Polity WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for purchasing Polity 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. Social Icons
    2. Site name / logo
    3. Setting the menu
  5. Homepage Slider
  6. Inner Page Banner
  7. Homepage Section
    1. Services
    2. About
    3. What We Do
    4. Mission and Vision
    5. Campaign Videos
    6. We Can Make
    7. Campaign Principles
    8. Leadership Conference
    9. Data Counter
    10. Upcoming Events
    11. Latest News
  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. 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 polity-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 polity-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 polity-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 Polity PRO. Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.



2. Import Demo Content

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



3. Homepage Setup

After activating the Polity theme, please setup homepage using following



4. The header

The header consists of three main elements:



a. Social Icons

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



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. Services

To manage this section



b. About

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[row]
[column_content type="column-3"]			
[section-main-title align="" title="Ideological Leader For Youth Generation"]
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</ul>
[/column_content]	
[column_content type="column-3"]<img src="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/welcome_img.jpg" />[/column_content]

[column_content type="column-3 bgcolor"]
<h2>About Senate</h2>
[subtitle color="#ffffff" size="18px" margin="10px 0 10px 0" align="left" description="Nunc feugiat purus mollis, vulputate est porttitor, placernulla. Vestibulum metus nunc, vehicula ac mauris sed, convallis eleifend magna. Seut ante turpis. Aliquam ut augue leo laoreet porta. Class aptent taciti."][button align="left" name="Learn More" link="#" target="_self"]
[/column_content]
[/row]

To change the image in this section



c. What We Do

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="one_half"][section-sub-title align="" title="Organizing for Action"][section-main-title align="" title="What We Do?"]<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Globally eenablturnke applicationsfciey diseminate mtidisciplinary mindsclientcentere creative theme experienvertcal paradigms before resou maximg convergencciey diseminate mindshare.</p>[space height="20px"][button align="left" name="READ MORE" link="#" target=""][/column_content][column_content type="one_half_last"][whatwedo title="Medical Policy" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/what-we-do-1.png"][whatwedo title="Election Campaign" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/what-we-do-2.png"][whatwedo title="Donations Engine" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/what-we-do-3.png"][/column_content]

To change the icon in this section



d. Mission and Vision

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="one_half"][section-main-title align="" title="Mission and Vision"][title-icon title="Foreign Policy" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/mission-title-icon-1.png"][title-icon title="Women Rights" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/mission-title-icon-2.png"][title-icon title="Creating Jobs Fields" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/mission-title-icon-3.png"]<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Globally eenablturnke applicationsfciey diseminate mtidisciplinary mindsclientcentere creative theme experienvertcal paradigms before resou maximg convergencciey diseminate mindshare.</p>[space height="20px"][button align="left" name="Learn More" link="#" target=""][/column_content][column_content type="mission-shadow one_half_last"]<img src="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/Mission-and-Vision.jpg" />[/column_content]

To change the images in this section



e. Campaign Videos

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle color="#494848" size="17px" margin="0 0 50px 0" align="center" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."]
[videos_carousel][custom-video youtubeid="Vs2mIm6UkA8" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-video-1.jpg" title="The secret formula"][custom-video youtubeid="rq3QXIVR0bs" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-video-2.jpg" title="The Courage to Change"][custom-video youtubeid="7ef8xufT-KI" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-video-3.jpg" title="Joe Biden For President"][custom-video youtubeid="FBorRZnqtMo" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-video-4.jpg" title="The Choice"][/videos_carousel]

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



f. We Can Make

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[column_content type="planing_videobox"][custom-video youtubeid="E_jPAd0L3IA" cover="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/video-cover2.jpg"][/column_content][column_content type="planing_leftcontentbox"][section-main-title align="" title="Together We can Make Something Great!"][subtitle color="#fff" size="17px" margin="0 0 50px 0" align="left" description="SLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Globally eenablturnke applicationsfciey diseminate mtidisciplinary mindsclientcentere creative theme experienvertcal paradigms."]
[button align="left" name="Learn More" link="#" target="_self"][/column_content]

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



g. Campaign Principles

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle color="#494848" size="17px" margin="0 0 50px 0" align="center" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."][campaign title="Job and Economy" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-1.png" link="#"][campaign title="Medcare and Social Security" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-2.png" link="#"][campaign title="Environment" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-3.png" class="last" link="#"][campaign title="Balancing the Budget" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-4.png" link="#"][campaign title="Criminal Justice" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-5.png" link="#"][campaign title="Veterans" description="" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-6.png" class="last" link=""]

To change the images



h. Leadership Conference

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

Shortcode/Content: 
[row][our-sevices icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/our-services-1.png" title="VOLUNTEER" description="Help us make a better nation"][our-sevices icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/our-services-2.png" title="DONATE" description="Help us make a better nation"][our-sevices icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/our-services-3.png" title="SHARE OUR CAUSE" description="Help us make a better nation"][clear][/row][campaign-full image="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/campaign-thumb.jpg" title="Campaign: New Party Leadership Conference" datetime="<strong>22. August 2019</strong> 7:30 PM" address="<strong>Benefit Teragram Hall</strong> 395 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Globally eenablturnke applicationsfciey." readmore="Read More" link="#campaign1"]

To change images in this section



i. Data Counter

To manage this section go to Appearance » Theme Options » Sections » Section 8

Shortcode/Content: 
[counter value="36" title="Days In Campaign" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/counter-1.png"][counter value="1229" title="Dedicated Donors" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/counter-2.png"][counter value="55555" title="Share Our Cause" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/counter-3.png"][counter value="4999" title="Active Voters" icon="http://sitename.com/wp-content/themes/polity-pro/images/counter-4.png" class="last"][clear]

To change the icon in this section



j. Upcoming Events

To display events section:

Shortcode/Content: 
[subtitle color="#494848" size="17px" margin="0 0 50px 0" align="center" description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco labori nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."][event_carousel show="-1"]


k. Latest News

This section is used to display latest news

Shortcode: 
[latest-news showposts="4" date="show" comment="hide" author="show" excerptlength="20"]


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. 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



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.

Polity Lite Free Theme Documentation

Thank you for using Polity 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 Polity 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 » Top Contact Secion / Header social section





3. Slider Section

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



4. Services Section

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





5. Footer