Catch Adaptive is a Simple, Clean and Bold Full Width Responsive WordPress Theme based on Catch Base Theme. Built on HTML5, CSS3, Masonry and Theme Customizer for real time customization, it comes with a whole set of interesting and rich features which makes this theme highly customizable and flexible. Make your beautiful yet professional website in no time. This theme is translation ready. Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/catch-adaptive-free/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-adaptive/
Features in “Catch Adaptive” Free Theme:
- Responsive Design
- Site Identity: Option to enable/disable header text, add/edit Logo and Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)
- Color Options: Light and Dark Color Scheme, WordPress Header Text and Custom background color
- Header Image: Option to enable/disable custom header image, and select Post/Page Featured Image Size
- Menus Options: Option to use Primary Menu
- Breadcrumb Options: Option to enable/disable Breadcrumb on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site and Option to change separator
- Homepage/Frontpage Setting: Select option to show post from selective category
- Layout Options:
- Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Primary Sidebar,content (Right Sidebar), ii. Content, Primary Content (Left Sidebar) and iii. No Sidebar (Content Width)
- Archive Content Layout: Option to choose from i. Show Excerpt (Image left), ii. Show Full Content (No Featured Image) and Columns Layout(Image Top)
- Single Page/Post Image Layout: Option to enable/disable Single Page/Post Image Layout or Select Featured or Full Size as Single Page/Post Image
- Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default(Older Posts/Newer Posts), Numeric (Requires WP-PageNavi Plugin), Infinite Scroll(Click and Scroll: Requires JetPack Plugin with Infinite Scroll module enabled)
- Promotion Headline Options: Option to enable/disable 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
- Search Options: Option to change the search box text
- Scroll Up Feature
- Additional CSS Options: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
- Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
- Featured Content: Option to enable/disable featured content on Homepage/Frontpage or entire site, option to select Featured Content layout from 3 columns and 4 columns, option to Enable Sliding Effect, option to highlight your Featured pages as Featured Content, option to move featured content position above footer and option to change background for featured content
- Featured Slider : Option to enable/disable featured content 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
- Social Links: 27 different social icons to choose from
- Widget Areas: 4 Widget Areas registered. That is, i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two and iv. Footer Area Three
Additional Features in “Catch Adaptive Pro” Premium Theme:
- Navigation (Menu Options):
- Additional 2 Menus which totals to 3 custom menus: Primary Menu, Secondary Menu, and Footer Menu
- Comment Options: Option to enable/disable comments, notes and website field
- Feed Redirect: Option to redirect your feed to feedburner
- Header Options: Option to Select/Add Logo Icon, enable/disable Primary Menu, enable/disable Header Toggle, enable/disable Header Right Sidebar
- Font Family Options: Option to choose Site Title Font Family, Default Font Family, Site Tagline Font Family, Content Title Font Family, Content Body Font Family, Headings Tags from h1 to h6 Font Family and reset fonts
- Footer Editor Option: Option to edit/delete Footer Left Content, Footer Right Content and reset Footer Content
- Layout Options:
- Default Layout Options: Additional 1 default layout, which makes a total of 4 Default Layout Options: i. Primary Sidebar, Content (Left Sidebar), ii. Content, Primary Sidebar (Right Sidebar), iii. No Sidebar (Content Width) and iv. No Sidebar (Full Width)
- Woocommerce Layout:Select layout for your woocommerce pages. Option to choose from 4 Layout Options: i.Primary Sidebar, Content, ii.Content, Primary Sidebar, iii.No Sidebar (Content Width) and iv.No Sidebar (Full Width).
