Animate WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for purchasing Animate WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and customizing a WordPress theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please refer to the Support section. Thanks so much!

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It enables you to build Websites and powerful on-line applications and requires almost no technical skills or knowledge to manage. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular Web site software available.

Creating a website with WordPress is significantly much easier than coding it by yourself. if you are a beginner, even working with WordPress may be difficult to you. That's why, in this section we will provide some useful links and also will explain how to get oriented in the documentation and what pattern to follow when building your website with our theme. Please note that this documentation covers all the main settings for the theme, but it doesn't cover instructions about working with WordPress, as this is a very extensive topic. If you are new to WordPress, we would recommend to first get familiar with the WordPress system, so you can have at least basic knowledge about how it works and then proceed with setting the theme.



Table of Contents

  1. Theme Installation
  2. Import Demo Content
  3. Homepage Setup
  4. Header
    1. Setting the menu
    2. Site name / logo
    3. Social Ions
  5. Homepage Slider
  6. Inner Page Banner
  7. Homepage Section
    1. Top Services
    2. Welcome
    3. Pets Available For Adoption
    4. Our Services
    5. Best Pet Care Solutions
    6. Book Appointment
    7. Customer Says
    8. Our Team
    9. Birds & Wildlife
    10. Products Top Collection
    11. Customer Services
  8. Footer
  9. Footer Menu
  10. Photo Gallery
  11. Contact Form
  12. Page Templates & Sidebars
  13. Widgets
  14. Shortcodes
  15. Multilingual
  16. Support

Free Version

  1. Homepage Setup
  2. Header Section
  3. Slider Section
  4. Services Section
  5. Welcome Section
  6. Footer

1. Theme Installation

a. Through WordPress Dashboard

  1. Go to the menu Appearance > Themes and click on Add New button.
  2. Click on Upload Theme button.
  3. Click on Browse button and navigate to the unzipped theme package on your computer.
  4. Look for a file called animate-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
  5. Click on Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
  6. Click on Activate link to activate the theme on your WordPress site.
  7. Go to Appearance >> Theme Options >> Restore Default.
Note: Some servers have limited folder access settings applied and wouldn't allow uploading the theme trough the admin - in these case you have to upload the theme via FTP.

b. 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.

  1. Unzip the animate-pro.zip file
  2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes
  3. Upload theme to /wp-content/themes/
  4. Go to Appearance » Themes and activate theme from Dashboard.
First you have to unzip the download file, find the zip file called animate-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 Animate . Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.



2. Import Demo Content

After activating the Animate theme, please import demo content using following



3. Homepage Setup

After activating the Animate theme, please setup homepage using following



4. The header

The header consists of three main elements:



a. Setting the menu

  1. First of all create pages from Pages >> Add new page
  2. Go to Appearance >> Menu
  3. Click on Create a new menu link
  4. Give a name to your menu in Menu name and click save menu button
  5. 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.
  6. Select menu theme locations Primary Menu from Menu Settings
  7. Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu


b. Changing the site name / logo

If you don't have your logo image then you can use site name and tagline. To change site name and tagline
Go to Settings » General » Site Title

OR if you want to uplaod logo for your website go to Appearance » Theme Options » Basic Settings » Logo
You can also increase logo image height as per your requirement.



c. Social Icons

To customize the top header Social media links and Appointment Button
Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Header » Header Top Social Icons



5. Homepage Slider

In order to add slides to homepage slider: Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Homepage Slider
For each slide there are different options that you can apply.

