Need help in using our WordPress theme?
Thank you for purchasing Rota! We’re very pleased that you have chosen our theme to use on your website. We’re doing our best not to disappoint you! Before you get started, please check out these documentation pages. Rota can only be used with WordPress and we assume that you already have it installed and ready to go. If you don’t, please see WordPress Codex to get started.
Before using Rota, please meet the following requirements:
In our guide, we will show you step by step instructions on how to install our WordPress theme for beginners. Below you will find two ways to install a WordPress theme.
If Rota files are downloaded from your Themeforest account, you can start an installation using WordPress administration panel.
Follow steps below to install the theme:
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Common Install Error: Are You Sure You Want To Do This?
If you get the following question message when installing Rotatheme.zip file via WordPress, it means that you have an upload file size limit. Install the theme via FTP or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.
To install Rota WP via FTP, follow steps below:
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Some functionalities of the Rota Theme are available because of the plugins we used to create it. Once Rota is activated in your WordPress admin panel you should see notification about bundled plugins we recommend to install – they are included in Rota package – so you don’t have to do anything more than click install and activate.
Unyson is a framework for WordPress that facilitates development of a theme. This framework was created from the ground up by the team behind ThemeFuse from the desire to empower developers to build outstanding WordPress themes fast and easy. This documentation is heavily modified by createIT to ensure all custom extensions are well documented.
This documentation assumes you have a working knowledge of WordPress. If you haven’t, please start by reading WordPress Documentation.
Minimum Requirements
Installation
Unyson is part of Rota plugin that should be activated to be able to use the fully use this theme.
After plugin will be activated you will notice the Unyson entry in the sidebar:
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License
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software. Unyson inherits the General Public License (GPL) from WordPress.
On the Unysone page you’ll see a list of available extensions separated in two sections:
Active Extensions - Extensions that should be activate to be able to fully use Rota WP theme functionality:
Available Extensions - extensions not yet downloaded or activate.
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We recommend to not activate any of the extensions that are not part of the list above. They may not be compatible with the theme and could create unexpected issues.
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Simply drag and drop elements to build your page content. We prepared components which will help you determine main structure of the webpage – easily set up backgrounds, colors and styles for whole sections as well as lots of various smaller components which you can freely put wherever you want.
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As the VC plugin used with Rota WP Theme is part of a bundle, that mean that theme author has a license and only he/she can download latest versions of VC and include it in the theme. You as a theme user may use Visual Composer free of charge while you use the theme that came with VC (because you have a license for that theme).
Learn more:
For more information about Visual Composer, please check articles below:
Dynamic Widgets gives you full control on which pages a widget will display. It lets you dynamically show or hide widgets on WordPress pages by setting conditional logic rules on a widget with just a few mouse clicks. No knowledge of PHP required. No fiddling around with conditional tags.
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Contact forms in Memoria WP are created with the use of Contact Form 7 Plugin. Below you will find information how to recreate Contact forms used in our theme by adding the correct markup for the Form section of this plugin.
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If you never before used this plugin I suggest you to check Getting Started with ContactForm 7.
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To be able to use theme content installation and backup functionality make sure to activate Backup & Demo Content Unyson’s extension.
The fastest and easiest way to import our demo content is to use Theme Options Demo Content Installer. It will import all pages and posts, sample slider, widgets, theme options, assigned pages, and more.
To import our demo content, please follow the steps below:
Step 1 – navigate to Tools where after activating the Unyson extension Demo Content Install option will be available
Step 2 – choose import option you want to use from available options
Step 3 - To be able to continue you need to agree to this term.
Step 4 – Wait until the content will be installed
Importing can take a few minutes. Please be patient and wait for it to complete. Once it is loading, you will see message with indicating progress.
We recommend this approach on a newly installed WordPress. It will replace the content you currently have on your website. However, we create a backup of your current content in (Tools > Backup). You can restore the backup from there at any time in the future.
