- The theme zip file Academia.zip(included Visual Composer and Revolution Slider plugins)
- Child theme for easier customize in Academia-child.zip
- Document in Documentation.zip
Thank you for purchasing our theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this documentation, please feel free to us via email. Thanks so much!
To use Academia, you must be running WordPress 3.9 or higher, PHP5.4 or higher, and MySQL 5 or higher. We have tested it with Mac, Windows and Linux. Below is a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.
Many issues that you may run into such as: white screen, demo content fails when importing, empty page content and other similar issues are all related to low PHP configuration limits. The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own, or contact your web host and ask them to increase those limits to a minimum as follows:
Get the Academia Theme installation package from your account(after login on Themeforest.net) at downloads page and save it to your computer.
Step 1 - Login to your Wordpress Dashboard
Step 2 - Go to Appearance > Themes. Click the Add New button or Add new theme link. (check screenshot below)
Step 3 - Click on the Upload Theme button. Locate "Academia.zip" and click Install Now.
Step 4 - Click on the Activate button to activate Academia. Congratulations, you have now activated Academia! You can now proceed with Academia's Plugin Installation.
Step 1 - Log into your Hosting server using an FTP client (like FileZilla or WinSCP).
Step 2 - Locate "Academia.zip" that you found in your ThemeForest Package and unzip it somewhere on your hard drive. Once it is unzipped it will look like a folder named Academia with all theme files in it.
Step 3 - Locate your Wordpress installation and upload the theme directory Academia (you unzipped in the previous step) into ../wp-content/themes/ in your Wordpress installation.
Step 4 - Click on the Activate button to activate Academia. Congratulations, you have now activated Academia! You can now proceed with Academia's Plugin Installation.
All plugins required have been zipped/already into your download package, so you only need to do is click on the "Begin installing plugins".
You should be navigated to the Install Required Plugin page, which shows a plugin list similar to this(list plugins on images below only an example, not for Academia):
Next, Click on the checkbox beside "Plugin" label to select all plugins in the list.
Then choose "Install" from the drop-down list at the top and then click "Apply".
The installing process status will be shown in your browser. It may takes a few minutes, so please be patient. After sucessfull, your screen like that
When the notice "All installations have been completed" appears, click on the "Return to Required Plugins Installer" link to turn back to the plugin list.
Next, click on the box beside the Plugin label again to select all plugins and choose Activate this time as image below.
With Academia, you can build a functioning website just by clicking a button and install our demo data or click 5.2.1 Create A New Page to step by step. Your Academia installation will be set up with what we have on our demo website, and you can use it as a template to develop your own website.
Go to Appearance >> Install Demo Data menu
The progressing would be displayed on import status bars so you will know when it is finished and your data is ready.
DONE. Now, you can visit your website to view demo.
You can create any number of pages with content. Our theme includes several page templates to choose from, and you will need to choose the page template that suits your needs. All of this is done in the pages section of your WordPress admin.
If you DID NOT One Click Install Demo Data, you will need to MANUALLY CREATE your Home and other pages. Here’s how to build it:
Step 1 – Navigate to Pages in your admin sidebar and click Add New option.
Step 2 – Input a new name for your page, and click "BACKEND EDITOR"(must installed Visual Composer plugins).
Step 2.1 – Don't click "BACKEND EDITOR": only input content to area 3 then go to Step 3
Step 2.2 – Click "BACKEND EDITOR": screen see below
Step 3 – Set your Parent page. It’s usually set to No Parent.
Step 4 – Set your page template from the Template dropdown list.
Step 5 – Content for your page goes in the editing field, use the Visual or Text editor. Page content is mainly built using Shortcodes. See the Shortcodes section for how to use them. You can also use our demo content, see the corresponding section of this document for the demo code of each page.
Next, you can publish this page and set it as your frontpage(8.1. Settings a static page as Home) in the Wordpress Settings panel.
Now you can start fiddling with Visual Composer to build your home page with any design that you like.
In case you don't have time for experience with it, you can switch to "Classic Mode" and use one of the shortcode sets provided below to build your frontshop based on one of the pre-made home page we offer.
To create a page similar to Homepage in our the demo, choose the Classic Mode and switch to the Text tab, then paste this code into the content of your page:
Paste one of these content into your Homepage, choose Template "Home Pages", then publish this page and set it as your frontpage(8.1. Settings a static page as Home) in the Wordpress Settings panel.
