Improving Website Performances
The performance of your website can be improved significantly when following the right steps. Here are few tips that will help you get your pages loading faster.
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Installing the Demo Using the Theme Setup
You just bought the theme and you wish to Import your favorite demo. Our theme setup will do this for you by activating the desired plugins and importing the demo content.
How to Fix the Missing Stylesheet Error?
A very common issue caused by uploading the incorrect zip file when trying to install the theme, which also has a very easy fix.
Translating Grimlock
Grimlock and its add-ons are printing lots of strings that might still be displayed in English. This post explains how to solve this in order to fully translate your website to your native language using Poedit.
Translating BP Profile Search
To translate the search forms, several strings that you’re looking for need to be translated from the BP Search Profile plugin. That plugin doesn’t provide a POT file, so we created one with all the strings from that plugin for you.
What icons can I use for my menu and on the whole site
You can use all the icons of Font Awesome icons pack (version 4.7: https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icons) or/and […]
How to customize display of vertical navigation menu items
Customizing menu items in vertical navigation may seem difficult, but it brings a lot of […]
Installing Your Theme with Envato Studio
You have the option of letting Envato Studio install and import the demo for you. This way, it ensures that your demo is fully imported so you can get to work and focus on your project.
Why My Site Does Not Look Like the Demo?
In most cases, these type of issues are caused by server misconfigurations. Don’t hesitate to […]
Translating Your Website with Loco Translate
Looking for a way to translate your site to your native language? Loco Translate provides in-browser editing of WordPress translation files and integrates with automatic translation services.
How to Fix the “Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again” Error?
If this confusing WordPress error appears when you’re trying to upload the theme, it means […]
Creating Menus Showing Images
Thanks to the Grimlock Navigation Section, you’ll be able to add a menu displayed with featured images and texts to make it more appealing to your visitors.
Creating a Mega Menu with posts inside
Thanks to a third party plugin and a Grimlock Posts section, you’ll be able to add posts in your menu to make it more dynamic for your visitors.
How to Change the Default Login and Register Menu Items?
After importing the demo content, you might have the wrong links for the Login and […]
Adding Custom PHP Without Changing Your Child Theme
Sometimes, you are using a child theme and you don’t want to edit its files by fear of losing your customizations in a future update. Our recommendation to easily add snippets to your WordPress website is using the Code Snippets plugin.
How to Add the Meet Our Active Members Widget ?
Heads up! Make sure Grimlock for Author Avatars List is installed first! Please make sure […]
Solving Missing Stylesheet Theme Installation Error
When installing the theme, you will have to ensure you have downloaded the correct zip […]
Creating Widgetized Pages
Widgetized Pages are a great way to create unique and sophisticated inner pages for your website. They support Grimlock section widgets and allow you to showcase marketing heavy content.
How to Customize the “Cities” Grid Menu ?
To edit this section, you need to edit the “Cities” menu. Thanks to the Menu Image plugin and Grimlock plugin, this menu is displayed with featured images and texts to make it more appealing.
Setup The Events Calendar with your theme
Install plugin + Grimlock addon First you need to download, install and activate the plugin. […]
Translating Your Theme
Translating your website in one language manually is the best practise to ensure good performances as you don’t use third party plugin. To do it, you’ll have to access to your ftp and translate some specific files with Poedit.
Creating a Multilingual Website
Your theme works with WPML to create a fully multilingual website. This means you can have your website available in multiple languages.
Creating Multilingual Widgets and Homepages
If you are starting to create a multilingual website, chances are that you will need to translate your homepage and its widgets.
Adding Custom CSS
WordPress allows you to add custom CSS to change the appearance of your website through […]
Creating a Child Theme
A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, […]
Installing Jetpack
Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that provides various features and enhancements to your WordPress […]
Removing the Default Styles
By default when you create a child theme, the default CSS for the theme will […]
Installing WordPress
We assume you already have a fresh copy of WordPress installed on your server. If it has […]
Creating the Homepage
Create a New Homepage Your theme features a full widgetized page template that allows you […]
Creating the Blog Page
Create a New Page To create your blog page visit Pages > Add New. Title […]
Adding Custom PHP in Your Child Theme
If you need to modify functionality, you will often need to insert custom PHP code in to your starter child theme.
