Under Construction WordPress Theme Documentation

Welcome to the Under Construction WordPress theme documentation. This documentation will guide you. If you need help, please visit the Support section.



Menu

  1. Theme Installation
  2. Homepage Setup
  3. Header
    1. Contact info & social media
    2. Site name / logo
  4. Homepage Section
    1. Home Heading / Subheading
    2. Opening Date
    3. Social Link
    4. Enquiry Section
    5. Background
  5. Footer
  6. Support

1. Theme Installation

a. Through WordPress Dashboard

  1. Go to the menu Appearance » Themes and click on Add New button.
  2. Click on Upload Theme button.
  3. Click on Browse button and navigate to the unzipped theme package on your computer.
  4. Look for a file called under-construction.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
  5. Click on Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
  6. Click on Activate link to activate the theme on your WordPress site.
  7. Go to Appearance » Customize.
Note: Some servers have limited folder access settings and may not allow uploading the theme through the admin. In these cases, upload the theme via FTP.

b. Manual Installation using FTP client

If you know the FTP login details of the server where your site is hosted and you have a FTP client installed (such as FileZilla), you might consider using this way of uploading your theme.

  1. Unzip the under-construction.zip file.
  2. Using an FTP client, connect to your host web server and go to /wp-content/themes.
  3. Upload the theme folder to /wp-content/themes/.
  4. Go to Appearance » Themes and activate the theme from the Dashboard.

First, unzip the downloaded file (under-construction.zip) and upload the resulting folder to the main WordPress installation folder: wp-content/themes. Make sure the theme's main files are contained within a single folder inside the themes directory.

You can activate the theme after it is uploaded to the server. To activate it, go to the admin panel » Appearance » Themes. You should see a theme titled Under Construction. Click the Activate button to activate it.



c. Plugin Installation

Please download the customizer-export-import.zip file and upload the plugin via the Plugins section.

  1. To upload the plugin, see the plugin page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-export-import/.
  2. After installing the plugin, activate it, then go to Appearance » Customize » Import/Export.
  3. Then download the theme settings file:
    Download under-construction-export.dat:



  4. Upload the downloaded under-construction-export.dat file in the import section.
  5. This will import the theme settings.

2. Homepage Setup

After activating the Under Construction theme, set up the homepage using the following steps:



3. The header

The header consists of two main elements:



a. Contact info & social media

To customize the top header bar of contact information, phone number
Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Settings » Phone and email



b. Changing the site name / logo

If you don't have a logo image, you can use the site name and tagline. To change them, go to Settings » General » Site Title.

Or, if you want to upload a logo for your website, go to Appearance » Customize » Site Identity.



6. Homepage Section

1. Heading & Subheading!

To manage this section



2. Opening Date



3. Social link

To manage this section



4. Enquiry Section

To manage this section, go to Appearance » Customize » Enquiry Form.

Shortcode/Content:

To add plugin go to Plugins » Add New » enter Contact Form 7 » Then click on Install » Activate

Add the Contact Form 7 shortcode in the Enquiry form shortcode box.

Install and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin. Then go to Contact » Contact Forms » Contact form 1 and add the code below to the Form section:

[text* your-name placeholder="Your Name"]
[email* your-email placeholder="Your Email"]
[text your-subject placeholder="Subject"]
[textarea your-message placeholder="Your Message"]
[submit "Send"]
Shortcode/Content:

To add the Contact Form 7 plugin, go to Plugins » Add New, search for "Contact Form 7", then install and activate it.

Place the Contact Form 7 shortcode in the Enquiry form shortcode box.

To edit the form, go to Contact » Contact Forms » Contact form 1 and add the code below to the Form section:

[text* your-name placeholder="Your Name"]
[email* your-email placeholder="Your Email"]
[text your-subject placeholder="Subject"]
[textarea your-message placeholder="Your Message"]
[submit "Send"]


5. Background



7. Footer

The Footer section consists of two main elements:

To manage footer section go to the Appearance » Customize » Theme Settings » Footer



15. Support

If you have any questions regarding themes, you can mail us at support@themescave.com.