Overview

Terminus Documentation v1.0

Version: 1.0
Author: mad_velikorodnov.
Designed by: http://themeforest.net/user/mad_velikorodnov/

Install WordPress

If you haven't have a working version of WordPress, you need to install it first in order to install Terminus theme. You can find many instructions to install WordPress in WordPress Codex or the Instructional Video created by Woo Themes. Below are some helpful links for you about WordPress information.


1. Install Theme

1.1 Installation

- Requirements for Theme

You can click here to find out more about requirements of WordPress.

Below are three requirements for working version of WordPress, php, and mysql.

You also need to make sure that your host can comply with follow requirements. We recommend using WP Engine or Blue Host for all your hosting needs.

  1. Your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
  2. Your host are running the latest version of WordPress.
  3. You can download the latest release of WordPress from official WordPress website.
  4. Always create secure passwords for FTP and Database.

- Recommended PHP Configuration Limits

Low PHP configuration limits can cause many issues. When related issues occur, you need increase your PHP limits to a minimum as follows:


1.2 Theme Installation

- Install new theme manually via FTP Client

In order to add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download the zip package of Terminus theme in ThemeForest
  2. Unzip Terminus.zip package which you can find inside Theme files folder.
  3. Connect to your FTP server and navigate to the WordPress installation folder.
    4. Go to wp-content/themes/ and upload Terminus folder.

  4. Open WordPress admin panel (navigate through web browser to the folder where you have installed the WordPress e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/) and go Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar. Activate Terminus theme.


- Install Theme via WordPress Admin Panel

  1. Open WordPress admin panel (e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/) and go Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar and click "Add New" button.


  2. After that, click Upload Theme link and upload zip package of terminus theme(


  3. Once uploading theme is finished, it will install theme automatically.

    You can click Activate link or go to Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar to activate theme.

Once theme is installed, you need to install Required Plugins to get full working features.


1.3 Plugins Installation

After installing and activating the theme you will see the following message at the top of the page.

You should click Begin Installing plugins link in order to install needed plugins for Terminus theme.


You will be redirected to Install Required Plugins page, here you will find all of the theme required plugins. In order to install these plugins, you just need to check all of theme and select install then click apply.


The picture below will list some required plugins for Terminus.


When installation process is done, you can click Return to Required Plugins Installer and select active then check all plugins to active these plugin.

After finishing plugin install, you need to configure the plugins.


1.4 Plugin Configuration

- Visual Composer

Visual Composer for WordPress is drag and drop frontend and backend page builder plugin that will save you tons of time working on the site content. You will be able to take full control over your WordPress site, build any layout you can imagine – no programming knowledge required. Moreover, now you can choose either work on a backend or move your page building process to frontend and instantly see changes you make.

You can see here for more details.

 

- Woocommerce

WooCommerce is the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin. Packed full of features, perfectly integrated into your self-hosted WordPress website.

You can see here for more details and woocommerce documentation.

- Install Woocommerce Pages

You can see the following message after install woocommerce plugin and you should click Install Woocommerce Pages.

Important! If you want to import dummy data, you can skip to install woocommerce pages.

You can see "Shop", "Cart", "Checkout" and "My Account" pages in Pages on admin sidebar.

- Change Image Sizes

You can change the product image sizes in Woocommerce > Settings > Products > Display > Product Images on admin sidebar.



We used the following image sizes on our demo sites:

After change the image sizes, you should regenerate all the thumbnails using Regenerate Thumbnails plugins.

- Enable Registration on My Account

Please go to WooCommerce > Settings > Account > Registration Options and enable registration on the "My Account" page.


- terminus twitter Feed

This plugin used to get your twitter images based in your twitter User ID and Access token

In order to add User ID and access token of your twitter account, click Appearance > Twitter API in admin sidebar

Once Required Plugins are configured, you may be interested to install sample content as our demo sites. In the next section, we will guide you about demo installation.


1.5 Demo Installation

- Traditional Method

Click Theme options --> Import/Export option in the top of admin page or in admin sidebar to access Appearance-->Terminus.

In "Import/Expert" tab, you will find option for import demo.


- Import Dummy Content

Click Import in Import Dummy Content.

