected Plugins.

After all plugin Installed then click on below Return to Required Plugins Installer link.

Select again all plugins and Change Bulk Actions drop to Active then click Apply order to active the selected plugins..

Import Demo Content

Login to your WordPress dashboard.
Go to Appearance > Demo Import.
Choose demo as you want to import.

Translation Theme

The easiest way to translate our theme and plugin in your language is by using the Loco Translate WordPress plugin. To use loco translate plugin, please see the steps below:

Notice: If you translate complete our theme in your language, You must be need to translate our theme(Consal) and our theme's plugin(Consal Extensions)

1) Translate Theme(Consal)

Install Loco Translate WordPress plugin.
Go to Loco Translate > Themes and click consal theme.
Click New Language link.
Choose your language and choose a location is in languages/themes/. We recommend you don’t choose a location is in themes/consal/languages/, because after you update the theme all your custom files will be lost.
Click Source Text and enter the text you want to translate in French translation.
Click Save button.
Note: To update your language file when you updated the theme, you only click Sync button.

2) Translate plugin(Consal Core)

Install Loco Translate WordPress plugin.
Go to Loco Translate > plugin and click consal-core.
Click New Language link.
Choose your language and choose a location is in languages/themes/. We recommend you don’t choose a location is in themes/consal/languages/, because after you update the theme all your custom files will be lost.
Click Source Text and enter the text you want to translate in French translation.
Click Save button.
Note: To update your language file when you updated the theme, you only click Sync button.

3) Use WPML with Consal

Consal theme is fully compatible with WPML plugin, the most famous plugin for building multilingual websites. Below you will find documentation for using WPML plugin with consal. If you’ve purchased WPML and have any questions or issues, please check the links below.

WPML Plugin - The highly recommended plugin to manage multi-lingual sites
WPML Forum Support - If you bought WPML then you get free support from their amazing team
Translating Widgets -Tutorial recommended by wpml team for translating widgets

Translate With WPML

Consal theme fully compatible with WPML plugin. WPML makes it easy to translate your whole site in minutes.You can automatically translate your entire site using the Translate Everything mode. With this setting, WPML will automatically translate your content as you publish or update it. Translations can then be reviewed on the front-end and edited by the user (or local translator) if needed.

Installing WPML

The first time you use WPML, you can manually install it using the OTGS Installer plugin. This also allows you to register WPML so you can receive automated updates to future versions.

Learn more : WPML installation guide

Please install following WPML components.

WPML Multilingual CMS
String Translation
Translation Management
Media Translation
WooCommerce Multilingual

WPML Setup Wizard

When you first activate WPML a setup wizard will help you specify the essential settings you need to prepare your site for multilingual content.

Follow the wizard to:

Choose your site’s languages
Choose your URL format
Register WPML
Choose your translation mode (see the next section for more details)

Translation Mode Options in WPML

You have two options for translating your site: Translate Everything or Translate Some. The WPML setup wizard will try to choose the best option for you depending on how much content is on your site.

Translate Everything

When you select the Translate Everything mode, it automatically translates all your site’s content in minutes.

This feature works for the following types of content:

Pages
Posts
Taxonomy terms that are assigned to posts or pages
WooCommerce products
And also work with custom post types, custom taxonomies

Learn More: WPML’s automatic translation. options.

Translate Some

If you don’t want to translate your whole site or would prefer to hire translators to work on your site, this option gives you more control over what you translate and who will translate it.

After selecting this translation mode, go to the WPML => Translation Management page and select content to translate.

Translating Yourself

If you want to translate your site your self, Then you can translate your posts and pages by clicking the plus and pencil icons.

When you or a local translator click to translate the content, you’re taken to WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor. It’s a professional-grade translation tool with features like one-click automatic translation, glossary, spell-checker, and more.

Learn more: About WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor.

