Gecko - Best Woocommerce Theme Documentation

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Introduction

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Gecko ‐ Powerful, Profesional Responsive WooCommerce Theme for Online Fashion, Hand made, Furniture Store... It comes with a lot of great features that would take you months to develop. It is fully responsive, it looks stunning on all types of screens and devices. Including easy to set up for MailChimp, Contact Form 7, Instagram, Lookbook, WooCommerce Email Transaction and Product Colour Swatch, Product Colours Swatch Gallery Images, Product Video Thumbnail

Theme features
Credits
Image Sources

Note: All images are just used for Preview Purpose Only. They are not part of the theme and NOT included in the final purchase files.

Need Support?
If you have any questions regarding to theme issues, please submit a ticket at http://support.janstudio.net

Theme Installation

Once you purchase the theme from themeforest, you'll be able to load 2 file type.
  1. All Files and documentation
  2. Installable Wordpress Theme File
If you select to download all files and documentation ( the zip name will be themeforest-xxx-xxxxx.zip ), you have to extract it out ( to get themename-vxx_xx.zip file ) before installing it to wordpress system.
Install theme via Wordpress Dashboard
  1. Go to 'Appearance > Theme' section
  2. Click 'Add New' and select the 'Upload' option
  3. Upload the zip file
  4. All Done :)
Install theme via FTP
  1. Access to the file on your server using ftp editor program
  2. Go to 'wp-content/themes' folder
  3. Extract the zip file and put the themename-vxx_xx folder there
  4. Go to 'Wordpress Dashboard > Appearance > Theme' section to activate the theme
  5. All Done :)
Install Plugins
After you install the theme, there'll be a list of suggested and recommended plugins at the top of the wordpress dashboard.



If you already hide it out, you can go to 'Appearance > Install Plugins' section instead too.

Importing Demo Content

After activating the theme, there'll be suggested plugin listed at the top (if there aren't, you can go to 'Appearance > Install Plugins' section as well ). Try installing and activating these following plugins ( as it effects the importing process ). You can also install all suggested plugins at this step as well.

Note:All of your old data will be remove if you use this function.



Then, go to 'JanStudio > Install Sample Data > Choose Layout > Import Demo Data'
Follow the steps mentioned on the screen, then, you'll get the site like the demo :)

Can't import demo sample date

You can add below code in function.php line 2 in themes/gecko/function.php and try import again. This problem of hosting limit memory. After import complete you can remove code.

ini_set('memory_limit','128M');

Theme Translation

Try installing the 'Loco Translate' plugin. ( Can be found in 'Plugin > Add New' section ) or You can download plugin at here
- After installed plugin go to 'Loco Translate' section. And Click to "Theme > New Language"



Select your language to translate


Translate texts


You can learn more about how to localize / translate the wordpress string from here as well

Updating the theme

1. Auto Update
You can download plugin and follow step at https://envato.com/market-plugin/
2. Manual Update
Try following this steps for this.

  1. Download the zip file from themeforest again
  2. Install it to different folder ( or just simply uploading via wordpress dashboard without removing the old one)
  3. Activating new theme version
  4. Set the menu to themes location at the 'Appearance > Menu' section.
  5. Save the theme option once
  6. Make sure everything is working properly and you can remove the old theme files out

General Layout

- Content Width

- Boxed Layout

- You can use Custom CSS style if you want overwrite style of theme and your customize code keep in database so you can update theme in future without change

- You can add Google Analytics code to manager, track your website



Header Settings

1. Header Layout Options

- You can choose 1 in 7 header layout options to display on your website. With header layout 6 and header layout 7 you can upload background image


- You can enable transparent header to display header like image below


2. Logo Settings

- You should upload both regular logo for normal device and retina logo (2x) for high resolution as macbook retina, mobile devices

3. Header Top Settings

- Have options for you can customize text display on header top "Content Left" (phone number, email, socials that's help your customer easy contact with you) or you can display promotion message for your customer with header top "Content Center" html, add short code to diplay language switcher on "Content Right"

- You can config to header display switch currencies


Footer Settings

- You can choose 1 in 3 footer layout options to display on your website.

- You can change copyright...

Woocommerce Settings

1. General Setting.

You can setup page title and sub-title display on shop (all categories) page

You can enable catalog mode by enable param

2. Sub Category Setting.

With sub-category setting you can setup layout dislay as grid or mansory and number of columns

3. Product Listing Setting.

- Style: You can setup list of product display as grid or masonry, with masonry style you have option enable isotope categories filter and infinite scroll

- Flip Product Thumbnail:You can enable this param to flip your product thumbnail when hover

- Number of Column: With this option you can setup layout with 2,3,4 product per row

- Per Page: Default of Woocommerce you only can display 12 products on page with this option you can increase or reduce number of product per page

- Layout: You can setup category page with left sidebar, right sidebar or no-sidebar

- Hover Style: We define 4 options for hover style, you can easy switch on any style for you shop display

- Enable Products Attribute On Product List: You can choose available attribute of product when hover on images

4. Product Detail Setting.

- Product Detail Style: We define 3 styles layout (fixed, images thumbs slider and full with big images)

- Product Detail Layout: You can setup detail page with left sidebar, right sidebar or no-sidebar

- Miscellaneous: You can enable cloud zoom, change size guide image for all product, shipping & return text content

Blog Settings

You can setup blog page display as grid or masonry layout with left sidebar,right sidebar or no sidebar

Typography Settings

You can change font family use default fonts, google fonts, change font size, font color, heading font size

Portfolio Settings

- You can setup page title, sub-title, background for page title

- You can setup portfolio page display as 2, 3, 4 columns and number of project display per page


Socials Settings

You can setting up your social channel at 'JanStudio > Theme Options > Social Networks.



