Storeup Help Guide | AivahThemes

# Storeup

Set-up & general guide to help you get the most out of your new WordPress theme. If you are still having trouble after reading this guide, contact our help team.

# Getting Started Back to Top

This document covers the installation, set up, and use of this theme, and provides answers and solutions to common problems. We encourage you to first read this document thoroughly if you are experiencing any difficulties before contacting our support team.

## Storeup

This help guide also covers features that are only available in the Storeup.

Storeup has many more customization options including typographic selectors, stylistic color pickers and other add-ons. And in addition to these fantastic features, you'll also receive dashboard one-click updates and access to world-class theme support by our team of in-house professional WordPress developers.

> Please note that support is only offered for Storeup. If you already have a purchased the support license and have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, feel free to ask us via our dedicated help center.

## WordPress Upload

To upload through your Dashboard, select “Appearance” and then “Themes”. Next, select the “Install Themes” tab at the top of the page and then select the “Upload” link, right above the search field. Choose your file and select “Install Now”. Once the theme is fully uploaded and installed, click “Activate” to activate the WordPress theme.

> The theme files will be stored on your server in the `wp-content/themes` location.

When uploading your theme with the installer, please ensure you are uploading the Storeup.zip file, not the entire package you downloaded. In this case, you will be uploading Storeup.zip.

## FTP Upload

To manually upload your new WordPress theme, login with your credentials to your website and locate the wp-content folder in your WordPress install files. Upload the un-zipped Storeup folder into the: wp-content/themes folder.

Once uploaded, activate the theme by heading to the “Themes” menu in the WordPress Dashboard. Locate the Storeup theme and hit “Activate”.

## Premium Theme Setup

If you're looking for WordPress theme installation and setup to look exactly like the live theme demo - then we're here to help. Fast & simple for only $50.

Our in-house team of professional developers will install the theme, upload the demo XML file, and setup your website exactly like the live demo. Frustration free. Complete your purchase of the Theme and send us your deliverables.

### Deliverables:

- Domain name
- FTP information
- WordPress admin credentials
- Theme files or ThemeForest item purchase code

## Theme Support

If you have a problem with the theme or found a bug, please let us know via our official Help Center. We take pride in our customer support and we will do what we can to assist you. If you are experiencing a theme issue, please first turn off all third party plugins to see if the problem persists.

> Please note that support is only offered for Storeup. If you already have a support license and have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, feel free to ask us via our dedicated help center.

# Installing Theme Back to Top

Our themes uses AquaResize to resize the images. This small script will allow you to resize & crop WordPress images uploaded via the media uploader on the fly.

Make sure you upload the large size image, if you upload smaller image it will not resize to the bigger size in required places like slider or post with full width so make sure you upload bigger size specially when you are using the sliders make sure you use width not less than 1920 x 500 pixels if you are using boxed layout then use 1200 pixels wide image.

#### Important Before you begin.

- Don't look at the front-end of the theme until you finish all the steps and options saved in theme Options Panel.
- Just incase you get any error while activating theme, instead of posting on themeforest item comments section drop me an email from my themeforest profile page contact form for an instant support. We have a dedicated support forum where you can avail the free support.

Download the full package from themeforest and unzip the package. As shown in the image below and follow the Installation Instructions below.

- Themefiles - themes folder that you need upload in your wordpress themes folder.
- Resources - all layered psd sources.
- License - license for the theme.
- Plugins - Storeup integrated plugins
- documentation - documentation file for theme installation.
- Storeup.zip - Storeup.zip file ready to upload in wordpress themes.
- Storeup-child.zip - Storeup child theme

Before you install the theme, make sure your wordpress version is 4.1 or higher. Then upload the latest version from folder "Themefiles" find the latest version asv stated in the themeforest item description page, open the folder from the current version and copy the Storeup folder and upload it to your wordpress themes directory:/wp-content/themes/ through your FTP Client. It should read like wp-content/themes/Storeup Not as wp-content/themes/1.5/Storeup/
Then go the full package downloaded and find the Storeup-child folder which also needed to be uploaded. Do not upload the complete zip file downloaded from the themeforest. Now Go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Themes and Storeup Child Theme screenshot and activate it.