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



6. Inner Page Banner

To change inner page banner image: Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Homepage Slider » Inner Page Banner

To set different banner image for each individual page



7. Homepage Section

a. Top Services

To manage this section



b. Welcome

To manage this section

Shortcode: 
[contact-details icon="fas fa-map-marker-alt" title="9020 Manhattan Rd. <br /> Minot, ND 58701" info=""]
[contact-details icon="fas fa-phone fa-rotate-90" title="Call For Help" info="1800 - 1355 777"]


c. Pets Available For Adoption

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 1

Shortcode: 
[space height="10px"]
[column_content type="one_half"][custom-video youtubeid="mSNGIaPkm10" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/video-cover.jpg"][/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last"][features image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/feature1.png" title="Aenean vestibulum tortor erat tincidunt" description="Aliquam turpis auctor. Aenean vestibulum tortor erat nec tincidunt ex molestievel." titlecolor="#191919" color="#828282" link="#"][features image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/feature2.png" title="Consectetur nibh. Morbi pellquef" description="tuctor. Aenean vestibulum tortor erat nec tincidunt ex molestievel." titlecolor="#191919" color="#828282" link="#"][features image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/feature3.png" title="Nam lacus nun commodo bibendum" description="surpis auctor. Aenean vestibulum tortor erat nec tincidunt ex molestievel." titlecolor="#191919" color="#828282" link="#"][clear][/column_content]

To change images icon in this section

To display YouTube video in this section, you need YouTube video ID and Video image



d. Our Services

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 2

Shortcode/Content: 
[services_box_slider][services_box image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/services1.jpg" title="Heading Here" description="Aliquam turpis auctor senean vestibulum tortor erat nec tinciduntex molstie vel." link="#"][services_box image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/services2.jpg" title="Heading Here" description="Aliquam turpis auctor senean vestibulum tortor erat nec tinciduntex molstie vel." link="#"][services_box image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/services3.jpg" title="Heading Here" description="Aliquam turpis auctor senean vestibulum tortor erat nec tinciduntex molstie vel." link=""][services_box image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/services4.jpg" title="Heading Here" description="Aliquam turpis auctor senean vestibulum tortor erat nec tinciduntex molstie vel." link="#"][services_box image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/services5.jpg" title="Heading Here" description="Aliquam turpis auctor senean vestibulum tortor erat nec tinciduntex molstie vel." link="#"][/services_box_slider]

To change images in this section



e. Best Pet Care Solutions

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 3

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="one_half"]<h2 class="section_title">Best Pet Care Solutions</h2><p><em>Aliquam turpis auctor. Aenean vestibulum tortor erat nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. Nam lacus nunc, commodo</em></p>
<ul class="list-1">
	<li>Aliquam turpis auctor. Aenean vestibulum</li>
	<li>Tortor erat nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. </li>
	<li>Nam lacus nunc commodo bibendum amet</li>
</ul>
[button align="left" name="KNOW MORE" link="#" target=""]
[/column_content]
			
[column_content type="one_half_last"][counter title="Animal Caretakers" value="2700" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/icon-1.png" background="#0072b5"][counter title="Animal Rescued" value="1400" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/icon-2.png" background="#0072b5"][counter title="Veterinary Doctors" value="350" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/icon-3.png" background="#0072b5"][/column_content]


f. Book Appointment

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 4

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="one_half"] [/column_content]		
[column_content type="one_half_last"]<h2 class="section_title">Book Appointment</h2>[subtitle align="right" size="15px" color="#a0a0a0" description="Aliquam turpis auctor. Aenean vestibulum tortor erat nec tincidunt <br />ex molestie vel."][contact-form-7 id="1717" title="Contact form 1"][/column_content]

To display Contact Form



g. Customer Says

This section is used to display clients testimonials

Shortcode: 
[testimonials excerptlength="30"]


h. Our Team

This section is used to display Team Members

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle align="center" size="15px" color="#828282" description="Aliquam erat volutpat. Quisque posuere elit ut efficitur hendrerit. Vestibulum aliquet enim ac eros mattis facilisis. Donec ultrices, diam sed efficitur semper, <br /> diam lectus malesuada nisl, eget congue nisl ligula non purus."][our-team show="4"]


i. Birds & Wildlife

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 7

Shortcode/Content: 
[birds-wildlife image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/animate-pro/images/bird.png" l title="Birds & Wildlife" description="Aenean vestibulum tortor erat, nec tincidunt ex molestie vel. Nam lacus nunc, commodo bibendum ex sit amet, dapibus consectetur nibh. Morbi pellentesque ." buttontext="VIEW MORE" link="#" background="#ffffff" box_background="#f8f8f8 "]


j. Products Top Collection

This section is used to display latest WooCommerce products in your website

Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 8

To display display WooCommerce products:

