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 or you can watch the Instructional Video created by Woo Themes. Below are all the useful links for WordPress information.
To use Arrow, you must be running WordPress 3.8 or higher, PHP5 or higher, and mysql 5 or higher. We have tested it with Mac, Windows and Linux. Below are a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.
- Check to ensure that your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
- Always make sure they are running the latest version of WordPress
- You can download the latest release of WordPress from official WordPress website
- Always create secure passwords FTP and Database
Hosting is more secure when PHP applications, like WordPress, are run using your account’s username instead of the server’s default shared username (www or www-data). The most common way for hosting companies to do this is using suPHP. Just ask your potential host if they run suPHP or something similar.
We recommend using WpEngine.com or
A Small Orange for all your hosting needs.
When you purchase our theme from Themeforest, you need to download the Arrow files from your Themeforest account. Navigate to your downloads tab on Themeforest and find Arrow. Click the download button to see the two options. The Main Files contain everything, the Installable WordPress Theme is just the installable WordPress theme file. Below is a full list of everything that is included when you download the main files, along with a brief description of each item.
- Arrow Theme Folder – contains the Arrow.zip and Arrow-child.zip wordpress theme. The child theme is only for users who make code changes.
All of our items come with free support, and we have a dedicated support forum to handle your requests. Support is limited to questions regarding the theme’s features or problems with the theme. We are not able to provide support for code customizations or third-party plugins. If you need help with anything other than minor customizations of your theme then you should enlist the help of a developer.
For free support, follow the steps or watch our video tutorial below.
Step 1 – Click Here To Create An Account, you will need your Themeforest Purchase Code What’s a Themeforest purchase code?
Step 2 – You need to enter your Themeforest Purchase Code, e-mail and a password. Your forum username will be the same username that purchased the theme on Themeforest.
Step 3 – Once you are signed up, you then need to sign into the forum with your new account and you can start using the forum.
You can install the theme in two ways: through WordPress, or via FTP. The Arrow.zip file is the Installable WordPress Theme and what you need to use to get the theme installed. Please see the following sections for each method and watch our video tutorial on how to install Arrow. But first, you need to download the Arrow files from your Themeforest account. Navigate to your downloads tab on Themeforest and find Arrow. Click the download button to see the two options. The Main Files and the Installable WordPress Theme. See below.
Downloading The Main Files Gives You All The Content Listed Below
- Arrow Theme Folder – contains the Arrow.zip and Arrow-child.zip wordpress theme. The child theme is only for users who make code changes.
Downloading The Installalable WordPress Theme Only Gives You The Arrow.zip File
- Arrow.zip – this is the parent wordpress theme, install this via WordPress. If you install it via FTP then unzip it first and use the extracted folder.
Follow the steps below to install via WordPress.
Step 1 – Navigate to Appearance > Themes.
Step 2 – Click Install Themes and hit the upload button.
Step 3 – Navigate to find the “Arrow.zip” file on your computer and click “Install Now”
Step 4 – Wait while the theme is uploaded and installed.
Step 5 – Activate the newly installed theme. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate it.
Step 6 – Then you will get a notification to activate the required plugins: Revolution Slider, Aqua Page Builder, Contact Form 7. Follow the steps to instal and activate. The other plugins we include are integrated into the theme and all will be ready to use when you right away.
Common Install Error: Are You Sure You Want To Do This?
If you get the “Are You Sure You Want To Do This” message when installing Arrow.zip file via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. Install the theme via FTP if this happens, or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.
Arrow is constantly being updated with new features and adjustments. You can always view the most recent update information in the change log in the changelog.txt file inside the theme zip file. You can also view the full change log below.
Arrow Change Log
When you first install any wordpress theme, it will not contain all the extra content that you might of seen in the live demo. There are two ways you can import the Arrow Demo Content. Usually you have to import an XML file which can be troublesome. We’ve made it easier by creating a Theme Options Demo Content Importer.
Method 1: Import All Demo Content – Now users can quickly and easily import our demo content with one click of the button. This is the preferred method because its the fastest and easiest way to get our demo content. Using this method will give you all our pages and posts, several sample sliders of each slider type, widgets, theme option settings and more. If you wish to use our Theme Options Demo Content Importer, please see the “How To Import All Demo Content” section in our documentation.
Method 2: Import Theme Option
Method 3: Import file zip Revolution Slider
Please Note Some Important Items About The Demo Content
- Images – Our demo images are not included because those are license stock photos that are not allowed to be shared. Instead we include other images in their place
If would you like to use your site like my demo, you should import options for Theme options and WordPress posts / pages/ Portfolio/ etc. We have include 2 import files of Arrow theme.
- WordPress import file - arrow_package >> data_export >> sample_data.xml
- Theme options import file - arrow_package >> data_export >> theme_option_arrow.txt
- Revolution Slider import file - arrow_package >> data_export >> Revolution Slider >> home_slider.zip, home_boxes.zip
Step 1 – Install and activate these plugins before you proceed: Visual Composer,Mega Main Menu,Revolution Slider, WooCommerce, YITH WooCommerce Wishlist, YITH WooCommerce Compare, woocommerce new product badge, Newsletter and Contact Form 7
WordPress import file : Please go to wp admin >> tools >> import >> click WordPress. Then install recommended plugin and import dummy_contnent >> data_export >> sample_data.xml file.
