Catch Responsive

Catch Responsive is an extremely flexible and customizable WordPress theme suitable for almost any kind of professional website. It is based on responsive design where each element has been carefully configured for perfect display on all devices and platforms. It is built in HTML5, CSS3 and WordPress Theme Customizer for real time customization. It comes with a wide variety of options so you can modify layout, styling, featured content, promotion headline, featured slider, pagination, icons, menus, breadcrumb, widgets and much more, directly from theme customizer. This theme is translation ready. Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/catch-responsive-free/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-responsive/

Features in “Catch Responsive” Free Theme:

  1. Responsive Design
  2. Site Identity: Option to enable/disable header text, add/edit Logo and Site Icon(Favicon/Web Clip Icon
  3. Color Options: Light and Dark Color Scheme, WordPress Header Text and Custom background color
  4. Header Image: Option to set Custom header image/logo, add alt, title and link/URL, open link in new windows/tab and select Post/Page Featured image size
  5. Menus: Option to use Primary Menu and Secondary Menu
  6. Breadcrumb Options: Option to disable/enable Breadcrumb on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site and Option to change separator
  7. Additional CSS : Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
  8. Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
  9. Homepage/Frontpage Setting: Select option to show post from selective category
  10. Layout Options:
    1. Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Content, Primary ii. Primary Sidebar, Content and iii. No Sidebar(Content Width)
    2. Archive Content Layout: Option to choose from Show Excerpt and Show Full Content (No Featured Image)
    3. Single Page/Post Image Layout: Option to disable/enable Single Single Page/Post Image Layout or Select Large, Medium, Full Size or Slider Image Size as Single Page/Post Image
  11. Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default(Older Posts/Newer Posts), Numeric, Infinite Scroll (Click), Infinite Scroll (Scroll)
  12. Promotion Headline Options: Option to disable/enable Promotion Headline on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site, edit Promotion Headline text, edit Promotion SubHeadline text, edit Promotion Headline Button Text, add/edit Promotion Headline Link and open link in new tab
  13. Search Options: Option to change the search box text
  14. Scroll Up Feature
  15. Featured Content: Option to disable/enable featured content on Homepage/Frontpage or entire site, option to select Featured Content layout from 3 columns and 4 columns, option to highlight your Featured pages as Featured Content and option to move featured content position above footer
  16. Featured Slider: Option to disable/enable featured slider on Homepage/FrontPage or entire site , option to select Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length of slides and option to highlight your featured pages in slider
  17. Social Links: 27 different social icons to choose from
  18. Widget Area: 4 Widget Areas, That are: i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two and iv. Footer Area Three

Additional Features in “Catch Responsive Pro” Premium Theme:

  1. Menus: Additional 2 Menus which totals to 4 custom menus: Primary Menu, Secondary Menu, Header Right Menu and Footer Menu
  2. Menu Options: Additional option to enable/disable Primary Menu and enable/disable search box in Primary Menu
  3. Comment Options: Option to enable/disable comments, notes and website field
  4. Feed Redirect: Option to redirect your feed to feedburner
  5. Font Family Options: Option to choose Site Title Font Family, Default Font Family, Site Title and Tagline (Description) Font Family, Content Title Font Family, Content Body Font Family and Headings Tags from h1 to h6 Font Family
  6. Footer Editor Option: Option to edit/delete footer text
  7. Header Right Options: New header right sidebar widget area. Where you can add widget to replace default right sidebar content or add more widgets to header right sidebar. Also have option to disable header right sidebar
  8. Layout Options:
    1. Default Layout: Additional 2 options i. No Sidebar(One Column), ii. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    2. Woocommerce Layout: Select layout for your woocommerce pages. Option to choose from 5 Layout Options: i. Primary Sidebar,Content, ii. Content,Primary Sidebar, iii. No Sidebar(Content Width), iv. No Sidebar(One Column) and v. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    3. Archive Content Layout: Additional 2 content layouts, which makes a total of 4 Content layouts: i. Excerpt Image Left, ii. Excerpt Image Right, iii. Excerpt Image Top and iv. Show Full Content(No Featured Image)
  9. Scroll Up: Option to enable/disable scroll up
  10. Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Theme Update notifications
  11. Color Options: Additional option to use color picker to change various Basic Color Options, Header Color Options, Content Color Options, Sidebar Color Options, Pagination Color Options, Footer Color Options, Promotion Headline Color Options, Scrollup Color Options, Slider Color Options, Featured Content Color Options, Primary Menu Color Options, Secondary Menu Color Options and Footer Menu Color Options
  12. Featured Content Options: Additional 4 featured content types, which makes a total of 5 featured content types: i. Featured Widget Content, ii. Featured Post Content, iii. Featured Page Content, iv. Featured Category Content and v.Featured Image Content
  13. Featured Slider Options: Additional 3 featured slider types, which makes a total of 4 featured slider types: i. Featured Post Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider
  14. Social Links: Additional option to add upto 10 custom social icons and links
  15. Widget Areas: Additional 13 sidebars registered which makes a total of 17 widget areas. That is, i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two, iv. Footer Area Three, v. Footer Area Four, vi. Header Right, vii. Featured Widget Content, viii. Promotion Headline Widget Left, ix. Promotion Headline Widget Right, x. 404 Page Not Found Content, xi. Optional Homepage Sidebar, xii. Optional Archive Sidebar, xiii. Optional Post Sidebar, xiv. Optional Sidebar One, xvi. Optional Sidebar Two and xvii. Optional sidebar Three
  16. E-commerce Ready: It supports WooCommerce plugin
  17. Multi-language Ready: It supports WPML plugin

Installation Using the WordPress Administration Panel #

You can download Themes directly to your blog by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.