If the process of import demo is failed, we suggest you to increase max_execution_time in php.ini.


- Import Demo

After finishing process of importing widget, you should select demo. Please read the message.

- Alternative Method

Remember that your site database will reset entirely after using this method.

Please follow steps lised below to import demo.

- Step 1: Install and activate All-in-One WP Migration plugin to use this method.

- Step 2: Download Demo backup file.

- Step 3: Upload backup file to wp-content/ai1wm-backups folder.

- Step 4: Navigate to All-in-One WP Migration > Backups on admin sidebar

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- Step 5: Click Restore button and wait for few seconds. You will see success message after click continue.

- Step 6: Login to the site with account: Username: admin, Password: admin. After login with this account, you can change username and password back to your credentials.

- Step 7: If you want to change demo version, you should select demo in Theme Options > Import Demo > Import Demo on admin sidebar. Please read the message and click OK.


2. Build Your Site

2.1 Build Your Site (if you didn't make our demo import)

- Before Build Your Site

You need to configure WordPress and the plugins.

Please read carefully Theme Installation / Plugin Configuration before perform these follow configurations.

2.2 WP Configuration

- WordPress Configuration

You can adjust WordPress settings as follows:

2.3 Theme Options

Terminus provides several usefull options for you to explore. You can find all options after clicking Theme Options links in the top page or in the admin sidebar Appearance--> Terminus.


You can see Theme Options for more details.

2.4 Menu Setup

Terminus provides 2 areas of the theme where you can assign a menu.


- Add Menu

In order create new menus, you can navigate to Appearance > Menus in admin sidebar then click Create a new menu links. Give your new menu a name and click "Create Menu" button.

After that, you can select menu location for your menu in Menu Settings.

3. Theme Options

Terminus provides many options for you to customize your page effectively. These options are organized into logical tabbed sections which will be very easy for you to navigate. Because of the sizable amount of options, we cannot go over them in full detail here in our documentation. We encourage you to please take some time and navigate through each tab to see what we offer. Go to Theme Options on admin sidebar to access the setting options. See below for screenshots and short descriptions of Terminus Options panel.

3.1 Theme Options

There are 2 ways to access theme options.

1) Click Terminus links in the top of page.

2) Click Terminus in admin sidebar.


After that, you will see a logical tabbed sections including a lot of tabs for you to discover.


3.2 Theme Options

- In this tab, you can upload fav icon, logo image or write just text, adjust cookie control and 404 page, show or hide preloader.

- show or hide preloader.

 


3.3 Styling Options

You can change all global theme colors, header and footer colors.

- These option allow you to change style font for tag html h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 and custom css.

 


3.4 Header

You can choose one from 10 headers as default option. Be careful, because some headers are transparent and it looks good for image background pages. Read carefully our article https://velikorodnov.ticksy.com/article/4254/

- each header has own settings.

 

3.5 Page title

Page title is are after Header on subpages

- you have tons of option to adjust this area. You can use mono or color background, image or video, breadcrumbs or zoom out effect

 


3.6 Pages

- These option allow you to switch on/off anomations on pages, breadcrumbs and default sidebar

3.7 Sidebar

- These options affect your website's sidebar's positions.


3.8 Blog

- These options affect your website's posts and blog page. It allows you to customize your website's excerptions, social icons, archive pages, columns, etc.


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3.9 Portfolio

- These options give you several great options to customize Portfolio Archive Page and portfolio detail page

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3.10 Testimonials

- These options allow you to configure layout settings for Testimonial single page.


3.11 Team Members

- These options give you show or hide breadcrumbs on team members page.


3.12 Footer

Terminus gives you multiple selections for fppter rows and settings.


- insert your copyright.


3.13 Shop

- This tab contains several choices to change apperance of your product listing page, single products page, show/hide compare, wishlist

  1. - You can show/hide Breadcrumbs on shop pages, adjust shop view style, choose sidebar or switch on/off flip image effect


  2. - adjust title length, show or hide labels, quick view, compare and wishlist options


  3. -adjust single product, hide or show review tab and zoom effect on product detailed image


  4. - adjust columns on Shop page and apply footer from definite page on all woocommerce pages


3.14 Sitemap

- Here you can find list of shortcodes for Sitemap page.