For a further understanding on these shortcodes and what they do, please visit Academia Demo page.
Recently OnePage sites has become a trend, and Academia can help you do it easily. You just have to create a Menu with Links as items.
After that, any where want menu link to section, please edit row by Visual Composer and type id on field: Row ID
If you are new to WordPress and have problems with setting up the theme you might want to import the demo content file that comes with the theme. The following actions will import some dummy posts and pages from the live preview:
Select WordPress from the list
Continue with steps in image
Continue with steps in image
Display asked to import author, selected and continue
After completing all above steps, open frontend link(Home 1) to see the pages imported to make, look like below is ok
If you don't want to use the demo content pack, you can read the instructions on how to work with our theme built-in Page Builder below to make your own pages.
After setting up the homepage, you need to setup the slider for homepage to make it display the same as in live preview.
The download package contains the exported slider (Revolution Slider) that can be used as your slider template. Please follow the steps below to import it to your shop:
Please note that these steps are to set up slider for homepage the same as in live demo. If you want to make your own slider, please follow the official Slider Revolution document.
You can do step by step as image below to build contact form
You can visit Contact Form 7 Plugin to further details.
Or copy and paste content below to Form field(see image above)
You can adjust WordPress settings as follows:
Step 1 – You can set Site Title, Tagline in Settings > General
Step 2 – You can set Blog pages show at most in Settings > Reading
Step 3 – You can select Front Page displays in Settings > Reading
Step 4 – You can set Discussion settings in Settings > Discussion
Step 5 – You can change Image sizes in Settings > Media
We used the following sizes on our demo sites:
Thumbnail size: 150 x 150
Medium size: 300 x 300
Large size: 1024 x 1024
Step 6 – You should ensure that a non-default permalink setting is selected, e.g. Month and name in Settings > Permalinks
By clicking on the "Theme Options" menu, you'll be able to change all template specific settings.
"General Settings" tab is divided into a few sections. Asides from the Install Demo Data section mentioned above, there are a few important sections for you to customize your layout.
You can upload this Logo on your server, or just paste an URL into the Logo box
"Maintenance Mode" use for update/maintenance website. Can choose custom page or default(basic)
"Performance" use on/off js & css for faster loading page
Have many options for each devices/screen, view on image to further more details.
You can input information, background for 404 page with out install plugins.
User can custom and change many options color on website.
User can custom and upload many options font for website.
User can choose from many font style.
Users can disable the custom post types used within the theme here, by checking the corresponding box. Settings many options for them, also.
Users can disable the custom post types used within the theme here, by checking the corresponding box. Settings many options for them, also.
Users can disable the custom post types used within the theme here, by checking the corresponding box. Settings many options for them, also.
Resources options let you utilize boostrap elements to style your store quick and easily.
In case you want to add new CSS class or JS to your website, add it in this text box. This will add/overwrite the theme CSS,JS, so please be careful!
You can back up the options you chose here and restore them later, in case you want to fiddle with it. You can even swap data between different installations by pasting the text in the box under Transfer Theme Options Data and click Import Options button.
Academia features custom settings for your pages that you can set globally under Theme Options and individually on a per Page basis in your Edit Page screen under the Meta Options section (the section will be above or below your Visual Composer editor section).
