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Catch Responsive Pro

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Catch Responsive Pro WordPress Theme

Catch Responsive Pro is an advanced version of Catch Responsive free WordPress theme. Catch Responsive Pro is an extremely flexible and customizable Responsive WordPress theme suitable for almost any kind of professional website. It is based on responsive web 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 theme customization. It comes with a wide variety of options so you can modify layout, styling, colors, fonts, featured content, promotion headline, featured slider, pagination, icons, menus, breadcrumb, widgets and much more, directly from WordPress theme customizer. This theme is translation ready. Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/catch-responsive-pro-premium/ 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 upload Theme directly to your blog by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.

  1. Download Catch Responsive Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account 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-pro.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 Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Unzip catch-responsive-pro.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-pro folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Catch Responsive Pro
  4. Upload Catch Responsive Pro to /wp-content/themes/
  5. Activate Catch Responsive PRo 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 the latest version of Catch Responsive Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Unzip catch-responsive-pro.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 Pro 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 thSet Featured Image 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 Pro currently has 18 widgetized (Sidebar) areas that are 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 Right, x. 404 Page Not Found Content, xi. WooCommerce Primary Sidebar, xii. Optional Homepage Sidebar, xiii. Optional Archive Sidebar, xiv. Optional Page Sidebar, xv. Optional Post Sidebar, xvi. Optional Sidebar One, xvii. Optional Sidebar Two and Optional Sidebar Three. “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.

Catch Responsive Pro 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 4 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Manage Location” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”
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
Select your custom menu as Header Right Menu to display Menu in Header Right Sidebar Area
Select your custom menu as Footer Menu to display Menu in Footer Area

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

How to select different font for different sections? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Font Family Options”
  2. Select desired font below each given section
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Layout Options #

Catch Responsive Pro has 5 Default Layout, 4 Archive Content Layout and 4 Single Page/Post Image Layout Options “Appearance => Theme Options => Layout Options”

Default Layout
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 a 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 the Archive Content Layout, you can check the box below “Archive Content Layout” which will set layout.

Single Page/Post Image Layout
Once you are in the Single Page/Post Image Layout, you can check the box below “Single Page/Post Image Layout” which will set layout.

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

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

Feed Redirect #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Feed Redirect URL”
  2. Add Feed link below “Feed Redirect url”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Comment Options #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Comment Options”
  2. Under “Comment Option” select desired option from Use WordPress setting, Disable in Pages and Disable Completely
  3. To disable website field, check option “Check to Disable Website Field”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Footer Editor”
  2. Under Footer Left Content you can add html or plain text
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Additional CSS #

You can add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need 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 a 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 disable Scrollup feature? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Scrollup Options”
  2. Check option “Check to disable scroll up”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Color #

Catch Responsive Pro has Basic Color Options where you can select Color Scheme and basic color. After that you will have color option for each section.

To change the colors, go to “Appearance => Customize => Color Options.

How to Change Color scheme? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Color Options => Basic Colors Options”
  2. Then select the desired color scheme
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Catch Responsive Pro supports 4 featured slider types to choose from: Post Slider, Page Slider, Category Slider and Image Slider. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Select Slider Type”.

How to enable Featured Slider?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider” 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 “Page Slider, Page Slider, Category Slider or Image Slider”
  4. Finally, click on “Save”

Post Slider

Post slider is created to highlight your Post in the slider. So first you need to create a Post and then add Featured Image to the Post.

How to enable Post Slider?#

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Post”
  3. Then add Post ID for Featured Post # 1, Featured Post # 2 and so on
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

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

Page Slider

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.

How to enable Page Slider?#

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Page”
  3. Then select page for 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.

Category Slider

Category slider is created to highlight your posts from specific categories in the slider. So first you need to create a Post, add Featured Image to the post and assign posts to specific categories.

How to enable Category Slider?#

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider as “Category”
  3. Then select Category or Categories from which you want to display the post in the slider
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

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

Image Slider

Image Slider is created to highlight independent images in the slider. This slider gives you full control to upload your own independent image, with the title (optional), content (optional), optional link and target. Just use the following simple steps to add in the Image Slider.

How to enable Image Slider?#

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Custom”
  3. Then upload image, give title, content, link all optional as per your need
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:

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

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Effect 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”

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

  1. Make sure Featured Slider is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under “Number fo Slides”, select the number slides as per your need
  4. Then, Featured Image Slider Option select Featured Page as: “Featured Page #1, Featured Page #2, Featured Page #3 and Featured Page #4”, select desired page to show in slider
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

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