  1. Download Catch Responsive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catch-responsive/ to your Desktop
  2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
  3. Go to “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
  4. Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file catch-responsive.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
  5. Click on “Install Now” and then “Activate” to install the Theme

Manual Installation using FTP

To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download Catch Responsive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catch-responsive/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip catch-responsive.zip to your Desktop
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and make sure that you do not already have a catch-responsive folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Catch Responsive
  4. Upload Catch Responsive to /wp-content/themes/
  5. Activate Catch Responsive through “Appearance => Themes”, in your WordPress Dashboard

Updating Theme Using the Administration Panel #

You can update Themes directly from the Administration Panel using Catch Updater plugin. Click here to read details about Catch Updater plugin.

Updating Theme Using FTP

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download Catch Responsive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catch-responsive/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip catch-responsive.zip to your Desktop
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Catch Responsive Theme which shall replace the old files

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.

Image Sizes:

Slider
Width: 1200px
Height: 514px

Featured Content
Width: 350px
Height: 197px

Featured
Width: 860px
Height: 484px

Square
Width: 200px
Height: 200px

Custom Header Image
Width: Flexible (recommended width 1200px)
Height : Flexible (recommended height 400px)

How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?

  1. Open the editor of the post/page where you want to display image, and locate the Featured Image module in the bottom right corner under Page Attributes. Click on Set featured image.
  2. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and click on Set Featured Image.Click to view screenshot
  3. For more detail, click here to watch video Screencast

Regenerate Thumbnails #

If you have just changed your theme then you need to regenerate image thumbnail for post published before activating this theme. You can simply install Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin. Then Regenerate Thumbnails through “Tools => Regen. Thumbnails” in your WordPress Dashboard.

Widgets #

Catch Responsive currently has 4 widgetized (Sidebar) areas that are 1. Primary Sidebar, 2. Footer Area One, 3. Footer Area Two and 4. Footer Area Three. You can add a variety of Widgets to this theme from “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.

Catch Responsive offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.

  • For more detail, Click here to watch video Screencast

    • Select Menu Locations
    You can assign your custom menu in 2 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Locations”
    Select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the Main Menu, which will replace the default Page Menu
    Select your custom menu as Secondary Menu to display Menu below Primary Menu

    Customizer (Theme Options) #

    You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
    2. You can replace the default logo by clicking on it, or click on “Change Image”
    3. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to hide/display Site Title and Tagline? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
    2. Uncheck “Display Site Title and Tagline” and it will not display header text
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity => Site Icon”
    2. Click on “Select Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Header Image #

    Custom Header Image is different from site logo. It’s a large global image in the header to obtain a much more personalized look and feel. To add header image, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”. Here, you can add/change/hide Header Image, select option to Enable Featured Header Image on, Position, Size and add in links and alt tag as per your website need.

    Options to Enable Header Featured Image

    When you are in “Appearance => Customize =>; Header Image”, you will see option “Enable Featured Header Image on”. There are 7 options, which gives you flexibility to add Header Image as per your website need.

    Option 1: Homepage/Frontpage
    This option will show header image in Homepage/Frontpage only.

    Option 2: Excluding Homepage
    This option will show header image throughout the site, excluding Homepage.

    Option 3: Excluding Homepage, Page/Post Featured Image
    This option will show header image throughout the site excluding Homepage. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

    Option 4: Entire Site
    This option will show header image throughout the site.

    Option 5: Entire Site, Page/Post Featured Image
    This option will show header image throughout the site. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

    Option 6: Page and Post
    This option will show Header Image in Page and Post only. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

    Option 7: Disable
    This option will disable Header Image completely.

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”
    2. Now, select enable options in “Enable Featured Header Image on”
    3. Click on “Add New Image” to add new header image
    4. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    5. Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
    6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to enable Breadcrumb and change separator? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Breadcrumb Options”
    2. Check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb” to enable Breadcrumb
    3. To enable Breadcrumb on Homepage, check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb on Homepage”
    4. To change the Separator between Breadcrumbs, use desired separator below “Separator between Breadcrumbs”
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Additional CSS #

    You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further design customization through “Appearance => Customize => Additional CSS”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

    Note: If you are doing heavy customization and adding lot of additional css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…

    How to Change the Excerpt Length and Read More Text? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”
    2. Type in the Excerpt Length as in, the number of words, and Read More Text
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
    2. Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key(windows) and Command Key(Mac)
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Layout Options #

    Catch Responsive has 3 Default Layout options , 2 Archive Content Layout options and 2 Single Page/Post Image layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”

    Default Layout Options
    Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Catch Responsive Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

    Archive Content Layout
    Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Archive Content Layout” which will set our site archive layout.