Shortcode/Content: 
[newproduct filter="true" show="8"]


k. Customer Services

To customize this section Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 9

Shortcode: 
[sliderinbox icon="fas fa-truck" title="FAST DELIVERY" description="Sliquam erat volutpat. Quisque posuere elit ut efficitur hendre" url="#" target="self" bgcolor="#e22e62" color="#ffffff"][sliderinbox icon="fas fa-phone fa-rotate-90" title="CUSTOMER SERVICES" description="Sliquam erat volutpat. Quisque posuere elit ut efficitur hendre" url="#" target="self" bgcolor="#05a6c8" color="#ffffff"][sliderinbox icon="fas fa-globe" title="EASY ONLINE" description="Sliquam erat volutpat. Quisque posuere elit ut efficitur hendre" url="#" target="self" bgcolor="#1f71be" color="#ffffff"]


8. Footer

The Footer section consists of five main elements:

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



9. Setting footer menu

  1. Go to Appearance >> Menu
  2. Click on Create a new menu link to create footer menu
  3. Give a name to your menu (Footer Menu / Support Menu) in Menu name and click save menu button
  4. Add pages by selecting with checkboxes.
  5. Select Display location Footer Menu from Menu Settings
  6. Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu


10. Photo Gallery

To display Photo Gallery in any of your page



11. Contact Form

To display contact form in your website, you can use default contact form shortcode or use Contact Form 7 plugin

Shortcode: 
[column_content type="one_half"]
	 <h2 class="section_title">Contact Details</h2>
	 [contact-details icon="fas fa-map-marker-alt" title="Address" info="10 Nr. Street Road, Ohio, USA"]
	 [contact-details icon="fas fa-phone-square" title="Contact No." info="+91 345-677-554"]
	 [contact-details icon="fas fa-envelope" title="Email Address" info="info@sitename.com"]
	 [contact-details icon="fab fa-skype" title="Skype Id" info="mysiteweb"]
	 [contact-details icon="far fa-clock" title="Working Days" info="monday-friday 10.00AM-6.00PM"]	
[/column_content]

[column_content type="one_half_last"]
<h2 class="section_title">Send Us A Message</h2>
[contact-form-7 id="716" title="Contact form 1"]
[/column_content]


12. 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.



13. Widgets

The WordPress widgets are used to manage sidebars:



14. Shortcodes

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



15. Multilingual

This theme is ready for translation - it comes with a .po file that contains all the embedded into the theme strings.
It supports multiple languages. The qTranslate X WordPress plugin offers a way to maintain dynamic multilingual content on a WordPress site.

How to make your website translate ready?

To translate Homepage sections Title, Content, Button texts, Read more texts



15. Support

If you have any questions regarding our WordPress themes, you can contact us through our support forum or you can mail us at support@gracethemes.com Our support team is always ready to help you with any problems of customization or compatibility you may encounter.

Animate Free Theme Documentation

Thank you for using Animate Free WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and customizing a free WordPress theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please refer to the Support section. Thanks so much!


1. Homepage Setup

After activating the Animate Lite theme, setup homepage using following

Go to Appearance » Customize » Select static front page



2. Header Section

To customize the header contact information and socal media settings
Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Header social icons / Book Appointment Button





3. Slider Section

Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Header Slider Section



4. Services Section

Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Four Column Services



5. Welcome Section

Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Welcome Section



6. Footer