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E-commerce WordPress Theme

E-commerce WordPress Theme

E-Commerce is a mobile-ready, responsive theme designed especially to work with a popular WooCommerce plugin. It was designed from the start to look awesome on any device. Theme provides a minimalist but modern look. This theme is translation ready. Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/e-commerce-free and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/e-commerce

Features in “E-commerce” Free Theme :

  1. Responsive Design
  2. Site Identity: Option to add/edit logo, change Site Title, Tagline text and Choose Site Icon(FavIcon/WebClip Icon)
  3. Color Options: Option to change Header Text Color and Background Color
  4. Header Image: Option to change Custom Header Image
  5. Background Image: Option to select Background Image, change Background Repeat, Background Positon and Background Attachment
  6. Menus: Option to use Primary Menu and Social Menu
  7. Additional CSS: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
  8. Widget Area: One registered widget area
  9. WooCommerce Ready

Additional Features in “E-Commerce Pro” Premium Theme:

  1. Header Image: Option to enable/disable featured header image(on HomePage/ FrontPage, Excluding HomePage, Excluding HomePage but enabled on Page/Post Featured Image, Entire Site, Entire Site including Page/Post Featured Image and Only on Pages and Posts), add alt, title and link/URL, open link in new windows/tab and select Post/Page Featured image size
  2. Background Image : Additional option to enable/disable background image and select post/page featured image as background
  3. Menu Options
    1. Additional option to enable/disable Primary Menu, enable/disable search box in Primary Menu and make Menus full width
    2. Additional option to enable/disable right container in Primary Menu
  4. Breadcrumb Options: Option to enable/disable Breadcrumb on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site and Option to change separator
  5. Comment Options: Option to enable/disable comments and website field
  6. Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
  7. Feed Redirect: Option to redirect your feed to feedblitz or feedburner
  8. Font Family Options: Option to choose Default Font Family, Site Title Font Family, Site Tagline Font Family, Content Title Font Family, Content Body Font Family Headings Tags from h1 to h6 Font Family and Footer Font Family
  9. Footer Editor Option: Option to enable/disable and edit footer text
  10. Homepage/Frontpage Options: Select option to show post from selective category on HomePage/FrontPage
  11. Layout Options:
    1. Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Primary Sidebar,Content ii. Content,Primary Sidebar Content, iii. No Sidebar and iv. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    2. Woocommerce Layout: Select layout for your woocommerce pages. Option to choose from i. Primary Sidebar,Content ii. Content,Primary Sidebar Content, iii. No Sidebar and iv. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    3. Archive Content Layout: Option to choose from Show Excerpt(Image Top) and Show Full Content (No Featured Image)
    4. Single Page/Post Image Layout: Option to enable/disable Single Page/Post Image Layout and select Featured Image, Slider or Full Size as Single Page/Post Image
  12. Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default(Older Posts/Newer Posts), Numeric, Infinite Scroll (Click), Infinite Scroll (Scroll)
  13. 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, open link in new tab and set width of Promotion Headline Left Section
  14. Search Options: Option to change the search box text
  15. Scroll Up: Option to enable/disable scroll up
  16. WooCommerce Options: Option to enable/disable Zoom, Lightbox and Slider effects for WooCommerce Product Gallery
  17. Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Theme Update notifications
  18. Color Options: Additional option to use color picker to change various Basic Color Options, Header Color Options, Header Right Sidebar Color Options, Content Color Options, Social 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 and Primary Menu Color Options
  19. Featured Content: 6 featured content types: i. Widget, ii. Post, iii. Page, iv. Category, v. Image and vi. Product
  20. Featured Slider: 5 featured slider types: i. Post, ii. Page , iii. Category, iv. Image and v. Product
  21. Widget Areas: Additional 17 widget areas registered which makes a total of 18 Sidebars registered. 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 Page Sidebar, xiv. Optional Post Sidebar, xv. Optional Sidebar One, xvi. Optional Sidebar Two, xvii. Optional sidebar Three and xviii. WooCommerce Primary Sidebar
  22. Widgets: “CT: Header”, “CT: Advertisement Widget”, “CT: Featured Page Widget”, “CT: Featured Post Widget”, “CT: Social Icon Widget” and “CT: Footer Copyright”

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 E-commerce from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/E-commerce/ 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 E-commerce.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 E-commerce from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/E-commerce/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip E-commerce.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 E-commerce folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of E-commerce
  4. Upload E-commerce to /wp-content/themes/
  5. Activate E-commerce 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 E-commerce from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/E-commerce/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip E-commerce.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 E-commerce 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:

Single
Width: 890px
Height: 501px

Custom Header Image
Width: Flexible (recommended width 1440px)
Height : Flexible (recommended height 618px)

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 Choose a 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.

E-commerce 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 Social Menu to display social icons

    E-commerce allows you display links to your social media profiles, like Twitter and Facebook, with icons.

    1. Create a new Custom Menu, by going to “Appearance => Menus => create a new menu” and assign it to the Social Menu location
    2. Add links to each of your social services using the Custom Links panel
    3. Icons for your social links will automatically appear if it’s available

    Available icons: (Linking to any of the following sites will automatically display its icon in your social menu).

    * Codepen
    * Digg
    * Dribbble
    * Dropbox
    * Facebook
    * Flickr
    * Foursquare
    * GitHub
    * Google+
    * Instagram
    * LinkedIn
    * Email (mailto: links)
    * Pinterest
    * Pocket
    * PollDaddy
    * Reddit
    * RSS Feed (URLs with /feed/)
    * Spotify
    * StumbleUpon
    * Tumblr
    * Twitch
    * Twitter
    * Vimeo
    * WordPress
    * YouTube

    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 clicking 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? #

    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”
    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
    5. Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
    6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note: If you want to move header Image Position, choose the position of header below “Featured Header Image Position”

    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 custom css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…

    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?

    1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Site Verification” in your WordPress Dashboard
    2. Enter the Site Verification ID (Google, Yahoo, Bing) wherever you wish to verify your site
    3. Click on Save Changes button

    How to Insert Analytics / Other Scripts in Header/Footer?

    1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Header and Footer Scripts” in your WordPress Dashboard
    2. Here you can add in various scripts like, google, facebook etc.
    3. Enter the script in upper text area, for text you want to load on Header
    4. Enter the script in lower text area, for text you want to load on Footer
    5. Click on Save Changes button

    Recommended Plugins
    * Catch Web Tools for Webmaster Tools, To Top, Catch IDs and so on* Contact Form * Contact Form 7 for Contact Form
    * WP-PageNavi for Numeric Pagination
    * Regenerate Thumbnails to for Regenerating Thumbnails
    * Jetpack for Infinite Scroll, Gallery, Stats, Image CDN and many more

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