View Gallery Step WordPress import file.
More has the ability for you to make a one page site with a parallax scrolling menu. Most sites are traditionally setup with individual pages, each page with its own content. A one page site allows you to put all the content on one page, and the menu items will link to each different section of the page. Think of it as a full site but all on one page. A parallax one page site requires you to have a custom menu, a page with menu_anchors in the content and the custom menu assigned to the page. Please read below for information on how to set this up.
First Create A Custom Menu For Your Pages
Step 1 – Navigate to Appearance > Menus section of your admin and click “Create A New Menu” link and assign it a name.
Step 2 – Each menu item you add needs a unique anchor name in the URL field. These names act as anchors, and will link to the corresponding anchor name in your page content. Use the “Links” box on the left hand side to add menu items. In the “URL” field type the anchor of your section, ex: www.yoursite.com/#about or #about and then assign a name to the menu item. Click the “Add to Menu” button.
Step 3 – Repeat step 2 for each menu item, giving each a unique www.yoursite.com/#name or #name.
Step 4 – Once you have added your menu items, be sure to click the “Save” button.
To Create The Blog Page, Follow The Steps Below.
Step 1 – Create a new page and give it any name you wish.
Step 2 – In the Page Attributes box on the right hand side, set the Template to Blog
Step 3 – Insert your Teplate Page Builder into the content.
Setting up your home page is the same as setting up any other regular pages except that you need to specify in the settings which page will be your main home page. Arrow includes several pre-designed home page options. Any of the layout options you see on our demo can be imported through our demo content importer, or from copying the individual page content from our docs in the “How To Import Individual Pages” section. However, you are not stuck with our pre-designed layouts, you can build any type of home page you desire using our Page Builder elements. You can mix and match anyway you like.
To Set Your Home Page, Follow These Steps
Step 1 – Navigate to Settings > Reading.
Step 2 – Select “A Static Page” option.
Step 3 – Choose the page you want as your home page from the dropdown list.
Step 4 – This is also the same spot you select the Blog page as the post page.
No matter which method or methods you use to display your blog posts, the first thing you need to do is create the blog posts. Arrow offers several blog post types, image, image slideshows, video and more on Arrow. Each blog post you make will be able to be displayed using any of the 3 methods described above. And with the ability to assign custom categories to each post, you can easily display a set of posts based on category. See below for information on how to create blog posts.
Follow the Steps Below To Create A Blog Post and Portfolio Single
Step 1 – Navigate to Posts in your WordPress admin.
Step 2 – Click on Add New to make a new post. Create a title and insert your post content in the editing field. You can use any of our short code builder elements inside the post.
Step 3 – Add Categories from the right side. To assign it to the post, check the box next to the Category name.
Step 4 – Add Tags from the right side. Type the name of the tag in the field, separate multiple tags with commas.
Step 5 – For a single image, click the first Featured Image Box, select an image and click “Set Featured Image”.
Step 6 – For a slideshow, insert more than one Gallery, each image will be a slide in the slideshow.
Step 7 – For a video post, paste the Link from either Youtube or Vimeo into the Video Link Code field.
Step 8 – For a audio post, paste the Link audio Soundcloud into the Audio Code field.
Step 9 – Once you are finished, click Publish to save the post.
Here Is A Screenshot That Shows The Various Areas Of The Blog Post Page Described Above.
WPML consists of several modules. The basic module turns WordPress sites multilingual. Other modules help with an enhanced translation process, string translation, media translation and other functions.
You can learn about the different modules in the WPML Core and Addons page.
After you enable WPML, you’ll see a Multilingual Widget in the Admin Dashboard. This widget provides access to the different functions in WPML. You can also access them through the WPML menu.
- Languages – Determine the site’s languages and control how different language contents are organized.
- Theme and plugins localization – Choose between the traditional .mo files or using WPML’s String Translation.
- Navigation – Control the appearance of site-wide navigation based on WordPress pages.
- Sticky links – This is an essential function for running full websites with WordPress. It guarantees that links between pages can never break.
Translating Site Content
WPML creates different posts, pages and custom types for translations and connects them together. This means that every page has its own title, body and meta-fields.
WPML offers two ways for translating content:
- Manually, by clicking on the + icons
- Using WPML’s Translation Management module
Translation Dashboard
Learn how to translate posts, pages and custom data types in - translating your content. You can also translate post categories and custom taxonomies.
Most WordPress sites contain texts outside of posts. WPML translates these texts using the String Translation module.
To display image galleries in translated content, you should use WPML Media. It will allow you to connect the same media files to content in different languages.
Advanced Translation
Once you’ve translated the site’s content and general strings, you might be interested in translating the site’s navigation and using localized permalinks.
Learn more about:
Portfolio Settings
Field: Link portfolio to home page: