First of all, Thank you so much for purchasing this template and for being my loyal customer.
You are awesome! You are entitled to get free lifetime updates to this product + exceptional support from the author directly.
This documentation is to help you regarding each step of customization. Please go through the documentation carefully to understand how this template is made and how to edit this properly.
The BloGit theme is designed to work under WordPress environment. Before we jump to the theme presentation we would like to provide some resources intended for users who are new to WordPress but it may also be useful for the more experienced users.
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Requriments for BloGit
In this section we will present the recommended configuration under which the theme would work perfectly. Those are not absolute values, the theme performance depends on many factors like the host performance, server configuration and the number of visitors.
Serve Requriments
WordPress 4.0 or later
Apache or Nginx
php.ini memory limit: 40MB (recommended: 64M)
PHP version 5.2.4 or greater (recommended: PHP 5.4 or greater)
MySQL version 5.0 or greater (recommended: MySQL 5.5 or greater)
The mod_rewrite Apache module (optional)
What's included in BloGit theme package
When you download the theme from your account on themeforest.net you can choose to download the entire package or just the theme. The theme package is a zip file which contains following structure:
child-theme – the child theme files are located in the /code folder
documentation – theme general info and a link to this documentation
licensing – general license information
social-jumbo-kit – premium social jumbo kit bonous pack
plugins – we included all of our addons plugins as well as premium plugins
blogit.zip – the WordPress theme
change_log.txt – a list with the modifications made in each update
How to activate theme
This activation enables all features of the theme (i.e. Demo import etc.). This step is taken for mass piracy of our theme, and to serve our paying customers better. To activate theme you need to put purchase code:
How to get purchase code
Log into your Envato Market account.
Hover the mouse over your username at the top of the screen.
Click ‘Downloads’ from the drop down menu.`
Click ‘License certificate & purchase code’ (available as PDF or text file).
Here is an example of a PDF License certificate and purchase code:
Thank you for choosing BloGit! Excited about starting your new website? Let’s get started.
Install your theme through WordPress
You’ll need to download the theme file before you try and install it. Simply log into your account, go to your downloads and locate your theme. Click on the download button and select the “Installable WordPress file only”. This will download the zip file for your theme.
Common error: Downloading the wrong theme zip file
Make absolutely, positively sure you select the “Installable WordPress file only” option. If you select “All files & documentation” by mistake, you will not be able to install this zip as is. Instead unzip the file and then locate the installable theme file within it. Luckily most developers clearly label their files, so it should be pretty easy to find.
Common error: Zip file won’t download
It’s possible that you have your computer setup to automatically unzip files when you download them. You cannot install a regular folder in WordPress. If this is the case remember to right click and “Compress” your theme before moving onto the next step and installing it.
Log into your WordPress installation and before you do anything else make sure WordPress is up to date. Okay – this might not effect the installation of your WordPress theme but it’s a crucial security step. You always, always, always want to keep WordPress up to date.
Now that you’re sure you’re running the latest version of WordPress, navigate to Appearance > Themes and click the “Add New” button at the top of the window. Then click the “Upload Theme” button.
Click the “Browse…” button and select the zip file you previously downloaded. Click “Install Now” and then wait a minute while WordPress works its magic. Once the theme files have been completely uploaded just click the “Activate” button.
Common error: Stylesheet is missing
If after clicking “Install Now” you see an error that “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet,” then you probably didn’t follow our instructions from step 1. You more than likely downloaded the “All files & Documentation” instead of the the installable theme. Go back and double check that you’ve downloaded the correct file.
Common error: Are you sure you want to do this?
After browsing for your theme and clicking the “Install Now” button, it’s possible your WordPress installation will ask “Are you sure you want to do this?” This could be due to the fact that you are trying to install the wrong zip file (remember – you want the “Installable WordPress file only”) or it’s possible the upload limit on your server isn’t large enough.
If it’s the latter, you’ll need to contact your hosting company to have them increase it, or do it yourself by accessing your PHP.INI file via FTP and increasing the upload_max_filesize value.
