BuildUp PRO WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for purchasing BuildUp 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. Contact Info & Social Icons
    2. Site name / logo
    3. Setting the menu
  5. Homepage Slider
  6. Inner Page Banner
  7. Homepage Section
    1. Who We Are
    2. Services
    3. Why Choose Us
    4. Date Counter
    5. Our Features
    6. Recent Projects
    7. Latest News
    8. Appointment
    9. Creative Team
    10. Testimonials & Skill Bar
    11. Our Work Gallery
    12. Our Clients
  8. Footer
  9. Footer Menu
  10. Contact Form
  11. Page Templates & Sidebars
  12. Widgets
  13. Shortcodes
  14. Multilingual
  15. Support

Free Version

  1. Homepage Setup
  2. Slider Setting
  3. Top Header Social Icon
  4. Welcome Section
  5. Services 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 buildup-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 buildup-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 buildup-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 BuildUp. Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.



2. Import Demo Content

After activating the theme, please import demo content using following



3. Homepage Setup

After activating the BuildUp theme, setup homepage using following



4. The header

The header consists of three main elements:



a. Setting Contact Info & Social Icons

The settings for to change the Office Hours, contact info and social network icons in top header section is located in
Appearance » Theme Options » Basic Setting



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 Setting
You can also increase logo image height as per your requirement.



c. 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


5. 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.

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

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

a. Who We Are

To manage this Who We Are section



b. Services

To manage this services section



c. Why Choose Us

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[whychooseus icon="fas fa-cog" title="HIGH TECHNOLOGY" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"][whychooseus icon="far fa-building" title="GENERAL CONTRACTING" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"][whychooseus icon="fas fa-university" title="DESIGN PACKAGE" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"][whychooseus icon="fas fa-home" title="GREEN BUILDING" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"][whychooseus icon="fas fa-user-plus" title="HIGH STANDARD LABORS" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"][whychooseus icon="fas fa-thumbs-up" title="CREATIVE TEAM WORK" description="Phasellus porta. Fusce suscipit varius mi. Cum sociis natoque pena tibus et magnis dis parturient mon tes,nascetur." link="#"]

In order to change Font Awesome icons in this section:

  1. Find icon="fas fa-cog" and replace "fas fa-cog" with your icon name
  2. Use icon only from Font Awesome
  3. Icon name should be in lowercase letter


d. Data Counter

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[counter iconname="fas fa-users" value="599" title="TOTAL CLIENTS"][counter iconname="fas fa-university" value="5140" title="PROJECT COMPLETED"][counter iconname="fas fa-user-secret" value="2350" title="WORKERS EMPLOYED"][counter iconname="fas fa-trophy" value="125" title="RECEIVED AWARDS"]

In order to change Font Awesome icons in this section:

  1. Find iconname="fas fa-users" and replace "fas fa-users" with your icon name
  2. Use icon only from Font Awesome
  3. Icon name should be in lowercase letter


e. Our Features

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[servicesbox color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#ba950b" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/services-icon-1.png" title="Planning & Designing" description="Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur."][servicesbox color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#cea40b" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/services-icon-2.png" title="Project Management" description="Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur."][servicesbox color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#ba950b" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/services-icon-3.png" title="Inspection & Testing" description="Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur."][servicesbox color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#a88500" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/services-icon-4.png" title="Punctual Delivery Time" description="Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur."]


f. Recent Projects

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

Shortcode/Content: 
<div class="recentproject">
[subtitle color="#282828" size="18px" margin="0 0 50px 0" description="Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem quarta decima."]
</div>

[recentproject_list][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-1.jpg" link="#"][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-2.jpg" link="#"][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-3.jpg" link="#"][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-4.jpg" link="#"][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-5.jpg" link="#"][recentproject title="" image="http://yoursitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/gallery-6.jpg" link="#"][/recentproject_list]

[button align="center" name="VIEW ALL PROJECT" link="#" target=""]


g. Latest News

To display latest news

Shortcode for Latest News: 
[latestposts show="4" catid=""]


h. Appointment

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 6

Shortcode/Content: 
<div class="bytheme">
[subtitle color="#ffffff" size="25px" margin="0 0 20px 0" description="Do you need Professionals to project and build your dream home?"][subtitle color="#ffffff" size="18px" margin="0 0 50px 0" description="We offer the best engineers and builders to make your dreams come true."][button align="center" name="READ MORE" link="#" target=""]
</div>


i. Creative Team

To manage this team section

Shortcode: 
[our-team show="4" teammemberlength="30"][clear]


j. Testimonials & Skill Bar

To display clients testimonials and Skill bars

Shortcode/Content for Testimonials and Skill bars: 
[column_content type="one_half"]
<h2 class="section_title">Our Testimonials</h2>
[subtitle color="#282828" size="17px" margin="0 0 20px 0" description="Lorem Ipsum proin gravida nibh vel velit auctor aliquet."][testimonials]
[/column_content]

[column_content type="one_half_last"]
<h2 class="section_title">Why <span>Us?</span></h2>
[subtitle color="#282828" size="17px" margin="0 0 20px 0" description="Trusted By Over 7200+ Customers"][skill title="Creative Architecture" percent="100" bgcolor="#efc62c"][skill title="Interior Design" percent="70" bgcolor="#efc62c"][skill title="Building" percent="55" bgcolor="#efc62c"][skill title="Customer Support" percent="90" bgcolor="#efc62c"][/column_content]


k. Our Work Gallery

To manage this photo gallery section

Shortcode: 
[photogallery filter="false" show="-1"]


l. Our Clients

To change clients logo image

Shortcode: 
[client_lists][client title="WORDPRESS" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/client-logo1.jpg" link="#"][client title="JQUERY" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/client-logo2.jpg" link="#"][client title="WOOCOMMERCE" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/client-logo3.jpg" link="#"][client title="BBPRESS" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/client-logo4.jpg" link="#"][client title="MY SQL" image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/buildup-pro/images/client-logo5.jpg" link="#"][/client_lists]


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) in Menu name and click save menu button
  4. Add pages by selecting with checkboxes.
  5. Select menu theme locations Footer Menu from Menu Settings
  6. Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu


10. Contact Form

To display contact form in your website

Shortcode for Contact Form: 
[contactform to_email="test@example.com" title="Contact Form"]


11. 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.



12. Widgets

The WordPress widgets are used to manage sidebars:



13. Shortcodes

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



14. 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.

BuildUp Free WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for using BuildUp 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 Buildup theme, setup homepage using following

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Select static front page



2. Slider Setting

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Slider Settings



3. Top Header Social Icon

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Top Header Social Icon







4. Welcome Section

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Welcome Page Section



5. Services Section

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Services Section



6. Footer