Getting Started

1. Theme Installation
2. Plugins Installation
3. Import Demo Content
4. Child Theme
5. Updating The Theme

After you complete the purchase of the theme go to your Themeforest Profile > Downloads and locate and download the Evia Theme. Once you download the zip file, unpack it and you will see the Documentation, Demo Content and License folder and the evia.zip file, which is the theme itself.

Method 1: Wordpress Theme Manager

To install the theme go to your Wordpress Dashboard > Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme. When prompted to upload a theme, only upload the evia.zip file. Once the upload is finished, Evia theme should appear under Appearance > Themes. Hit activate and let's continue.

Method 2: FTP Upload

Another way to install a theme is to use your FTP client of choice navigate to your site and go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload a non-zipped evia.zip folder.

When you activate the theme you will be prompted to install and activate the required plugins.

Evia comes bundled with the following plugins:

Required

1. One Click Demo Import (Required)
2. Evia Options (Required)
3. Nifty Metaboxes (Required)

Additionally, the following plugins are recommended:

Recommended:

1. Contact Form 7
2. Zilla Likes
3. Instagram Feed
4. Mailchimp for Wordpress Lite

Evia theme comes with a prepared demo content for you to import.

My Site doesn't look as the Live Preview Demo!!!

If you plan on making customizations to the theme, you should consider using a Child theme to avoid the deletion of your code to the the main theme when updating.

To use a child theme upload the evia-child.zip along with the evia.zip file, and then instead of activating the main Evia theme, activate the Evia Child Theme, so now every modification you've done to the Child theme won't be deleted when updating.

More on Child Themes here

When done, let's go and customize this baby up :)

You can update your theme by performing the following steps:

1. Download the latest theme zip file from ThemeForest
2. Extract it and locate evia.zip
3. Extract evia.zip and locate the 'evia' folder
4. Copy/Replace the contents of the 'evia' folder to the /wp-content/themes/evia folder of your web site.

Optimizing Performance

While the theme is built trying to adhere to the WordPress best practices there are some thing you can do to further optimize the performance of your site.

Of course first and foremost a good hosting provider is essential for site performance. You should look for a dedicated WP hosting packages. Along with that you should consider using some sort of Caching solution.

To speed things up on our live preview we used the WP Super Cache plugin.

Regenerate Thumbnails

Nice Permalinks

Header Setup

1. Menus
2. Header Layout
3. Logo
4. Background Image
5. Navigation Settings
6. Header Social Networks
7. Preload Screen

Evia has 2 menu locations:

1. Main Menu
2. Footer Nav

Main Menu

To set up a menu go to WP Dashboard > Appearance > Menus - click "create a new menu" and name it, let's say "Main Menu" as seen below.

Next select the location for the menu by selecting the Main Menu.

Now populate the menu with links as you see fit. Note that that the Main Menu should work fine with up to 4 levels of dropdown menus.

Quick tip: To add a Home page link to your menu follow these steps:

Footer Nav

To create a Footer Menu follow the same steps as above, name the menu as you wish ("Footer Menu") and select the Footer Nav as the menu position.

Adding a Home page Link

If you imported the content via the One Click Demo Import plugin you will notice that your Home menu link doesn't navigate to your Home page but to the Live Preview Page. To setup your own Home Link delete the existing one and follow the steps displayed in the image below.

Evia comes with 8 header layouts with 3 different widths: boxed, wide and full width.

To edit Header Settings go to Customizer > Header & Logo Settings > Header Layout

If you wish to use a text logo go to Customizing > Typography > Text Logo to edit the font.

To use an image logo:

1. Go to Customizer > Header & Logo Settings > Logo
2. Under Upload Logo click "Select Image" and upload your logo image.
3. Next, to upload the Retina Version of your logo click "Select Image" under Upload Retina Logo

Here you can set Tags and Categories to be displayed in a Top Left and Top Right Header Columns.

Spearate each tag and category with a coma => tag, tag, tag

To setup your Social Network Links go to Customizer > General Settings > Social Networks. Once there, enter you usernames only and NOT the full url to your Social profiles. The only exceptions are the Google Plus where you need to copy and paste the entire URL to your Google+ profile page, RSS feed where you need to paste the entire url to your RSS feed and the Email Contact where you need to add your email address.

Next go to Customizer > Header & Logo Settings > Header Social Networks and check the networks you wish to display in the header.

Preload screen is the white screen with the animated image that appears before the page is fully loaded, and prevents the flash of unstyled content user may experience.

