Liberty Theme Documentation

Liberty PRO WordPress Theme Documentation

Thank you for purchasing Liberty WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and customizing a WordPress theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please refer to the Support section. Thanks so much!

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It enables you to build Websites and powerful on-line applications and requires almost no technical skills or knowledge to manage. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular Web site software available.

Creating a website with WordPress is significantly much easier than coding it by yourself. if you are a beginner, even working with WordPress may be difficult to you. That's why, in this section we will provide some useful links and also will explain how to get oriented in the documentation and what pattern to follow when building your website with our theme. Please note that this documentation covers all the main settings for the theme, but it doesn't cover instructions about working with WordPress, as this is a very extensive topic. If you are new to WordPress, we would recommend to first get familiar with the WordPress system, so you can have at least basic knowledge about how it works and then proceed with setting the theme.

1. System Requirements

Minimum Requirements to Install Elementor:

WordPress 5.8 or Greater
PHP 7.4 or Greater
MySQL 5.6 or Greater
WP Memory limit of 256 MB or greater

Recommended PHP configuration limits:

If you are getting any issues in importing the demo content, you need to increase PHP limits. You can do this by yourself or contact your hosting servicer provider to ask for the help to increase following PHP limits in php.ini

max_execution_time 300
memory_limit 512M
post_max_size 100M
upload_max_filesize 64M
upload_max_size = 64M
max_input_time = 1000

2. Theme Installation

a. Through WordPress Dashboard

Go to the Appearance > Themes and click on Add New button.
Click on Upload Theme button.
Click on Browse button and navigate to the unzipped theme package on your computer.
Look for a file called liberty-pro.zip Click on it to select, then click OK.
Click on Install Now button and wait until the installation is complete.
Click on Activate link to activate the theme on your WordPress site.

Note: Some servers have limited folder access settings applied and wouldn't allow uploading the theme trough the admin - in these case you have to 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.

Unzip the liberty-pro.zip file
Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes
Upload theme to /wp-content/themes/
Go to Appearance > Themes and activate theme from Dashboard.

First you have to unzip the download file, find the zip file called liberty-pro.zip, unzip it and upload the folder to the main WordPress installation folder > wp-content > themes. Please note that if you prefer this way of installation, you have to make sure that the main files of the theme are contained just within one folder of the themes folder.

You can activate the theme after it is uploaded on the server. In order to activate this theme you have to go to the admin panel > Appearance > Themes. In this section you should see the theme with a title Liberty PRO. Just click on the Activate button and your theme should get activated.

3. Plugin Installation

The Homepage sections are based on Elementor page builder plugin. After installing the Liberty PRO theme, please install the Elementor Website Builder plugin.

Follow the below steps to install a plugin:

From your WordPress dashboard click on Plugins > Add New
In the Search field, enter "Elementor" and choose Elementor Website Builder to install
Click on Install Now button
After the installation is complete, click Activate button

4. Demo Content

a. One Click Demo Install

You can import demo content from our demo site with a single click of a button.

Install the One Click Demo Import plugin
Go to Appearance > Import Demo Data
Click on Import Demo Data button

Don't forget to activate all required plugins before importing demo data.

b. Import XML File

If you want to import the demo content the old-fashioned way, you can get a fresh copy of the XML file from our server

Follow the below steps to import the demo content:

Login into your account: https://gracethemes.com/my-account/, click the Downloads menu item and download "Demo Content" file
The demo content is inside a .zip file. You must extract this archive on your computer.
(Right click on liberty-demo-content.zip to extract)
Go to Tools > Import
Install and run WordPress Importer
Click on browse, select liberty-demo-content.xml file and click on Upload file and import
You will be asked to map the authors in this export file to users on the blog
Click on the "Download and import file attachments" box to import the attachments
Please be patient while WordPress imports all the content. Posts, Pages, and Menus are imported. You will need assign the menu a theme location & you'll need to configure widgets. This is a limitation of WordPress import system.

5. Homepage Setup

After you have imported the demo data, please setup the homepage using following

Go to Settings > Reading
Set homepage displays to Static page
Select Home page

6. Typography

You can manage the font family and font size of body text, slider text, headings, paragraph, post/page title, button text.

To manage the font/size of content, follow the steps listed below:

Go to the Appearance > Customize > Fonts Typography > Fonts Family
Change the font of the desired section
Click on Publish

7. Color Options

You can change the color of body text, slider title, page title and post title, background color of button and many more.

Follow the steps listed below:

Go to the Appearance > Customize > Colors Settings > Text Color
Change the color of the desired section
Click on Publish

8. The header

The header section consists of three main elements:

Header Top Bar
Site Name / Logo
Main Menu

a. Header Top Bar

In order to customize the header top bar, follow these steps:

From your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to the Appearance > Customize > Header Settings
Add phone number, opening hours and social media links
Click on Publish

b. Changing the Site Name / Logo

In order to change the Site Title, Tagline and Logo image, follow these steps:

From your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to the Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
Now click on Select image and pick a fitting logo for your site
Click on Publish

c. Setting the menu

First of all create pages from Pages > Add new page
Go to Appearance > Menu
Click on Create a new menu link
Give a name to your menu in Menu name and click save menu button
Once you have create menu. You need to add pages by selecting with checkboxes. After adding menu list you can arrange it by drag and drop.
Select menu display location Primary Menu from Menu Settings
Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu

9. Homepage Slider

This theme supports home page sider. To use it, follow the steps below:

From your Dashboard, go to Appearance > Customize > Slider Section > Slide Image Selection
Upload the image for the slider, add the slider title, description, and redirect link
Repeat the above steps for other slides
Now click on Publish

Default image size for slider is 1400 x 650 pixel

If you don't want to use the default image slider, you can use any image slider WordPress plugin

Install image slider plugin
Go to Appearance > Customize > Slider Section > Custom Slider
Enter your slider shortcode without php tag
Now click on Publish

10. Inner Page Banner

To change the banner image of innerpage or blog single post, follow the steps below:

Go to Appearance > Customize > Inner Page/Post Banner
Click on Change Image button to upload the banner image
Now click on Publish

To set different banner image for each individual page

Edit the page and set Featured Image
Default image size for inner page banner is 1400 x 264 pixels

11. Manage Home Page

After importing the demo content successfully, you can change the content of homepage sections and all these can be done through the Elementor page builder.

To edit your homepage with Elementor, follow the steps shown below:

From your WordPress Dashboard, go to Pages > All Pages
Hover your cursor over Home page and click on Edit with Elementor

If you want to learn more about Elementor in detail, visit their site at https://elementor.com/help/

Note: To create innerpages in Elementor, select "Elementor Page Builder" Template

12. Homepage Sections

You can edit your page in Elementor using a variety of different widgets. If you click on the section that you need to edit, a corresponding editor section will appear on the left side. You can then use that editor to customize the section.

a. Location

b. Exhibitions

c. Challenge

d. Art Inspiration

e. Leading Museum

f. About

g. Largest Collections

h. Explore

i. Upcoming Events

To add events:

Create new event from Events > Add New
Add title, description, event information and set featured image

Shortcode:

[upcoming-events show="3"]

j. Join Today

k. History

l. Steps

m. Latest News

To display latest news:

Create new posts from Posts » Add New
Add title, description and set featured image

Shortcode:

[latest-news show="2"]

n. Visit Us

13. Hide Homepage Section

Here are the steps to hide a Section in Elementor:

Edit the page with Elementor on which you have the Section that you want to hide
Select the Section that you want to hide
In the left-side settings panel of the Section, go to the Advanced tab
Open the Responsive settings group
Here you can hide the selected Section on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
Save your changes

14. Section Reordering

Section reordering basically means to arranage the section as per our requirement. It is very easy to move an section above or below another section.

Click on the Navigator button in the panel’s footer, or use the Cmd/Ctrl + I keyboard shortcut.
Alternately, you can right-click any element and then click on Navigator. This will automatically redirect you to the specific element in the navigation tree.
Once the Navigator is open, left-click and hold the mouse button down on the section element you want to move, and drag it up or down, dropping it before or after any other element.

15. Footer

To customize the footer section, go to Appearance > Customize > Footer Section

16. Setting Footer menu

Go to Appearance > Menu
Click on Create a new menu link to create footer menu
Give a name to your menu (Quick Link) in Menu name and click save menu button
Add pages by selecting with checkboxes.
Select menu display location Services Links from Menu Settings
Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu

17. Blog Page

There are varieties of Blog Templates are available which you can use to display the Blog Post with or without sidebar. All you need to do is follow the steps listed below:

Create Blog page from Pages > Add new
Select Blog - Right Sidebar template from right side panel

18. Contact Page

To display contact form, install the Contact Form 7 plugin

Create contact page from Pages > Add new
Add Contact Form 7 plugin shortcode
Select Contact Page template from right side panel

Please click here to get your Google map source code

19. Useful Plugins

We also use and support some of the best plugins for WordPress. You can install and activate these plugins by going to Appearance > Install Plugins

The list of required and recommended plugins used in this theme:

20. Page Templates & Sidebars

When you create a new page from the Pages > Add New, the "Default Template" is assigned to the page by default. The default page template is a standard page template that can be with a sidebar or full-width layout and can contain custom content.

Default Template
- Used to setting up the content on any page with Right Sidebar
Left Sidebar
- Used to setting up the content on any page with Left Sidebar
Full Width
- Used to setting up the content on any page without Sidebar
No Sidebar
- Used to setting up the content in center on any page without Sidebar
Contact Us
- Used to setting up the contact page.

21. Widgets

The WordPress widgets are used to manage sidebars:

Can manage sidebar from widgets (exa. blog sidebar and main sidebar)
Footer section can manage from footer widgets 1,2.3,4

22. Support

If you have any questions regarding our WordPress themes, you can contact us through our support forum or you can mail us at [email protected] Our support team is always ready to help you with any problems of customization or compatibility you may encounter.

Liberty FSE free Theme Documentation

Thank you for using Liberty FSE free WordPress Theme. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process of setting up and customizing a free WordPress theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please refer to the Support section. Thanks so much!

1. Create Home Page

After activating the Liberty FSE theme, please create a Home page

Go to Pages > Add New
Enter page title
Select Front Page Template

2. Homepage Setup

Please setup the homepage using following

Go to Settings > Reading
Set homepage displays to Static page
Select Home page

3. Edit Home Page

To customize the homepage, go to the Appearance > Editor

You can simply point and click on any block to edit and change its contents to your own requirements

4. Add Patterns

To use block patterns, you need to edit the WordPress post or page where you want to use the block pattern.
Follow the steps below, to add patterns in page

Click on the blue Plus button in the upper left corner of your editor
Then, click on the Patterns tab. You will see a selection of patterns you can choose from
Select the Liberty FSE Patterns from dropdown
Click on the pattern you want and it will show up in the editor
You can now make the pattern yours by tweaking it to fit your needs

Liberty PRO WordPress Theme Documentation

Table of Contents

Free Version

Minimum Requirements to Install Elementor:

Recommended PHP configuration limits:

If you have any questions regarding our WordPress themes, you can contact us through our support forum or you can mail us at [email protected] Our support team is always ready to help you with any problems of customization or compatibility you may encounter.