Valkuta WordPress Theme

Pet WordPress Theme

Created : 21 February 2020

Install WordPress

To get this theme you must have WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex. Below are some useful links on WordPress information:

WordPress Codex – general information about WordPress and how to install it on your server.
First Steps With WordPress – general information included a wide variety of topics.
FAQ New To WordPress – most Frequently Asked Questions regarding WordPress.

Install theme

When purchasing Valkuta theme from Themeforest, you will be able to download Valkuta files from your Themeforest account. The main_files contains all files, you have to find valkuta.zip and upload it on your directory.

Install Valkuta theme via WordPress.

Unzip the downloaded package from Themeforest and inside it find the file valkuta.zip
Login to your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme and click Choose File Button.
After slelct"valkuta.zip" from your computer Click on "Install Now" button.
Wait the theme being uploaded and installed.
To activate the theme: Go to Appearance > Themes hover over the theme and and click Activate.

Install theme via FTP.

Follow the steps below to install theme via FTP.

Log into your hosting space via an FTP software
Unzip the valkuta.zip file and ONLY use the extracted valkuta theme folder
Upload the extracted valkuta theme folder into wp-content > themes folder
To activate the theme: Go to Appearance > Themes hover over the theme and and click Activate.

Common Install Error: Are You Sure You Want To Do This?

The “Are You Sure You Want To Do This” message may occur, means that you are limited in upload file size. Consider install the theme via FTP if this happens, or contact your hosting provider and ask them to increase the limited size.

Install required plugins

Once you activated Valkuta theme than You will get a notice for installing required plugins.

Click on "Begin installing plugins" to install required plugins.
Select all required plugin, From the top dropdown menu select Install and click Apply.
After Install all plugins sucessfully click Return to Required Plugins Installer.
Select all required plugin, From the top dropdown menu select Activete and click Apply.

Note : You can deactive one click demo import plugin after import demo data.

Import demo data

Import Demo Data – Now users can quickly and easily import our demo content with only one click to the button. This is the preferred method because it's the fastest and easiest way to get our demo content. It will import all our pages, posts, sliders etc.. If you wish to use our One Click Demo Content Importer, please see the guide below.

Note : Demo data is only for theme testing purpose. Do not install demo data on a production website.

For import demo data go on Appearance > Import demo data.
You will see demo data import screen.
Click on import demo data and please wait for import all data. It may take 3 to 5 minute depends on your sarver speed. Please be patient don't click import demo data button twice.

Theme options

Using theme options, you can control every setting on the theme. Let’s start learning theme options. Go to Appearance > Valkuta Options

General Options

Enable Pre loader : — Enable Or disable site pre loader.
Preloader Image : — Upload preloader image
Preloader Background Color : — Change preloader background color
Google Map Api Key : — If you want to use google map then paste api key here

Typography

You can change theme typography from here

Body Font: — Change body Font, Font weight, Font style, Font-size from here.
h1,h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 Font: — Change h1,h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 Font, Font weight, Font style, Font size from thes options.

Note : You will find all others theme options like (Banner options, Blog page, Single post, Archive page, search page, 404 page Footer options etc) in this options list. See them all for customize theme easily. ( You can override theme options from individual page / post. )

Page / Post / Custom post Settings

When you create or edit a page or post you will see few options for page or post settings on page/post bottom. You can change page/post layout, Header, Footer , hide /show banner, change banner title, images from these metabox options

Custom Widget

This theme provide three custom widget. To add this widget navigate to "Appearance > Widgets."

Valkuta : Recent Posts Widget

Title: — Type widget title here
Title Word Count : — Type number of words you want to show from title. (useful for small width column )
Post Count: — How many post you want to show.
Category: — Select post category you want to show.

Valkuta : Instagram Widget

Title: — Type widget title here
Instagram User ID: — Type user id here
Access Token: — Type access token here
Post Tag: — If you want to show specific tags image then type tag name here

Valkuta : Contact Info Widget

Title: — Type widget title here
Email: — Type email here
Mobile Mumber: — Type mobile number here
Short description Mumber: — Type short description here

Valkuta : Contact Form Widget

Title: — Type widget title here
Shortcode: — Paste form shortcode here

Elementor Widgets

When someone buys a theme which is compatible with a specific page builder we thought that he/she already knows about how to use that page builder. So we hope you already know how to use Elementor page builder. So we didn't make details documents for how to use Elementor page builder. But hear is the few important thing you need to know before using our custom Elementor widget.

