Sonaar
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Set-up & general guide to help you get the most out of your new WordPress theme.
Important: You can find out all the latest knowledge base on our help desk right here.
Set-up & general guide to help you get the most out of your new WordPress theme.
1. Make sure WordPress is installed. Check with your web hosting provider for WordPress installation.
2. Access your WordPress Dashboard (WP-Admin)
3. First, deactivate ALL your plugins you have activated from your old theme.
4. Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New
5. Upload the sonaar.zip file to WP-Admin > Appearance > Themes > Add New. (sonaar.zip can be downloaded in your Sonaar.io account >>> Login into your Sonaar.io Account and go to My Account > Licenses Keys > View Details & Downloads. Download the theme package zip file then unzip the file on your computer. Locate the file called sonaar.zip which is located in the /Theme/ folder. Sonaar.zip is the file you need to upload to your WP-Admin > appearance > themes > add new.)
6. Once the theme is installed, make sure to activate it.
7. Enter your Sonaar License Key in WP-Admin > Sonaar Settings > Dashboard
8. Install the required plugins. Go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Install Plugins. Install and activate all the required plugins.
9. Once the theme and license are activated, go to WP-Admin > Tools > Demo Content Install and you will be able to import the theme's demo you've opt-in.
Once its done, here are quick tips to start customizing your project:
1. to edit the big hero image on your homepage, go to wp-admin > revolution slider
2. to edit the content of your homepage and pages, go to wp-admin > pages > and edit your page
3. to edit the music/playlist, go to wp-admin > playlist
4. to edit the events, go to wp-admin > events
5. to edit the artists, go to wp-admin > playlist.
6. To change the color, logo and typography, go to wp-admin > Sonaar Settings.
7. To change, add or remove items from your menu, go to wp-admin > appearance > menu
8. To popup the player on your homepage automatically (or on any specific page), edit your page and set the playlist you want in the Footer Player option. See screenshot: https://d.pr/i/qTA2DI
9. To edit your footer, go to wp-admin > footer
Common issues:
- When installing the theme it says "Are you sure you want to do this ?"
- Help with theme's demo importation
- I can't activate a plugin. Where is the license key ? Is it included with your theme ?
This document covers the installation, set up, and use of this theme, and provides answers and solutions to common problems. We encourage you to first read this document thoroughly if you are experiencing any difficulties before contacting our support team.
If you are still having trouble after reading this guide, contact our help team by having a live chat with us.
Sonaar has many more customization options including typographic selectors, stylistic color pickers and other add-ons. And in addition to these fantastic features, you'll also receive access to world-class theme support by our team of in-house professional WordPress developers.
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, feel free to ask us via our dedicated help center.To upload through your WordPress Dashboard, go to wp-admin > appearance > themes > add new > upload theme. Once the theme is fully uploaded and installed, click “Activate” to activate the WordPress theme.
The theme files will be stored on your server in the wp-content/themes location.
When uploading your theme with the installer, please ensure you are uploading the theme .zip file, not the entire package you downloaded. In this case, you will be uploading sonaar.zip.
If you have a message error that says: Are you sure you want to do this ? Don't worry. we got you covered. There is 2 different causes for this issue. Most likely your web server is configured with PHP Upload Max file size setting that are too low to allow the theme ZIP file to upload. By default, your web server is configured to a maximum file upload size limit at 8 megabytes or less. The theme ZIP is currently about 35MB. Thus, the web server is rejecting the upload. WordPress is giving you a rather ambiguous message in response. This is not a theme fault or bug.SOLUTION 1) You can either increase your PHP limits. Since every servers are configured differently, there is 3 ways to do this. You can try to do it yourself but if you don't have the skill, just ask your web host and they usually will do it for you. To raise the PHP limits, try one of the 3 solutions below:
a) Add this in the .htaccess file of your server
php_value memory_limit 128M
php_value post_max_size 128M
php_value upload_max_filesize 128M
php_value max_execution_time 1800
b) Add this to wp-config.php
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
c) Create a text file and name it php.ini then upload php.ini file in your root folder by FTP. In the php.ini file, add:
upload_max_filesize = 64Mpost_max_size = 64M
To manually upload your new WordPress theme, login with your credentials to your website and locate the wp-content folder in your WordPress install files. Upload the un-zipped Sonaar folder into the: wp-content/themes folder.
Once uploaded, activate the theme by heading to the “Themes” menu in the WordPress Dashboard. Locate the Sonaar theme and hit “Activate”.
The best way to get started with our theme is to import the demo. Install the theme and its required plugins, then go to WP-Admin > Tools > Demo Content Install and you will see there all the demos available. Choose your favorite. Then you will only have to change the images, texts and color by your own assets.