### Installation via WordPress

Upload the Correct Files to WordPress.
- Upload the Installable WordPress file from admin area.

1. Log in to your WordPress admin area
2. Browse to Appearance > Themes
3. Click on ‘Add New’
4. Click ‘Upload’
5. Browse and select the theme zip file to ‘Upload’ Make sure you zip the Storeup-child and upload that zip file as well.

### Installation via FTP

1. WordPress files can also be uploaded manually via FTP.
2. Upload the files to /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
3. Login to your WordPress admin area to change the theme.
4. Check out the guide on WordPress.org here.

Once the importing content is done now go to Theme Options > Import Demo Data tab and click on the import button from the options which comes with the default installation. Later you can make a backup of your options panel and save it in this area.

# Navigation Menu Back to Top

Storeup uses wordpress default navigation, you can use WordPress's Custom Navigation Menu system.

Go to Administration > Appearance > Menus and create menu then assign it from menu locations and then add your menu items to it as shown in below screenshot.

Theme uses 1 Primary Menu Location which you can assign in the menu bottom after creating the menu.

Go to Appearance -> Menus subpanel and add menu items as shown in the Wordpress Official Documentation or Just in case if you feel difficult anywhere below is the useful resources. Function Reference/wp nav menu

# Sliders Back to Top

Storeup has different slider options. Go to theme options first and then select the slider you wish to assign on the frontpage and its options like limit of the slider etc and then follow the steps below for adding slides for the specific sliders under specific categories which you can select for the specific page. If you are using boxed layout make sure have your image size to 1280 pixels wide else 1920x500 pixels size

##### Flex Slider

Go to Slider tab in wp-admin menu and click on Add New Slide then add the content for the slider then Upload the Image and assign it as featured image. Make sure the width is 1920x500 pixels.

##### Static Image

Go to Theme Options Panel and select Static Image from the slider selection and in the below fields to that upload image of size 1180x450 pixels and below that you have an option to add external link to any page or so. See figure below for example

##### Custom Slider

Go to Theme Options panel and under the slider options tab select the slider as Custom Slider if you plan to use as Custom slider like Revolution Slider which is a thirdparty plugin and layered slider or any other slider, then paste the shortcode in the provided field.

##### Featured Image For Slider

1. Add Slides - Go to Slider menu in left wp-admin menu tabs as shown above and click on Add New to add posts for the slides.

2. Featured Image - Locate the Featured Image module on right side and click the Set featured image link. You will see an uploading screen identical to that used when inserting an image into a blog post. Follow the on-screen prompts to choose the image from your computer and upload it or choose it from one of the images already in your Media Library.

3. Use as featured image - Once the image has successfully been uploaded, look underneath the sizing options, and click on the Use as featured image link. Your Feature image is now set! You can close the Media selector once you’ve chosen the featured image. The image will then appear wherever a featured image is available.

4. Slide Options - After that you have an options below that how you want to populate your slide link, link to post, link to category, link to page, or link to manual/external link.

Your Slide Options are done now! You can now publish the post and come down to homepage to view the slider, similarly you can add more slides.

# Front Page Back to Top

Storeup - Uses page wordpress native functionality. By default, WordPress shows your most recent posts on the front page of your site. But many WordPress users want to have a static front page or splash page as the front page instead. This "static front page" look is common for those who wish to not have a "blog" look to their site, giving it a more CMS (content management system) feel.

Go to Administration > Settings > Reading panel.

1. Set 'Front page displays:' to 'a static page' and choose the first page you created above for 'Front page.' If your WordPress site will contain a blog section, set 'Posts page' to the page you created for this above. Otherwise, leave this blank and select a blog template in the theme for custom blog setup see the Blog Page Setup section 10 below. See the image below.

2. Save changes.

# Custom Sidebars Back to Top

Storeup use custom sidebar generator option on Storeup -> Custom Sidebars, Create the sidebars you want to have in the theme, see image below.

You will now see your newly created custom sidebar available by clicking on Appearance -> Widgets on your WordPress administration menu. You can now add Widgets to your newly created sidebar.

