Winsome

Winsome is one page  as well as multi page parallax scrolling  multi-purpose theme. It is well suited theme for business, corporate, informative, agencies, travel, design, art, personal and any other creative websites. It features multiple sections on the front page including favicon, logo, widgets, multiple navigation’s, address bar, business hours, social menus, and customizer to customize theme easily.

Theme Installation

From WordPress Dashboard

• Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
• Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
• Click Add New.
• Upload the Zip file of Winsome
• After Installing the theme Click Activate button

FTP Installation (alternate method)

• Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
• Extract winsome.zip and upload the folder.
• Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
• Click the Activate link.

Recommended Plugin

PT Theme Addon
This plugin is required to add Our Team, Testimonial and Portfolio features.

Contact Form 7
Use this plugin to make contact page.

Import Demo Content

Follow the method below to import demo content of the theme

• Install One Click Demo Import Plugin. You can get it here
• Activate it and go to Appearance >> Import Demo Data
• Upload .xml, .wie and .dat files respectively and import them

Download demo content here

After demo data is imported please follow these steps:

• Go to Settings >> Reading, select A static page option and assign Home and Blog page like shown in image below.
• Go to Appearance >> Menus and assign Main Menu to Primary Menu and Social Menu to Social Links
• Install ‘Contact Form 7’ plugins and replace shortcode if needed.

Adding Content

Page

To create page on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below listed methods.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Page and Click on Add New
• Give the title of the page and add the content
• Set the featured image for the post from right corner.
• Click on Publish Button.
• Add more page like the above methods.

Post

To create post on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below listed methods.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Posts and Click on Add New
• Give the title of the post and add the content
• Set the featured image for the post from right corner.
• Set that post on the Category.
• Click on Publish Button.
• Add more post like the above methods.

Category

To create categories, follow the below steps.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Posts > Categories
• Give the title of the category
• Click on Save
• The added category will appeared on the Add Post Page.

Widgets

After the recommended plugin installed, your theme will have added custom widget. Use the available custom widget to make the theme as demo. Go to Appearance > Customize > Widgets > Home Page Widget Area and Add the available widget on this section. Check the every available options for the widget.
Added custom widget are:

• Winsome: Contact
• Winsome: CTA
• Winsome: Facts
• Winsome: Features
• Winsome: Latest News
• Winsome: Services
• Winsome: Social

Add the above listed Widget on Home Page Widget Area or any other widget area to achieve the design as demo.

Customization Options

Go to the Admin Panel > Appearance > Customize

Logo, Site Title & Tagline

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
• Find the options for Logo, Site Title and Tagline.
• If preview is fine, click on save and publish to save the changes.

Colors

• You can easily change the background of the site.
• Go to Appearance > Customize > Colors
• Change the color as your need.
• If preview is fine, click on save and publish to save the changes.

Background Image

You can easily change the background image of the site.

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Background Image
• Change the color as your need.
• If preview is fine, click on save and publish to save the changes.

Theme Options

Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options
This section includes Header Options, Slider Options, Layout Options, Footer Options, Breadcrumb Options etc.

Header Options

From this section you can manage, Site Title & Tagline.(Show/Hide Site title and Tagline)

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Header Options
• Check all the available options on this section.
• If preview is fine, click on save & publish to save the changes.

Layout Options

This section includes Left Sidebar, Right Sidebar & No Sidebar. You can manage Full Excerpt and Post Excerpt.

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Slider Options
• Check all the available options on this section.
• If preview is fine, click on save & publish to save the changes.

Footer Options/ Copyright Text

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Footer Options
• Check all the available options on this section.
• If preview is fine, click on save & publish to save the changes.

Breadcrumb Options

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Breadcrumb Options
• Check all the available options on this section.
• If preview is fine, click on save & publish to save the changes.

Slider Options

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Slider Options
• Check all the available options on this section.
• If preview is fine, click on save & publish to save the changes.

Menus

This theme comes with two menu locations. Primary Menu and Social Menu

Primary Menu

• This menu will appeared on Main menu for the site below the logo section.
• Create a menu and add the items on the menu.
• Set the menu on the Primary Menu.
• Save the Menu

Social Menu

• Social Menu can show with the help of Winsome: Social Widgets.
• Add the link for social Menu(Use Custom Link to create this menu)
• In custom link, add link for Facebook Menu(www.facebook.com/username)
• Add the menu and follow the same steps for twitter, Instagram.
• Select the Social Menu for this.
• If preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Widgets Area

Go to Appearance > Customize > Widgets

Sidebar

• From Widgets, go to Sidebar
• Select the widgets or items to be kept on the side bar like Search, Pages, Recent Posts, Recent Comments, Categories, Archives, Text, Calendar, etc.
• SAVE AND PUBLISH the sidebar items.

Home Page Widget Area

• You can add the available widget on this section to make the home page as demo.
• You can select the different widgets for different footer.
• SAVE AND PUBLISH the widgets selected to be kept on footer area.

Footer

• Inside Widgets, you can see the footer options.
• There are for footer options i.e. footer1, footer2, footer3, footer4.
• You can select the different widgets for different footer.
• SAVE AND PUBLISH the widgets selected to be kept on footer area.

Static Front Page

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Static Front Page
• See the available options for the front page displays.
• SAVE AND PUBLISH the option selected.

Added Custom Widget

Add this available widgets on widget area to make the awesome sites. Go to Appearance > Customize > Widget and add the widget on required widget area.

1. Winsome: Contact

This widget is use for contact section on home page.  This widget includes, Section Id, Title, CF7 Shortcode Field, Contact Page Descriptions Select Options & background as well. This Widget have Background image options to add the background image for that section.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page. You can see how to make one page site below.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• CF7 Shortcode: We recommend you to use Contact Form 7 shortcode to make the contact form like demo.
• Contact Page: You can select the page with the contact descriptions.
• Background Image: Select the background image to make that section far better.

2. Winsome: CTA

With the help of this widget, you can maintain the home page section with title, content, button and link.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• CTA Page: Select the page to show the information for Call to Action.
• Button Text: Add your own text for the CTA button.
• Button URL: Your own url goes there.
• Background Image: Select the background image to make that section far better.

3. Winsome: Facts

This widget help to make the facts section on home page like demo. Your counter will appear on the home page. Set the values from the widget options.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• Icon One: Name of the font awesome icons. Find More fonts Name Here.
• Count One: Add the value, the counter will stop there.
• Text One: Name name of the first counter.

Follow the same steps above for other icons as well.

4. Winsome: Features

It helps to show the features on your site. Use the available options on the widget to display the features.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• Featured Image: This Image will appear to the left side of features listing.
• Page 1: Select the Page for the Features one and set other pages similarly on other options.
• Icon One: Name of the font awesome icons. Find More fonts Name Here.

5. Winsome: Latest News

This widget is useful to create Blog section on home page.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• Select Category: Select the category to display the latest news on the Home page.
• Number of Posts: You can set the number of post to show on that section.
• Number of Columns: Select the number of columns to show on that section.

7. Winsome: Services

Select the page for the services with the help of this widget. You have Pages on Admin Dashboard. Create pages for services and select the page for the services.

• Section ID: This section is used to make the site One Page.
• Title: Title for the contact section.
• Page 1: Select the Page for the Features one and set other pages similarly on other options.
• Icon One: Name of the font awesome icons. Find More fonts Name Here.

Use the above method for other pages and icons as well.

8. Winsome: Social

This widget is useful to create social links on the widget area. Set the social menus, that menu will appeared with the help of this widget. In the above section, we already discussed about how to create social menu.

How to Make One Page Site:

Winsome is ready for one page and multipage. You need to use section id of the individual widget and menus options to make one page site.

Add Section IDs on Widgets: 

1. Go to Appearance > Widget > Home Page Widget Area
2. Click on one of the available widget on that widget area.
3. In the widget you will get “Section ID”.
4. Enter a Unique Section ID. You can use this ID in Menu item for enabling One Page Menu. (Example: ‘section-services’)
5. And click on Save to save the setting.

Set that IDs on Menu Section,

1. Go to Appearance > Menus
2. Create a menu or add the menu items on the existing menu. (It would better if you create a separate menu for it)
3. Click on Custom Link menu items. You need custom menu to make one page menu.
4. In the URL field, please enter the Section ID(#section-services). Don’t forget to enter ‘#’ before the section name. Section name must match with the widget Section ID.
5. Add the menu items on the menu.
6. Checked on ‘Primary’ 
7. Click on ‘Save’ to save the menu.

Hope by following the above steps, you can make the one page site.

Home Page Template

Are you wondering about how to create home page like demo? If so, it’s simple. Follow the below steps:

1. Create a page and select the Home template for that page.(Example: Home page and set that on Home Template)
2. After that, go to Appearance > Customize > Static Front Page > Select Static Front Page and Select that Home page For Front Page
3. After that, go to Appearance > Widget > Home Page Widget Area
4. Add the available widgets on this area.
5. Use the available options for the widgets and customize the home page as your need.

Hope, this will help to make the home page as demo.

If you have any further query, use theme official support forum.