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1. Why this documentation is very important?

We are sure that we have covered all the essential instructions needed to setup a nice theme as you see in our template’s live preview. We expect you to read this user guide before you open any support request (if you ask about things already present in this guide, you will be gently asked to read this again

2. If I need help, will you provide free support?

Yes, we have a dedicated support system where we offer free support. Our support is applicable only for issues and bugs within our product. We do NOT provide free customisation services in the scope of free support.

3. What kind of support are you providing?

We offer free support for our products where we can help you fix issues within our code (if any) and assist you on theme setup. Please note support is not applicable for third party jQuery plugins and GPL code components (because they are not created or maintained by us).

4. When can I expect a response from you?

Our team will be online during 10.00 to 17.00 on Monday – Friday (IST, India). For support request we usually make a response within 24 hours. Due to the complex nature of some queries, responses can’t be guaranteed a specific turn-around time, but we value each user and we will surely get back to you. In case if we experience heavy load of support tickets we will announce the status on Twitter.

5. If I need to customize this template will you offer it?

We are unable to provide free customisation services on our products. If you have great passion and considerable budget please open the request as a premium project, please email to: support@risingthemes.net We will get back to you via email.

6. How can I know about future updates and bug fixes?

We release updates regularly and we notify our users via Tweets as well as Email Newsletters (we do hate spam).

Theme Installation

1. Through WordPress Dashboard

• Go to the menu Appearance > Themes and click on Add New button.
• Click on Upload Theme button.
• Click on Browse button and navigate to the unzipped theme package on your computer.
• Look for a file called elevate-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
• Click on Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
• Click on Activate link to activate the theme on your WordPress site.
• Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Restore Default.

Manual Installation using FTP client

If you know the FTP login details of the server where your site is hosted and you have a FTP client installed (such as FileZilla), you might consider using this way of uploading your theme.

• Unzip the elevate-pro.zip file
• Upload theme to /wp-content/themes/
• Go to Appearance -> Themes and activate theme from Dashboard.

First you have to unzip the download file, find the zip file called percepriona-pro.zip, unzip it and upload the folder to the main WordPress installation folder » wp-content » themes. Please note that if you prefer this way of installation, you have to make sure that the main files of the theme are contained just within one folder of the themes folder.

You can activate the theme after it is uploaded on the server. In order to activate this theme you have to go to the admin panel » Appearance » Themes. In this section you should see the theme with a title elevate. Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.

Homepage Setup

After activating the elevate theme, setup homepage using following

• Go to Settings -> Reading -> Front page displays
• Click on radio button of Your latest posts
• Go to Appearance -> Theme Options and click on Restore Defaults in bottom side

Header Setting

The header consists of four main elements:

• Site Name / Logo
• Navigation Menu

1. Setting the Site Logo

The settings for to change the Site Logo is located in Appearance » Theme Options » Basic Setting

Setup Navigation

1. Multipage Menu

• First of all create pages from Pages >> Add new page
• Go to Appearance >> Menu
• Click on Create a new menu link
• Give a name to your menu in Menu name and click save menu button
• Once you have create menu. You need to add pages by selecting with checkboxes. After adding menu list you can arrange it by drag and drop.
• Select menu theme locations Primary Left Menu and Primary Right Menu from Menu Settings
• Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu

Primary Menu

Setup Homepage Slider

In order to add slides to homepage slider go to the Appearance » Theme Options » Homepage Slider

For each slide there are different options that you can apply.

• You can change Home Page Slider Hide/Show.
• You can change Slider Effects and Timing.
• You can change Slider Animation speed, pause time
• You can change Slider Hide/Show Direction Naviagtion of slider.
• You can change Slider Hide/Show pager of slider.
• You can change Slider Pause Slide on Hover.
• Slider images should be of size 1920 × 1000 pixels

If you don't want to use this default image slider, you can use any image slider WordPress plugin

• Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Homepage Slider
• Enter your slider shortcode which is provided by plugin without php tag

Sections

Section setting

Homepage Sections

The homepage contatins lots of section to create beautiful and professional website.

1. About The Club Section

• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 1
• Use this shortcode to display About The Club section :
• [row][column col="4"][features image_path="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/fea1.png" title="Corporate Events" link="#"]Creativity corporate events from concept and design, right through to production and management of the event itself.[/features][/column][column col="4"][features image_path="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/fea2.png" title="Birthday Parties" link="#"]Creativity corporate events from concept and design, right through to production and management of the event itself.[/features][/column][column col="4"][features image_path="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/fea3.png" title="Branded Events" link="#"]Creativity corporate events from concept and design, right through to production and management of the event itself.[/features][/column][/row]

2. Live Stream Section

• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 2
• Use this shortcode to display Live Stream section :
• [live_stream image_path="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/live-stream-img.jpg" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Azec9bVRXN8"]

3. Weekend Hosts Team

This section is used to display Weekend Hosts Team

• First of all create new posts from Our Team -> Add New
• To manage this Team section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 3
• Use this shortcode to display Our Team in Grid View: [our-team type="grid" show="-1" column="2/3/4"]
• Use this shortcode to display Our Team in Slider View: [our-team type="slider" show="-1"]

