Tower WordPress Theme

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INTRODUCTION


We would like to thank you for purchasing Tower! We are sure that you have made an excellent choice in selecting it. You also have agreed that this item is unique among tons of Premium WordPress themes. Before getting started, please make sure that you always check out our Tower WordPress Theme documentation files. We offer all kinds of useful information that you need to use for your purchased item. Besides, Knowledgebase, Articles, Forum Search in our Free support center are available for you to fully satisfy your questions. Thank you, we hope you enjoy our theme. Tower can only be used with WordPress and we assume that you already have WordPress installed and ready to go. If you do not, please follow the below WordPress information section to see our section on WordPress to help you get started.

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

To use Tower, your server must be running WordPress 4.3 or higher, PHP5.5 or higher, and mysql 5 or higher. Below is a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.

THEME INSTALLATION


To install Tower you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. Make sure your installed Wordpress version is 4.3 or higher. You also need to have PHP 5.5 or higher versions and MySQL 5.0 to function correctly. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex

When you purchase Tower, you need to download our theme package on from Themeforest.

Extract our full package, then you will see all the files and folders, including 02 .zip files and 03 folders. Below is a full list of everything that is included when you download our theme, along with a short description of each item.

  • Tower.zip - This is the theme file you need to add to install theme
  • Tower-child.zip - The child theme just for users who want to make code changes
  • Plugins folder - Contains the necessary plugins used for Tower theme
    1. K2T-shortcodes.zip - A plugin which includes all shortcodes for theme which helps you build your own pages
    2. js_composer.zip - Visual Composer - the most popular page builder for WordPress
    3. Advanced-custom-fields-pro.zip - A graphic user interface layer for custom fields
    4. K2T-portfolio.zip - Allows you to create portfolio to show your works
    5. Revslider.zip - The Revolution Slider which creates beautiful image sliders for your site
  • Documentation folder - Contains the document providing you with basic guides to use Tower theme
  • Sample-Data folder - Contains 01 .xml file and 01 .zip file.
    1. Tower.wordpress.xml - Includes all dummy data
    2. Home2-Tower.zip - Includes Revolution slider setting data of Homepage 2

Following some steps below, you can completely install Tower in few minutes.

1. Are You Sure You Want To Do This?

If you get the “Are You Sure You Want To Do This” message when installing Tower via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. Install Tower via FTP if this happens, or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.

2. Upload size limit

If you get this message when you install our theme on localhost, here is a solution for you:

INSTALL DEMO DATA


This is the second way for you to import our demo content. Continue reading below to learn how to manually import demo content.

Check The Following Plugins Before Import

  • Visual Composer: The most popular page builder for WordPress

  • Advanced Custom Fields Pro: A graphic user interface layer for custom fields

  • K shortcodes: A plugin which includes all shortcodes for theme which helps you build your own pages

  • K2T Portfolio: A plugin which helps you create portfolio to show your works

  • That are required plugins to use this theme, besides there are some recommended plugins including Contact Form 7, Instagram Feed, WooCommerce and YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

How to Install Plugins

Once you activate Tower, you will see a notification message to install and activate the required and recommended plugins

  • Step 1: Click to Begin installing plugins

  • Step 2: Select All the plugin >>> Install, then click to Apply

  • Step 3: Click to Activate to enable the plugins you want to use

Where To Find Demo Files

But before moving straight to the point, there are some notes worth checking:

  • Make sure you have installed all recommended plugins before importing sample data.
  • In /Sample Data/ folder of our package, you can find 01 .xlm file which are:
    1. Tower.wordpress.xml All Data - sample demo data of some pages from our demo.
    2. Home2-Tower.zip Revolution Slider Settings of Homepage 2
  • The import process may take several minutes due to large data and your server capacity. If your server setting "Max Execution Time" is too low, increase it (as your hosting provider). Please do not close the browser until it finishes. If it fails, you can run this process again until seeing the "Success Message".
    Demo Images are not installed due to some copyrighted licenses
  • If you have to run the process more than once, menu items may be duplicated. Just go to Appearance > Menus and edit/delete Menu items
  • Feature images are not imported (We use licensed photos on our demo page). Instead you will see placeholder images.

