NRGEvent - Premium Event Resposive Theme

General Informations - top

First of all, we want to say thanks you! We are very grateful that you have chosen our theme for your website. We will do everything we can to provide you the best support possible. Before you get started, please be sure to always check out these documentation files. We outline all kinds of good information, and provide you with all the details you need know to use NRGEvent Theme.

Folder Structure - top

NRGEvent Theme Folder Structure:

NRGEvent.zip - contains all the files required for the theme to run & install (also the main CSS file called 'style.css').

Getting Started - top

In this section we will go over the process of setting up WordPress environment, next I will show you how to install and activate your brand new theme. Finally you will learn how to setup all of the key features of NRGEvent theme.

Preparing WordPress - top

If you already have WordPress installed on your server just skip to the next section. If you haven't yet installed WordPress on your server here you will find a complete guide on this topic. Just follow the steps and you will be ready in a blink of an eye with your shiny new WordPress website.

Installation and Theme Activation - top

Each WordPress Theme can be installed in this ways: via ftp client, through the admin panel:

Installing WordPress Theme via FTP client:

unzip the 'NRGEvent.zip' package (the zip package is inside the folder you have downloaded from ThemeForest),

connect to your server,
navigate to the folder where your WordPress is installed,
go to wp-content/themes/,
upload the 'NRGEvent' folder into the 'themes' directory (the path will look like this: wp-content/themes/NRGEvent),
open the wp-admin panel (navigate through web browser to the folder where you have installed the WordPress e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/),
login to your wp-admin panel then from the sidebar on the left choose 'Appearance',
under 'Appearance' choose 'Themes',
find the 'NRGEvent' theme and click the 'Activate' button next to it.

Installing Theme via WordPress Admin Panel:

open the wp-admin panel (navigate through web browser to the folder where you have installed the WordPress e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/),
login to your wp-admin panel then from the sidebar on the left choose 'Appearance',
under 'Appearance' choose 'Themes',
at the top click 'Install Themes' tab,
under the header click the 'Upload' link,
after uploading it will be installed automatically
after the installation you will be able to activate the theme to do this click the activation link.

Required Plugins - top

After installing and activating the theme you will see a popup at the top of the page. Saying: "This theme requires the following plugins..." please click the 'Begin Installing plugins' link. You will be redirected to 'Install Required Plugins' page, here you will find all of the theme required plugins. To install them just check all of them and from the drop down select install once installed do the same to activate them.

After installing plugins you need to activate them. So Click "return to Required Plugins Installer".

Select all the plugins, choose "Activate" in select field and click "Apply".

Required plugins:

NRGEvent Plugins - create theme custom posts.
Visual Composer - build any page with intuitive drag and drop page builder.
Contact Form 7 - just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
Contact Form DB - saves client registrations to data base.

Import Demo Content - top

By installing the demo content, your theme will look like the one you see on our demo. This install is not necessary but will help you get the core pages, categories and meta setup correctly. This action will also let you understand how the theme works by allowing you to modify a content that is already there rather than creating it from scratch. With the theme installed and activated go to Appearance > Import Demo. Select demo site you want to import: Business, Festival or Music. Press the Import Demo Content button to start importing the content from our servers.

Child and Parent theme - top

A WordPress child theme takes the functionality of another theme, named parent theme. It gives you the possibility to customize an existing theme. Instead of modifying the theme files directly, you can activate the child theme and work within it. All customizations are stored in the child theme and anything in the child takes priority over the parent. So if the same file exist in both child and parent, the file from the child will control that aspect of the theme.

Working with child themes, your customizations are safeguarded from future upgrades because you only upgrade the parent theme, which you never edit, while the customizations are protected in your child theme which you don’t upgrade.

Why use a Child theme?

Safe Updates. You can easily modify your website using child themes without ever changing the parent theme. When a new version of the parent theme appears, you can safely update it as all your modifications are saved in the child theme.

