FREEDOM

Author: RavenBlueThemes

Creation Date: 21/12/2016

Last Update: 10/10/2019

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing Freedom!

Freedom is a Responsive One Page WordPress Theme for creative freelancers, designers, photographers, illustrators, web studios or agencies.

It’s based on Bootstrap framework and HTML5/CSS3 technologies, with an elegant and modern design, clean and simple, fully responsive and customizable.

Freedom is the perfect solution for any type of business, specially smart companies, innovative start-up, web developers, graphic designers or artists.

Quick and easy setup to create a portfolio and show your works and services. The Theme is optimized for smartphone and tablets, it provides a clear documentation and the code is clean and well-organized.

It uses Parallax effect and you can create an awesome website with this Theme, an excellent solution for your projects. Your works will be amazing with this fluid and flexible layout, that is adaptive to all needs.

This document includes the necessary information about using it.

If you need support, you can ask me on my Themeforest comments page or contact me via email.


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INSTALLATION

Extract the zipped package that you downloaded from Themeforest. You'll find a file named "freedom-Theme.zip" in "Theme" folder. There are 2 ways to install it:

1) Extract the "freedom-Theme.zip" file and upload the extracted folder to the "../wp-content/Themes/" folder on your server.

2) On WordPress Admin Panel, go to "Appearance > Themes" and click the "Add New" button at the top of the page. Then click "Upload Theme" button. Select "freedom-Theme.zip" file and click "Install Now" button.

After uploading the Theme, you need to activate it. Go to "Appearance > Themes" page and click Freedom's "Activate" button.

Finally, you have to install the recommended plugin "Freedom", that allows you to add services, clients, works, team members and testimonials. Remember to activate it (as you can see in the screenshots below). You will find your installed plugins in "Plugins > Installed Plugins".

Installation completed!

Note: If you don't want to modify the Theme files everytime you update the Theme, you have to use the child Theme ("freedom-Theme-child.zip"). You can find more information about child Theme here.


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DEMO CONTENT

One Click Demo Import

Before running the importer, make sure that you have installed and activated the required and recommended plugins. You will see a message at the top of your dashboard if you have not yet done so.

STEP 1 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard.

STEP 2 - Go to Appearance > Import Demo Data

STEP 3 - Click the "Import Demo Data" button.

STEP 4 - Be patient and wait for the import process to complete. It can take up to 5-7 minutes.

Import Demo
Alternative Importing Method

If the one click demo import does not complete or takes too long, you most likely have a memory limit on your server. Here is another method to try.

STEP 1 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard.

STEP 2 - Go to Tools > Import.

STEP 3 - Click "Install Now" or "Run Importer" (if already installed) button under WordPress (bottom of the list).

STEP 4 - Upload the demo content .xml using the form provided on that page. The .xml file can be found in "inc/demo/content.xml" of the Theme folder. Click "Upload file and import". Do not interrupt/cancel the import process!

STEP 5 - You will be asked to map the authors in this export file to users on the blog. For each author, you may choose to map to an existing user on the blog or to create a new user.

STEP 5 - You will then have the choice to import attachments, so click on the "Download and import file attachments" box.

STEP 5 - If the import does not fully complete, repeat these steps again as many times as necessary until you receive the Success message.


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THEME SETTINGS

After have imported demo content, you can customize the Theme options (colors, typography, logo, header options, footer options, blog options and more) in "Theme Settings". You can add custom CSS and Javascript too.

Theme Settings

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HOMEPAGE SETUP

Creating a static front page is very easy and can be done quickly by carefully following these few simple steps.

1) First, go "Pages > Add New", create a new page named HOME (or anything else), select Home Page as template for your new page as shown on the image below and then publish the page.


2) After you’ve created and published the page which you want to use as your static front page, navigate to "Settings > Reading" in your WordPress dashboard, set your just newly created page (e.g. HOME) as Front page and save your settings correctly.


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BLOG SETUP

Creating a blog page is very easy, simply go "Pages > Add New", create a new page named BLOG (or anything else), select Blog Page as template for your new page as shown on the image below and then publish the page.


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CUSTOMIZATION

Freedom is very easy to customize. It uses the native customizer of WordPress. So navigate to "Appearance > Customize" and you will be able to manage every single section of your Theme.


You can add, edit or remove team members, services, projects, clients and testimonials from WordPress Admin Panel, in the related menus.

For example, to add your services go to Services > Add New (as you can see in the screenshot below) and fill the fields. The procedure is the same for the other sections too.


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TEMPLATES

When you add a new page in "Pages > Add News" or when you edit a existing page, you can select between various page templates, as you can see in the screenshot below. Each template has different style features and in the demo you can see them all. Use them according to your needs.


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NEWSLETTER FORM

For the newsletter page, it recommends to use MailChimp, the world's leading email marketing platform, and the plugin MailChimp for WordPress. To create a newsletter subscription form such as in the demo, please follow the structure below:

<input type="email" name="email" class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-duration="1s" data-wow-delay="0.5s" name="newsletter" placeholder="Enter your email..." required />
<button type="submit" class="btn wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1s" data-wow-delay="0.5s" name="send">Subscribe</button>

Once you have created and configurated a form with this structure (MailChimp for WP > Forms), copy the shortcode and paste it in the "Newsletter Form Shortcode" field in Newsletter Settings of the Customizer.

Note: To make the form work, you need to have a MailChimp account and a list, so you can do the integration with this plugin (using the API key). For more information about the setup, please refer to official documentation.

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CONTACT FORM

For the contact page, it recommends the plugin Contact Form 7. To create a contact form such as in the demo, please follow the structure below:

<div class="row">
   <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6">
      <label class="sr-only" for="name">Name:</label>
      [text* your-name placeholder "Name *"]
   </div>
   <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6">
      <label class="sr-only" for="email">Email:</label>
      [email* your-email placeholder "Email *"]
   </div>
</div>
<div class="row text-right">
   <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
      <label class="sr-only" for="message">Message:</label>
      [textarea your-message placeholder "Message *"]
      [submit "SEND"]
   </div>
</div>

Once you have created and configurated a form with this structure (Contact > Contact Forms), copy the shortcode and paste it in the "Contact Form 7 Shortcode" field in Contact Settings of the Customizer.


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ICONS

Font Awesome icons are included in the Theme. You can find the complete set here: http://fontawesome.io/icons/.

You can place Font Awesome icons everywhere you want with the "i" tag and add the class of the icon.


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CREDITS


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