Homepage

- You can assign another page to homepage by go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading > Change Frontpage to any page you want

Menu Layout

Normally you create a menu and assign this menu to Primary Menu

If you use Header Layout 2 you need create separate menu left, menu right and assign for Left Menu and Right Menu

Menu Badge

Our theme support for menu badge with "New", "Sale", "Hot" with class "new", "sale", "hot". You can remove badge by remove class

Footer Link Widget (Footer 2 Layout)

1. Go "Appearance > Menu" create invidiual menu: "QUICK LINKS", "HELP", "STORE", "CONNECT US"


2. Go "Appearance > Widget" and create footer block widget containe menu "QUICK LINKS", "HELP", "STORE", "CONNECT US"


Footer Menu

You need create menu and assign to Footer Menu

Page Title Options

1. Page Title Display

2. To display page title you have turn it on, add sub title and upload background image


Category Header Background

Go to "Products > Categories to create new Product Category and upload image as background

Category Sidebar

You can setup individual layout for category and select separate sidebar for individual category

Product Attributes

To display product attributes (colours, size) you have to create product attributes first.

1. Go "Products > Attributes" to create attribute


2. After create attribute you have to click on "Configure terms" to add attribute (example 'Size: XS | S | M | L | XL')


Display product attributes on product listing page

To display product attributes on product listing page you need go to WPAddons > Variation Swatch.

1. Show swatch on list > Yes
2. Position > After title


Category Product Ajax Attributes Filter

- We created WooCommerce Top Sidebar Widget Area to contain YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter.

- YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter work with product attributes you created at prev step (color, size, brand)

- To add YITH to WooCommerce Top Sidebar you go to Appearance > Widgets > YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter > WooCommerce Top Sidebar

- To config color filter you go WooCommerce Top Sidebar and do like screen shot

- To config size filter you go WooCommerce Top Sidebar and do like screen shot

- To config Brand filter you go WooCommerce Top Sidebar and do like screen shot

Product's images size

There're several predefined thumbnail product's images size, catalogue product's images size and single product's image size. Which you have to set in "Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Images "



Product Images

Upload images to display on product detail. Upload featured image as main image and gallery as thumbnail images





Product colour and size swatch

After create attributes you can display atrribute on product "Quick View" and Product detail page



1. Create new product and set Product Data "Variable Product".


2. Add attribute for this product.


Remember tick on all checkbox
- Visible on the product page
- Used for variations



After that click Publish product

Product Custom Tab

Woocommerce default you have only 3 tabs (description, additional information, reviews) you should install YIKES Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce plugin to add more custom tab



On the front-end display

Product Detail Layout

We have option for you can config product detail layout in theme option WooCommerce Setting and product detail section, you also can set layout for product detail when you create new product



Product Video Thumbnail

We have option for you can display video as thumbnail, you can upload your video (.mp4) from local or use Youtube, Vimeo link



Product New Arrival Badge

You can add "New Arrival" badge for product by set number of days after product publish



Plugin Setings

Navigate toDashboard > WPAddon > Variation Swatch

You have option to show variation swatch on product listing and show tooltip



Create Product Attributes

Navigate toDashboard > Products > Attributes

Create color attributes you follow this video

To create size attribute swatch

Create attribute type as label



Create new product with color and image swatches

MailChimp Newsletter

1. You need to download install MailChimp Newsletter plugin
2. Get MailChimp API key


3. Edit form


4. Display Subscribes Form
- Create a widget and display this widget at Footer Sidebar: Go 'Appearance > Widgets > Text Widget' and add to 'Footer Sidebar'



Meta Slider

1. You need to download install Meta Slider plugin
To create your first slider go 'Meta Slider > Meta Slider'



2. We're using free edition of Meta Slider so you want style text on slider you only have method: put custom HTML into caption box
					
mega summer sale

					
Big discount up to 50%

					Start shopping
3. Choose kind of slider to display
  • Flex Slider
  • R.Slider
  • Nivo Slider
  • Coin Slider
4. Make slider responsive and fit width all resolution screen


Contact Form 7

1. You need to download install Contact Form 7 plugin
2. Edit default form


3. Edit content of form


4. Display Contact Form 7 in contact page
- Create new page and insert contact form widget'



5. Result


YITH WooCommerce Popup

1. You need to download install YITH WooCommerce Newsletter Popupplugin
2. Create Popup


3. Setup Popup display on pages: