Thanks for Buying

First of all, thank you for buying this theme. To make your experience pleasant, we've added as much info as needed in this documentation. If you're stuck with anything, please refer to support forums.

There are two methods to install the theme. If the normal installation method (a) is not supported by your web host, you will have to use the alternate option (b).

a. Normal Installation

  1. Log into your WordPress admin panel and go to Appearance » Themes
  2. Click the Add New button at the top.
  3. Click the Upload Theme button at the top.
  4. Click the Choose File button and navigate to the location of the theme zip file.
  5. Click Install Now to begin the installation.
  6. Wait for the success message, then click Activate.

b. FTP Installation (alternate method)

  1. Unzip the theme zip file.
  2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and place the theme folder inside it.
  3. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and go to Appearance » Themes
  4. Locate the theme thumbnail and click the Activate link.

WordPress child theme allows you change the functionality of the theme without having to edit the original/parent theme template files. If you plan to making any customization, we recommend to create a child theme instead of editing the theme template files. Since the child theme is stored separately, you don't need to redo the changes next time you upgrade the theme.

Creating a Child Theme

There's a plugin you can use that will create a child theme from within the WordPress dashboard: http://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/ or you can download Saha blank child theme.

Download it here.

More About Child Theme

You can read more about Child theme on WordPress Codex →

If you use this theme for existing website, we recommended you to install Force Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to fix the image sizes. Every theme has different image dimensions, so this is important step to do.

How To Use It?

  1. After you install it, go to Tools > Force Regenerate Thumbnails
  2. Click the Regenerate All Thumbnails button
  3. The process depends on how many images on your website. If you only have 10-30 images then process only takes a few minues.
  4. After the process done, you can deactivate and delete the plugin.

There are several plugins we recommend you to install. Some of this plugins will extend the theme so you'll get the maximum feature in this theme.

Recommended Plugins

1. Page Builder by SiteOrigin

Build responsive page layouts using the widgets you know and love using this simple drag and drop page builder.

2. SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle

A collection of all widgets, neatly bundled into a single plugin. It's also a framework to code your own widgets on top of.

3. WooCommerce

WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.

4. YITH Woocommerce Compare

YITH WooCommerce Compare allows you to compare more products of your shop in one complete table.

5. YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

YITH WooCommerce Wishlist add all Wishlist features to your website.

6. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search

YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search allows your users to search products in real time.

How to Install the Plugins

  1. Log into your Dashboard page.
  2. Go to Appearance » Install Plugins.
  3. Click install link below the plugin you want to install.

All of our themes include a language file to make translating to a different language easy. Inside the theme folder /wp-content/themes/themename/languages, you'll find a language file named themename.pot. Or in this theme file named saha.pot

Configure WordPress

Before translating the theme, you'll need to make sure WordPress is setup correctly with your locale. Open wp-config.php and modify the line below.

 
/**
* WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English.
*
* Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen
* language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install
* de_DE.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to "de_DE" to enable German
* language support.
*/
define("WPLANG", "");

Translating the Theme

  1. Download and install Poedit.
  2. Open postboard.pot in Poedit. Translate as needed.
  3. Save the file with the locale. For example, if you translate the theme to German language then you would save your files as de_DE.po.
  4. Copy both these files(de_DE.po and de_DE.mo) under the languages folder of postboard.

Our theme options are powered by WordPress Customizer. WordPress Customizer is a new and exciting feature that combines theme options with the ability to live preview those changes before saving them!

How To Access it?

  • Select Appearance
  • Then Click Customize
  • We provide a lot of options for you to customize your website easily and with live preview!
Saha Customizer General

In the General panel you can setup some options like:

  • Change your default RSS feed url to something like feedburner.
  • Choose your Static Front Page.
Saha Customizer Header

In the Header panel you can setup some options like:

  • Change your Site Title, Site Description, and upload Site Icon.
  • Show/hide the top bar, the top bar menu left, the top bar social, and configure your social networks.
  • Upload your custom logo and favicon.
  • Show/hide the header search and put the search default or ajax.
  • Set options for the buttons to the right of the header.
Saha Customizer Menus

Set your menu items and menu locations.