Updating the theme

If you updating Consal theme, Please following below step and update Consal theme and this step is very easy and simple:

Notice:After updating the theme, Your content will not be lost. However, any customizations to the theme’s core files, such as PHP files, language files will be lost. So you need to the child theme to customize the theme and backup the language file if you translated the theme.

1) Theme Update Automatically

You can update the theme automatically by following this link-- https://envato.com/market-plugin/

2.Manual Update Via WordPress

First Download Latest Installable theme from here.
Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Go to Appearance > Themes
Click Add New button on top of the page.
Then click Upload Theme
Upload the file you’ve downloaded from ThemeForest in step 1 and click Install Now
After done installing, click Replace current with uploaded button
That's It.

3.Manual Update Via FTP

First Download Latest Installable theme from here Then extract it to your computer..
Access your server via FTP or SFTP
Browse to wp-content/themes/
Delete the current theme folder (folder "consal") then upload the new one downloaded in step 1. (Don't forgot to upload unzip folder.)

Plugin Update

You can update plugin like 'Slider Revolution' and others by following these steps--:

Notice: If you translated plugins and the language files are in plugins/your-plugin-name/languages/ (For example, plugins/consal-code/languages), you need to upload them to wp-content/languages/plugins/. If not, after updating plugins, your translated language files will be lost.

Login to your wp-admin
Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
Now, delete those plugins which you want to update. For example, if you want to update 'Slider Revolution' plugins, then delete those plugins first.
After deleting, you will get a notice to install those plugins again.

Now install and activate those plugins. After installing, plugins will be updated automatically.

Child Theme

A WordPress child theme allows you to apply custom code changes to your site. Using a child theme ensures that all your customizations will not be overwritten even when you update the parent theme.

Consal is fully child theme compatible. We have attached a basic child theme(consal-child.zip) to the download package which contains the minimum of required files. If you are planing any code customizations we highly recommend to do this inside the child theme! Learn more about child themes here.

1) What is a Child Theme?

A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme. Child themes are the recommended way of modifying an existing theme. Child themes allow you to modify or add to the functionality of the existing parent theme.

2) Why use a Child Theme?

Always use a Child Theme when modifying any theme files. This way you make sure a theme update will not wipe out any changes you have made to the files.

There are a few reasons why you would want to use a child theme: If you modify a theme directly and it is updated, then your modifications may be lost. By using a child theme you will ensure that your modifications are preserved.

Speed Optimization

What can make your site slower?

1. Plugins:

When you have a number of plugins active on your site, it can slow down your site. Deactivate all the plugins except the ones included within the theme and clear the browser cache. Then, you can activate your plugins one by one and check to see which plugin is slowing your site.

2. Images:

Images are a key factor in optimizing a website. It is important to optimize your images for your website. Images with large size can slow down your site. Do not upload images in large size. For instance, if your weblog is created by images with the size 800*600, you should upload an image with the same size and not bigger.

3. Host:

Your host or sever can be a reason of your site low speed. If you are using VPS for your hosting, it can be because of bad configurations and low resources. If you are using shared hosting, you need to contact your host provider in this regard so they can check it.

4. JS and CSS Files:

You should use a cache plugin. These plugins minify your files and combine them and stores a version of the file in cache in order to reduce your server requests and as a result, it will boost your site speed.

How To Improve Site Speed ?

1. Image Optimize:

You can compress images from CompressJPEG/TinyPNG website. Visit https://compressjpeg.com Or https://tinypng.com/ and compress all images before uploading them on your website. By this process, you can decrease your website loading time and provide your visitors, a better experience.

2 .htaccess Code For Better Website Speed:

If you familiar with .htaccess, you can go to the root foldef of your WordPress installation. Find .htaccess file and open it.Insert following code.