You can set the following Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Academia features custom setting page layout for your pages that you can overwrite page layout settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Page Layout Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
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Layout Style | Overwrite the Default Layout Style (set in Theme Options) for this page. |
Page Layout | Overwrite the Default Layout of pages settings section in Theme Options for this page. |
Page Sidebar | Set position for the page sidebar: none, left, right, both of left and right |
Left Sidebar | Set Sidebar for left sidebar, if not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Right Sidebar | Set Sidebar for right sidebar, if not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Sidebar Width | Set width for Sidebar , if selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Page Class Extra | Add class extra in to body tag for this page |
Academia features custom setting top drawer for your pages that you can overwrite top drawer settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Top Drawer Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
Top Drawer Type | Set type of top drawer: 'Disable', 'Always Show', 'Toggle'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Drawer Sidebar | Set Sidebar for top drawer sidebar, if not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Drawer Wrapper Layout | Set layout wrapper for top drawer: 'Full Width', 'Container', 'Container Fluid'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Drawer hide on mobile | Set visible for top drawer area on mobile. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Academia features custom setting top bar for your pages that you can overwrite top bar settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Top Bar Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
Top Bar DeskTop | |
Show/Hide Top Bar | Set visible of top bar. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Layout | Set layout for top bar: '1/2-1/2', '2/3-1/3', '1/3-2/3', 'full', if not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Left Sidebar | Set sidebar for left sidebar. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Right Sidebar | Set sidebar for right sidebar. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Scheme | Set scheme for top bar area: 'Light', 'Light Gray', 'Gray', 'Dark Gray', 'Dark', 'Overlay', 'Transparent'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Border Bottom | Set border bottom for top bar area: 'None', 'Bordered'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Mobile | |
Show/Hide Top Bar | Set visible of top bar. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Layout | Set layout for top bar: '1/2-1/2', '2/3-1/3', '1/3-2/3', 'full', if not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Left Sidebar | Set sidebar for left sidebar. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Right Sidebar | Set sidebar for right sidebar. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Scheme | Set scheme for top bar area: 'Light', 'Light Gray', 'Gray', 'Dark Gray', 'Dark', 'Overlay', 'Transparent'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Top Bar Border Bottom | Set border bottom for top bar area: 'None', 'Bordered', 'Container Bordered'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Academia features custom setting header for your pages that you can overwrite header settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Header Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
Header On/Off? | Set visible of header |
Page Header Desktop | |
Header Layout | Set layout of header. If no selected will take value in Theme Options |
Header Boxed | Set boxed for header layout, if selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header Container Layout | Set container layout for header: 'Container', 'Container Full'. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Header Float | Set float for header. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header Scheme | Set scheme for header: 'Light', 'Light Gray', 'Gray', 'Dark Gray', 'Dark', 'Overlay', 'Transparent'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header Navigation Scheme | Set scheme for header navigation: 'Light', 'Light Gray', 'Gray', 'Dark Gray', 'Dark', 'Overlay', 'Transparent'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header navigation border top | Set border top for header navigation: 'None', 'Solid'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header navigation border bottom | Set border bottom for header navigation: 'None', 'Solid', 'Gradient', 'Gradient 2'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Show/Hide Header Sticky | Set sticky mode for header. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header sticky scheme | Set scheme for sticky of header. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Page Header Mobile | |
Header Mobile Layout | Set layout fot header mobile. If no selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Menu Drop Type | Set drop type for menu mobile: 'Dropdown Menu', 'Fly Menu'. If not selected will take value in Theme Options |
Header Scheme | Set scheme for header mobile: 'Light', 'Light Gray', 'Gray', 'Dark Gray', 'Dark', 'Overlay', 'Transparent'. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile header border bottom | Set border bottom for mobile header: 'None', 'Bordered', 'Container Bordered'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile header float | Set float mode for mobile header. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Header mobile sticky | Set sticky mode for mobile header. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile Header Search Box | Set visible for search box. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile Header Shopping Cart | Set visible for shopping cart. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Academia features custom setting header customize area for your pages that you can overwrite header customize settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Header Customize Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
Header Customize Navigation | |
Set header customize navigation? | Set customize of header navigation. If selected Off will take settings Header Customize Navigation in Theme Options |
Header Customize Navigation | Set visible and order item for header navigation: 'Shopping Cart', 'Search Box', 'Social Profile', 'Canvas Menu', 'Custom Text' |
Custom social profiles | Set social profiles items for header navigation |
Custom text content | Set content for custom text of header navigation |
Header Customize Left | |
Set header customize left? | Set customize of header left. If selected Off will take settings Header Customize Left in Theme Options |
Header Customize Left | Set visible and order item for header left: 'Shopping Cart', 'Search Box', 'Social Profile', 'Canvas Menu', 'Custom Text' |
Custom social profiles left | Set social profiles items for header left |
Custom text content left | Set content for custom text of header left |
Header Customize Right | |
Set header customize right? | Set customize of header right. If selected Off will take settings Header Customize Right in Theme Options |
Header Customize Right | Set visible and order item for header right: 'Shopping Cart', 'Search Box', 'Social Profile', 'Canvas Menu', 'Custom Text' |
Custom social profiles right | Set social profiles items for header right |
Custom text content right | Set content for custom text of header right |
Academia features custom setting logo for your pages that you can overwrite Logo settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Logo Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
Logo Desktop | |
Custom Logo | Upload logo if you want custom logo for this page. |
Custom Logo Retina | Upload logo for retina if you want custom logo retina for this page |
Logo height | Set height for logo, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Logo max height | Set max height for logo, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Logo padding top | Set padding top for logo, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Logo padding bottom | Set padding bottom for logo, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Sticky Logo | Upload logo sticky if you want custom logo for this page. |
Sticky Logo Retina | Upload logo sticky for retina if you want custom logo retina for this page |
Logo Mobile | |
Mobile Logo | Upload logo if you want custom logo mobile for this page. |
Mobile Logo Retina | Upload logo mobile for retina if you want custom logo retina for this page |
Mobile Logo Height | Set height for logo mobile, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile Logo Max Height | Set max height for logo mobile, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Mobile Logo Padding | Set padding top/bottom for logo, if leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Academia features custom setting page title for your pages that you can overwrite Page Title settings in Theme Options
You can set the following Page Title Options for the Page you are currently editing:
Attribute | Description |
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Show/Hide Page Title? | Set visible of header, if selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Custom Page Title | Set content of page title. If leave empty will take value title of page |
Custom Page Subtitle? | Set custom for page subtitle, if selected Off will take value in Theme Options |
Custom Page Subtitle | Set content for page subtitle |
Text Align | Set text align for page title: 'left', 'center', 'right'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Padding Top | Set padding top for page title. If leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Padding Bottom | Set padding bottom for page title. If leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Border Bottom | Set border bottom for page title: 'Enable', 'Disable'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Text Size | Set size of text for page title: 'Medium', 'Large'. If selected default will take value in Theme Options |
Text Color | Set color of text for page title. If leave empty will take value in Theme Options |
Custom Background Color? | Set custom background color for page title. If selected Off will take value in Theme Options |
Background Color? | Set background color for page title if selected On for Custom Background Color |
Background Color Opacity? | Set background color opacity for page title if selected On for Custom Background Color |
Custom Background Image? | Set custom background image for page title. If selected Off will take value in Theme Options |
Background Image | Set background image for page title if selected On for Custom Background Image |
Page Title Parallax | Set parallax mode for page title. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Parallax Position | Set position of parallax mode for page title: 'Top', 'Center', 'Bottom'. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Breadcrumbs | Set visible of breadcrumbs for page title. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Breadcrumbs Styles | Set styles of breadcrumbs for page title: 'Float', 'Normal'. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Breadcrumbs Align | Set align of breadcrumbs for page title: 'Left', 'Center', 'Right'. If selected Default will take value in Theme Options |
Remove Margin Bottom | Set margin bottom to none for page title |
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If you installed the Demo Content, you don’t need to create a new Home Page, you just need to choose from the list Home Pages that were automatically created from the demo content, following these steps:
Save all your changes!
Content management is a breeze with Fortuna and it requires absolutely no coding skills. Using a highly customized version of the Visual Composer plugin the theme offers a user friendly Drag'n'Drop interface for easy page creation and editing. Follow these simple steps to create a Page with Academia:
Step 1:Go to Pages > Add new in your Dashboard. Add a Title to your Page (top field).
Step 2:Switch to Backend Editor if you are currently under Classic Mode (button below Title field).
Step 3:Start adding page content by clicking on the Plus button or Add Element.
Step 4:The Add Element Popup appears, click on the first element in order to add a new Row to your page. A Row is a main building block of a page, you can split your Rows into Columns, place various elements into your rows, set Row Backgrounds, effects etc.
Step 5:Once you have the new Row added to your page you can split that Row into Columns in order to organize elements nicely in it. Once you split your Row into column you can start adding different Page Elements into your columns. If you want to edit your Row/Column Settings click on the small Pen icon (top right corner of the Row/Column). You can also Duplicate your Row with the Icon (duplicate icon) next to it or Remove the Row/Column with the icon to the right (trash bin icon).
Click on the Edit Row button (Pen icon, top right of the Row). You will see the Row Settings Dialog popup.
Layout:
Full Width (overflow hidden) - Row will full width (option default)
Full Width (overflow visible) - Row will full width, visible content if overflow
Container - Max width 1170px and center.
Container Fluid - Full width, padding left and padding right 15px.
Columns gap:
In order to control gaps between columns navigate to row parameter window and change column gap option - the gap will be introduced between all columns within this row. Default value of gap is set to 0.