- Archive Content Layout: Additional 2 content layouts, which makes a total of 5 Content layouts: i.Columns Layout(Image Top), ii.Show Excerpt(Image Left), iii. Show Excerpt (Image Right), iv. Show Excerpt (Image Top) and v. Show Full Content (No Featured Image)
- Scrollup Options: Option to enable/disable scroll up
- Single Post Navigation: Option to enable/disable single post navigation
- Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Theme Update notifications
- 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
- Featured Content: Additional 3 featured content types, which makes a total of 4 featured content types: i. Featured Post Content, ii. Featured Page Content, iii. Featured Category Content and iv. Featured Image Content
- Featured Slider Content Options: Additional 3 featured slider content types, which makes a total of 4 featured slider content types: i. Featured Post Slider Content, ii. Featured Page Slider , iii. Featured Category Slider and iv. Featured Image Slider
- Social Links: Additional option to add upto 10 custom social icons and links
- Widget Areas: Additional 11 Widget Areas registered which makes a total of 15 Widget Areas registered. That is, 1.Primary Sidebar, 2. Header Toggle Sidebar, 3. Header Sidebar, 4. Optional Homepage Sidebar, 5. Optional Archive Sidebar, 6. Optional Page Sidebar, 7. Optional Post Sidebar, 8. Optional Sidebar One, 9. Optional Sidebar Two, 10. Optional Sidebar Three, 11. 404 Page Not Found Content, 12. Footer Area One, 13. Footer Area Two, 14. Footer Area Three and 15. Footer Area 4
- WooCommerce for e-commerce
- WPML Ready for multi-language
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.
- Download Catch Adaptive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catchadaptive/ to your Desktop
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
- Go to “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
- Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file Catch Adaptive.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
- 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:
- Download Catch Adaptive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catchadaptive/ to your Desktop
- Unzip catchadaptive.zip to your Desktop
- 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 adaptive folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Catch Adaptive
- Upload Catch Adaptive to /wp-content/themes/
- Activate Catch Adaptive 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:
- Download Catch Adaptive from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catchadaptive/ to your Desktop
- Unzip catchadaptive.zip to your Desktop
- Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Catch Adaptive Theme which shall replace the old files
Always Set Featured Images #
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 Content. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.
Image Sizes :
Featured Content
Width: 410px
Height: 321px
Featured Slider
Width: 1680px
Height: 720px
Featured Image: Excerpt Featured Image
Width: 860px
Height: 484px
Featured Image: No Sidebar, Full Width Featured Image
Width: 1200px
Height: 484px
Custom Header Image
Width: Flexible (recommended width 1680px)
Height : Flexible (recommended height 720px)
How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
Widget Areas#
Catch Adaptive currently has 4 widget areas 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.
Menus #
Catch Adaptive offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.
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
Note: For WordPress version less than 4.3, if you do not see Navigation Option in “Appearance => Customize”, it will mean you have not created any menu. Go to “Appearance => Menus” to create menu first.
Customizer (Theme Options) #
You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.
How to add Logo? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
- You can replace the default logo by clicking on it, or click on “Change Image”
- Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity => Site Icon”
- Click on “Select Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
- 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.
How to Change and Enable Custom Header Image? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”
- Now, select enable options in “Enable Featured Header Image on”
- Click on “Add New Image” to add new header image
- Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
- Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to enable Breadcrumb and change separator? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Breadcrumb =>Breadcrumb Options”
- Check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb” to enable Breadcrumb
- To enable Breadcrumb on Homepage, check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb on Homepage”
- To change the separator between Breadcrumbs, use desired separator below “Separator between Breadcrumbs”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Additional CSS #
You can add your additional 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 custom 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 Tag Text? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”
- Type in the Excerpt Length as in, the number of words, and Read More Text
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
- Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key(windows) and Command Key(Mac)
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Where does Logo Icon Appear? #
Logo Icon appears in your Fixed Header Top, just before Primary Menu.
Layout Options #
Catch Adaptive has 3 Default Layout options, 3 Archive Content Layout options and 2 Single Page/Post Image Layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”
Default Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Catch Adaptive 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 Adaptive 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:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Catch Adaptive Options
- Then click onLayout Options
- You select required option under”Default”
- Finally Click on “Publish/Update”
How to select optional sidebar for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Catch Adaptive Options
- Then click on Select Sidebar
- You can make the required changes by clicking on options under “Select Sidebar”
- 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:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Catch Adaptive Options
- Then click on Header Featured Image Options
- You can select option “Enable or Disbale”
- 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:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Catch Adaptive Options
- Then click on Single Page/Post Image Layout
- You can select option “Featured, Slider, Full Size or Disable Image”
- Finally Click on “Publish/Update”
How to change Pagination Options? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Pagination Options”
- Under Pagination Type, select desired option
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note: When Pagination Type => Infinite Scroll (Scroll) is selected, make sure “To infinity and beyond” check box is checked in Settings => Reading from you WordPress Dashboard.
How to add Promotion Headline? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Promotion Headline Options”
- To enable Promotion Headline, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Headline on”
- Then, you can change the default text as needed or delete it to remove any fields
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to change default text in search box? #
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Options”
- Change the text below “Display Default Text in Search”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Color Options #
Catch Adaptive 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 Adaptive supports Featured Page Content. For Featured Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options”.
How to enable 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.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- To enable featured content, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Featured Content on”
- Under “Select Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Content”
- Then, select Page in Featured Page 1, Featured Page 2 and so on
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note:
Featured Content
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?#
- Catch Adaptive currently supports two layouts: 3 columns and 4 columns
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Select Featured Content Layout”, you can select your desired layout from “3 columns” or “4 columns”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to Move Featured Content above Footer?#
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Check option, “Check to Move above Footer”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to enable/disable Sliding Effect?#
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Check option, “Check to Enable Sliding Effect”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note:Make sure the number of sliders are greater than the Featured Content Layout(greater than 3 for 3 columns and greater than 4 for 4 columns) for Sliding Effect to be enabled even after checking “Check to Enable Sliding Effect” option.
How to change Headline and Subheadline?#
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Headline
- Under “Sub-headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Sub-headline
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note:Make sure the number of sliders are greater than the Featured Content Layout(greater than 3 for 3 columns and greater than 4 for 4 columns) for Sliding Effect to be enabled even after checking “Check to Enable Sliding Effect” option.
How to change number of Featured Content?#
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- 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)
- 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).
How to enable/disable title and Content?#
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Check option, “Check to Enable Title” to Enable Featured Content Title
- Then 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
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to change Featured Content Background Setting? #
- Make sure featured content is enabled
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Background Settings” from your WordPress Dashboard
- You can replace the default background image by clicking on it, or click on “Change Image”
- Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Featured Slider#
Catch Adaptive 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?#
Features page Slider Content is created to highlight your Page in the Slider Content. 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.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
- Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
- Then, select Page in Featured Page #1, Featured Page #2 and so on
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to change Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length on Slider?#
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- To change Transition Effect, select option under “Transition Effect”
- To change Transition Delay, change number of second(s) under “Transition Delay” as per your need
- To change Transition Length, change number of second(s) under “Transition Length” as per your need
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Image Loader#
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Image Loader”, select “True, False or Wait” as per your need
- 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?#
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “No fo Slides”, select the number slides as per your need
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Social Media Icons #
Catch Adaptive 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.
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.
Webmaster Tools #
We have moved Webmaster Tools to our plugin Catch Web Tools for better management and data access. So, just install Catch Web Tools plugin and activate “Webmaster Tools” from Catch Web Tools plugin dashboard. You can verify your site on Google, Yahoo and Bing by adding in the IDs in the respective boxes through “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools” in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can add in the Google Analytic. Adding scripts in Header and Footer does not require you to edit codes through Webmaster Tools.
How to Insert Site Verification IDs?
- Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Site Verification” in your WordPress Dashboard
- Enter the Site Verification ID (Google, Yahoo, Bing) wherever you wish to verify your site
- Click on Save Changes button
How to Insert Analytics / Other Scripts in Header/Footer?
- Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Header and Footer Scripts” in your WordPress Dashboard
- Here you can add in various scripts like, google, facebook etc.
- Enter the script in upper text area, for text you want to load on Header
- Enter the script in lower text area, for text you want to load on Footer
- Click on Save Changes button
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