Easy to Extend. A child theme has a great flexibility. It does not require writing a lot of code. You can modify only those template files and functions that you need.

Notice! When you install one of our themes you must upload both parent and child theme folders to /wp-content/themes/ but you should only activate the Child theme via Appearance > Themes.

Modifying files from the Parent theme folder

While you should never edit files in your Parent theme, if you really must, the safest way to do it is to download a copy of the file you want to modify on your computer, make the changes, and then upload it into your child theme folder.

This way of modifying the files can be used for any files from the parent theme — note that you must re-create the same folder structure in your child theme that exist in the parent theme in order for the modifications to take effect.

WordPress Settings - top

General Settings

The General Settings page controls some of the most basic configuration settings for your site: your site's title and location, who may register an account at your site, and how dates and times are calculated and displayed.

Site Title - lets you enter the name of your site (or blog).
Tagline - your sites's slogan, or short phrase, or sentence, used to convey the essence of the site and is often funny or eye-catching.
WordPress Address (URL) - the full URL of the directory containing your WordPress core application files (e.g., wp-config.php, wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes). For example, if you installed WordPress into a directory called "blog", then the WordPress address would be http://example.net/blog (where example.net is your domain). If you installed WordPress into your web root, this address will be the root URL http://example.net.
Site Address (URL) - the address you want people to type in their browser to reach your WordPress site. This is the directory where WordPress's main index.php file is installed. The Site address (URL) is identical to the WordPress address (URL) (above) unless you are giving WordPress its own directory.
E-mail Address - the e-mail address to which you want WordPress to send messages regarding the administration and maintenance of your WordPress site. For example, if you allow new users to register as a member of your site (see Membership below), then a notification will be sent through e-mail to this address.
Membership - check this checkbox if you want anyone to be able to register an account on your site.
New User Default Role - this pull-down box allows you to select the default Role that is assigned to new users.
Timezone - lets you select your timezone, choose a city that is in the same timezone as you are.
Date Format - the format in which to display dates on your site.
Time Format - the format in which to display times on your site.
Week Starts On - lets you select your preferred start date for WordPress calendars from the drop-down box, Monday being the default setting.
Site Language - the WordPress dashboard language.

Using permalinks

Permalinks are the permanent URLs of your blog posts or pages on your WordPress site.

Go to Settings > Permalinks.

Select one of the available formats:
- Default: http://www.yourwebsite.com/?p=123
- Day and name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/2008/03/31/sample-post/
- Month and name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/2008/03/sample-post/
- Numeric: http://www.yourwebsite.com/archives/123
- Post name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/sample-post
- Custom structure in the box enter the custom structure you want to use. For example: /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
In the Optional section you'll find 2 prefixes used in URLs for category and tag archives:
- Category base box enter the custom prefix for your category URLs.
- Tags base write the custom prefix for your tag URLs
Don't forget to click the Save Changes button
- After, you should receive two messages regarding your .htaccess
- In case your .htaccess is writeable you will receive this message: Permalink structure updated
- In case you .htaccess is not writeable you will get this message: You should update your .htaccess

Theme Options - top

After installation and activation it is time to set up your website. First thing you will notice is the 'Theme Options'. This section contains all of the custom NRGEvent options (see image bellow). The default options set in the panel are similar to those in the ThemeForest preview.

Notice: Before leaving the 'Theme Options' tab make sure to click the 'Save changes' button at the top of the panel, otherwise your changes will be lost.

General - top

In the first tab you will find all of the basic settings divided into few sections:

General

Site type - you can select here onepage or multipage site type.
Type logo - select type of the logo: image or text.
Site Logo Image - upload the site image.
Site Logo Text - type in the text to display as logo.
Browser Favicon (16x16)* - select a 16x16 ico image for favicon.
Show preloader - check to show prealoader before site loads.

Notice: Before leaving the 'Theme Settings' tab make sure to click the 'Save Changes' button at the top of the panel, otherwise your changes will be lost.

Colors

Select Colors Site - you can choose the color theme of the site.