3.15 Import/Export

- Here you can make import demo data.


4. Content Types

To use Terminus content type, please ensure that Terminus Custom Content Types and Taxonomies plugin, which allows you to create some custom post types, is already installed. If not, you can install this by following some steps below.

 


4.1 Post

- General Information

Terminus provides many options to present your blog posts, along with several different blog layouts. In addition there are numerous Theme Options and Blog VC Options. The Terminus blog is very powerful. The following sections will cover each of these aspects of the blog that are listed below.


- Creating / Editing Posts

Step 1 - Navigate to Posts in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 2 - Click on the Add New option to make a new post. Create a title, and insert your post content in the editing field.


Step 4 - Post it.


4.2 Lookbook

We have very cool post type Lookbook. You can post image and add markers with link on your woocommerce products


- Creating / Editing Posts

Step 1 - Navigate to Lookbooks in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 2 - Click on the Add New option to make a new post. Create a title, and insert your post content in the editing field.


Step 4 - Post it.


4.3 Members

Creating / Editing block

Step 1 - Navigate to Members in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 2 - Click on the Add New option to make a new content. Create a title, and insert your block content in the editing field.

Step 3 - If you need you can assign categories from the right side to post.


Step 4 - Post it.



4.4 Testimonials

- Creating / Editing portfolio

Step 1 - Navigate to Testimonials in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 2 - Click on the Add New option to make a new Testimonial. Create a title, and insert your Testimonial content in the editing field.


Step 3 - Post it.


4.5 Portfolio

- Creating / Editing team

Step 1 - Navigate to Portfolio in your WordPress admin. Click on the Add New option and enter all needed information for Portfolio such as title, and content in the editing field.



 


5. Visual Composer elements

Remember to install and activate Terminus Custom Content Types and Taxonomies plugin.

- How to add shortcodes using visual composer

You should enable visual composer editor.

You should select the element. If you click the following button, will be show the popup.



There are several content elements for you to choose.


- WooCommerce

Image below lists a lot of useful shortcodes of WooCommerce such as Cart, Product, Checkout and My Account.


- Terminus Shortcodes

In total, Terminus provides a lot of effective shortcodes for you. Besides some general settings for animations such as animation type, item delay and extra class, each shortcodes will contain their own options.

5.1 Terminus List Styles

This shortcodes will help you to show list. Type shortcode have to list and slide.

 



- Icon: choose the markers

- Text: Write lists

- Color: choose the icon color

 


Below is the screenshot of shortcode lists:

- Several styles

 

5.2 Terminus Team Members

It allows you to display item of Team Members.



This shortcode lets you:

- Title, font size and color

- Description

- Columns

- Order



You can write the category of Members.


Below is the screenshot of shortcode team Members:

- Team 2 columns

- Team 3 columns

5.3 Terminus Testimonials

Terminus provides this shortcode for you to display testimonials.



- Title, font size and color

- Style: there are 5 styles: Default, carousel, with big image, with one red line and with several red lines

- Icon library: select icon table.

- Columns: you can choose 1 column or 2 columns

- Count items: choose number of columns.

- Button: add the buttn to all testimonials page.

 



- Choose the category

- Order

 

 

Below is the screenshot of shortcode testimonials:

- See all styles.

 

 

 

 

5.4 Terminus Experience Element

This shortcode will display experience of team member.



- Title, font size and color

- Values: you can add experiences like you want

Below will be screenshot for layout of experience.

5.5 Terminus countdown

It helps you to create count down pages as coming soon page.



For this shortcode, you also can:

- Update title.

- Select the date.

- Set alignment.

Below will be screenshot for layout of Countdown.

5.6 Terminus Pie Chart

In this shortcode settings, you will see 2 options tab named general and typography.

- General: In this tab, there are several options for you such as enter tile, update font icon, color icon or use just text... counter value.




Below will be screenshot for layout of Carts.

5.7 Terminus blockquote

This shortcode show blockquote.



- Choose style.

- Write blockquote.

 

Below will be screenshot for Blockquotes.