4. Counter

• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 4
• Use this shortcode to display Counter :
• [row][column col="3"][counter title="Amazing Light" highlight_title="Show" title_color="#ffffff" highlight_title_color="#ffa646" count="27" num_color="#ffffff"][/counter][/column][column col="3"][counter title="Popular" highlight_title="DJs" title_color="#ffffff" highlight_title_color="#ffa646" count="54" num_color="#ffffff"][/counter][/column][column col="3"][counter title="Dance" highlight_title="Floor" title_color="#ffffff" highlight_title_color="#ffa646" count="590" num_color="#ffffff"][/counter][/column][column col="3"][counter title="Live" highlight_title="Performance" title_color="#ffffff" highlight_title_color="#ffa646" count="15" num_color="#ffffff"][/counter][/column][/row]

5. Special Tickets

• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 5
• Use this shortcode to display Special Tickets section :
• [row][column col="6" subcls="special-head"]<h4>Special Tickets</h4><h2>Entrance Ticket</h2>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[/column][column col="6"][special_tickets icon="id-card-clip" icon_style="light" title="VIP" price="$125" highlight="yes" row1="Free Drinks & Food" row2="Big Party" row3="Famous Guest Stars" row4="Lounge Area" row5="Special DJ & Partners"][/column][column col="6"][special_tickets icon="champagne-glasses" icon_style="light" title="Dubstep" price="$53" row1="3 Drinks + 2 Food" row2="Small Party" row3="2x Photo With Guest Star" row4="Vibe Dining" row5="Party Partner"][/column][column col="6"][special_tickets icon="masks-theater" icon_style="light" title="Flamingo" price="$77" row1="5 Drinks + 4 Food" row2="Standard Party" row3="Meet Private Guest" row4="Dance Floor" row5="Popular DJs"][/column][/row]

6. Upcoming Parties Events

This section is used to display Upcoming Parties Events in your website

• First of all create new posts from Event -> Add Event
• To manage this Event section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 6
• Use this shortcode to display Event: [event show="2"]

7. Photo Gallery

This section is used to display Photo Gallery in your website

• To manage this Photo Gallery section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 7
• First of all create new posts from Photo Gallery -> Add New
• Use this shortcode to display Photo Gallery type Grid : [photo-gallery show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="grid"]
• Use this shortcode to display Photo Gallery type Slider : [photo-gallery show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="slider"]

8. What People Say About Testimonials

This section is used to display testimonials in your website

• First of all create new posts from Testimonials -> Add Testimonials
• To manage this testimonials section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 8
• Use this shortcode to display Testimonials: [testimonials show="4"]
• Use this shortcode to display Testimonials Listing: [testimonials-listing show="4"]
• Use this shortcode to display Testimonials Sidebar Rotator: [sidebar-testimonials show="4"]

9. Partners Logo

This section is used to display Partners Logo

• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 9
• Use this shortcode to display Partners Logo :
• [client_lists][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-1.png" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-2.png" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-3.png" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-4.png" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-5.png" link="#"][client image="http://localhost/rising/elevate/wp-content/themes/elevate-pro/images/client-6.png" link="#"][/client_lists]

10. Latest News

This section is used to display Latest News in your website

• First of all create new posts from Posts -> Add Posts
• To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 10
• Use this shortcode to display Latest News posts type Grid: [latest-news show="3" type="grid" column="2/3/4" date="show/hide" comment="show/hide" author="show/hide" category="show/hide"]
• Use this shortcode to display Latest News posts type Slider: [latest-news show="-1" type="slider" comment="show" date="show" author="show" category="show"]

Footer

The Footer section consists of four main elements:

• Get Weekly Newsletters
• About Us
• Latest News
• Contact Us
• Copyright & Design by text

To manage footer section go to the Appearance » Theme Options » Footer

Page Templates & Sidebars

When you create a new page from the Pages » Add New section, the "Default Template" is assigned to the page by default. The default page template is a standard page template that can be with a sidebar or full-width layout and can contain custom content.

• Default Template
  • Used to setting up the content on any page with Right Sidebar
• Left Sidebar
  • Used to setting up the content on any page with Left Sidebar
• Full Width
  • Used to setting up the content on any page without Sidebar
• Full Screen
  • Used to setting up the content on any page without Sidebar Full Screen
• No Sidebar
  • Used to setting up the content in center on any page without Sidebar
• Contact Us
  • Used to setting up the contact page.

Widgets

The WordPress widgets are used to manage sidebars:

• Can manage sidebar from widgets (exa. blog sidebar, main sidebar and shop widget)
• Footer section can manage from footer widgets 1,2.3,4

Contact Page

To view contact page shortcode go to Appearance » Theme Options » Contact Page:

Shortcodes

To view all shortcodes go to Appearance » Theme Options » Short Codes:

Basic Setting / Font Typography / Color

To view besic setting go to Appearance » Theme Options » Besic Setting :

Font Typography

To view Font Typography go to Appearance » Theme Options » Font Typography :

Color

To view Color go to Appearance » Theme Options » Color :

Portfolio

To view portfolio Page:

• First of all create new posts from Portfolio -> Add New
• Use this shortcode to display Portfolio type Grid : [portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="grid" filter="true/false" column="2/3/4"]
• Use this shortcode to display Portfolio type Slider : [portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="slider"]
• Use this shortcode to display Portfolio type Filter : [portfolio show="no. of item to be shown( Note: -1 for displaying all items )" type="grid" filter="true/false" column="2/3/4"]