Take note that when you import the demo, this completely swipe your actual content by the demo's one but it's often the best way to get started with your new design.
Go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Install Plugins. Install all the required plugins, including "Iron Demo Importer" and make sure to activate them all by going to WP-Admin > Plugins.
Once activated, go to WP-Admin > Tools > Demo Content Install. Choose your favorite demo and install it. It should takes 3 to 10 minutes.
Here's some issue you can face on when importing the demo:
This message might shows up when you go to Tools > Demo Content Install. If it's your case, it means that Zip extension library is not enable on your server. To enable it, Go to your CPANEL > Select PHP Version and check ZIP. See Screenshot
If you don't have access to your cpanel, please contact your webhost so he can enable Zip Extension.
If you have a Timed Out message when you are importing the demo it means that your max_execution_time is set only to 30 second or so. Our demo's data is big and the import process while takes more than 30 seconds. It's why you see a timed out message. To raise the time a script is allowed to run, go to your CPANEL > Select PHP Version > Switch to PHP Option (See Screenshot)
Then check for max_execution_time and change the setting for 30 then click Apply and Save (See Screenshot)
If you don't have access to your cpanel or you still receive a timed out message, please contact your webhost so he can set your max_execution_time to 600.
It's probably related to a server permission. Please install the plugin maually. You can download it here
If option 1 doesn't work or you have problem such as Timed Out issues, or Internal Error 500, etc, please install the demo manually. We have setup a quick video tutorial to learn how to install it manually.
Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdM0OqRS6UM
If you have any problem, contact us on our helpdesk at https://support.sonaar.io
It is rather important to set your theme menu in the WordPress Dashboard. To do this, locate the Menu options by selecting the “Appearance” tab from the dashboard sidebar and then “Menus”.
Once you’re viewing the Menus, create a new menu and save it. After you’ve saved the menu, you can add it to a menu via the Menu Settings, below the Menu Structure area. Add your pages and links to the menu you just created in the Menu Structure area.
Sonaar requires some plugins to be installed and activated. To install the required plugins, go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Install Plugins.
Sometimes, plugins will ask you to enter a Licence Key or API Key. Well, you don't need a licence key or API key to activate it. The plugin will still work even if you don't have that licence key. The licence key or API key is only used for automatic updates offered by the plugin authors and is available if you purchase the plugin for yourself at codecanyon.net
Since we include the plugin directly (for free) into our theme, we made sure the plugin is 100% compatible with the theme. If you decide to purchase the plugin license for yourself and update the plugin, the theme might break.
We (IronTemplates) are responsible to update the pre-packaged plugins that comes with our theme. We release plugin updates on regular basis after testing them and make sure they are 100% compatible within our theme. It's the way it works for every themes that offer third party plugins packaged into the theme.
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.
There are one main reason why you would want to use a child theme: If you modify a theme directly and it is updated, then your modifications WILL be lost. By using a child theme you will ensure that your modifications are preserved.
Log in to your site's administration panel, and go to WP-Admin > Appearance > Themes. Click "Add New" and follow the directions to upload the sonaar-child.zip file, located in the sonaar-package/theme/ folder.
Next simply click "Activate" and both the Sonaar theme and Sonaar child theme will be active on your WordPress site. Now you're ready to customize away.
Note that this is the same exact method we referred to in the Getting Started section of this guide. You should see your child theme listed and ready for activation.
If you want to change more than just the stylesheet, your child theme can override any file in the parent theme: simply include a file of the same name in the child theme directory, and it will override the equivalent file in the parent theme directory when your site loads.
For instance, if you want to change the PHP code for the site header, you can include a header.php in your child theme's directory, and that file will be used instead of the parent theme's header.php.
Unlike style.css, the functions.php of a child theme does not override its counterpart from the parent. Instead, it is loaded in addition to the parent’s functions.php. (Specifically, it is loaded right before the parent’s file.)
In that way, the functions.php of a child theme provides a smart, trouble-free method of modifying the functionality of a parent theme.
Say that you want to add a PHP function to your theme. The fastest way would be to open the sonaar/functions.php file and put the function there... But that’s not smart: The next time Sonaar is updated, your function will disappear (as the entire contents of the /sonaar/ folder are replaced upon an update.
However, there is an alternative way which is the smart way: you can create a child theme, add a functions.php file in it, and add your function to that file. The function will do the exact same job from there too, with the advantage that it will not be affected by future updates of the parent theme.
DO NOT copy the full content of functions.php of the parent theme into functions.php in the child theme. It's not a good practice by any means.