Navigate to Elementor --> Settings --> General Tab -> Post Types and check Team Members , Services
Member Info Widget: — Before using team member info widget, you have to Add social icon for each member from "team Members" Custom post. (Required if you want to show member social icons)

WooCommerce

If you use WooCommerce Please read this first.

After activated all plugins and imported demo data, setup the WooCommerce plugin properly before check WooCommerce related pages.
You don't have to import products separately if you import our theme demo data.
Navigate to ( from dashboard left menu ) "TI Wishlist > General Settings" and select Wishlist as Wishlist Page

Theme Updates

There are 2 methods to update WordPress themes to the newer version. These new updates are essential if you want to have a bug free website as we give new features and improvements to the theme over time. Some of these updates might be needed in order to make the theme compatible with WordPress newer versions. There is no risk of losing your settings and pages (If you don't edited theme core files). However if you had done modifications in parent theme files, then they will be lost.

Please note that before updating a theme, we recommend you to make a backup of your modified files. Also, we recommend to deactivate its current version and then upload the zip file with new theme version then activate and update the theme.

Using FTP

Login in to your Themeforest account and go to downloads (Dashboard > downloads)
Download the theme into your computer
Install an FTP program (Filezilla is free)
Retrieve your FTP login information from your hosting admin panel and login into your hosting via FTP
Unzip the item main file
Locate the valkuta.zip file and unzip it. Make sure your unzipping software does not create an extra directory with the same name nested into each other.
Drag and drop theme main folder into your FTP program with the destination: “YOUR_HOSTING_ROOT/YOUR_SUBDIRECTORY/wp-content/themes/”
FTP program will give a warning that there is an existing with the same directory name, choose replace all.And wait until all files are replaced

Update Through WordPress Admin Panel

Navigate to Appearance > Themes Activate another theme to deactivate the Valkuta theme
Delete the installed Valkuta theme.
Unzip the file you just downloaded from ThemeForest and locate the WordPress Theme valkuta.zip
Still within the Themes section, on the header tab, click on “Install Themes” , then on the header second tab click “Upload” .
Click “Browse…”and locate the new theme file valkuta.zip
The “Upgrade existing theme?” option choose “Yes” from the dropdown list.
Click “Install Now”.
Click “Activate”.

Support / Contact With Us

Please follow the steps below :

Please go to support.themedraft.net
Register an account or Log in your account.
Find Valkuta theme forum and create your topic. Click here for Valkuta theme forum

Update History

                    ----- 1.0.8 ( 2 Sept 2020) -----
                    Fixed: Fixed: Page Edit Issue With Elementor.
                    Updated: Core Plugin.

                    ----- 1.0.7 ( 2 July 2020) -----
                    Updated: Premium Plugin.
                    Updated: Core Plugin.

                    ----- 1.0.6 ( 3 June 2020) -----
                    Fixed: Minor CSS Issue For WooCommerce 4.1.1
                    Updated: Premium Plugin.
                    Updated: Core Plugin.
                    Updated: Documentation.

                    ----- 1.0.5 ( 13 May 2020) -----
                    Added: Pricing Table Color Change Option.
                    Added: Menu Paw Icon Color Change Option.
                    Fixed: Svg Background Icon Not Show On Pricing Table.
                    Fixed: Team Layout 2 Image Background Color Not Changing.
                    Updated: Core Plugin.

                    ----- 1.0.4 ( 25 April 2020) -----
                    Added: Accordion Widget Title Color Change Option.
                    Added: Blue Line Image Change Option On Section Title Widget.
                    Fixed: Primary Color Change Not Working On Codestar Framework 2.1.4 ( Deactivate / Delete Codestar Framework & Install Again )
                    Update: Core Plugin.

                    ----- 1.0.3 ( 9 April 2020) -----
                    Added: Custom CSS For Individual Elementor Section/Column/Widget
                    Improved: WooCommerce 4x Compatibility
                    Updated: Premium Plugin
                    Updated: Core Plugin
                    Updated: Language File
                    Fixed: Ajax Notice Issue

                    ----- 1.0.2 ( 6 March 2020) -----
                    Fixed: Mobile Menu Color Issue
                    Fixed: WooCommerce List View Button Issue

                    ----- 1.0.1 ( 27 February 2020) -----
                    Added: Theme Primary Color Change Option
                    Added: Custom CSS Option
                    Updated: Core Plugin
                    Improved: Elementor Custom Widget Style Options

                    ----- 1.0.0 ( 21 February 2020) -----
                    Initial released