Important: In case of mobile stacking gap will be introduced between stacked columns as well.
Full Height Row and Video Background:
Equal height:
In order to set columns within row to be equal height you must navigate to row parameter window and check Equal height option to be active. All columns within this row will have equal height and align to the longest column.
Content position:
In order to control vertical alignment of content within rows/columns navigate to row parameter window and select position of content - top, middle or bottom. By default value is set to "Default" meaning it will use Top or any other alternative if defined within your WP theme.
Parallax:
Show background overlay (Overlay Color)
Color - Click button to select color of background overlay
Overlay Opacity - Set opacity for overlay (0 → 100)
Show background overlay (Overlay Image)
Image - Click button to select select image or set background image from Design Options
Overlay Opacity - Set opacity for overlay (0 → 100)
Row ID
Set ID of row (Note: make sure it is unique and valid according to w3c specification)
CSS Animation - Select type of animation if you want this element to be animated when it enters into the browsers viewport.
Animation Duration - Duration in seconds. You can use decimal points in the value. Use this field to specify the amount of time the animation plays. The default value depends on the animation, leave blank to use the default.
Animation Delay - Delay in seconds. You can use decimal points in the value. Use this field to delay the animation for a few seconds, this is helpful if you want to chain different effects one after another above the fold.
Once you have the desired number of columns in a Row you can manage each Column's individual settings by clicking on the Toolbar icons of that specific Column. The Plus Icon adds an element to the top of the Column, the bottom Plus Icon adds an elemnt to the bottom of the Column. The Trash Bin icon removes the Column. Access the Column Settings by clicking on the Pen Icon.
Access the Column Settings by clicking on the Pen Icon. The General tab provides with the option to add CSS classes to your Column if you wish to access it via CSS (can pass more than one divided by a space).
Adding Page Elements to your Page is pretty straightforward. First you need to have created a new page, added a Row to it and defined your Row Columns (read more in the previous section).
Step 1:Click on one of the Plus Icons within the column you want to add a new element to.
Step 2:The Page Elements dialog will appear, click on the element you want to add to your Column/Row.
Step 3:The Element Settings Dialog of the Element you are adding appears. Customize your element anyway you want, then click Save.
Step 4:Your element is now in the Column you added it to. Once you hover your newly added element you will see a small popup that let's you manage it. You can do the following with your elements:
Move - Drag your element via the Direction Icon to move it around within the Column,Row or Page.
Edit - Click on the Pen Icon to edit your Element's properties.
Clone - Click on the Copy Icon to duplicate your Element.
Delete - Click on the Trash Bin Icon to remove your Element.
Academia includes 2 custom post type:
Academia provide a Our Teacher custom post type that lets you feature your work in style. To create your Teacher items follow the steps below:
Step 1: Go to Our Teacher > Add New in your Dashboard.
Step 2: Click on Add New to make a new post. Create a title and insert your post content in the editing field. You can use any of our short code builder elements inside the post.
Step 3: Add Departments from the right side. To assign it to the post, check the box next to the Department name. These Categories are the filters that will sit above your portfolio images and allow you to filter the different types of projects.
Step 4: To select Feature Image click the first Featured Image Box, select an image and click “Set Featured Image”.
Step 5: Add Social Info custom information by input to 'Social Settings' section. You can add multiple file by click 'Add Social' button.
Step 6: Add Phone, Email extra information by input to 'Contact Info' section.
Step 7: Once you are finished, click Publish to save the post
Each custom post type has each page setting to change slug, display name. To change setting custom post type follow the steps below:
Step 1: Go to 'Custom Post Type' (ex: Portfolio ) > Settings in your Dashboard.
Step 2: Input value to 'New slug post type' and 'New name post type'
Step 3: Input value to 'New slug category' and 'New name category' .
Step 4: Once you are finished, click 'Save Changes' to save the settings
You can visit WP Mail SMTP Plugin to further details.
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this documentation
Please feel free to us via email g5plus@outlook.com.
Or create topic here: http://support.g5plus.net. Thanks so much!
Social Profiles
These options are for a box that enable people to share your blog content on various social networks which automatically shows up under the content blog posts, an important function that helps promoting your site. You can also check the options to decide which network they are allowed to share the content of your website on. You can also turn off all options if you don't want your content to be shared at all.