# Location Back to Top

Activate the Storeup Post-Types from the plugins section and once installed and activated then proceed with the following steps below.

Go to Locations > Add New cities where your storages are located.

Now go to Add New Locations and add your location information details by using the Visual Composer Addons within Storeup VC Addons

Now add the title for the location like Deer Park Storage for the title

Add additional information in Location Options are below your WordPress content editor like address for the location area, phone number, office hours, access hours and features available in that storage and the available units in the location and its gate hours etc.

Add Features list using the list itcon shortcode which uses fontawesome icons. check below for the list presentation

    [list_icon_item icon_type="faicon" icon_color="#323132" faicon="fa-umbrella" icon_list_style="transparent" title_txt="Climate Controlled Units"]
    [list_icon_item icon_type="faicon" icon_color="#323132" faicon="fa-car" icon_list_style="transparent" title_txt="Drive Up Access"]

Once you have added the features list then add the available units and prices. Like Height and Length of the unit. Optin for the features you have for that unit using checkboxes below in that metabox.

If you wish to use the cubic meters then please use LxB as dimensions in decimal form in First field and in Height field use only height(only if you are using cubic meters) dimension in only decimal form.

Add Price / Offer Price and offer description and check boxes what else your unit offers. See image below.

# Location Map Page Back to Top

Activate the Storeup Post Types from the plugins section if not activated already, once installed and activated then proceed with the following steps below.

Go to Locations > Add Citites and All the locations as shown in the previous section and then create a new page called as Locations Map and as you normally do with pages select the Locations Page template from the attributes pane below your publish panel in the WordPress editor and then publish it. Check the image below.

# Location Menu Back to Top

Activate the Storeup Post Types from the plugins section if not activated already, once installed and activated then proceed with the following steps below.

Go to Add Citites in Locations > Cities and create the cities as you normally do for creating categories and it will be used while you create locations for your storage system as guided in previous steps.

Click on Add New Location then in place of title write the name of the Branch of your store or locations you wish to add for your websites to display and then Add Accurate address to your location which will automatically fetch the location from the google map and if you wish you can add more meta data for the storage units as guided previously.

Once you have created the locations posts then then go to wordpress menus and to your primary menu add the locations posts in the menu from the left Locations Posts Types see image below.

# Blog Page Back to Top

This theme uses a simple method for creating the blog pages, Go to Administration > Pages > Add New, and create a new page with name blog or your desired name of the page and assign the template as blog. See image below on how to assign a template. After that select the categories to hold in 'Blog Options' from theme options panel.

# Shortcode Generator Back to Top

Activate the Storeup Shortcodes plugin if not already installed from the plugins library and once installed and activated then start using the shortcodes generator which will be right above your wordpress content editor. See image below the button in red color with title Aivah Shortcodes

This theme uses Wordpress Send To Editor functionality for inserting shortcodes into your wordpress content editor, The shortcodes options can be found just above your wordpress content editor. Select the type of the shortcode you want to choose and then assign its values and click on send to editor button.

#### Sociables

For sociables Go to Theme Options panel and under the sociables tab add your sociables and Save Changes then within the widgets where you want to add sociables drag sociables widget or else use a shortcode in text widget or anywhere in the theme please use as show below where black/white are 2 default skins for the sociables. If you wish to use dark icons then use black if you plan to use white icons then it can be used white but white is only recommeneded for dark theme layouts.

                [sociable color="white/black"]

# Testimonials Back to Top

This includes in Storeup Shortcodes Plugin and Storeup Post Types with vc addon.

Go to Administration > Testimonials > Add New as shown in the preview image. Testimonials are made in custom post type and currently its only shortcode later we will be adding it as a widget too.

In this testimonials you need to add as usual you do add blog posts like title field will be the Name of the client field then add a feedback for the testimonial in your wordpress content editor and onec you add the content then below your content editor area find some more information about the testimonial like Gravatar or Picture of the Client image, website name and website URL etc

Once your done creating your testimonials you can you wish to use testimonials in middle of the page somewhere then we have created a shortcode in the Aivah shortcodes you can use visual composer text block and inside the text block you can find the aivah shortcodes button where you can select testimonials shortcode and display your added testimonials.

# Footer Back to Top

Theme have mutilple options for footer columns, you can assign upto 4 columns in footer and if you want you can disable the sidebar footer by going to Storeup > Theme Options and select footer tab to see the features.

Once you setup the columns then go to your wordpress widgets tab by going to Administration > Appearance > Widgets tab in your wordpress assing your own widgets in the footer columns as named in Footer Column 1, Footer column 2 and respectively.

# Styling Back to Top

Theme have mutilple options for theme which you can set and change the complete visualization of the theme, which contains max amount of colors and if you want a header background image you can assign that background image in Styling Tab.

Breadcrumb Arrows

After installing the breadcrumb NavXT plugin you need to migrate it if it asks for the migrating. After that find the field Breadcrumb seperator section and in that field place the following code to achieve the same arrow as shown in the live demo.

    <span><i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></span>

# Sidebar Positions Back to Top

Go to Page you want to have full width or any desired sidebar positioning. To do so find the option in page options area in bottom of the fields. Select the sidebar layout and if you choose any sidebar left/right then you can select the custom sidebar right above the same field and then publish the page.

# Payment Gateway Back to Top

Theme by default comes with the 2 Payment Gateways VoguePay and Paypal. If you wish to use Paypal You can install the Storeup PayPal plugin and if you wish to use VoguePay then you can install the Storeup VoguePay Plugin.

Once you install the plugin and activate it the tab to VoguePay and PayPal tab will be added in the storeup theme options page as shown in below screen.

Make sure you set all the required settings for the Payment Gateway you are using. Below are the details mentioned for the usage of the Gateways.

## PayPal Options

- Paypal Disable - If you check this box then the PayPal option will be disabled.
- Checkout Button - Enter the custom text for your Paypal Checkout Button.
- Paypal Email - Important! Enter here the email address linked to your PayPal account.
- Storeup Success Page - Enter the URL to the storeup success page template, after the payment is done it will be redirected to the page.
- Storeup Cancel Page - Error page (if the payment process is not compelted)
- Paypal Mode - Select the paypal mode Production or Sandbox mode
- Currency Code - Select currency code for the payment processing

## VoguePay Options

- VoguePay Disable - If you check this box then the VoguePay option will be disabled.
- Checkout Button - Enter the custom text for your VoguePay checkout button text.
- VoguePay Merchant ID - Enter here the Merchant ID linked to your VoguePay account. Default: Demo(sandbox)
- Storeup Success Page - Enter the URL to the storeup success page template, after the payment is done it will be redirected to the page.
- Storeup Cancel Page - Error page (if the payment process is not compelted)
- Currency - Supported currency codes in VoguePay.

All your payments info and everything will be added in the bookings Post-Types which is located under Locations Tab as shown below.

If you are willing to accept only the Paypal and if you wish to disable the cash Mode then go to Storeup Options and check the box Cash on Site Disable.

# Updating Theme Back to Top

How to update the theme.

Go to yor Themeforest account and then navigate to downloads section and click on download button of the Storeup Theme and download the package 'Installation Wordpress Theme' file which contains only theme files no PSD files are included in this file.

If you download the full package you can find the Themefiles directory from which you can find the latest version released folder says example 2.0. in that you can find the relevant theme folder. It depends on how you wish to update the theme via FTP Cllient or Wordpress Theme updates method.

Before you update the theme everytime you need to backup your current theme folder. Take a backup of your modified files first and make a note of what changes you did in the files so that you can replace the altered code later as it will get replaced when you update the theme. If you are using the child theme then you don't have to worry as you can simple replace the parent theme folder without any hesitation.

If you wish you can also take backup of your theme options from Appearance > Theme Options > Import/Export

## Upload via FTP

1. Go to wp-content > themes location and backup your theme 'Storeup' folder by saving it to your local computer hard drive, or you can choose to simply delete it. You will not loose any of your content or posts.

2. Retrieve the Storeup.zip file from your new Themeforest download and extract the file to get the Storeup theme folder.

3. Then simply drag and drop the new Storeup theme folder into wp-content > themes location. Choose if it prompts to Replace the current one if you did not delete the exisiting one.