Saha Customizer Styling

Edit all the style of the theme, top bar, header, footer, mobile, etc ....

Saha Customizer Typography

We package Saha with Google Fonts option, you can easily change the font family of the text content and the heading (h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6).

Saha Customizer Layouts

In the Layouts panel you can change some options like:

  • Change the layout of your site, full width, right sidebar, left sidebar.
  • Change the layout of your WooCommerce pages, full width, right sidebar, left sidebar.
  • Set the options for your posts entry and single posts.
  • Set the options of your titles for your pages and posts.
Saha Customizer WooCommerce

In the WooCommerce panel you can change some options like:

  • Show/hide the switcher of your shop page, set the number of products per page, set the number of columns and set the quick view options.
  • Display the images in lightbox and show/hide the social share buttons.
Saha Customizer Widgets

Insert your widgets into your sidebars.

You can setup the layout per post or page. This is done when you add or edit the post or page. There are 3 types layout you can choose:

Layouts Type

  1. Full Width layout : Display the content in a full width mode or without sidebar.
  2. Left Sidebar layout : Display the content with sidebar on the left.
  3. Right Sidebar layout : Display the content with sidebar on the right.

Per Page/Post Basis Layout

Per Page/Post Basis Layout
  1. Assuming you're at the new post or page screen (Posts > Add New) or (Pages > Add New)
  2. After you create the post or page, scroll down and find Layout meta box.
  3. Choose the layout.
  1. Page Fullscreen : Show your page/post in full screen, ideal to put a slider in full width.
  2. Sidebar : Choose your custom sidebar for your page/post.
  3. Margin : Disable the margin top & bottom for your page/post.

Title

Title
  1. Title : Enable or disable the title for your page/post.
  2. Title Style : Leave the default title style or add an image, see below.

Add Image To Your Title

Title
  1. Select Background Image in Title Style.
  2. Choose the color for your title.
  3. Enter the font size of your title.
  4. Upload or select your background image.
  5. Enter the height of your title.
  6. Show/hide the overlay for your background image.
  7. Enter the opacity of your overlay.

Result:

ImportantWhen you add an image to your title, breadcrumb disappears.

Saha is fully compatible with the free plugin Page Builder by SiteOrigin.

Page Builder by SiteOrigin is the most popular page creation plugin for WordPress. It makes it easy to create responsive column based content, using the widgets you know and love. Your content will accurately adapt to all mobile devices.

If you want to see the documentation of the plugin, click here.

Add Container To Full Screen Page

If you want a full-width background with text centered on your page, here are the actions needed to achieve this:

  1. In the Page Settings metabox, select the Yes option in Page Fullscreen.
  2. If you want to add more columns or widgets, select the widget Layout Builder, click on Attributes and check the Add Container Class option.

ImportantIf you add one widget to your row, doing the same actions with the widget.

Saha has several post format available.

Saha Posts Format
  1. Go to Posts » Add New or edit existing post.
  2. Choose your Format.

Audio/Video Format

  1. Click on Audio/Video in Format.
  2. In Posts Settings meta box, click on Media tab.
  3. You have three choices, enter the URL of your audio/video, host your own audio/video file or insert the iframe of your audio/video.

Gallery Format

  1. Click on Gallery in Format.
  2. In Image Gallery meta box, click on Add/Edit Images to add new images.
  3. Click on Enable Lightbox for this gallery? to display the images in your gallery in lightbox when clicking with the mouse.

Link Format

  1. Click on Link in Format.
  2. In Posts Settings meta box, click on Link/Quote tab.
  3. Enter the URL of your link and choose the target.

Quote Format

  1. Click on Quote in Format.
  2. In Posts Settings meta box, click on Link/Quote tab.
  3. Enter your quote in the Quote option.

You can use a custom Contact Form by installing Contact Form 7 plugin from WordPress.org repository for free. Please check the demo:Contact 1, Contact 2 to see it in action.

  1. Please download Contact Form 7
  2. Or you can go to Appearance » Install Plugins. Click install under Contact Form 7.
  3. A new link in the side menu will appear, click on Contact add new or edit existing contact form , copy the shortcode in your page.
  4. Finally, click the Publish or Update button to update your Post/Page.