Pest Control WordPress Theme

  • Created : 15th July 2024
  • Author by : Stronghold Themes
  • Support via Email : strongholdthemes@gmail.com
  • Thank you for purchasing this theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to contact us. Thank you very much!

WordPress Information #back to top

Before you can install and use this theme, you will need to setup and install WordPress on your server. The links below can provide useful information on setting up WordPress as well as some general information on the WordPress platform.

Pestraid Requirements #back to top

Before you begin installing the theme, you should make sure that the PHP configuration limits of your hosting meet the minimum requirements outlined below. Although the theme may still install in some cases, if you run into any trouble while importing demo content it maybe because of your PHP configuration limits.

  • upload_max_filesize 32M
  • post_max_size 32M
  • max_execution_time 90
  • memory_limit 128M

FTP Theme Installation #back to top

  1. Unzip the pest-raid.zip file to get the pest-raid theme folder.
  2. Use your ftp client to navigate to the themes folder. To do this click the (wp-content) folder then click the themes folder.
  3. Upload the pest-raid folder to the themes folder.
  4. Login to the WordPress admin dashboard.
  5. Click Appearance => Themes.
  6. Click the Activate button by the Pestraid theme.

WordPress Dashboard Installation #back to top

  1. Login
  2. Click Appearance => Themes => Add New

  3. Click Upload Theme

  4. Click Choose File then navigate to where the theme is downloaded and choose pest-raid.zip to upload it.
  5. Next click Install Now to begin the installation process.

  6. When the installation is finished click Activate to complete the process.

Required Plugin Installation #back to top

After installing and activating the theme you will be presented with a message indicating that the theme requires some plugins. You should install these plugins for optimal usage of the theme.

  1. To install these plugin, first click Begin installing plugins.

  2. Click the checkbox next to each plugin you want to install then choose Install from the dropdown and click Apply.

  3. All required plugins should now be installed and activated.

How to Update Theme #back to top

The theme can be updated using one of the methods mentioned below.

  1. FTP Theme Upgrade
  2. Dashboard Theme Upgrade
  3. Envato Market Plugin

FTP Theme Upgrade

The process of updating the theme via FTP will be the same as the FTP upload installation, so you can repeat those steps to update the theme.

When working with WordPress your content (pages, posts, menus and custom post type posts) and custom theme option styles and settings are stored in the database not the theme files. This means that deleting the theme folder then re uploading it will not delete your content.

Dashboard Theme Upgrade

You can follow the steps below to update the theme using your dashboard.

  1. Appearance => Themes
  2. Click Add New, to the top of the themes page.
  3. Next click Upload Theme then click Choose File to select the theme zip folder. Then click Install Now.
  4. Next click Replace active with uploaded.

When working with WordPress your content (pages, posts, menus and custom post type posts) and custom theme option styles and settings are stored in the database not the theme files. This means that deleting the theme folder then re uploading it will not delete your content.

Envato Market Plugin

To update the theme using the Envato market plug-in you first need to make sure you have it installed and activated.
https://www.envato.com/lp/market-plugin/

  1. From the WordPress dashboard click Envato Market.
  2. Next click generate a personal token to create an Envato API personal token.
  3. On the next screen use your Themeforest login information to sign in. Then enter a token name and click Create Token.
  4. Paste the generated token in Token field in the Envato market plug-in and click Save Changes.
  5. With this plug-in setup you will receive theme updates automatically in your dashboard.

Demo Importation #back to top

You can follow the steps below to import demo data.

  1. Go to Appearance => Pest Raid Demo Data Import
  2. Next click Import Demo Data then Yes, import.

How to Set Content Width #back to top

You can follow the steps below to set the content width.

  1. From the Elementor Editor click the Site Settings icon then go to Layout.

  2. In the Content Width field set the value to 1300px.

How to set-up a Mega Menu #back to top

The theme comes with the abilty to display a mega menu layout. You will need to set up your correctly for it work. Below shows an example of how to set up a 3 column mega menu.

  • You first need to define how many columns will be displayed in the mega menu. This is applied to top level menu item only.
  • Set each new column to the same level.
  • The number of columns created should match the column value chosen for the mega menu to prevent overflows.

Theme Options #back to top

The Theme Options panel in this theme is built using the WordPress Customizer and it can be found by going to Appearance => Customize.

From there you will find the relevant theme options divided into the following sections:

  1. General
  2. Header
  3. Styling
  4. Contacts & Social
  5. Shop
  6. Footer
  7. Blog
  8. 404

General #back to top

In the General section of the theme options, you can make changes to the site such as:

  • Change the site default site layout
  • Turn On/Off the back to top button
  • Change custom post type slugs

Styling #back to top

The Styling section is divided into 14 sub-sections:

  1. General Styling
  2. Top Header Styling
  3. Main Header Styling
  4. Sticky Header Styling
  5. Mobile Header Styling
  6. Page Header Styling
  7. Archive Page Header Styling
  8. Search Page Header Styling
  9. 404 Page Header Styling
  10. Blog Home Page Header Styling
  11. Shop Page Header Styling
  12. Homepage Top Header Styling
  13. Homepage Main Header Styling
  14. Footer Styling

Contacts & Social #back to top

The Contacts & Social section is divided into 4 sub-sections:

  1. Contact Information
  2. Social Networks
  3. Social Links

In the Contact Information section you can:

  • Change the call us text and icon
  • Change the address text and icon
  • Change the opening hours text and icon
  • Change the quote title and page

In the Social Networks section you can:

  • Enable and Disable required social networks

In the Social Links section you can:

  • Add social links
  • Add custom social icons

In the Shop section you can:

  • Turn On and Off Catalog mode
  • Turn On and Off shop page links
  • Turn On and Off the cart icon in the main menu
  • Turn On and Off the cart icon in the mobile main menu
  • Change the shop page layout
  • Change the number of products on the shop page
  • Change the number of items per row

In the Blog section you can:

  • Change the blog page featured image size
  • Change the blog post featured image size
  • Change the read more button text
  • Change the blog items post length
  • Change the related posts title
  • Turn On and Off featured images on single posts
  • Turn On and Off the read more button
  • Turn On and Off single posts navigation
  • Turn On and Off post meta info
  • Turn On and Off related posts and edit related posts title
  • Turn On and Off the author box below posts

In the 404 section you can:

  • Change the 404 page layout type (Elementor or Theme Options)
  • Change the 404 page header title
  • Change the 404 page header title tag
  • Change the 404 title
  • Change the 404 title tag
  • Change the 404 page text
  • Change the 404 page back button text

How to set a Homepage #back to top

  1. From the Dashboard go to Appearance=>Customize=>Homepage Settings
  2. Next click A static page
  3. For the Front page displays option select A static page then select the page from the Front page dropdown.

Page Options #back to top

When editing your posts you will have additional page options that allow you to customize the structure of the page. To access them just scroll down to the Page Options & Page Layout sections.

From here you can:

  • Change the layout of the page.
  • Choose which sidebar displays on the page.
  • Enable or disabled the page header.
  • Enable or disabled the sticky header.
  • Enable or disabled the page padding.
  • Set page header background image and color
  • Set page header type
  • Set page caption and color
  • Enable or disabled the page breadcrumb.
  • Enable or disabled the page title and set its alignment
  • Set page title color
  • Enable or disable the footer

Page Sections #back to top

When editing your posts you will have additional options that allow you to customize the sections of the page.

From here you can choose to use Elementor to build the selected sections instead of using theme options or the theme's default structure

Service Options #back to top

Each service page will have a section with options allowing you to customize details about the service.

How to add a service#back to top

  1. From the WordPress dashboard, click Services.
  2. Next Click Add New.
  3. You will be presented with a screen similar to the one below.

  4. Click Set Featured image to set an image for the service. Use the Service category section to assign categories to the service and the Add title field allows you to give the service a title.
  5. Scroll down to the Service Options section to give the service a short description and assign an icon to the service.

  6. When finished click Publish to create the service.
  7. Next you will need to add content to the service, to do this click the Edit with Elementor button.

  8. Use the widgets on the left to customize your page then click the Update button when you are finished. Check out the Elementor documentation here for more details on how to work with Elementor.

Team Options #back to top

Team member posts have a section with options allowing you to add details like team member position and social details.

Widget Areas#back to top

The theme includes 10 custom widget areas. To access them, from the WordPress dashboard go to Appearance=>Widgets.

  • Main Sidebar - Displays on pages and posts either left or right.
  • Shop Sidebar - Displays on shop page either left or right.
  • Single Shop Sidebar - Displays on single shop pages either left or right.
  • Above Shop Sidebar - Displays on shop page above product grid.
  • Right Top Header Widget Area - Displays in the top header to the right.
  • Left Top Header Widget Area - Displays in the top header to the left.
  • Footer Sidebar 1 - Displays in the footer.
  • Footer Sidebar 2 - Displays in the footer.
  • Footer Sidebar 3 - Displays in the footer.
  • Footer Sidebar 4 - Displays in the footer.

Widget Customization #back to top

The theme includes a lot of custom and flexible Elementor widgets which assist with page building. Each widget has options for colors, alignment, sizing etc, this gives you extra freedom to customize the design to meet your needs.

  • Accordion - Displays info in stacked tabs with a toggle animation.
  • Banner - Displays an image with info overlaying it.
  • Before After - Displays two images with a compare slider.
  • Blog - Displays blog posts.
  • Button - Displays a button.
  • Call to Action - Displays info and a button.
  • Carousel - A customizable carousel.
  • Company Info - Displays company info.
  • Contact Form - Displays a Contact Form 7 contact form.
  • Counter - Displays a counter with title and description.
  • Custom Menu - Displays a simple menu.
  • Details List - Displays an info list.
  • Flip Box - Displays info with a flip animation.
  • Flip Icon Box - Displays info with a flip animation.
  • Gallery - Displays a customizable gallery.
  • Heading - Displays a heading.
  • Icon Box - Displays an icon, title, description and link.
  • Image Layer - Displays layered content.
  • Info Box - Displays an icon, title, description and link.
  • Info Icon - Displays an icon, title, description and link.
  • Info List - Displays an icon, title, description and link in a list.
  • Number Block - Displays content with a number.
  • Opening Hours - Displays opening hours.
  • Partners - Displays partner images.
  • Partners List - Displays partner image, title and description.
  • Pie Chart - Displays a customizable pie chart.
  • Price List - Displays a title, description and price in a list.
  • Price Table - Displays a price and info in a table.
  • Products - Displays products.
  • Single Product - Displays a single product.
  • Progress Bar - Displays a progress bar.
  • Projects - Displays projects.
  • Services - Displays services.
  • Social Icons - Displays social icons
  • Slider - Displays an image slider
  • Tabs - Displays tabbed content.
  • Team - Displays team members.
  • Testimonials - Displays client testimonials.
  • Video Player - Displays a youtube video player.
  • Header Top Info Icon - Displays an icon, title, description and link.
  • Header Top Nav Menu - Displays a menu.
  • Header Logo - Displays a logo.
  • Header Cart Button - Displays a cart button.
  • Header Search Button - Displays a search button.
  • Header Info Icon - Displays an icon, title, description and link.
  • Header Nav Menu - Displays main navigation menu
  • Header Breadcrumb - Displays a breadcrumb.
  • Header Mobile - Displays the mobile header.
  • Header Top Header Toggle - Displays the top mobile header toggle.

Using Poedit to translate the theme #back to top

  1. Visit http://poedit.net/download to download a copy of Poedit for your system and install it.
  2. Run Poedit and click Create new translation.

  3. Navigate to the download package and go to pest-raid/languages. Click on either the default.po or default.pot file.
  4. Choose the language you wish to translate the theme to.

  5. Click on each row of text to highlight the untranslated text and enter the translated text in the Translation field.

  6. When you have finished translating the required text click Save to save the file, this will create a .po and .mo file. It is important that the name you give the file is the same as the WordPress Locale for your language. For example for French the WordPress Locale is fr_FR, for Spanish it is es_ES. For a full list of these locale names visit http://wpcentral.io/internationalization/.
  7. With the files saved you need to navigate to the theme’s languages folder on your server. Its address should be wp-content/themes/pest-raid/languages. Add both the saved .po and .mo files to this directory.
  8. Go to your WordPress dashboard then click Settings=>General. Scroll down to Site Language. From the list choose the language you wish to translate the site to.

  9. Click Save Changes to Finish.

Using Loco Translate to translate the theme #back to top

  1. To use Loco translate to translate your theme, you first need to install it. To do this click Plugins then Add New.
  2. Next search for Loco Translate then install and activate it.
  3. After Loco translate is installed and activated click Loco translate from the dashboard then click Pest Raid.

  4. Next click the New language link.
  5. Select your language from the dropdown then click Start translating

  6. Click the strings of text in the Source Text field you wish to translate and enter the translated version in the field provided.
  7. Repeat this for all the strings then click Save to finish.

Images Used#back to top