    Single Page/Post Image Layout
    Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Single Page/Post Image Layout” which will set our posts/page image layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual pages and posts through “Catch Responsive Options => Single Page/Post Image Layout”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

    How to edit individual posts/pages layout?
    This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

    1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
    2. There you can find Catch Responsive Options
    3. Then click onLayout Options
    4. You select required option under”Default”
    5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

    How to enable/disable Header Featured Image for individual Page/Post?
    This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

    1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
    2. There you can find Catch Responsive Options
    3. Then click on Header Featured Image Options
    4. You can select option “Enable or Disbale”
    5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

    How to select Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual Page/Post?
    This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

    1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
    2. There you can find Catch Responsive Options
    3. Then click on Single Page/Post Image Layout
    4. You can select option “Featured Image, Full Image or Disable Image”
    5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

    How to change Pagination Options? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Pagination Options”
    2. Under Pagination Type, select desired option
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to add Promotion Headline? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Promotion Headeline Options”
    2. To enable it, you need to select option from “Enable Headline on”
    3. Then, you can change the defult text as needed or delete it to remove any fields
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to change default text in search box? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Options”
    2. Change the text below “Display Default Text in Search”
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Color Options #

    Catch Responsive has 2 different color schemes that you can choose from.

    To change the color scheme, go to “Appearance => Customize => Colors”, then select Color Scheme and then click on “Save & Publish”

    Featured Content #

    Catch Responsive supports Featured Page Content. For Featured Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content”.

    How to enable Featured Page Content?#

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content” from your WordPress Dashboard
    2. To enable featured content, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Featured Content on”
    3. Under “Select Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Content”
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Featured Page Content

    Featured page content is created to highlight your Page in the featured content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

    1. Make sure featured content is enabled
    2. Under “Select Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Content”
    3. Then, select Page in Featured Page 1, Featured Page 2 and so on
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note:
    When you select page, make sure your Page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

    How to change Featured Content Layout?#

    1. Catch Responsive currently supports two layouts: 3 columns and 4 columns
    2. Make sure featured content is enabled
    3. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content” from your WordPress Dashboard
    4. Under “Select Featured Content Layout”, you can select your desired layout from “3 columns” or “4 columns”
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to Move Featured Content above Footer?#

    1. Make sure featured content is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Check option, “Check to Move above Footer”
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to change Headline and Subheadline?#

    1. Make sure featured content is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Under “Headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Headline
    4. Under “Sub-headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Sub-headline
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to change number of Featured Content and select Featured Page?#

    1. Make sure featured page content is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Under “No of Featured Content” set number of Featured Content as required(You need to save and refresh the page after changing number of Featured Content)
    4. Then, select your pages in “Featured Page #”
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note:For best results, it is recommended to set number of featured content to be multiple of Featured Content Layout (E.g. for 3 columns layout, 3, 6, 9 etc. will yield best results).

    Display Content#

    1. Make sure featured page content is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Under Display Content, you can select “Show Excerpt, Show Full Content or Hide Content” to display excerpt as content, whole content as content or not display content respectively, as per you need
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Catch Responsive supports Featured Page Slider Content. For Featured Slider Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options

    How to enable Featured Page Slider?#

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    2. To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
    3. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Featured Page Slider

    Features page slider is created to highlight your Page in the slider. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.
    Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Page Slider.

    How to enable Featured Page Slider?#

    1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
    2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
    3. Then, select Page in Featured Page 1, Featured Page 2 and so on
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to change Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length on Slider?#

    1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. To change Transition Effect, select option under “Transition Effect”
    4. To change Transition Delay, change number of second(s) under “Transition Delay” as per your need
    5. To change Transition Length, change number of second(s) under “Transition Length” as per your need
    6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Image Loader#

    1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Under “Image Loader”, select “True, False or Wait” as per your need
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note:
    True: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start as soon as two slider are available. Slide may display in random, as image is fetch.
    Wait: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start only after all images are available.

    How to change number of slides and select Featured Page?#

    1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
    2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
    3. Under “No of Slider”, select the number slides as per your need
    4. Then, under “Feauted Page #1, Feauted Page #2, Feauted Page #3 and Feauted Page #4”, select desired page to show in slider
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note:
    When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

    Social Media Icons #

    Catch Responsive has custom social icons for various social networking sites. You can activate the social icons you want by adding in your social profile links through “Appearance => Customize => Social Links => Social Links”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

    Further, you can add your own custom social image, title, links through “Appearance => Customize => Social Links => Custom Social Links”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

    Embed Multimedia into Posts or Pages #

    For externally hosted videos (for example a YouTube or Vimeo video), you can directly paste the link of your video page into the content editor. You do not necessarily have to paste the embed code in the content. WordPress will automatically embed the video from the link.

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