Welcome, we are very pleased that you've purchased one of our themes.
With this document you will get general information about Dox theme, hope that will be helpful for
you.
Import of the demo content failed or nothing happened, what should I
do?
Before import, deactivate all plugins except "FORQY" and "One Click Demo Import" plugins.
Check if your hosting/server meets the WordPress requirements. https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
If not, please contact your hosting/server provider to upgrade.
Increase the PHP limits on your server. Try to add these lines into the "wp-config.file"
(before "happy blogging" line):
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If nothing of above didn't help, contact the theme support.
How can I change the text of the
form?
The text of the form you can change/translate through the "FORQY" plugin translations.
Form doesn't send emails, what should I do?
Probably you have a problem with configuration of the PHP mail() (intended for sending emails)
function on your server/hosting - as thousands of WordPress users. Therefore you will need to
make some additional changes on your server or sending emails through the SMTP (Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol).
You can try to set the SMTP server using the WP Mail SMTP plugin.
Any categories you can rearrange using the plugin "WP Term Order".
You can install this plugin on "Appearance > Install Plugins" page or manually from WordPress
Plugins. Then you can rearrange categories using drag-and-drop.
Before you start customizing
If you plan to make some modifications to the code of the theme, will be better to make them via the
child theme. If you make modifications directly to the parent theme, you will lose them when the
theme is updated. When you make modifications inside of the child theme instead, you can update the
parent theme without losing any change you have made.
Child Theme you'll find in a "dox-child.zip", which is included in a main downloaded
package.
To install this theme, you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For
information regarding installing the WordPress platform, please see the WordPress Codex -
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress.
Installing Theme Using the WordPress Admin
To add a new theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:
Browse and select theme zip folder called "dox.zip" (is located
inside of downloaded zip package)
Press Install Now button
Activate theme with Activate link
Installing theme manually via FTP
Use your FTP Client to upload non-zipped folder called "dox" (is located
inside of downloaded zip package) and "dox-child"
(optional child theme) into the "/wp-content/themes/" folder on your
server.
The default structure of a permalink uses the post ID as a unique identifier in the url:
https://example.com/?p=23. For the SEO of your website is always better to
use much friendly pemalinks as: https://example.com/2020/01/01/sample-post.
Follow these basic steps to set permalinks:
Custom slugs of the custom post types as "Menu", "Portfolio", "Albums" "Events" and "Gallery" you
can
edit directly in Theme Customizer in a Slugs
(Appearance › Customize › Dox › Slugs):
Slug: Menu Section [default: 'menu']
Slug: Menu Item [default: 'item']
Slug: Albums [default: 'albums']
Slug: Album [default: 'album']
Slug: Portfolio [default: 'portfolio']
Slug: Project [default: 'project']
Slug: Events [default: 'events']
Slug: Event [default: 'event']
Slug: Galleries [default: 'galleries']
Slug: Gallery [default: 'gallery']
On every change of the slugs always go to Settings ›
Permalinks page and resave.
Check the radio button "A static page (select below)"
Select "Front page:" called as created page (for example: "Homepage")
Press Save Changes
Homepage is now set correctly. Don't be alarmed that the page is blank for now, now you need
to create slides into a slideshow by following the instructions below.
This theme supports standard WordPress post formats. Post formats are a way for you
to choose a specific "format" for each post. Basically, once you give a post a format, it
will change how that post is displayed on the front end of the site. For example, a "quote"
post will output your entire post content as a blockquote. You can choose a post format from
the "Format" box on the "Add New Post" page.
Create a new category by going to "Portfolio › Categories"
Find the section "Add New Category"
Fill in the "Name" of the category
Fill in the "Slug" of the category (doesn't required, will be generated
automatically)
Fill in the optional "Description" of the category
Press Add New Category
The first portfolio category is now created. Repeat this process to create more categories. Now
you
must assign the projects into categories, see below.
Fill in the "Title" of the page (for example: "Reservations")
Select "Template" called "Reservations" in "Page
Attributes" metabox in the right column
Press Publish and page will be saved
Reservation page is now set correctly.
Reservations are saved to admin, if the reservation form was sent. Reservations you can
manage in Reservations section.
Reservations never won't be displayed on frontend.
Settings of the form you can find on "Appearance > Customize > Dox > Forms".
If you need to protect the form from spam, install the "FORQY reCAPTCHA" plugin on the "Appearance > Customize" page in your WordPress admin, then set it up on "Settings > FORQY reCAPTCHA".
Fill in the "Title" of the page (for example: "Contact")
Select "Template" called "Contact" in "Page
Attributes" metabox in the right column
Press Publish and page will be saved
Contact page is now set correctly.
Settings of the form you can find on "Appearance > Customize > Dox >
Forms".
If you need to protect the form from spam, install the "FORQY reCAPTCHA" plugin on the "Appearance > Customize" page in your WordPress admin, then set it up on "Settings > FORQY reCAPTCHA".
One of the great new features from WordPress 3.4+ is the Theme Customizer which
allows you to modify options for a theme and instantly preview them on the site.
Go to "Appearance › Customize" or "Appearance › Themes
› Customize (link of Current Theme)" and Theme Customizer
will appear
Go to section "Dox" or "Dox — Child" where you find
all settings related to the theme
Select desired section
Make your changes which then you can see in live preview on the right
Fill in the "Menu Name" (for example "Navigation") and press Create Menu
In left column tick all "Pages" (Categories, Menus, Events, etc. - you
can activate in "Screen Options" on the top right of the page) what you
want to place into navigation and press Add to Menu
Navigation items you can sort by dragging as you need
Select the created navigation in "Theme Locations" metabox in the left
column and press Save
New navigation has been created and now you can see it on the website
Below you can find a list of the recommended plugins with the theme, which are well tested with
the theme. Recommended plugins you can easily install with plugin installer in
Appearance ›
Install Plugins.
FREE Plugins
FORQY REQUIRED
Adds a functionality to FORQY WordPress themes.
One
Click Demo Import
Import your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click.
Analytics
Tracker
Analytics Tracker makes it super easy to add Google Analytics tracking code on your site.
Loco
Translate
Loco Translate provides in-browser editing of WordPress translation files.
WordPress reCaptcha Integration
reCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and WooCommerce + Dox Contact and
Reservation forms.
WP Term Order
Sort taxonomy terms, your way. WP Term Order allows users to order any visible category,
tag, or taxonomy term numerically, providing a customized order for their taxonomies.
Autoptimize
Autoptimize makes optimizing your site really easy. It concatenates all scripts and styles,
minifies and compresses them, adds expires headers, caches them, and moves styles to the
page head and can move scripts to the footer.
EWWW Image Optimizer
The EWWW Image Optimizer will increase your page speeds by way of image optimization.
Increased page speeds can result in better search engine rankings, and will also improve
conversion rates (increased sales and signups). It will also save you storage space and
bandwidth.
MailChimp
for WordPress
MailChimp for WordPress, the absolute best. Subscribe your WordPress site visitors to your
MailChimp lists, with ease.
Disable Emojis
This plugin disables the new WordPress emoji functionality.
WP Mail
SMTP
Reconfigures the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of mail() and creates an options
page to manage the settings.
Open "wp-content/themes/dox/languages/dox.pot" file
Fill in the Catalog properties (optional)
Save as file named by theme name dox and your language and
country code ("language_COUNTRY.po"
- "dox-fr_FR.po", "dox-cs_CZ.po",
"dox-de_DE.po",
etc.) into to the "wp-content/languages/themes" folder (if the folder does
not exist, please create it)
Open "wp-content/plugins/forqy/languages/forqy.pot" file
Fill in the Catalog properties (optional)
Save as file named forqy and your
language code and your country code ("forqy-language_COUNTRY.po"
- "forqy-fr_FR.po", "forqy-cs_CZ.po", "forqy-de_DE.po", etc.) into to the "wp-content/languages/plugins"
folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it)