If you go to Customize > General Settings > Preload Screen you can enable / disable the Preload screen

Home Page Setup

1. Setting up a Homepage
2. Homepage Layout
3. Homepage Posts
4. Homepage Featured Post Slider
5. Editor Picks
6. Welcome Message
7. Promo Boxes

When it comes to Homepage, it can be the Blog List of your latest posts (as seen in the Live Preview) or a specific static page you created.

Homepage - Latest Posts

1. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading
2. To display latest posts on the Homepage select Front page displays : Your latest posts

Homepage - Static Page

1. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading
2. Front page displays : Static Page
3. Next select a page from the dropdown menu you wish to make a Front (Home) page
4. Then select a page from the dropdown menu you wish to make a Posts (Blog) page

There are 11 different Homepage Layouts to choose from:

1. Standard Layout (Default)
2. List Layout
3. Grid 2 Columns Layout
4. Standard + Grid Layout 1-2-2-2 (first standard post, then grid posts)
5. Standard + Grid Layout 1-2-1-2 (alternates between Standard and Grid posts, starting with Standard)
6. Standard + List Layout 1-2-2-2 (first standard post, then list posts)
7. Standard + List Layout 1-2-1-2 (alternates between Standard and List posts, starting with Standard)
8. List + Grid Layout 1-2-1-2 (alternates between List and Grid posts, starting with List)
9. Grid + List Layout 1-2-1-2 (alternates between Grid and List posts, starting with Grid)
10. ZigZag Layout
11. ZigZag + Grid Layout

To choose a layout go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Blog Layout and select the desired layout. Next, you can select the Home page Sidebar Position (left, right or none). Additionally, you can select which Sidebar to assign to the Home Page from the dropdown menu under SELECT BLOG HOME SIDEBAR

Categories

You can select from which categories you wish to display posts on the Homepage.

To choose categories go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Posts To Display and under BLOG HOME CATEGORIES select the desired categories. You can hold Ctrl + Click (Cmd + Click on Mac ) to select multiple categories.

Pagination

You can also, select your preferred pagination style by choosing between Older/Newer Posts or Numbered Pagination.

To activate a Featured Post Slider make sure that all Posts you want to Feature have Featured thumbnail images and that the Featured option is selected for those Posts. Additionally you may choose to show posts from a certain Category (these don't need to be set as featured).

More on the Featured Slider over here

For a Post to be shown you must check the Editor Picks meta box setting on the Edit Post page as seen here:

To enter the Title and Description for the Editor's Picks section go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Editor Picks

To edit the Welcome Message go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Welcome Message.

Setting there are pretty self-explanatory. Once you edit them click Save.

To set up Promo Boxes go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Promo Boxes. There you can either Disable them or select to show 3 or 4 boxes above the Home page blog roll (you can select to show them on every page of the blog roll). Additionally you can set the height of the Boxes in pixels (px).

Setting there are pretty self-explanatory. Once you edit them click Save.

To set up individual Boxes do:

• Step 1: Enter The Title
• Step 2: Enter the Box URL and make sure to put http:// before the url.
• Step 3: Select or upload an image. The image height should correspond to the Box height you set and the width of thew image should be at least 760px

To set the Intro Posts go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Intro Posts.

Setting there are pretty self-explanatory. Once you edit them click Save.

To set the Recommended Posts go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Recommended Posts.

Setting there are pretty self-explanatory. Once you edit them click Save.

Posts

1. Posts Overview
2. Post Customizer Settings
3. Post Individual Options (Nifty Metaboxes)
4. Post Author Information
5. Post Likes (Zilla Likes)

The Heart and Soul of every Blog Theme are the Posts, so let's have a look with what we are working here.

Evia supports the following Post Formats:

1. Standard (Default)
2. Gallery
3. Video - embed
4. Audio - embed

When writing a Post you can select a Post Format here:

Post Anatomy

1. Post Thumbnail / Featured Image
2. Categories
3. Post Title
4. Post Meta (Author, Date, Read Time)
5. Post Excerpt
6. Read More Link
7. Share Post
8. Likes Count
9. Sticky post Icon

Setting the Featured Image

Each Post Format supports Featured Image to be set. To do it go here:

NOTE: Make sure to upload a Featured Image for every Post and every Post Format including Video, Audio and Gallery Formats, because Featured Images are used for displaying Posts in Featured Sliders and Latest / Related Post carousels. If the Post doesn't have a Featured image it won't be displayed in Featured Post Sliders.

Post Excerpt

To create an excerpt in the the Standard Blog List view, when creatimg the content click where you want to cut off and click the "Insert Read More Tag" button and a -----Read More----- line should appear. List, and Grid Posts use auto excerpt.

From the WP Customizer you can make changes to Posts which have a global effect, meaning that those changes affect every Post on the Site. However, many of those settings can be Overridden on the Post by Post basis in the Post Edit page, under the Post Options (see below)

Ok, so let's take a look at the Customizer Post Settings:

Post General Settings

Post Styles

Post Author Section

Related Posts

Related posts are located under the Post Author Box. You can choose the number of Related Posts and whether to display or hide Related Posts on every Single Post Page through Customizer or on the Post by Post basis through Post Options (Post Metaboxes)

Single Post Page Layout

To change the Single Post Page Layout go to Customizer > Page Settings > Page Layout Options
and under the first set of options you'll see Single Post Layout.

Here you can the assign Sidebars and change Sidebar Position for all Posts. To assign a Sidebar select one from the dropdown menu. Make sure you put some Widgets in the selected Sidebar by going to Appearance > Widgets in order for the Sidebar to appear.

When writing a Post, and providing that you installed and activated the Nifty Metaboxes plugin, you should see a Post Options Panel underneath the Post Text Editor. A snapshot:

Post Options are divided in three parts. Featured Posts and Editor's Picks Options, Banner Ads Settings and Override Global Post Settings. Let's break it down.

Featured Post Options

To display the Post in the Featured Post Slider check the Featured field.

Editor's Pick Post Options

To display the Post in the Featured Post Slider check the Featured field.

Override Global Post Settings

Here, by selecting Override Global Post Settings you can override some of the changes you've made in the WP Customizer under Post Settings.
Since the settings are pretty much the same, I won't be going over them again, so refer to the Customizer section to see what each of the settings do, although they are pretty self-explanatory.

In addition, here you can assign a different Sidebar (10 to choose from) to each of the Posts as well as the layout of the Single Post Page

Additionally, you can add Banners and Ads here, on a Post by Post basis. More on that here Banners and Ads

Post Author Information is used by the Evia theme in a couple of places. In the Post Author Info Box after the Post Content in the Single Post Page and in the Evia: Author Widget.

Author Information can be entered by going to Dashboard > Users > All Users Select the User you want to edit (in this example it will be admin). There you will see a list of option. I will go through the ones needed for the Author Box and Author Widget to display properly.

Theme comes with the support for ZillaLikes which is one of the recommended plugins prompted for installation.

To disable ZillaLikes from your Posts just deactivate the plugin by going to Plugins > Installed Plugins find ZillaLike and click on deactivate, or go to WP Customizer > Post Settings > Post General Settings - Post Elements and check Disable Likes in Post Footer

Post Formats

1. Standard Post (Default)
2. Gallery Post Format
3. Video and Audio Post Format

First Post Format is the Standard (Default) Format and is pretty straightforward.

To create a Gallery Post follow these steps:

1. Click on Gallery Format
2. Then Pick Images
3. Next select multiple images by holding Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) and clicking.
4. Don't Forget to set the Featured Image as well, for other post views (in sliders)

Video and Audio Post Formats, selected by clicking the corresponding links, work in pretty much the same way as they use WordPress' oEmbed technology for displaying embedded video and audio. All you need to do is to see if WordPress natively supports the site hosting the file and place the url in to oEmbed field as seen below.

More on oEmbed and WordPress on Embeds WP Codex page

Pages

1. Pages Overview
2. Page Settings

1. To create a Page go to Dashboard > Pages > Add New
2. Enter the Page Title - which will appear at the top of the Page (you can give it another title in the Page Settings below). Page title will be displayed in the Main Menu should you put a link to it.
3. Once you created a Page let's see what Page Settings are available in the Customizer and Page Metaboxes

First off let's see the Global Page Settings which can be found in the WP Customizer > Page Settings

Page Title Options

These Settings affect every Page on the site, unless you Override them in the Edit Page screen.

Page Layout Options

Here you can set the layout for different pages on the site - the Sidebar Position and which Sidebar to display.

Edit Page Settings (Nifty Metaboxes)

On the Edit Page screen you will see the following options under Page Settings

Overriding Settings (Nifty Metaboxes)

Off-Canvas Sidebar

To configure Off-Canvas Sidebar go to Customize > Off-Canvas Setting

Featured Post Sliders

1. Sliders Overview
2. Slider Settings

Featured Posts Sliders allow you to showcase Featured Posts or Latest Posts from selected categories on your Homepage or any other Standard page.

Classic Slider

Slanted Edges Slider

Modern Slider

To select a Featured Posts Slider to be displayed on the Homepage go to Customizer > Home Page Settings > Featured Slider.

To edit Slider Settings go to Customizer > Slider Settings

Social Networks - Instagram Setup

1. Social Networks Usernames
2. Instagram Setup

To setup your Social Network Links go to Customizer > General Settings > Social Networks Usernames. Once there, enter you usernames only and NOT the full url to your Social profiles.The only exceptions is the RSS feed where you need to paste the entire url to your RSS feed.

Once you set up your Social Profile links you can use them in the Footer Social section (see here) and in the Evia: Social Widget (see here)

Follow these steps to enable Instagram Feed on your site:

1. Install and activate the recommended Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed) plugin

2. Go to Dashboard > Instagram Feed and under Configure click on "Connect an Instagram Account" and follow the steps.

It will prompt you to login and then authorize the plugin

If successfully connected you should see your account name in green as seen here:

Finally to enable it go to Customizer > Footer > Instagram Footer and click on

Here make sure to enter the same username used for the Instagram Feed, as it will be used to create a follow me url to your profile.

Additionally, you can set the Instagram Feed Background Color here.

If you get an Instagram Connection Error then go to this page to connect your account

Setting up the Feed to fit the Evia design

Go to Dashboard > Instagram Feed > Customize

Set the Padding around images to 0 or leave it empty

Uncheck the "Show Feed Header", "Show Load More Button" and "Follow Button"

Lastly go to Evia Options > Instagram Feed and enter your username and check "Show Theme's Default Follow Button"

Banners

1. Banner Locations and Settings

The theme allows you to upload simple banners in several different locations which you can see in the example below:

To add banners go to Dashboard > Evia Options > Banner (Ads) Settings. There you can choose to setup the Site Wide banners which will appear on every page, Post Banners which will appear on every Single Post page, and Page Banner which will appear on all Pages. After entering the fields make sure to press Save Changes before going to a different tab.

In the individual Post and Page edit screens you can add additional Banners which will override the global ones added in the Banner (Ads) Settings

Recommended Banner Widths:

Footer

1. Footer Columns
2. Footer Settings

To setup the Footer, first we need to populate it with Widgets so head over to Appearance > Widgets. There you will see a list of available Widgets on the left side and on the right a list of available Widget Areas (Sidebars). There are 3 Footer widget areas:

1. Footer 2 columns - which can hold up to 2 widgets per row
2. Footer 3 columns - which can hold up to 3 widgets per row
3. Footer 4 columns - which can hold up to 4 widgets per row

When you fill the Footer Widget Area with Widgets it should look something like this:

Now head over to the Customizer > Footer > Footer Columns > and select which area you wish to display. Note that if you select a Footer Widget Area and it has no Widgets in ti it won't appear on the page.

Other Footer Settings can be found in Customizer > Footer

Widget Areas

1. Widget Areas - Sidebars
2. About Widget
3. Advertisement Widget
4. Author Widget
5. Post Slideshow Widget
6. Post List Widget
7. Social Widget
8. Widget Styles
9. Subscribe Widget

Evia theme comes with 15 Predefined Widgetized Areas - 3 of which are used in the Footer and others on Pages as Sidebars.

1. Default Sidebar
2. Default Theme Sidebar - Automatically active if you import theme's demo data
3. Off-Canvas Sidebar (Sidedrawer) - Hidden sidebar which is trigger when clicked on the bars icon
4. Mailchimp Form Area - Widget area for displaying the MailChimp Newsletter form above the Footer
5. Footer Columns 2
6. Footer Columns 3
7. Footer Columns 4
8. Custom Sidebar 2 - 10

To use a Sidebar, you need to place some Widgets in it. Once you fill it with Widgets, you then must assign a Sidebar to a Page or a Post. On assigning Sidebar to Pages check here and on assigning to Posts check here

Evia Widgets

Evia theme comes with 6 custom Widgets for you to use. In order to activate them make sure you install the Evia Options Plugin

List of Widgets:

1. Subscribe Widget
2. Advertisement
3. About Widget
4. Author Widget
5. Post Slideshow
6. Post List
7. Social Widget

Author Widget is a stylish way to present yourself along the Content on your site. To setup the Author Widget you need to have Users with Author roles on your site. What are Users and Roles check here

On how to setup Author User Profile read here.

