Greenest WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for purchasing Greenest 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. Welcome
    2. Our Mission
    3. Recent Cause
    4. Recent Projects
    5. What We Do
    6. Our Achivement
    7. Campaign & Testimonials
    8. Our Volunteers
    9. Care About Forest
    10. Latest News
    11. Our Partners
    12. Join Us
    13. Greenest
  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. Header Section
  3. Slider Section
  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 greenest-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 greenest-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 greenest-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 Greenest PRO. Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.



2. Import Demo Content

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



3. Homepage Setup

After activating the Greenest theme, please setup homepage using following



4. The header

The header consists of three main elements:



a. Contact Info & Social Icons

To customize the top header news and social media links
Go to Appearance » Theme Options » Basic Settings » Header Social Icons



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. 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 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. Welcome

To manage this section



b. Our Mission

To manage this section



c. Recent Cause

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle color="#ffffff" size="17px" align="center" description="Nullam laoreet accumsan justo in dapibus. Donec id purus et dolor mollis suscipit eu eget sem. Etiam leo est, blandit et volutpat sit amet, varius quis turpis. Maecenas varius vel est quis ultrices."]
[our_causes image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/recent-cause.jpg" title="Reduce Effect of Energy Industry" content="Mauris consequat massa at est vestibulum volutpat. Suspendisse mollis ligula eget odio semper, sed pellentesque lacus lacinia. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Quisque congue mauris ac iaculis rhoncus. Integer sodales luctus mauris quis pulvinar. Sed tellus lacus, bibendum in porttitor non." skillbar_bgcolor="#f2f2f2" percent="60%" percent_bgcolor="#77c720" raised_price="Raised: $620" goal_price="Goal: $1000"]

To change the image in this section



d. Recent Projects

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[project_carousel][latest_project image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/project-1.jpg" title="Deforestation" link="#"][latest_project image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/project-2.jpg" title="Protect Nature" link="#"][latest_project image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/project-3.jpg" title="Global Warming" link="#"][latest_project image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/project-4.jpg" title="Save Trees" link="#"][/project_carousel]

To change the images in this section



e. What We Do

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="left-column-40"]
<img src="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-thumb.png" />
[/column_content]
[column_content type="right-column-60"][section-main-title align="left" title="What We Do"][row][whatwedo title="Eco Ideas" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-1.png"][whatwedo title="Solar Energy" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-2.png"][whatwedo title="Recyling" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-3.png"][whatwedo title="Saveing Forests" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-4.png"][whatwedo title="Clean Water" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-5.png"][whatwedo title="Stop Pollution" description="Cras metus quam, condimentum ut venen rutrum ediam. vehicula at r quis fringnull lobortis." icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/what-we-do-6.png"][clear][/row][/column_content]

To change the images in this section



f. Our Achivement

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[row][our-achivement icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-achivement-1.png" title="Trees Cut" count="1,258"][our-achivement icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-achivement-2.png" title="Animal Lost" count="4,695"][our-achivement icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-achivement-3.png" title="Trees Saved" count="3,235"][our-achivement icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-achivement-4.png" title="Volunteers" count="6,452"][our-achivement icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-achivement-5.png" title="Globalization" count="5,154"][clear][/row]


g. Campaign & Testimonials

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 5

Shortcode/Content: 
[row][column_content type="left-column-50 left_videobox"][section-main-title align="left" title="Current Campaign"][custom-video youtubeid="5IzzogrKo6k" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/video-cover-1.jpg"][/column_content][column_content type="right-column-50 right_testimonial"][section-main-title align="left" title="Testimonials"][testimonials][/column_content][clear][/row]

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

To display clients testimonials



h. Our Volunteers

This section is used to display volunteers

Shortcode/Content: 
[our-team show="4"]


i. Care About Forest

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[custom-video youtubeid="knx7RYNM2m4" cover=""][section-main-title align="center" title="Care About Forest"][subtitle color="#ffffff" size="20px" align="center" description="Nullam laoreet accumsan justo in dapibus. Donec id purus et dolor mollis suscipit eu eget sem. Etiam leo est, blandit et volutpat sit amet, varius quis turpis. Maecenas varius vel est quis ultrices."]]

To display YouTube video in this section, you need YouTube video ID



j. Latest News

This section is used to display latest news

Shortcode: 
[latest-news showposts="5" date="show" comment="hide" author="show" excerptlength="" readmoretext=""]


k. Our Partners

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 9

Shortcode/Content: 
[row][column_content type="left-column-40"][section-main-title align="left" title="Our Partners"][subtitle color="#696969" size="20px" align="left" description="Nullam laoreet accumsan justo in dapibus. Donec id purus et dolor mollis suscipit eu eget sem. Etiam leo est, blandit et volutpat sit amet."][button align="left" name="READ MORE" link="#" target="_self"][/column_content][column_content type="left-column-60"][clientlogos][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-1.png" link="#" target="_blank"][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-2.png" link="#" target="_blank"][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-3.png" link="#" target="_blank"][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-4.png" link="#" target="_blank"][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-5.png" link="#" target="_blank"][logos image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/greenest-pro/images/our-client-6.png" link="#" target="_blank"][/clientlogos][/column_content][clear][/row]

To change the images in this section



l. Join Us

This section is used to display latest news

p>To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 10

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="left-column-50"][subtitle color="#ffffff" size="20px" align="left" description="How we help"][section-main-title align="left" title="Join our green city project"][button align="left" name="GET INVOLVE" link="#" target="_self"][/column_content]


m. Greenest

This section is used to display latest news

p>To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 11

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle color="#ffffff" size="20px" align="center" description="Nullam laoreet accumsan justo in dapibus. Donec id purus et dolor mollis suscipit eu eget sem. Etiam leo est, blandit et volutpat sit amet, varius quis turpis. Maecenas varius vel est quis ultrices."]
[social_area]
[social icon="fab fa-facebook-f" link="#"]
[social icon="fab fa-twitter" link="#"]
[social icon="fab fa-google-plus-g" link="#"]
[social icon="fab fa-linkedin-in" link="#"]
[/social_area]


8. Footer

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. Contact Form

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



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.

Eco Greenest Lite Free Theme Documentation

Thank you for using Eco Greenest Lite 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 Greenest 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 section





3. Slider Section

Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Frontpage Slider Sections



4. Welcome Section

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





5. Services Section

Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options Panel » Three column Services Section





5. Footer