Style 1:


Style 2:


Style 3:

5.8 Terminus Blog element

This shortocode show different blog elements.There are 4 layouts

Layout 1:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 1.

- If you need you can switch on carusel.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- You can animate this block

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.




Layout 2:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 2.

- If you need you can switch on carusel.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- You can animate this block

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.




Layout 3:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 3.

- If you need you can switch on The first big image option.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- You can animate this block

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.




Layout 4. We have 4 styles:

Big Thumbs:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 4.

- Choose Big thumbs style.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- You can animate this block

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.

Small Thumbs:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 4.

- Choose Small thumbs style.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- You can animate this block

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.



Grid style:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 4.

- Choose Grid style.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- Choose number of Columns

- You can animate this block

- If you want to make fullwidth layout you have to use ROW settings above

 

 

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.



Masonry style:



- Update Title, font color and size.

- Update description.

- Choose Layout 4.

- Choose Massonry style.

- Choose number of blog post output

- Choose categories and order

- Choose number of Columns

- You can animate this block

- If you want to make fullwidth layout you have to use ROW settings above

 

 

Below will be screenshot for layout of Blog.



5.9 Terminus Portfolio

This shortocode show different blog elements.There are 4 layouts

Grid/Classic/Carousel/Masonry Portfolio:



- Select layout Grid/Classic/Carousel/Masonry.

- Select spacing between works.

- Select zoom and link icons on the work or not.

- Choose filter or not. if you choose filter you can make Isotop filtering on the Page.

- Select columns.

- Number of items

- Pagination yes or no

- Choose categories

- and animation block

Below is the screenshot of shortcode Grid Portfolio:

 

Below is the screenshot of shortcode Classic Portfolio:

 

Below is the screenshot of shortcode Carousel Portfolio:

 

Below is the screenshot of shortcode Masonry Portfolio:

 

5.10 Terminus Blog Post Slider

Settings:



- Choose post numbers.

- Select the order and categories.

 

Blog Post Slider view

 

5.11 Terminus soundclound audio

This shortocode show different Product elements

See all settings:

 

 

 



- Write title, choose font size and color.

- Write description.

- Select grid or carusel type.

- Choose Product box view.

- Select columns.

- Number of items

- Filter yes or no. If you choose Yes you can choose categories for filtering

- Choose Order and which products you want to show

- Select categories

- and animation block

Below is the screenshot of 2 Product box types:

 

 

5.12 Terminus Lookbook

This shortocode show Lookbook elements settings

See all settings:

 

 



- Select grid or carusel type.

- Choose Product box view.

- Select columns.

- Number of items

- Pagination yes or no.

- Choose Order and which products you want to show

- Select categories

- and animation block

Below is the screenshot of Lookbook Page:

 

5.13 Terminus Counters

This shortocode show Lookbook elements settings

See all settings:

 



- Write title, choose font size and color.

- Add label and Value

- If you need you can add icon

 

Below is the screenshot of Counters Page:

6. Widgets

6.1 Terminus Advertizing area widget


6.2 Terminus Contact Us widget

6.3 Terminus Flickr feed widget

This widget helps you to filter products into a list all product.


6.4 Terminus Instagram widget

This widget helps you to show image flick in library image count flick.

6.5 Terminus Popular and Latest Posts widget

This widget helps you to show like page facebook.

6.6 Terminus Social links widget

This widget helps you to show post new about post.

6.7 Terminus Testimonials widget

This widget helps you to show video vimeo and video youtube.

6.8 WOOF - Woocommerce products filter widget

This widget helps you to show form search post.


7. Translation

Use WPML

WPML is the most popular plugin for multi language support. Below you will find documentation their team created for using WPML plugin. If you've purchased WPML and have any questions or issues, please check the links below.



8. Site Speed Up

We recommend using the WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache plugins.

Excluding pages from the cache

If using caching plugins, make sure you exclude the following pages from the cache through their respective settings panels:

These pages need to stay dynamic since they display information specific to the current customer.

9. Plugin's Documentation

We do not provide the support for 3rd party plugins and modules. In this case you will have to purchase a personal license on the plugin's/module's official website in order to get the help
Please read following documentations