How To Import XML Files

To install sample data, please following these steps below:

  • Step 0 - Make sure you have installed Tower theme and all required & recommended plugins

  • Step 1 - Go to Tools >>> Import, then click to "WordPress" and wait until installation is finished

  • Step 2 - If it is not yet installed before, you have to install it by clicking on Install Now
  • Step 3 - After installed successfully, click on Activate Plugin & Run Importer
  • Step 4 - When the installation is done, go ahead and click to "Choose File" button and import Tower-wordpress-import.xml file. Don't cancel the importing process
  • Step 5 - When you see the message "All done. Have fun!", you will know that the import process is done. Note: you may need to re-import the second time if the data is large.

  • And now you finished!

  • Step 6 - Done, then you have to set Homepage, Menu, Widgets for your site

NOTE: You can get the .xml file by going to Tools >> Export >> Choose file and click "Download Export File". In the screenshot above, we have exported all content demo data. Then we got the file named "content-export.xml"

How To Import Revolution Slider

To install revolution slider, please following these steps below:

  • Step 1: First, go to Revolution Slider >> Import Slider
  • Step 2: Choose .zip file to upload and import. Click "Import Slider" to finish!

  • Step 3: In case you want to export slider from a website, you can go to Revolution Slider. And then hover to the slide that you might want to export data. Click to the down arrow sign >> Export Slider

HOW TO


This is necessary steps for you to setup your site

1. How To Add A New Post

To create a new post, you follow the below steps:

2. How To Add A Gallery Post

To create a gallery post, you follow the below steps:

3. How To Add A Video Post

To create a video post, you follow the below steps:

4. How To Add An Audio Post

To create an audio post, you follow the below steps:

5. How To Add A Quote Post

To create an quote post, you follow the below steps:

1. How To Create A Blog Page

2. How To Setup Blog Category Page

To setup for your blog page, please go to Theme Options and follow the below steps. All the changes that have been made in this 'Blog' section of Theme Options will effect the entire website. That means if you make any adjustments in a certain page, it will overwrite options in Theme Options.

To create a homepage, please follow the below steps:

Sample Codes For Homepages

Here we provide you 04 demo pages, each comes with different style and purpose:

Below is an example of WordPress theme with direct instruction for every section. This captures some main components in contributing a web page:

Our item comes with flexible off-canvas sidebar which can be customized in theme options. See our following guideline to be clear how to add and change it. Off-Canvas sidebar is sidebar that can slide in and slide out of the page from both the left and the right to show all widgets in front-end page. We will instruct you how to add and customize the flexible sidebar from scratch.

To install revolution slider, please following these steps below:

Tower supports you with 05 header styles. Below, we will guide you how to setup each header section. Please follow step by step:

HOW TO SET UP HEADER STYLE IN THEME OPTIONS

All the changes that have been made in this 'Header' section of Theme Options will effect the entire website. That means if you make any adjustments in a certain page, it will overwrite options in Theme Options.

HOW TO SET UP HEADER STYLE IN PAGE OPTIONS

To select header style for a specific page, you go to the back-end of that page, then scrolling to Page options, there will have Header style section for you to select. Follow the below steps to know more details:

1. Header Style 1

Front-end setttings

To setup the top header, follow the steps below:

2. Header Style 2

Front-end setttings

To setup the top header, follow the steps below:

3. Header Style 3

Front-end setttings

To setup the top header, follow the steps below:

4. Header Style 4

Front-end setttings

To setup the top header, follow the steps below:

5. Header Style 5

Front-end setttings

You can enable the bottom header section or not, it depends on your demands. You can refer the above sections and do the same with the bottom header section

6. Sticky Header

Sticky menu on middle header

To use sticky header, you follow the below steps:

7. Fullwidth Header

Header Fullwidth setttings

To use fullwidth header, you follow the below steps:

8. Header Settings

Header Settings

You can set up background color, image, opacity, custom css in each of header section (top, middle or bottom), follow the below steps:

Tower allows you to create unlimited number of sidebars. You can set each page with a different sidebar of your choice. Follow the next step to learn how to set up your sidebar