Customizing the Events Page
Heads up! Make sure Grimlock for The Events Calendar is installed first! Please make sure […]
Creating the Static Front Page
By default, WordPress shows your most recent posts in reverse chronological order on the front […]
Customizing the Posts Page
The posts page of your website can be modified through the Customizer. To display all available […]
Customizing the Single Post
The single posts of your website can be modified through the Customizer. To display all available […]
Creating the Contact Us Page
Heads up! Make sure Contact Form 7 is installed first! Please make sure you have […]
Does Your Theme Support Multiple Homepages?
Yes, your theme offers a widgetized page template called Homepage. It has all of its content […]
Creating the Login Page
Heads up! Login With Ajax is no longer necessary is you’re using Grimlock Login! Grimlock […]
Is the Kirki Plugin Required for the Theme to Fully Function?
Yes, the Kirki plugin is an amazing customizer toolkit that we use within Grimlock to create and […]
Is the Grimlock Plugin Required for the Theme to Fully Function?
Yes, Grimlock is our handmade open source WP plugin that serves as the engine of […]
Creating Mega Menus
A mega menu is organised in columns to make a long sub-menu clearer. Moreover, an image can be added in background so this sub-menu can be more appealing.
Why is the Video Background on Homepage not Visible with Mobile Browsers?
The hero video background is not compatible with mobile devices although you can still set […]
Creating the Logged In Users and Logged Out Users Menus
Creating New Menus The Logged In Users Menu refers to the menu items containing account related […]
Installing a New Plugin
Automatic installation Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself […]
Creating the Primary Menu
Creating a New Menu The Primary Menu refers to the menu items in the header […]
Creating the Social Menu
Creating a New Menu The Social Menu refers to the menu items containing links to […]
Showing Different Primary Menus for Logged In or Logged Out Users
If your theme is compatible with BuddyPress and Grimlock for BuddyPress, two built-in menu locations […]
How Can I Add a Slider to the Homepage?
To add a slider in your homepage, we recommend that you use the Slider Revolution plugin which […]
Can I Use my Theme to Sell Physical Products?
Your theme is powered by WooCommerce to manage your shop and sell goods, which means you […]
Does my Theme Support RTL (Right To Left Language)?
Absolutely! Your theme provides 100% support for RTL language thanks to RTLCSS and our fine-tuning of […]
Does my Theme Support PayPal, Stripe, etc… for Processing Payments?
WooCommerce is powering your theme to process payments for shop products, membership subscriptions, etc… This […]
Can I Place ads on my Site?
You can place advertising banners on your site by using the AdRotate plugin which provides you […]
Does my Theme Support Multilingual Sites?
Yes. All of our themes and plugins are fully compatible with the WPML plugin which […]
Can I Setup an Affiliate Program with my Theme?
Of course, you can set up an affiliate program by using any WooCommerce compatible affiliate […]
Adding the Grimlock Section Widget
Section widgets are provided by our homebrewed Grimlock plugin and integrate themselves seamlessly in your theme. They […]
Adding the Grimlock Custom Menu Section Widget
This Grimlock widget we created allows you to add a new navigation menu anywhere on your pages. Moreover, you can edit the layout and style of this section thanks to the many options available.
Adding the Grimlock Posts Section Widget
Posts section widgets are provided by our homebrewed Grimlock plugin and integrate themselves seamlessly in your theme. […]
Adding the Grimlock Query Section Widget
Query section widgets are provided by our homebrewed Grimlock plugin and integrate themselves seamlessly in your theme. […]
Creating the Activation and Registration Pages
Heads up! Make sure BuddyPress is installed first! Please make sure you have BuddyPress installed […]
Adding the Grimlock Term Query Section Widget
Term query section widgets are provided by our homebrewed Grimlock plugin and integrate themselves seamlessly in your […]
Installing Your Theme / Importing Demo Content
To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For […]
Installing Required Plugins
To enjoy the major features seen in the demo website, you will be invited to […]
Automatically Updating Your Theme
Heads up! Are you using one of our child themes? If you are using one […]
Can I use the plugin Visual Composer with your theme?
There is less need for page builder plugins when using any of our themes. We have built […]
Manually Updating Your Theme
Heads up! Create a Backup! Please create a complete backup of your site before making […]
Demo Import Troubleshooting – Common Issues and Resolutions
Usually, the setup wizard should make the demo import run smoothly, but issues can occur sometimes. In most cases, these type of issues are caused by server misconfigurations.
Customizing Your Theme
Heads Up! You will also need to activate the required plugins! If not done already, […]
Manually Updating Your Theme via FTP/SFTP
Heads up! Basic technical skills are required! Manually update your theme requires some basic knowledge […]
Managing Widget Areas
Heads up! New to widgets ? If you are completely new to WordPress and would […]