Switch Lite
Installation
Installing Switch Lite is similar to installing any other WordPress theme. After Downloading you will get a ZIP
file . That is your main zip file. Upload it using WordPress's theme uploader and activate it. Depending on your settings, you can immediately see the welcome blog page or landing page.
In order to get other pages and post type working, you need to install Switch core plugin from WordPress plugin installation page.
Page Installation Tasks
After installating and activating Switch theme, you need to perform the following tasks to enable landing page.
- Create a New Page . Enter Home page as title and keep the content field blank. Now select
"Home page"
as page template from the right side page template dropdown menu. Now save/publish it. - Go to
Settings > Reading
. From the Front Page displays section, click on static page, and select previously created"HOME"
and Posts page"BLOG"
from the dropdowns as shown in the picture below and save.
Menu Settings
After installating and activating Switch theme, you need to add a menu to complete your default settings.
-
Go to Appearance> Menus > Create a New Menu> Write Onepage Menu > Save Menu
-
Checkmark the
Onepage
menu, it will help you build a nice section menu, which included with core page. - After done click on Custom Links and place id name with hash tag like
#hero-unit
= Home. Now click on Add to Menu to create your preferred menu.
You must place specific id name to create specific menu item. For menu item
Home = #hero-unit, About = #about, Feature = #feature
Testimonial = #testimonial, Portfolio = #portfolio, Contact = #contact
Theme Customization
Switch comes with a fantastic a powerful "WordPress Customization" admin panel from where you can update almost every part of the theme. Just go to your WordPress admin panel > Appearance and click on Customize.
General Settings
From the General Settings sections, you can change Preloader Enable/Disable & Body Font Size. The management panel looks like this.
Site Identity
From the Site Identity sections, you can change logo.
Slider Option
From this section in Home Page Settings > Slider, you can manage the homepage Slider.
Features
Feature section also requires that you create a Home Page Settings > Feature post first, then tune up the look-n-feel from the Feature. settings area.
About
From Home Page Settings > About settings, you can add as many About section details. About Us. looks like the following screen. You can turn it off and also change the title from here.
Testimonials
Testimonial section also requires that you create a Home Page Settings > Testimonial items from repeater first, then tune up the look-n-feel from the Testimonial. settings area.
Team
Team section also requires that you go to Home Page Settings > Team then tune up the look-n-feel from the Team. settings area.
Portfolio
In Switch you can create unlimited portfolio galleries and select any one to display any time. To create a nice Portfolio. Please go the Home Page Settings > Portfolio click on.
Contact
From contact area, you can specify your Contact details as well as who will receive the contact emails. You can also specify the google map. You will get a shortcode from contact from 7 Or weForms. Just copy it and paste to customization contact option Please go the Home Page Settings > Contact click on.
Contact from
when you install the theme it requires a plugin called contact form 7. Just install that plugin and open it. You will get a shortcoad . please copy that code and paste it into Dashboard admin > Contact/weForms .
Footer
In Switch you can put your copyright. To create a nice Footer. Please go the Footer click on.