Firstly, a huge thanks for purchasing this theme, your support is truly appreciated!

 

This document covers the installation and use of this theme, reveals some answers to common problems and issues. We encourage you to read throughout this document if you are experiencing any difficulties. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of document, please feel free to contact us via our Ticket Support System.

Appetit is a creative and modern restaurant WordPress theme specially designed for food, cafe, bakery or any restaurant website.

 

The theme is versatile, with multiple homepage designs, several different layout styles, tons of theme options that make website development an easy task.

 

In addition, Appetit allows you to build unique and advanced layouts for your posts & pages using a drag-n-drop back and front end editors – Visual Composers. It also brings you a lot of features like RTL Layout Support, Stunning Home slideshow by Revolution Slider, Powerful Mega Menu, Booking Forms & others.

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex. Below are all the useful links for WordPress information.

 

1. WordPress Codex – General info about WordPress and how to install on your server.
2. First Steps With WordPress – General info about multiple topics about WordPress.
3. FAQ New To WordPress – The most popular FAQ’s regarding WordPress.

To use the theme, please make sure you are running WordPress 4.9.x or higher, PHP 7.7 or higher, and MySQL 5.6 or higher.

 

1. Check to ensure that your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
2. You can download the latest release of WordPress from the official WordPress website.
3. The latest version of WordPress is prefered.
4. Always create secure passwords for FTP and Database.
5. It is recommended to be on PHP 7.2 or greater.

The Recommended PHP Configuration Limits should be paid attention. In several cases, you may deal with problems related to low PHP configuration limits, such as: white screen, demo content fails when importing, empty page content and other similar issues.

 

The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own by editing the following lines in php.ini file in your root directory. This is not a file that comes with WordPress so if you are unfamiliar with it you should contact your web host about increasing those limits to a minimum as follows:

 

1. max_execution_time 360
2. memory_limit 128M
3. post_max_size 32M
4. upload_max_filesize 32M

 

Success Well done! If your site meets all these requirements, you can start enjoy Appetit theme now!

After downloading the theme package, when extracting it, you will see the files included as below:

 

Appetit theme package folder including:

1. code folder contains: sw_hiltel_theme_vx.x.x.zip, sw_hiltel-child-theme.zip.
2. doc: This is offline documentation for Appetit theme.
3. Licensing: This is license for theme.
4. PSD: This includes PSD for this Appetit theme.

sw_hiltel_theme_vx.x.x.zip\hiltel\lib\plugins folder including:

1. plugins including: js_composer.zip, one-click-demo-import.zip, revslider.zip, sw-core.zip, sw-food.zip, file.

There are 02 ways to install Appetit theme: Quickstart Installation and Manual Installation.

 

1. Quickstart Installation: With this one, you will replace your whole site with a new one like our site in demo. This one is suitable for you if you build a fresh site and want to get demo content. Please note that with this way, all your old data will be replaced.
2. Manual Installation (or Theme Installation): By this way, you can install the theme into your site and import demo data while remaining current data of your site. If you have a WordPress website with full of content and you want to keep it, this is a suitable choice for you.

 

Info Before install the theme, please make sure that your site meets all the system requirements and the theme package is available in your computer. You may need to contact us to get the quickstart for this installation.

To install Quickstart, please follow steps as below:

 

1. Have the sw_hiltel_quickstart_vx.x.x.zip available in your computer.
2. Create the Database and a User for your site. You can skip this step if there is available one.
3. Upload and Extract the quickstart files to the desired location on your web server using FTP or CPanel. It could be a folder in xampp > htdocs if you install on your localhost.
4. Go to the URL where you uploaded the file to load the WordPress Installer.
5. Now all is the same to WordPress Installation. You will go step by step with Language Settings, Database Settings and WordPress Info Settings.
6. You can choose the demo style you want in option Choose Demo at the end of window Database Settings.
7. After the successful installation, you can go to your site and enjoy the result.

– Before installing Appetit theme, you need to have a WordPress site that meets all the theme requirements.

– You need to have the latest Appetit theme package available in your computer.

– There are 02 ways for you to upload the theme into your site: Upload theme via WordPress Admin and Upload theme via FTP.