Post Slideshow Widget allows you to display Latest Posts in a Slideshow which you can add in the Footer or in the Sidebar. You can also display only one Latest Post by selecting Display only one Post.

Display social links in the Sidebar or Footer. You can show the Social Profiles you entered in Customizer > General Settings > Social Networks or you can select specific networks to show up. Note that if you haven't entered a username (in Genereal Setting) the social icon will not appear.

Evia theme comes with 3 Predefined Widget Styles for Widget Titles. You can additionally set the color and text alignment.

To switch between styles and to further customize Font Size and Style of the Widget Title go to WP Customizer > Colors & Styles > Widget Title

Make sure to have MailChimp plugin active and the Newsletter form configured - See here.

Contact Form and Newsletter (Mailchimp) Setup

1. ContactFrom 7
2. Newsletter Mailchimp Integration

For the Contact Form Evia uses Contact Form 7 plugin, so make sure you install it when activating the theme.

Once you activate the Contact Form 7 plugin go to Contact > Add New Form.

Give it a name and then copy the code below used in the Live Preview and paste it into the Contact Form field.

<p>Your Name (required)<br />
    [text* your-name] </p>

<p>Your Email (required)<br />
    [email* your-email] </p>

<p>Subject<br />
    [text your-subject] </p>

<p>Your Message<br />
    [textarea your-message] </p>

<p>This form collects your name and email so that we can correspond with you. Check out our policy for more information.
</p>

[checkbox* checkbox-618 "I consent to having this website collect my name and email."]

<p>[submit "Send Message"]</p>
		

Next click on Mail tab and in To field enter your email address. Go through other fields and fill them as you see fit. To see how to further customize Contact Form using CF 7 see their Documentation here

When you fill all the fields hit save. Now copy the Shortcode you received and go to Pages > Add New Page to create a new page which will be our Contact Page. Once created, paste the shortcode you copied and paste in the Content Editor

Evia theme has support for the Mailchimp Newsletter Integration with the help of Mailchimp For Wordpress Lite plugin. Here are the necessary steps to create a Mailchimp subscribe form.

Ok, first and foremost you must have a Mailchimp account (well, obviously). Secondly you need to install and activate the Mailchimp For Wordpress Lite plugin, which you will be prompted to do when you activate the Evia theme. Once all that is taken care of proceed with the steps below.

1) To use the plugin, you need to obtain your Mailchimp API key. To do that go to Mailchimp for WP > Mailchimp and click on Get your API key here.

2) Log in and if prompted with the We need some security information screen proceed by clicking I'll do this later

3) On the next screen click on Create A Key and then copy it and return to the WP admin and to the Mailchimp for WP > Mailchimp

4) Paste the API key in the API key field and press Save Changes. If all went well Status should say CONNECTED.

5) Now to prepare the Newsletter form. Go to Mailchimp for WP > Forms. There are a couple of things we need to do here.

1. First Load form Styles (CSS)? set to No
2. Check the Subcriber Lists you wish the Form to link to.
3. Next copy and paste this Form code in the Form Mark-up Field (The on used in the Live Preview).

   
   <div class="newsletter-content">
     <h3 class="newsletter-title">Never Miss A Thing!</h3>
     <p class="newsletter-message">Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated to our offers and deals!</p>
     <div class="zigzag-svg"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid" width="52" height="7" viewBox="0 0 52 7">
     <path d="M46.000,7.000 L41.000,2.252 L36.000,7.000 L31.000,2.252 L26.000,7.000 L21.000,2.252 L16.000,7.000 L11.000,2.252 L6.000,7.000 L0.000,1.303 L1.354,-0.000 L6.000,4.412 L10.646,-0.000 L11.000,0.340 L11.354,-0.000 L16.000,4.412 L20.646,-0.000 L21.000,0.340 L21.354,-0.000 L26.000,4.412 L30.646,-0.000 L31.000,0.340 L31.354,-0.000 L36.000,4.412 L40.646,-0.000 L41.000,0.340 L41.354,-0.000 L46.000,4.412 L50.646,-0.000 L52.000,1.303 L46.000,7.000 Z" class="cls-1"/>
   </svg></div><!-- end slide-svg -->
   </div>
   <div class="newsletter-inputs-outer">
   	<input type="email" class="newsletter-field" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Your email address" required />
   	<input class="newsletter-button" type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
     <div class="newsletter-agree">
       <label>
           <input name="AGREE_TO_TERMS" type="checkbox" value="1" required="">I have read and agree to the terms &amp; conditions
     </label>
   </div>
   </div>
   		

4. Press Save Changes.

6) When done go to Appearance > Widgets. Now you have an option to display the Newsletter Sign Up Form in the Sidebar / Footer or in the special MailChimp Form Widgetized Area above the Footer. Drag and drop the Mailchimp Sign-up Form widget in the Sidebar you wish to use and enter the name for the Widget. Press Save.