Common error: White screen
f you attempt to install your theme, and end up on a white screen of death (you know, the WordPress version of the Windows blue screen of death) you probably need to make a tweak to your server. The most common cause of this error is that your server’s memory limit to PHP is too low. To solve this:
Contact your hosting provider to have them increase your memory limit.
Install your theme via FTP/SFTP
If you’d prefer to install your theme via FTP/SFTP you can. It’s still super easy, there are just couple important steps you don’t want to miss.
First, you need to install a FTP (file transfer protocol) solution – we like FileZilla. Once you’ve got it installed, open up your app to connect to your server. You will also need to be logged into your hosting account to gather the following information:
Name: Give your server a nickname that you’ll remember (especially if you plan on connecting to multiple sites).
Where: Choose a location for your server (favorites just happens to be my default FTP/SFTP folder).
Protocol: This will depend on which options your host provides for you to connect to your server. Go to your hosting account and locate your FTP/SFTP settings. This will vary based on your host (WP Engine’s can be found on your installs overview page, GoDaddy’s is in the SSH & SFTP tab for site Settings) so you may have to poke around a bit. Select the option that your host offers.
Server: Enter your domain name (the server url address) here.
Username & Password: This will either be provide by your host in the FTP/SFTP settings or you’ll have the option to create your own new ones. Copy and paste them over.
Port: Be sure you’re set to use the same port as specified by your host – you may not need to change this.
Once you’ve added all your info save your server, then click to open it and browse to your wp-content/themesfolder.
Next you’ll need to download your WordPress theme which we covered in detail up above in the “installing your WordPress theme via WordPress” section. Please make sure you’re downloading the “Installable WordPress file only.”
With FTP/SFTP you’ll need to unzip the that file you just downloaded from Themeforest (it should look like an open folder icon). Then upload the extracted theme file.
Now log into your WordPress installation and navigate to Appearance > Themes and click to activate your theme. See – not too hard, right?
Common error: Wrong theme file/folder
When installing via FTP, it’s very important to be sure you upload only the theme file onto your server. A zipped file won’t work this time! Check that you’ve remembered to unzip your download. And, also double check that you’re uploading the correct theme only folder. You may have accidentally downloaded the theme plus docs and anything else.
Importing demo is super easy. Just go to BloGit > Theme Options > Demo Import. And then, click on “import demo” of the demo you want to import.
Note:
1. If you can’t import demos, check BloGit > System status and contact with your web hosting to make sure your PHP memory and other settings are up-to-date and eligible to import.
2. If after importing one demo, you want to import another in same site, you’d need to delete home page by going to Dashboard > Pages > Home.
You’d also need to delete special content by going to Dashboard > Special Content.
With Visual Composer you can edit or even start a project from scratch. There are two ways you can do it.
1. Front-end Builder
2. Back-end Builder (Recommended and Faster)
There are millions of WordPress themes available for you to choose for your websites. Most of the theme come with many options that help you build your website easier and faster. Some themes even include multiple versions of the homepage and several following pages such as Services or About Us which might have different layout or elements. So, how do they do that? And how users can create similar pages with those themes?
Page builders are WordPress plugins that allow users to create layouts for pages, add elements simply by drag and drop elements into their specific position (row and column). Users don't need to know coding or understand HTML/CSS to create beautiful pages. All they need to know is just basic WordPress usage and understand the element configuration, that's all.
There're plenty of page builders available, free and premium. The most popular one is WPBakery Page Builder ( Visual Composer ) (at the time of writing, it has 340k+ sales on CodeCanyon!). The reason we choose WPBakery Page Builder ( Visual Composer ) is it has everything we need to create a page, plus it's familiar with millions of people as they already use them. Besides, it's fairly powerful and easy to use, even for beginners.
To understand what page builder and WPBakery Page Builder ( Visual Composer ) are, please check this guide
Premium Plugins Package
We've included a lot of premium plugins in this theme - It's a huge bonus when you purchased this theme: WPBakery Page Builder ( Visual Composer ), Yellow Pencil, WP Viral Quiz and some other premium plugins in download package from Themeforest ( All files and documentation download ).