 

Info If the theme file size is larger than 8M, it should be uploaded via FTP.

• WordPress Upload
• FTP Upload

Info For more detail, you can see the tutorial video for Theme Installation here: How to Install WordPress Theme Package to be like Demo .

To have the theme works well with full features, after installing the theme, all the required plugins should be installed and activated. Below are the required plugins for Appetit theme:

• Required Plugins
• Recommended Plugins

To install and activate required plugins, please follow steps as below:

 

1. After installing and activating the theme, there is a message about installing required plugins at the top of the page.
2. Click on Begin Installing plugins link to start installing required plugins for SW Appetit theme.
3. Now it will be redirected to Install Required Plugins page, here you will find all of the theme required plugins.
4. Choose all of required plugins then select Install and click Apply.
5. After successful installation, choose all of them then select Activate and click Apply.

 

Warning Some Notes For Plugin Installation:

 

– When installing, if there is notice that any plugin is unsuccessful installed, please choose each of them and install one by one again.

– If your server does not permit automatic installation, you need to install them manually with plugins in folder data/plugins.

We update our themes regularly for bug fix, WordPress and plugins compatibility and improvements. Therefore, it’s necessary to have Appetit theme in your site up-to-date.

 

To update the theme manually, please follow steps as below:

 

1. Back up your site! Before changing anything in your site, don’t forget to backup it to save your data and custom code or CSS. It will save your life in the worst situation.
2. Copy the custom code you made in your site and save it in your computer to add it later.
3. Download the latest version of Appetit theme.
4. Deactive and remove all required plugins in the old version of this theme. We will install the new version of them later.
5. Uninstall the theme and install new version sw_hiltel_theme_vx.x.x.zip of Appetit.
6. Click on Begin installing plugins link and install new version of plugins. This step is essential to update the required plugins for bug fix and feature improvement.
7. Now the theme is updated successfully. You can paste your custom code in the new theme.
8. After all, check your site again to ensure that the update works.

 

Info For more detail, you can see the tutorial for this Quickstart Installation here: How to Update WordPress Theme for Your Site?.

Ussually, when a required plugin is updated, we also update the theme package. Therefore, when updating Appetit theme, you can also choose to update plugin automatically.

 

To update plugin in Appetit theme, please follow steps as below:

 

1. Back up your site! to save your customization.
2. Copy the custom code you made in your site and save it in your computer to add it later.
3. Download the latest version of Appetit theme. There is latest version of plugin in the theme package/data folder. Or else you can get it from plugin provider.
4. Deactive and remove old version of this plugin. You can directly delete this plugin’s files in folder /public_html/wp-content/plugins of your site using FTP.
5. Now you can install new version in your site. If the max_size_upload > 8M, you can upload it via Admin Panel. Or else, you need to extract the plugin then add it to folder /public_html/wp-content/plugins of your site using FTP.
6. Now the theme is updated successfully. You can paste your custom code in the new theme.
7. After all, check your site again to ensure that the update works.

 

Warning Before updating any plugin in your site, you need to have a test first to make sure that it won’t damage your site! When a plugin is updated, we will check if it’s compatible with our current theme version. After that, we will update theme package then you can update in your site later. If you see there is bug after the update in the test process, you should wait for our update for latest version of plugin to update in you live site.

A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme. Child themes are the recommended way of modifying an existing theme.

If you plan on doing any customization on your site, you will definitely need to set up this child theme on your site.

 

After installing and activating Appetit theme, you can install Appetit Child Theme following steps below:

 

1. Navigate to the Admin Panel of your site (i.e. #/wp-admin/).
2. Login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Theme and click Add New to add new theme.
3. Click the Upload Theme button then Choose File and select sw_hiltel-child-theme.zip file and click Install Now.
4. It will take a few minutes to install the theme.
5. After seeing the message Theme installed successfully, you can Activate Appetit Child Theme in your site.

Importing demo data (post, pages, images, theme settings and more) is the easiest way to setup your theme. It will allow you to quickly edit everything instead of creating content from scratch.

 

After Theme Installation, to have demo data in your site, it’s neccessary for you to import demo content. ExpNews supports you to import only 01 Home Page layout only. The process includes 02 steps:

1. Import Demo Data: This includes demo pages, posts, menu, widgets, post and other elements of the theme.
2. Menu Configuration: After Importation, you need to reconfigure the Menu then your site will be the same as in the demo.

 

When you import the data, the following things might happen:

• No existing posts, pages, categories, images, custom post types or any other data will be deleted or modified.
• Posts, pages, images, widgets, menus and other theme settings will get imported.
• Please click on the Import button only once and wait, it can take a couple of minutes.

 

After successfully importing all the steps above, your site will be the same as in the demo.

 

Tutorial Video:

You can see tutorial video for the One Click Installation and Importation for eMarket as an example here.

 

Warning Before the importation, the theme and required plugins should be installed and activated successfully in your site.

To import demo data of Appetit theme, please follow steps as below:

 

Info Before install the theme, please make sure that your site meets all the system requirements and the theme package is available in your computer.

 

 

1. In the Administrator page, go to Appearance > Import Demo Data to open the One Click Demo Import window.
2. Now, you can see different thumnails for each demo pages. Choose the Home Page style you want, then click on Import button to start the process. Please just click only 01 time. You can also click on Preview to see the demo of this home page style.
3. It will appear a popup to confirm your decision. Click on Yes, Import! to continue.
4. The process many take 5-10 minutes due to the data size and your Internet. Please wait until it’s done.
5. After seeing the successful message, the importation is all done. Now you can have a check at your site.
6. Finally, you can Deactivate plugin One Click Demo Import in your site because it is not neccessary anymore.

 

 

Warning The data will be downloaded from our server, these images are copyrighted and are for demo use only. Please click import only once and wait, this process can take a couple of minutes.

After the Data Importation, you can check your site again. Usually, you need to reconfigure the menu to have your site the same as in the demo.

 

1. 1. In the Administrator page, go to Appearance > Menu and choose the one you want to configure.
   2. After that click on Save button to save the menu.
   3. You can also change some information of the menu as you want. For Megamenu such as Primary Menu and Vertical Menu, you need to Active Megamenu by going to Appearance > Theme Options > Navbar Options and choose to active them.

For WP Custom Menu elements, you need to go to these element with Visual Composer, rechoose the menu then save it again.

1. After all, you can check your site to see the result.

 

Info You can see the Menu Settings in the Basic Settings for more detail.

Pages is one of the most important elements in a WordPress website. In this section, we will cover issues related to page including: Create a New Page, Set up Home Page, Page Metabox in Appetit theme and Page with Visual Composer.

 

How to create a new page?

To create a new Page, please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Select the Pages > Add New option to begin writing a new page.
3. Configure Options for new page including Page Title, Page Attributes, Public Status. Page Content.
4. Scrolling down to the end of the window, you will see the Page Metabox area of Appetit theme. Here you can configure the options including Logo, Color Schemes, Home Page template, Typography, Header, Footer and Sidebar for this page. Please note that if there is no change here, the settings in Theme Options will be applied to this page.
5. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

Info For more detail, you can see the WordPress Documentation for this problem: WordPress Pages.

 

How to set up Home Page?

To set up Home Page or Front Page for your website, please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to your site in the backend.
2. Navigate to Settings > Reading.
3. In the Reading Settings, select A Static Page option.
4. Select the page you want as home page in Front Page dropdown list.
5. Now Save Changes and check your site again.

 

Info For more detail, you can see the WordPress Documentation for this problem: Creating a Static Front Page.

 

About Page Metabox in Appetit theme

After installing and activating Appetit theme, the Page Metabox will be availaible in your site. You can go to Pages > All Pages then choose the page you want then scrolling down to the end to see Page Metabox options.

 

Please note that the change in the Page Metabox will be apply to the page rather than the one in the Theme Options. If there is no change here, the settings in Theme Options will be applied to the page.

 

The Page Metabox often includes options: General, Typography, Header, Footer, and Sidebar.

1. General: In this tab, you can configure options including Custom Logo, Home Template and Color Scheme for the page.
2. Typography: In this tab, you can configure Font Style, Font Weight for elements in the page.
3. Header: In this tab, you can choose to Hide Header or Header Style for the page.
4. Footer: In this tab, you can choose to Hide Footer or Footer Style for the page.
5. Sidebar: In this tab, you can enable Sidebar and choose type of Sidebar for the page.

 

Info For more detail, you can see documentation about Page Metabox: Theme Options, Page Metabox & Category Metabox.

 

Edit Page with Visual Composer

Appetit theme supports Visual Composer – the most powerful plugins that allow you to easily drag and drop page builder in the standard WordPress page/post edit area or directly from the frontend.

 

With Visual Composer. you can edit a page both in the backend and front end of your site. To edit a page, please follow steps as below:

 

1. Login your site then open the page you want to edit then choose Edit with Visual Composer.
2. Now, you can edit Row, Column and elements in the page. To edit elements, please hover on the one you want then click on “pencil” icon to Edit this element.
3. After that, you can configure different options of this element in tab General and Design Options due to different types.
4. After all, you can preview the page and Update to save the change for this page.

 

Info For more detail, you can see documentation about Visual Composer: Visual Composer Tutorials and Video Tutorials.

 

How to make your page appear in Megamenu

To have your page appear in the Megamenu, please follow steps as below:

1. After creating the page, go to Appearance > Menu and choose Primary Menu (Primary Menu). This is the one set as Primary Menu in your site.
2. Now, please select the page you want, then click on button Add to Menu and Save Menu.
3. After all, please check your site to see the result.

Blog Post is one of the most important elements to create a Blog Page in a WordPress website. In this section, we will cover issues related to page including: Create a New Blog Post, Set up Blog page and Blog Post in Appetit theme.

 

How to create a new post?

To create a new Post please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Select the Posts > Add New option to begin writing a new post.
3. Configure Options for new post including post Title, post link, Public Status, Content, Tags, Feature Image, Post Type.
4. Scrolling down to the end of the window, you will see the Page Metabox area of Appetit theme. Here you can configure the options including Header, Footer and Sidebar for this post. Please note that if there is no change here, the settings in the page including this post will be applied.
5. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

Info For more detail, you can see the WordPress Documentation for this problem: WordPress Posts.

 

How to set up Blog page in Appetit Theme?

To set up blog page for your website, please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to your site in the backend.
2. Create a new page with Visual Composer and add element SW Blog Listing.
3. Now, configure the options in SW Blog Listing including Title, Categories and other Design options as you want.
4. Now Save Changes and check your site again.

 

About Page Metabox of post in Appetit theme

After installing and activating Appetit theme, the Page Metabox will be availaible in your site. You can go to Posts > All Posts then choose the post you want then scrolling down to the end to see Page Metabox options.

 

Please note that the change in the Page Metabox of the post will be apply to the post rather than the one in the Page Metabox of Page. If there is no change here, the settings in Page will be applied.

 

The post Metabox often includes options: Header, Footer, and Sidebar.

1. Header: In this tab, you can choose to Hide Header or Header Style for the post.
2. Footer: In this tab, you can choose to Hide Footer or Footer Style for the post.
3. Sidebar: In this tab, you can enable Sidebar and choose type of Sidebar for the post.

 

Info For more detail, you can see documentation about Page Metabox: Theme Options, Page Metabox & Category Metabox.

 

Other Settings

1. Categories: To add new category, please go to Post > Categories then complete information for the new category in Add New Category window and Save it.

2. Tags: To add new tag, please go to Post > Tags then complete information for the new tag in Add New Tag window and Save it.

 

Post Image Size

In Appetit theme, we recommend to configure image dimensions for post image size. You can go to Settings > Media and set up the Image Dimentions to use when adding an image to the Media Library.

Food is one of the most important elements to create a Food Page in a WordPress website. In this section, we will cover issues related to page including: Create a New Food Post, Set up Food page and Food Post in Appetit theme.

 

General Settings

To configure the Food Symbol Currency and Booking Page, please go to Foods > Food Settings:

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Set the Symbol Currency and Booking Page in THEME PANEL.
3. To create Booking Page, please go to Pages > Create New Page using Contact Form 7 as booking form. See Guide for Contact Form 7 in part ADMIN OPTIONS for more detail.
4. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

How to create a new food post?

To create a new Food Post please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Select the Foods > Add New option to begin writing a new post.
3. Configure Options for new post including post Title, post link, Meta Content including Price and Sale price, Public Status, Content, Short description, Categories, Tags, Gallery Images, Feature Image.
4. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

How to set up Food page?

To set up food page for your website, please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to your site in the backend.
2. Go to Appearance > Menus then choose the Menu you want to create.
3. Navigate to Categories Foods then choose the category you want and click Add to Menu. After that, configure the options here. See Images
4. To configure the Food page style, go to Appearance > Theme Options > Foodto configure the Food Options as you want. See Images
5. Now Save Changes and check your site again.

 

Other Settings

1. Categories: To add new category, please go to Foods > Categories Foods then complete information for the new category in Add New Category window and Save it.

2. Tags: To add new tag, please go to Foods > Tags then complete information for the new tag in Add New Tag window and Save it.

Portfolio Post is one of the most important elements to create a Portfolio Page in a WordPress website. In this section, we will cover issues related to page including: Create a New Portfolio Post, Set up Portfolio page and Portfolio Post in Appetit theme.

 

How to create a new portfolio?

To create a new Post please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Select the Portfolio > Add New option to begin writing a new portfolio.
3. Configure Options for new portfolio including portfolio Title, Portfolio Link, Public Status, Content, Tags, Feature Image, Post Type.
4. Scrolling down to the end of the window, you will see the Portfolio Meta area of Appetit theme. Here you can configure the options including Skill Needed, URL, Copyright and Image Size Mansonry Layout for this portfolio.
5. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

How to set up Portfolio page in Appetit Theme?

To set up portfolio page for your website, please follow steps as below:

1. Log in to your site in the backend.
2. Create a new page with Visual Composer and add element SW Portfolio.
3. Now, configure the options in SW Portfolio including Title, Categories and other Design options as you want.
4. Now Save Changes and check your site again.

 

Other Settings

1. Portfolio Categories: To add new category, please go to Portfolio > Categories Portfolio then complete information for the new category in Add New Category window and Save it.

2. Tags: To add new tag, please go to Portfolio > Tags then complete information for the new tag in Add New Tag window and Save it.

Appetit theme supports custom WordPress menu with multi-level dropdown for main menu. There is various area of menu you can assign: Primary Menu, Vertical Menu, and Mobile Menu. Each of these menu locations can have a custom menu assigned. Once a menu is created and assigned to the location, it will show up on the site. Please see below for the menu locations, how to create a new menu, and the menu in Appetit theme.

 

You can go to Appearance > Menus to check the settings for Appetit Menu Location in your site.

 

Megamenu Settings

To see the Menu Settings, please refer to the article HERE.

 

Existing Menus in Appetit theme

In Appetit, we use various menus for different positions. After importing the demo data, there will be many menus available in your site:

 

1. Primary Menu (Primary Menu)
2. Vertical Menu (Vertical Menu)
3. Mobile Menu (Mobile Menu)
4. Food Menu
5. Footer Menu
6. Our Services
7. Our Store

 

Primary Menu

 

This is Megamenu of the page, please follow steps as below:

 

1. After loggin the backend and go to Appearance > Menu, you can create this menu.
2. You can see Backend Settings here: See Screenshot.
3. Menu item Promotions: You need to create page Mega Menu with element Raw HTML first. After that, you can Append this page to the megamenu.

 

You can copy and paste the code here for the element Raw HTML. You can edit the image link, link and content in the element with Visual Composer:

<div class="mega-menu">
	<div class="wrap-content">
		<div class="item">
			<div class="item-image">
				<a href="#"><img class="alignnone wp-image-771" src="https://wpthemego.com/document/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mn1.jpg" alt="menu-img1" width="255" height="170" /></a>
			</div>
			<div class="item-content">
				<h3>Breakfast</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Maybellin face power</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Chanel mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Mascara for full lashes Mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom Maybellin face</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Lady Dior mascara</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="item">
			<div class="item-image">
				<a href="#"><img class="alignnone wp-image-772" src="https://wpthemego.com/document/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mn2.jpg" alt="menu-img2" width="255" height="170" /></a>
			</div>
			<div class="item-content">
				<h3>Lunch</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Maybellin face power</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Chanel mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Mascara for full lashes Mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom Maybellin face</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Lady Dior mascara</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="item">
			<div class="item-image">
				<a href="#"><img class="alignnone wp-image-773" src="https://wpthemego.com/document/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mn3.jpg" alt="menu-img3" width="255" height="170" /></a>
			</div>
			<div class="item-content">
				<h3>Dinner</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Maybellin face power</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Chanel mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Mascara for full lashes Mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom Maybellin face</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Lady Dior mascara</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="item">
			<div class="item-image">
				<a href="#"><img class="alignnone wp-image-774" src="https://wpthemego.com/document/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mn4.jpg" alt="menu-img4" width="255" height="170" /></a>
			</div>
			<div class="item-content">
				<h3>Seafood</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Maybellin face power</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Chanel mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Mascara for full lashes Mascara</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom Maybellin face</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Offical Cosme-decom</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" class="menu-title">Lady Dior mascara</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

Vertical Menu

This is Header Menu of the page, please follow steps as below:

 

1. After loggin the backend and go to Appearance > Menu, you can create this menu.
2. You can see Backend Settings here: See Screenshot.

Appetit supports you with various pre-made Widget Sections and available Widgets to add different elements into different pages in your site. In this section, we will give you how to use Widgets in Appetit theme.

 

These elements locates in Appearance > Widgets in the Admin Panel of your site.

 

Pre-made Widget Sections in Appetit theme

There are various pre-made widget sections in Appetit. They are:

 

1. Sidebar Left Blog: This section is for the left sidebar in Blog page.
2. Sidebar Right Blog: This section is for the right sidebar in Blog page.
3. Top Header: This section is for the header of the page.
4. Top Header 2: This section is for the header of the page.
5. Top Header 3: This section is for the header of the page.
6. Bottom Header: This section is for the bottom header of the page.
7. Bottom Header 2: This section is for the bottom header of the page.
8. Header Right: This section is for the header of the page.
9. Header Right 2: This section is for the header of the page.
10. Footer Copyright: This section is for the footer copyright of the page.

 

Available Widgets in Appetit theme

After installing Appetit, there are many widgets in this area. Now we will have an overview about the ones used in this theme.

 

1. SW Responsive Slider Widget: This widget is to display the blog post in widget sections

 

How to Add a Widget into a Widget Section

To add a Widget into a Widget Section, please follow steps as below:

 

1. Navigate to the Appearance > Widgets tab to access the list of widgets and widget sections. The left hand side shows all the widgets you can use. The right hand side shows all the different widget sections you can add widgets to.
2. Click on the widget you want, choose widget section to add and click on button Add Widget. Or else, you can drag and drop it to the widget section.
3. To rearrange widgets on a widget section, just drag and drop the widgets into the order you’d like.
4. After that, you need to configure different options due to different types of widget.
5. Finally, click Save to save the change.

 

Info To remove the widget, in the section you want, please choose it then click Delete.

 

Widget Settings

Now we will show you the options of different widgets used in Appetit theme.

 

1. SW Responsive Slider Widget:

See Screenshot: Demo – Backend

• Tittle: This option allows you to add a title to this widget.
• Description: Add description for widget.
• Category ID: Choose categories including posts showing in widget.
• Order by/Order: This option lets you to show category regarding to order you want.
• Advanced Options: This will open additional settings which are proprietary of Appetit. Click the button and you’ll gain access to the additional options listed below.
• Widget Style: This option allows you to style for widget among various Widget Styles. Here you can also choose the width of widget with options including Col-3, Coli-4 and others.
• Widget Display: This option lets you to display widget on All pages, in selected pages. or execpt selected pages. For the 2 later ones, you can choose to show widget only for login users or or logout users.

 

2. Text:

See Screenshot: Demo – Backend

• Tittle: This option allows you to add a title to this widget.
• Textbox: This option allows you to enter the content of widget.
• Advanced Options: This will open additional settings which are proprietary of Appetit. Click the button and you’ll gain access to the additional options listed below.
• Widget Style: This option allows you to style for widget among various Widget Styles. Here you can also choose the width of widget with options including Col-3, Coli-4 and others.
• Widget Display: This option lets you to display widget on All pages, in selected pages. or execpt selected pages. For the 2 later ones, you can choose to show widget only for login users or or logout users.

 

3. Image:

See Screenshot: Demo – Backend

• Tittle: This option allows you to add a title to this widget.
• Upload Image: This option allows you to upload image you want for this widget.
• Advanced Options: This will open additional settings which are proprietary of Appetit. Click the button and you’ll gain access to the additional options listed below.
• Widget Style: This option allows you to style for widget among various Widget Styles. Here you can also choose the width of widget with options including Col-3, Coli-4 and others.
• Widget Display: This option lets you to display widget on All pages, in selected pages. or execpt selected pages. For the 2 later ones, you can choose to show widget only for login users or or logout users.

 

4. Tag Cloud:

See Screenshot: Demo – Backend

• Tittle: This option allows you to add a title to this widget.
• Taxonomy: Choose the taxonomy you want to choose the tag including Categories, Product, Portfolio.
• Show tag counts: Choose to display tag count or not.
• Advanced Options: This will open additional settings which are proprietary of Appetit. Click the button and you’ll gain access to the additional options listed below.
• Widget Style: This option allows you to style for widget among various Widget Styles. Here you can also choose the width of widget with options including Col-3, Coli-4 and others.
• Widget Display: This option lets you to display widget on All pages, in selected pages. or execpt selected pages. For the 2 later ones, you can choose to show widget only for login users or or logout users.

Appetit theme supports you with various Header and Footer Style and this feature will be updated in the future. In this section, we will discuss about the configuration and settings of Appetit Header and Footer.

 

Appetit Header

There are various Header Styles in this theme. They are:

 

Info To choose Header style you want, you can go to Appearance > Theme Options > Header & Footer and choose it. After that, you need to create or configure the elements for the Header Style in Appearance > Widgets.

 

• Appetit Header Style 1
• Style 2
• Style 3
• Style 4

 

Appetit Footer

Appetit also supports various Footer Styles. They are:

 

Info To choose Footer style you want, you can go to Appearance > Theme Options > Header & Footer and choose it. You also need to create or configure the footer elements in Pages > All Pages > Footer Style x for the Footer Style you choose.

• Appetit Footer Style 1
• Style 2
• Style 3
• Style 4

MailChimp for WordPress helps you add more subscribers to your MailChimp lists using various methods. You can create good looking opt-in forms or integrate with any other form on your site, like your comment, contact or checkout form.

 

After installing Appetit and activating all plugin, MailChimp is available in your site. In this section, we will show you how to configure this plugin in Appetit theme.

 

Info To have the popup with MailChimp form, you can go to Appearance > Theme Options > Popup Config to activate it and do some settings there.

 

 

Connect with your MailChimp account

 

Firstly, you need to connect MailChimp in your site with your MailChimp account. Please follow steps as below:

 

1. Log in to site in the backend.
2. Go to MailChimp for WP > MailChimp at the left sidebar menu.
3. Now, in the General Settings window, you need to configure the MailChimp API Settings by adding your API Key to connect to your MailChimp account.
4. After all, click Save Change button to Connect with your account.

 

Configure MailChimp for your WordPress site

To have the MailChimp works effectively and have style as in the demo, you need to do some configurations as below:

 

1. Log in to site in the backend and go to MailChimp for WP > MailChimp > Forms.
2. Complete the Form Field in tab Field. See screenshot: Backend Settings
3. Complete the Form Messages in tab Messages. See screenshot: Backend Settings
4. Complete the Form Settings in tab Settings. See screenshot: Backend Settings
5. Complete the Form Appearance in tab Appearance. See screenshot: Backend Settings
6. After all, save the change and check the result in the front end of your site.

 

The text in Form Field:

<div class="frm-input">
   <input class="frm-email" type="email" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Email Address..." required />  
   <button class="frm-submit fa fa-paper-plane" type="submit" value="subscribe">Subscribe</button>
</div>

 

Info For more detail, you can see the Documentation for this problem: How to Use MailChimp for your WordPress themes?.