7) Depending on where you placed the MailChimp Widget the final result should look like this.

8) Additionally, you can set Checkboxes in your Post Comment Form to subscribe to the Newsletter Lists. Example:

To set it up follow these steps:

1. Go to Mailchimp for WP > Integrations.
2. Nest, go to Comment Form under Available integrations
3. Click Yes for Enabled?
4. Check the Subcriber Lists you wish the Form to link to.
5. Load some Default CSS? set to No
6. Press Save Changes

Typography and Styling

1. Typography Options
2. Custom Styling

Typography Sections

Colors

By going to Customizer > Colors & Styles you can change the colors and styles of different elements around the theme.

WooCommerce - Shop

1. Installing WooCommerce
2. Importing Demo Products

To start using WooCommerce, first you must install the WooCommerce Plugin from the WordPress plugin repository. In your Dashboard go to Plugins > Add New > Search for WooCommerce Plugin and Install and Activate it.

Once you activate the WooCommerce plugin, the Setup Wizard will run. You can either go through the wizard or skip it. To learn more on how to configure the wizard we recommend you see the instructions here WooCommerce Setup Wizard

When you're done with the Wizard it should have created the necessary shop pages for you. To see go to your Dashboard > Pages and you should have the following pages that look like this:

If you don't have the pages and their assigned roles then go to WooCommerce > Status > Tool > Create Pages as seen below:

To import dummy products go to Dashboard > Tools > Import and select the WooCommerce Products CSV - Run Importer

Click on Choose File and navigate to the theme folder you downloaded and go to evia > inc > demo > products.csv. Select the products.csv

Continue. A Column Mapping screen appears. Scroll down and Run the Importer.

Once done go to Products.

Theme Text and Translation

1. Default Theme Text
2. Translation

If you wish to change the Default Theme strings (text) such as "Continue Reading" or "Next Post", "Older Posts" but don't want to translate the theme then you can do that by going to Appearance > Default Text Settings. Here you can change a variety of words and sentences which are usually hard coded into a theme.

If you still wish to translate the theme, then see the following section regarding translation.

Evia theme is ready for translation. In the download package, you can find an example .po and .mo translation files, which you can use as a starting point. The theme also comes with the evia.POT file to create new translation .po files.

But before you start translating make sure you go to Customizer > General Settings > Enable Translation and click on Enable Translation. This will allow the translation of the Theme's default text via .PO and .MO files. If left unchecked the text you entered in the Default Text option will remain displayed.

In order to create your own translation, you only need to download Poedit (or similar application) and follow this simple instructions.

In the theme folder, inside the languages folder, you will find a file called evia.pot. Open that file using Poedit. You will find a screen like this one:

Just replace each string with your new translated one, and save the file using your language-country code. In case you do not know which is your code, search it here.

To change the language of your site go to Settings > General > Site Language. Note: In any case that the language that you need is not available in the above option, please refer to installing the language files manually.

For WorPress versions 3.9.2 and below follow the following steps to change the Site's language.

Open the file wp-config.php at the root of your WordPress website. Search for the PHP code: define ('WPLANG', ''); and replace it with define ('WPLANG', 'de_DE');

You will probably want to replace the German language code with your own one.

You can read more about translating Wordpress in this guide.

Credits

I've used the following images, icons or other files as listed.

1. One Click Demo Import
2. Slick Slider
3. Perfect Scrollbar jQuery plugin
4. SlickNav Responsive Mobile Menu v1.0.3
5. FitVids 1.1
6. Modernizr Plugin
7. Nivo Lightbox plugin
8. Font Icons from Fontello
9. Google Web Fonts
10. Images from Unsplash.com and Pexels.com under Creative Commons Public Domain License
11. Support for Contact Form 7
12. Support for Mailchimp for WP Lite

Changelog

Version 1.0 - 07.10.2020.
-- Initial release