AddType application/x-font-woff .woff
AddType application/font-woff2 .woff2
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-woff
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/font-woff2
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype

# For Olders Browsers Which Can't Handle Compression
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
  BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</IfModule>

<ifModule mod_gzip.c>
  mod_gzip_on Yes
  mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
  mod_gzip_item_include file \.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$
  mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
  mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
  mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
  mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.* 
  mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
</ifModule>

## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-opentype "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 3 month"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Connection keep-alive
</ifModule>
<IfModule mod_header.c>
  # 3 Month
  <FilesMatch "\.(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=7257600"
  </FilesMatch>
  # 1 Week
  <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|pdf|txt)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800"
  </FilesMatch>
  # 10 Minutes
  <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600"
  </FilesMatch>
  # NONE
  <FilesMatch "\.(pl|php|cgi|spl)$">
    Header unset Cache-Control
    Header unset Expires
    Header unset Last-Modified
    FileETag None
    Header unset Pragma
  </FilesMatch>	
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

(Note: Please don't replace any code that already exists on the .htaccess file. It may have serious implications on your website.)

3. We recommend use follow plugins to boost your site performance..

WP Rocket
Autoptimize
WP Super Cache

Home Page Setting

Please go through the following points to learn how to set home page:

Login to your wp-admin
Navigate to "Settings > Reading".
Your homepage displays: Select a static page .
Homepage : Select home page from dropdown list.
Then Click on Save button

Create Page

Please go through the following points to learn how to create page:

Login to your wp-admin and navigate to page.
Go to add new page.
Enter page title
Upload feature image.
Select page meta options.
Select page layout.(Elementor Full Width, Full Page, Left Sidebar,Right Sidebar)
Click on publish button for publish page.

Page Title Background Image

Please go through the following points to learn how to set page title background image:

Login to your wp-admin.
Go to Page and edit page which you want to set/edit page title image .
Scroll down to the Page Info options
Use "Breadcrumb Background" options for Page Title Background Image
Use "Is it invisible breadcrumb?" options for off the Page Title Section
Use "Hide Breadcrumb Background Image" options for off the Page Title Background Image

Create Post

Please go through the following points to learn how to create post:

Login to your wp-admin and navigate to posts.
Go to add new post.
Enter post title.
Select post format.
Select post categories.
Insert post tag.
Upload post feature image.
Select post meta options.
Enter post experts.
Click on publish to publish post.

Sidebars

WordPress Widgets add content and features to your sidebars. In the Consal, you have following sidebars:

1. Theme's Sidebar

Blog sidebar - it is displayed on the blog, category, tag, post pages.
Shop Page Sidebar - it is displayed on the shop, product category, product tag pages.
Shop Filter Sidebar - It is special sidebar. It is display on shop pages.It's visible when Shop Top Filter options is enable in theme options.
Product Page Sidebar - It is display on single product page.
Footer Area 1 - It display on first column in footer area.
Footer Area 2 - It display on second column in footer area.
Footer Area 3 - It display on third column in footer area.
Footer Area 4 - It display on fourth column in footer area.
Footer Area 5 - It display on fifth column in footer area.

Add Widgets To Sidebar

Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Navigate Appearance > Widgets.

Widgets List

Consal comes with some custom widgets. See below list of widgets.

Site Logo Global Logo

Go Appearance >> Customize >> IT Customizer
Header Setting >> Header Logo
After Change Logo Click The Top Publish Button

Favicon Icon

To upload favicon icon, Please go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity. From there you can upload site favicon icon.

Footer Style

Footer Widgets

Content is added to your footer via widgets. Navigate to Appearance > Widgets from your WordPress admin panel. The widget area footer 1 display in 1st columns,footer 2 display in 2nd column, footer 3 display in 3rd column, footer 4 display in 4th column and footer 5 display in 5th column. To add a widget to one of the Footer widget areas, simply drag the desired widget to one of the Footer widget areas on the right.

Theme Options

Theme Options located in WP Dashboard → Consal → Theme Options includes all global options that affect your entire website. These options can be overwritten by page options of any custom page.