MENZSALON - BARBER & SALON WORDPRESS THEME

Version 1.2 / Theme Documentation


Thank you for purchasing MenzSalon WordPress Theme! In this document you will find the latest information on how to install, manage and update your theme, as well as create content, install plugins, import Demo data etc. If you like our theme and want to support us please rate it 5 star from your Downloads Section

ITEM NAME: MenzSalon - Barber & Salon WordPress Theme

ITEM VERSION: 1.2

MINIMUM REQUIRED: WordPress version 4.3.0

AUTHOR: iThemesLab

SUPPORT VIA EMAIL: ithemeslab[@]gmail.com

Theme Installation

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Once you purchase MenzSalon from Themeforest, you can download the theme package. After you UnZIP the package you will find the theme file in it menzsalon.zip . There are 2 ways to install your theme, both are described step by step below.

Installation via WordPress

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Step 1: Login to your WordPress Dashboard

Step 2: Go to Appearance > Themes. Click the Add New button or Add new theme link.

Step 3: Click on the Upload Theme button. Locate "menzsalon.zip" and click Install Now

Step 4: Click on the Activate button to activate MenzSalon. Congratulations, you have now activated MenzSalon! You can now proceed with MenzSaloon's Plugin Installation.

Installation via FTP

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Step 1: Log into your Hosting server using an FTP client (like FileZilla or WinSCP).

Step 2: Locate "menzsalon.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 MenzSalon with all theme files in it.

Step 3: Locate your WordPress installation and upload the theme directory menzsalon (you unzipped in the previous step) into ../wp-content/themes/ in your WordPress installation.

Step 4: Click on the Activate button to activate MenzSalon from your back-end. Congratulations, you have now activated MenzSalon! You can now proceed with MenzSalon's Plugin Installation.

Plugin Installation

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Once you activate the theme you will get a notice like (This theme requires the following plugins:) the screenshot below. Then click on Begin installing plugins

install plugin

These 5 plugins you need to install is listed below:

  • MenzSalon - Core
  • Revolution Slider
  • Contact Form 7
  • Elementor
  • CMB2

Once you click Begin installing plugins you will redirect to Install Required Plugins page just like screenshot below.

Step 1: Select All Plugins

Step 2: Select Install from dropdown menu.

Step 3: Click Apply and wait for a while.

Step 4: After installed all the plugins please activate all the plugins one by one.

Import Sample Data

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Theme Sample Data

After activated all the plugins time to import sample data. Go to Tools > Import and install WordPress importer plugin.

After install the plugin click on Run Importer.

install plugin

Please locate the menzsalon-sample-data.xml and click Upload file and import

Select a user and checked Download and import file attachments.

Click Submit and wait for a while.

Menu Setup

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If sample data imported then go to Appearence > Menus and find Primary Menu from upper left dropdown list. Then assign the menu in Primary display menu location.

primary menu

menu location

Assign Home Page

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Go to Settings > Reading. Change the settings as like screenshot below.

assign homepage

Import slideshow

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Click Slider Revolution from left side menu. Select Import Slider and locate menzsalon-slideshow-1.zip or menzsalon-slideshow-2.zip and click Import Slider

Placing slideshow

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First of all you have to add a section. Please check the screenshot to know how to add the slideshow section and what will be the settings.

After creating section now its time to place the Revolution Slider in there. Choose Revolution Slider from widget area and drag it to that section. Select the slideshot then click to APPLY and then click on SAVE button.

Elementor Settings

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Once you activate the ELEMENTOR page builder plugin the you must disable it's default styles to get the themes style.

Change Logo

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Go to Appearence > Customize. On the customize panel go to Header Settings > Custom Logo and change the logo from options.

change logo

Change Primary Color

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Go to Appearence > Customize. On the customize panel go to General Settings > Colors and change the primary color from options.

primary color

Footer Settings

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Go to Appearence > Customize. On the customize panel go to Footer Settings and change the options form these panel shown below.

After change all these options you will get your footer like this below.

copyright text

Create Testimonial

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Now its really easy to make testimonial section. Select ITL - Testimonial from left sidebar, drag it into the page and change the settings.

Create Contact Form

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Go to Contact > Add New and insert the Contact Form Name. In Form tab you need to put some short code to get the form. Click here to get the contact form shortcode. Just copy that code and paste it in Form tab.

Add Contact Form in page

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Select ITL - Contact Form 7 addon, drag it into the page and select the contact form you want to use.

Change default banner

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Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Settings > Default Banner and change the banner image from here.