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# Introduction

Thank you for purchasing our theme, Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme. We’ve put in lots of love in developing this WordPress theme and are excited that you’ve chosen this theme for your website. We hope you find it easy to use our theme. This documentation guides you through the main features of the theme and guides you how to use and customize Electro.

## About the Theme

Electro Wordpress theme is a WooCommerce WordPress theme designed and developed for use with WordPress 4.8 or higher. The code was written to be backwards compatible where possible, however we recommend you use the current WP version when possible. If you are not using WordPress 4.8 or higher and can upgrade your site we recommend you do this before installation.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the theme is bug free and easy to use there is always a chance errors may occur. If you do find a problem please notify us immediately through our help center so we can ensure it gets fixed as quickly as possible.

## Recommended System Requirements

We recommend the following system configuration for best results with Electro.

- PHP v7 or greater
- MySQL v5.6 or greater or MariaDB v10.0 or greater
- HTTPS support
- PHP Memory limit at least 256M
- Upload max filesize at least 32M
- Maximum Post Size at least 32M

## Recommended Plugins

The following is the list of plugins in alphabetical order that are recommended for use with ElectroWordPress theme.

- Contact From 7 — Allows you create contact forms.
- Envato Market — The Envato Market plugin can install WordPress themes and plugins purchased from ThemeForest & CodeCanyon by connecting with the Envato Market API using a secure OAuth personal token. Once your themes & plugins are installed WordPress will periodically check for updates, so keeping your items up to date is as simple as a few clicks.
- One Click Demo Import — Import your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click
- Redux Framework – Redux is a simple, truly extensible and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins.
- Regenerate Thumbnails – Allows you to regenerate your thumbnails after changing the thumbnail sizes.
- Slider Revolution – Allows you to create a responsive(mobile friendly) or fullwidth slider with must-see-effects and meanwhile keep or build your SEO optimization. This is a premium plugin and comes bundled with your theme.
- Electro Extensions – This is a custom plugin built by Transvelo. Keeping in mind the plugin territory recommendations by ThemeForest we had implemented custom shortcodes and taxonomies functionalities into a separate plugin. This plugin also contains the Visual Composer extensions added by us.
- WooCommerce — WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.
- WPBakery Visual Composer – This is a drag and drop frontend and backend page builder plugin that will save you tons of time working on the site content. This is a premium plugin and comes bundled with your theme.
- YITH WooCommerce Compare – Allows you to add Product Comparison functionality to your shop.
- YITH WooCommerce Wishlist — Allows you to add Wishlist functionality to your shop.

## Need Help ?

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you need help. We also welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please contact us through our help center and we are happy to help.

We usually respond to all queries within 24 hours during weekdays. We are mostly not available during weekends and public holidays. We live across different timezones and have different people for answering different queries. So if we find us online responding to other comments and not yours please be patient with us.

###### Contents

- Welcome
- Getting Started
  - Introduction
  - Whats new in 2.0 ?
  - Upgrading from v1.x.x
  - Installation
    - Direct Download & Installation
    - Manual Download & Installation
  - Demo Content
    - One Click Demo Import (Recommended)
    - Manual Import
  - Updating the theme
  - Changelog
- Set Up Pages
  - Home v1 Mobile
    - Home v1 Mobile via Page Template
    - Home v1 Mobile via Visual Composer
  - Home v2 Mobile
    - Home v2 Mobile via Page Template
    - Home v2 Mobile via Visual Composer
  - Home v1
    - Home v1 via Elementor
    - Home v1 via Page Template
    - Home v1 via Visual Composer
  - Home v2
    - Home v2 via Elementor
    - Home v2 via Page Template
    - Home v2 via Visual Composer
  - Home v3
    - Home v3 via Elementor
    - Home v3 via Page Template
    - Home v3 via Visual Composer
  - Home v4
    - Home v4 via Elementor
    - Home v4 via Page Template
    - Home v4 via Visual Composer
  - Home v5
    - Home v5 via Elementor
    - Home v5 via Page Template
    - Home v5 via Visual Composer
  - Home v6
    - Home v6 via Elementor
    - Home v6 via Page Template
    - Home v6 via Visual Composer
  - Home v7
    - Home v7 via Elementor
    - Home v7 via Page Template
    - Home v7 via Visual Composer
  - About
  - Contact v1
  - Contact v2
  - FAQ Page
  - Terms & Conditions
  - Store Directory
  - Wishlist
  - Compare
  - Track your Order
- Blocks & Sidebars
  - Header
  - Sidebars
  - Footer
- Set Up Shop
  - Shop
  - Set Up Products
  - Product Attributes
  - Single Product Page
  - Cart
  - My Account
  - Checkout
  - Track Your Order
- Static Blocks
  - Introduction
  - Recommended Products Cards Carousel
  - Pages Megamenu Item
  - Accessories Jumbotron
  - Mobiles & Tablets Megamenu Item
- Navigation
  - General Guidelines
  - Menus & Locations
  - Creating Megamenus
- Theme Options
  - General
  - Shop
  - Header
  - Footer
  - Mobile
  - Navigation
  - Blog
  - Social Media
  - Styling
  - Typography
  - Custom Code
- Elementor Elements
  - Product Categories List With Header Image
  - Products 1-2 Block
  - Product Categories List
  - Product Categories Block
  - Product Carousel Tabs 1
  - Products 6-1 with Categories
  - Products with Categories and Image
  - List Categories Menus
  - Ads With Banners Block
  - Electro Products List Block
  - Electro Products Carousel 1
  - Electro Nav Menu
  - Electro Mobile Deals Product
  - Recently Viewed Products
  - Deals Products Block
  - Electro Deal Products Carousel
  - Electro Products Carousel with Category Tabs
  - Ad Block
  - Electro Brands Carousel
  - Electro Onsale Product
  - Electro Onsale Products Carousel
  - Electro Products Cards Carousel
  - Electro Products Carousel
  - Electro Team Member
  - Feature Block
  - Product 2-1-2 Grid
  - Product 6-1 Grid
  - Product List Categories
  - Products Carousel Tabs
  - Products Tabs
  - Slider with Ads Block
  - Electro Deal and Products Tabs
- Visual Composer Elements
  - Ads With Banners Block
  - Deals Products Block
  - Electro Mobile Deals Product
  - Electro Nav Menu
  - Electro Products Carousel 1
  - Electro Products List Block
  - List Categories Menus
  - Product Carousel Tabs 1
  - Product Categories Block
  - Product Categories List
  - Product Categories List With Header Image
  - Products 1-2 Block
  - Products 6-1 with Categories
  - Products with Categories and Image
  - Recently Viewed Products
  - Electro Deal Products Carousel
  - Electro Products Carousel with Category Tabs
  - Ad Block
  - Electro Brands Carousel
  - Electro Onsale Product
  - Electro Onsale Products Carousel
  - Electro Products Cards Carousel
  - Electro Products Carousel
  - Electro Team Member
  - Feature Block
  - Product 2-1-2 Grid
  - Product 6-1 Grid
  - Product List Categories
  - Products Carousel Tabs
  - Products Tabs
  - Slider with Ads Block
  - Electro Deal and Products Tabs
- Troubleshooting
  - Home Pages
    - Ads block settings is empty
    - Visual Composer does not work with Home pages
  - Installation
    - The link you followed has expired. Please try again.
- Customisations
  - Shop Page
    - Show Product availability in Grid view
    - Show Product thumbnail above product title and categories
    - Show Brand name in Shop Page
- FAQ
  - General
  - Installation & Updates
  - WooCommerce
  - Translations