If you want to use that plugins, please go do download page and re-download package "All files and documentation" from Themeforest and extract it. After that, open it and go to plugins folder - you will see the .zip file of that plugins.
Please note that you can use this plugins without active license key And we don't provide any license key to activate license key for that plugins.
We've bought extended license from that plugins so you can use it legal.
When we updated BloGit theme, you can re-download package "All files and documentation" and get latest version for that plugins.
Note Important: This theme only requires 2 plugins: WPBakery Page Builder ( previous name is Visual Composer ) & BloGit Addons, all other plugins is add-on for advanced features. Install them if you want to use features from those plugins. So you don't have to worry if this will slow down your sites.
Elementor Page Builder
We have included Elementor as our secondary page builder. You can create or edit our existing demos using elementor page builder also.
To get more information about elementor page builder, refer to this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9kG_EDX8zwGSC1-ycJJVA/videos
Setup Logo & Header
You can add a custom logo by going to Theme Option → Header and uploading your own logo image. This theme also supports text logo, you can see option for text logo here.
You can add change the header layout by going to Theme Option → Header and choose your preferred header template.
Setup Header Ads
Inorder to add ads to header, copy these below codes and paste it on Theme Option →Header → Header Ads section.
Ads used in BloGit ads, Blog Pro, Fitness Pro, Health Pro, Car Pro, Femaine Pro, Pin Pro, Clean Pro, Luxury Pro, Food Pro, Travel Pro, Music Pro, News Pro, Design Pro, LifeStyle Pro, Game Pro, Movie Pro
Inorder to add social icons to top header, follow these steps:
Go to Social Sites → Add New
Add social URL and choose the social icons from metabox option.
Assign icon to category and publish it.
Go to Theme Option → Top Header
Select social icon category of your choice and save it
Menu
BloGit supports 3 locations for custom WordPress menu:
Top Menu - Check this image
Main Menu - Check this image
Side Header Menu - Check this image
For menu setup, navigate to the Appearance > Menus page. Enter a name for your menu and add links to the menu by using the options given on the left sidebar. You can manage your menus using the drag and drop functionality.
After setting up your menu, select the menu you just created from the theme locations drop-down box, scroll down to bottom check to "Main Menu" and hit the "Save" button
Go to Admin > Appearance > Menu and fill "Icon Font Name" of your menu with this class name: "home"
Homepage
When you first active BloGit, you homepage will display posts in traditional blog format. To set up a static frontpage like our demos, follow these steps:
Go to Pages → Add New and create a page.
Go to the Settings → Reading and set Front page displays to A static page.
Widgets
Please go to Appearance > Widgets and settings your widgets. You can drag & drop widgets on the left side to the sidebars on the right side for your purpose.
How to add custom css (Inspect Tutorial, Modify Elements CSS)
Please remember you have purchased a very affordable theme and you have not paid for a full-time web design agency. Occasionally we will help with small tweaks, but these requests will be put on a lower priority due to their nature. Please be patient, polite and respectful.
* 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 plug-ins
Before seeking support, please...
* Make sure your question is a valid Theme Issue and not a customization request.
* Make sure you have read through the documentation and any related video guides before asking support on how to accomplish a task.
* Make sure to double check the theme FAQs.
* Try disabling any active plugins to make sure there isn't a conflict with a plugin. And if there is this way you can let us know.
* If you have customized your theme and now have an issue, back-track to make sure you didn't make a mistake. If you have made changes and can't find the issue, please provide us with your changelog.
* Almost 80% of the time we find that the solution to people's issues can be solved with a simple "Google Search". You might want to try that before seeking support. You might be able to fix the issue yourself much quicker than we can respond to your request.
* Make sure to state the name of the theme you are having issues with when requesting support via ThemeForest.
Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.
Changelog
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Change Log
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Version 1.0 - Feb 17 2019
Initial Release