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All of our items comes with free support. Free support is limited to questions regarding the themes features or problems. We provide premium support for code customisation or third-party plugins.
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Our support hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM UTC +1 on Monday to Friday.
For issues and concerns, you can reach us through these support methods:
E-mail – support@createit.pl
Help Desk – Click here to go to our support website. Just click on the Submit Ticket button and follow instructions to create a ticket.
Forum – Comment/Post on the product you have issues/queries in ThemeForest or CodeCanyon websites.
Before You Post in a Forum
We urge you to follow the steps below, before you post a new topic on the forum, to speed up your request. It’s in everyone’s interest and will benefit in making the entire forum more efficient:
- Step 1 – Always check the Documentation and the Knowledgebase Section. Most questions are already answered in those areas.
- Step 2 – If your question hasn’t been brought up on the forum, please post a new topic. Always be as specific as possible. Creating a topic requires entering the live URL to your home page or page that shows the issue in question. It also has bars for WP and FTP login info, which aren’t required, however, providing us with your login information can save a lot of time for both of us. Login credentials are securely stored and accessible only by our support staff.
- Step 3 – We usually answer questions in 24 hours on working days. However, if you don’t get any answer within 72 hours bump up your question or send us an e-mail.
For all support methods, you will receive confirmations and replies on your queries through e-mail or by tracking your ticket which you will also get through e-mail. To track your ticket, please click here.
Once we reply to your query, each ticket will be open for 7 days without a reply from you. On the 6th day without a reply, an e-mail will be sent to notify you of the ticket’s inactivity. To make the ticket active again, you simply need to reply or follow the steps in the e-mail. If you won’t make the ticket active within 7 days, on the 8th day the ticket will automatically be closed.
You can use Pages to organize and manage any content on your website. You can create multiple pages on your website for different types of content or setup onepager with scroll-to-section menu.
To create a new Page in Rota follow the steps below:
Step 1 - In Dashboard, navigate to Pages > Add New. You will be directed to a page where you can add details on the page.
Step 2 - Add the Title of the page.
Step 3 - Add content – we recommend you to create page content using Visual Composer or by modifying demo content.
Step 4 - Choose page attributes.
- Parent – If you want to create this page as a subpage.
- Template – You can choose one of defined page templates
- Order – The order of the page.
Step 5 - After adding all the contents of the page, click on the Publish button.
When using Visual Composer to add content, you have 2 Editor options, the Backend Editor and Frontend Editor.
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In adding contents to the page, there are many options to choose from. Some of the options are:
Elements - You will be able to choose elements that are needed and used on the page.
Text Block – This is where you add Text to the page.
Row – An area where you can add elements.
If you have added some pages via Pages > Add New you can choose one and set it up as a homepage.
Use Static front page tool in Settings > Reading and choose from the list your homepage. Remember to click Save changes at the end of editing.
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With Rota comes many custom shortcodes for (Visual Composer) VC that are used to show content created in Rota.
Below you will find short information about this Visual Composer elements:
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Lets you add a styled google map on a page. You will be able to customize this map in the Styled Google Maps Settings.
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This theme comes with VC element that give you the option to create a header title that can be used in the theme.
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Header type - Format of how the title would look like: Only text or With text and decoration.
Header level
Header title - What is written as the title.
Header title font size[px] - Font size of the title.
Header title color - The color of the title’s font.
Header alignment - Alignment of the title in the page.
Header letter case - Letter case of the title.
- Lowercase - All letters in the title are in lowercase.
- Uppercase - All letters in the title are in uppercase.
- Capitalize - Only the first letter of the words in the title are uppercase.
- None - Default letter case is used.
Header top margin[px] - Top margin of the title.
Header bottom margin[px] - Bottom margin of the title.
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Below you will see all the available options that can/need to be set to use Pricing Table.
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This will create an animated carousel with images on the page.
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This will create a group of image in the page.
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This will display an image slider in the page that is responsive.
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This element lets you add a button that is customized by you.
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This will let you show items in Careers items.
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This element will show the items inside Coupons in the page.
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This element lets you add an FAQs with a single category on the page.
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This element lets you add all the FAQs on the page.
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This element lets you display all the links inside Links.
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Lets you display the items in Reviews inside a slide.
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Lets you display in a grid view the items in Reviews.
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Lets you add a table that you can customize with the services you want to add.
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Lets you display in a grid view the items in Services.
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Lets you add a table of the team members created in the Team Members. To know how to create a team member item, go to Create Team Member tutorial.
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Lets you add a grid view of the team members created in the Team Members. To know how to create a team member item, go to Create Team Member tutorial.
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Gives you an option to show people dynamic Testimonial Items that are made on your site.
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Some plugins that are used in Sella generates an element that helps customize the pages on your site. You will see the plugin elements as follows:
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This is the plugin that can add a Contact Forms on a page. To know how to create a contact form, go to the Create Contact Form tutorial.
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This element lets you customize your page using a simple drag and drop of elements to build your page content. You can easily setup the backgrounds, colors, and styles for a whole section as well as lots of various smaller components which you can freely put wherever you want.
Some of these elements are:
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This element will let you add a video or MP3 file inside your page by adding the link for the video/MP3.
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This element lets you add a graph. These are the types of graph that you can add:
Pie
Round
Line
Sella is loaded with options for the blog. It offers many different options for you to present your blog posts, along with several different blog post layouts. In addition, there are numerous theme options and shortcode options that allow you to customize how posts are displayed.
No matter which method you use to display your blog posts, first thing you need to do is create them.
Sella offers several blog post formats:
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Follow the steps below to create a blog post:
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To add more than one image, use Image Gallery (Visual Composer element) , each image will be a slide in the gallery slideshow. Gallery can be created by adding images from Media gallery or by adding External links of the images that will be used.
Step 6 – To post Video, use Video Player (Visual Composer element) and paste the direct video URL from Youtube, Vimeo or Dailymotion and more.
Step 7 – to post Audio, use Video Player (Visual Composer element) and paste the direct audio URL from Soundcloud, Mixcloud and more.
Step 8 – For Quotation, use WordPress Blockquote option (Shift + Alt + Q). 
You will see all the Blogs created at Blog Posts > All Posts.
The most popular way of displaying blog posts is to setup blog index page. There all of your posts will be displayed and ordered by publish date.
To set the page as your post page, navigate to Posts page tool in Settings > Reading and choose Blog index page from the ones you created.
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On Blog index page you will see only your posts, so don’t add any other content to it.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create a Category for a blog, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Blog Posts > Categories. You will see the Blog Categories page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Category area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the category.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Parent Category - If the category is a sub-category, then look for the parent category in the drop-down box.
- Description - Description of the category.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the category, click on Add New Category button to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Blog Posts > Categories.
In the Blog Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Blog post would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Blog, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Blog > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
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Adding a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Blog > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
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Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
To create a new Career item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Career items > Add New.
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The Add New Career item page will show. Add the details for the career.
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- Title - The title for the career.
- Editor container - You can add the descriptions and you can also add elements to customize the page for the career.
- Tags - Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts.
- Categories - Category of the career.
After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Career, navigate your Dashboard to Career items > All Career items
In the Career items page, you will see all the created Careers.
To delete a Career, you have two options:
Single Career Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Career that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Career Delete - To delete multiple Careers, click on the box beside the Careers you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new Career items Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Career items > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the Career items Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Career items > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Career post would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Career, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Career Posts > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
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Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Career Posts > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
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Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Careers in Rota is generated by the theme from Career Items.
To create a Careers Page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Careers.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Career Items. The Career Items can be generated by using the Careers display element on the page.
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
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To create a new Coupon item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Coupons > Add New.
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The Add New Coupon page will show. Add the details for the Coupon.
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Title - The name of the Coupon.
Coupon Options - You can add here the role of the Coupon that will be shown in the website.
- Title - Title/Name of the coupon.
- Text before discount - Text after the Amount of the coupon.
- Text after discount - Text below the Amount.
- Amount - Amount of the coupon.
- Currency - Currency of the amount.
- Second row - Text written in the second row.
- Third row image - Image at the left side of the 3rd row.
- Third row text - Text at the right side of the 3rd row.
- Expires - Date of the expiration of the coupon.
- Code - Unique code for the coupon.
- Show print button - Option to show print button on the coupon.
- Button image - Image beside the print button.
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After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Coupon, navigate your Dashboard to Coupon > All Coupons
In the Coupons page, you will see all the created Coupons.
To delete a Coupon, you have two options:
Single Coupon Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Coupon that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Coupons Delete - To delete multiple Coupons, click on the box beside the Coupons you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new Coupons Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Coupons > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the Coupons Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Coupons > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Coupon would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Coupon, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Coupons > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
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Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Coupons > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
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Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Coupons in Rota is generated by the theme from Coupon Items.
To create an Coupons Page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Coupons.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Coupons. The Coupons can be generated by using the Coupons display element on the page.
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of Rota is generated by the theme from FAQ items.
To create a new FAQ item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to FAQ > Add New.
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The Add New FAQ page will show, information on the FAQs can be define here.
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- Title – The FAQ’s question should be written as the title.
- Editor Container – Where the answers for the question is added.
- Tags - Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts.
- Categories (optional) – Assign to preexisting category or add a new one.
Once done, click on Publish button.
Categories are convenient ways to organize your FAQ items, that can be added to more than just one category.
To create new FAQ Category, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to FAQ > Faq Categories.
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The FAQ Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the FAQ Category that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to FAQ > FAQ Categories.
In the FAQ Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new FAQ Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to FAQ > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the FAQ Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to FAQ > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to an FAQ would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a FAQ, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to FAQ > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
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Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to FAQ > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
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Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of Rota is generated by the theme from FAQ Items.
To create an FAQ Page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the FAQs.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the FAQ Items. The FAQ Items can be generated by 2 types of Theme Element: FAQ Single Category or FAQ All Categories.
FAQ Single Category - You can specifically add FAQ Items using the categories of the FAQ Items.
FAQ All Categories - All the FAQ Items are shown.
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
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You can make links to shops that are associated with you.
To create a new Link item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Links > Add New.
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The Add New Link page will show. Add the details for the Link.
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Title - The name of the shop/company for the link.
Link Options
- Link - URL of the shop/company.
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Categories
After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Link, navigate your Dashboard to Link > All Links
In the Links page, you will see all the created Links.
To delete a Link, you have two options:
Single Link Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Link that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Links Delete - To delete multiple Links, click on the box beside the Links you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new Links Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Links > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the Links Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Links > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Link would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Link, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Links > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
Note
Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Links > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Note
Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Links in Rota is generated by the theme from Links.
To add Links in a page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Links.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Links. The Links can be generated by using the Links display element on the page.
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
Sample:
To create a new Services item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Services > Add New. This item will also serve as the Service’s one pager.
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The Add New Service page will show. Add the details for the Service.
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Title - The name of the shop/company for the Service.
Editor container - You can add the descriptions and elements to customize the page for the services.
Service Options
- Hover icon
- Header class
Tags
Categories
After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Service, navigate your Dashboard to Service > All Services
In the Services page, you will see all the created Services.
To delete a Service, you have two options:
Single Service Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Service that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Services Delete - To delete multiple Services, click on the box beside the Services you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new Services Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Service > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the Services Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Services > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Service would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Service, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Services > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
Note
Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Services > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Note
Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Services in Rota is generated by the theme from Services.
To add Services in a page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Services.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Services. The Services can be generated by using 2 elements: Service table or Service grid
Service table
Services grid
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
Sample:
To create a new Team Member item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Team members > Add New.
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The Add New Team member page will show. Add the details for the team member.
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- Title - The name of the team member.
- Editor container - You can add here the role of the team member that will be shown in the website.
- Team options
- Position - Team member’s position in the company.
- Tags
- Team Categories
- Featured Image - Team members picture that will be shown in the site.
After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Team member, navigate your Dashboard to Team member > All Team members
In the Team members page, you will see all the created Team members.
To delete a Team member, you have two options:
Single Team member Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Team member that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Team members Delete - To delete multiple Team members, click on the box beside the Team members you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Teams of Rota is generated by the theme from Team members items.
To create a simple page with team members, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Teams page.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Team members items. To add the Team members items, you can use 2 elements: Team display or Team grid
Step 6 - Add the needed information for the elements. Click Save changes to save.
Team display
Team grid
Step 7 - You can add more elements on the page as you like. Once satisfied, click on the Publish button.
To create a new Timeline items, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Timeline items > Add New.
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The Add New Timeline item page will show. Add the details for the Timeline item.
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- Title - The name of the Timeline item.
- Editor container - You can add here the role of the Timeline item that will be shown in the website.
- Team options
- Position - Timeline item’s position in the company.
- Tags
- Team Categories
- Featured Image - Timeline items picture that will be shown in the site.
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After adding all the details, click on Publish button to save.
To delete a Timeline item, navigate your Dashboard to Timeline item > All Timeline items
In the Timeline items page, you will see all the created Timeline items.
To delete a Timeline item, you have two options:
Single Timeline item Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the Timeline item that you would like to delete. You will see a Trash option pop-up. Click on Trash to delete.
Multiple Timeline items Delete - To delete multiple Timeline items, click on the box beside the Timeline items you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Move to Trash option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts, think of these as general topics. Categories are hierarchical, so you can add sub-categories. Sub-categories are made when a Category is added to a Parent Category.
Adding categories to a blog would make it easier to locate and post on similar topics by category.
To create new Timeline items Categories, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Timeline items > Categories.
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The Categories page will show, here you can add the details of the Timeline items Categories that you would like to create.
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After adding all the details, click on Add New category to save.
To delete a Category, navigate your Dashboard to Timeline items > Categories.
In the Categories page, you will see all the created category.
To delete a category, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the category that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple categories, click on the box beside the categories you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Tags are meant to describe specific details of your posts. They are the micro-data that you can use to micro-categorize your content. Tags are not hierarchical.
Adding tags to a Timeline would make it easier to relate a post with another post even if the categories are different.
To create a Tag for a Timeline, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Timeline Items > Tags. You will see the Tags page.
Step 2 - In the page, find the Add New Tag area. Add All the necessary information.
- Name - The name of the tag.
- Slug - The URL-friendly version of the name. Usually all lowercase.
- Description - Description of the tag.
Step 3 - Once done filling out the information of the tag, click on Add New Tag button to save.
Note
Adding a tag may affect the tags from component of the site.
To delete a tag, navigate your Dashboard to Timeline Items > Tags.
In the Tags page, you will see all the created tags.
To delete a tag, you have two options:
Single Delete - Hover your mouse pointer on the tag that you would like to delete. You will see a Delete option pop-up. Click on Delete to delete.
Multiple Delete - To delete multiple tags, click on the box beside the tags you would want to delete. Then click on the drop-down box for Bulk Actions and choose the Delete option. Click on Apply button to delete.
Note
Deleting a tag may affect the tags from other component of the site.
Timeline items in Rota is generated by the theme from Timeline item.
To create a page with Timeline, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Timeline items.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Timeline items. The Timeline items can be generated by using the Timeline display element on the page.
Step 6 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 7 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
To create a new Contact Form item, navigate in WordPress Dashboard to Contact > Add New.
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The Add New Contact Form page will show. Add the details for the Contact Form.
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Title - The title for the Contact Form
Form Details - Details and information of the form.
- Form - The codes for the user interface of the form.
- Mail - Set the email template of the form.
- Messages - Message prompt when an action is done with the form.
- Additional Settings - You can add customization code.
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After adding all the details, click on Save button to save.
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For information on how to use this plugin or what markup to use, go to here General Information > Unyson, Extension, and Plugins > Contact Form 7.
Contact Form Page of Rota is generated by the theme from Contact Form item.
To create an Contact Form Page, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Create a new page where to add the Contact Form.
Step 2 - Add a row element to the page, click the Edit this row option of the row. The Row Settings will pop-up.
Step 3 - Change the settings to your preference.
Step 4 - In the row, to add a title for the page. You have the option to add a Text Block or Section/Header Title element.
Step 5 - Add a new row to add the Contact Form item. The Contact Form can be generated by Contact Form 7 of Theme Element.
Step 6 - The Contact Form 7 Settings will pop-up. Change details as needed.
- Select contact form - The form you want to add to the page.
- Search title - Optional title to search if no form is added.
Step 7 - You can customize the page by adding other elements to the page.
Step 8 - Once you have finished customizing the page, click on the Publish button.
Widgets are small blocks of content, which you can find in theme footer or sidebar. They were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme to the user, which is now available on WordPress Themes to include the header, footer, and elsewhere in the WordPress design and structure.
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In Rota you have access to 7 sidebars that can be customized using available theme widgets.
Footer
You can enable/disable the footer in the Appearance > Customize > Footer, then uncheck the Footer display.
Blog sidebar
You can enable/disable blog sidebar in the Appearance > Customize > Blog Settings > Blog/Single blog post, then uncheck the Display blog sidebar.
You can access widget edit screen under Appearance > Widgets panel or via Customize on path Appearance > Customise > Widgets. It has three main areas:
To add a widget to your site, drag and drop the name of the widget you want to use from the Available Widgets section into one of the widget areas on the right-hand side of the window. After you have added it, the widget will open up (or if it doesn’t, you can click on the triangle to open it) and you can change the settings and save the widget. The specific settings needed will depend on what type of widget you are using. For instance, if it is a text widget, you just need to type in the text (and optionally, HTML code), and save the widget.
This guide covers the basic tasks a user may carry out when using the built-in menu editor.
To make a simple menu, follow the steps:
Step 1 - Navigate your Dashboard to Appearance > Menus. The Menus page will show.
Step 2 - In the menus page, you can edit a menu or make a new menu. To make a new menu, locate create a new menu.
Step 3 - You will be ask to name your menu. After naming the menu, click Create Menu.
Step 4 - From the right side choose pages, links, or categories that you want to add to your menu and click on Add to Menu. Once menu items are added, you can reorder or nest them via drag and drop tool. Remember to click Save Menu when you finish to keep your changes saved.
Step 5 - You can set a menu as a Top primary menu or Secondary menu in the left sidebar.
Top primary menu - visible on the top of the page.
Step 6 - After any changes, click on Save Menu button.
Note
For the Search Box beside the menu, you have the option to add/remove that in the Customizer > Header > Display Search Box
When planning the structure of your menu, it helps to think of each menu item as a heading in a formal report document. In a formal report, main section headings (Level 1 headings) are the nearest to the left of the page; sub-section headings (Level 2 headings) are indented slightly further to the right; any other subordinate headings (Level 3, 4, etc) within the same section are indented even further to the right.
The WordPress menu editor allows you to create multi-level menus using a simple ‘drag and drop’ interface. Drag menu items up or down to change their order of appearance in the menu. Drag menu items left or right in order to create sub-levels within your menu.
To make one menu item a subordinate of another, you need to position the ‘child’ underneath its ‘parent’ and then drag it slightly to the right.
Position the mouse over the ‘child’ menu item.
While press and holding the left mouse button, drag it to the right.
Release the mouse button.
Repeat these steps for each sub-menu item.
Click the Save Menu button in the Menu Editor to save your changes.
Rota comes with an advanced customizer, which allows to edit most of the theme’s elements in one place. If you want to use it, navigate to Appearance > Customize.
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Here you will have the option to customize your site’s identity or how it can be viewed by people.
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Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can pick the color scheme of the site here.
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Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
The Header is where to set the behavior of the header and how it looks.
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- Logo - This will be the logo that will be shown at the header of the site.
- Contact Heading - Text at the second column of the header.
- Contact Number - Contact number that will be displayed at the second column of the header, below the Text.
- Contact Icon - Icon on the second column of the header.
- Location Heading - Text at the third column of the header.
- Location - Address of the business that will be displayed at the third column of the header, below the Text.
- Location Icon - Icon on the third column of the header.
- Display Request Button - Option to display the Request Button at the fourth column of the header.
- Request Button Text - Text in the request button.
- Request Button Link - URL of the request button.
- Request Button Background Color - Color of the request button.
- Request Button Icon - Icon beside the request button.
- Display Search Box - Option to display Search Box beside the primary menu.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can customize the footer here.
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- Footer Display - Option to display footer on the page.
- Footer Background Color - Background color of the footer.
- Number of footer rows - Number of rows in the footer.
- Post Footer Display - Option to display post footer on the page.
- Copyright - Copyright for the website.
- Facebook Link - Facebook page link for the company.
- Twitter Link - Twitter link for the company.
- Youtube Link - Youtube link for the company.
- LinkedIn Link - LinkedIn link for the company.
- Google Plus Link - Google Plus link for the company.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can customize the all blogs page here.
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Display blog sidebar - Option to display sidebar in the all bogs page.
Place to display sidebar - Location where the sidebar is placed.
Blog title - Title/Heading of the all blogs page.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can customize the single blog post page here.
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Display blog sidebar - Option to display sidebar in the all bogs page.
Place to display sidebar - Location where the sidebar is placed.
Single post title - Title/Heading of the single blog page.
Tags after post - Option to show the blog’s tags at the bottom of the page.
Social Share - Option to display social media’s icons after the tags.
Social Share - Options of social medias that you can display the icons.
Author Info - Option to display author information.
Display comments after post - Option to display comment section in the page.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can customize the single Services page here.
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- Display sidebar - Option to display sidebar in the single service page.
- Place to display sidebar - Location where the sidebar is placed.
You can customize the single Careers page here.
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- Display sidebar - Option to display sidebar in the single careers page.
- Place to display sidebar - Location where the sidebar is placed.
Option for the front page is shown here.
Front page displays - Options on how the front page/home page looks like.
Your latest posts - Show the latest post on your blogs.
A static page - Set a page that would stay the same until the page is replaced manually.
Note
You can also do this using the Homepage Setup instructions in Page > Homepage Setup.
The Header Image is where to set the Background of the header.
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Current header - This will be the default header for the site.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
The Background Image is where to set the preloader of your site.
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Background Image - This will be the preloader image for the site.
Add all the information you like to add, then click on the Save button.
You can change the details and settings of a menu here.
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Menus - These are the menus made by you. You can make/add a new menu or delete it.
- Top primary menu - (Top primary menu) Choose which menu in the Menus would like to use as the primary menu.
- Secondary menu in left sidebar - Choose which menu in the Menus would like to use as the sidebar menu.
Menu Location - Rota supports 2 menus: Primary Menu and Sidebar Menu
Note
You can also do the same thing by following Menu Setup instructions in Widgets & Menu > Menu > Menu Setup.
You can customize what is inside the widgets on the page.
Note
If a widget is on the page you see on the preview, it will be listed in the left side under widgets.
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You can also do the same thing by following How to Edit Widgets instructions in Widgets & Menu > Widgets.
