Thank you for purchasing Zincy Pro theme.
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email at support@8degreethemes.com or to my support forum at https://8degreethemes.com/support/forum/zincy-pro/ .
Thank you so much!
Installation via Admin Dashboard
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Get a copy of Zincy Pro Theme.
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Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
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Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New
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Click on "Upload Theme" button at the top and browse the .zip file.
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Click on Install button.
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Activate the theme.
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Click on Appearance>Customize in Admin Dashboard panel for further setup of the theme.
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Installation via FTP/Cpanel
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Get a copy of Zincy Pro Theme.
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Unzip the downloaded file.
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Upload the unzipped zincy-pro folder into root/wp-content/themes/
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Now, activate the theme by going to Appearance > Themes in the wordpress dashboard.
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Activate the Zincy Pro.
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Click on Appearance>Customize in Admin Dashboard panel for further setup of the theme.
This theme provides a 'Home Page' template for your home page. Please follow these steps to configure your home page with 'home page' template.
- Go to Dashboard > Pages > Add New.
- Create a Page (for your home page).
- Enter the Title (e.g. 'Home') and and assign the page with 'Home Page' Template.
- Click on 'Publish' button.
- Now Go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading.
- Set 'Front page displays' option to display 'A static page'.
- Then Select the Page (home page created with 'home page' template) from 'Front Page' Drop Down List.
- Now configure the home page sections.
Configure Default Settings:
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Go to Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Default Settings
Site Identity:
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Choose Site Title and Tagline for your site instead of logo image.
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Check "Display Header Text" to enable Site title and Tagline.
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Choose Site Icon (Favicon) for both backend and frontend.
NOTE: Hide Header image to show site title and tagline as header text instead of logo.
Colors:
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Choose "Header Text Color" to change the color of "Site Title" and "Tagline".
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Choose "Backgorund Color" to change the color of the theme background.
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Click on "Add new image" to upload logo.
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You can add padding for the logo from the options available there to put values.
NOTE: Adding logo/header image replaces the header "Site Title & Tagline".
Background Image:
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Click On "Select Image" to add background image of the theme.
NOTE: Using "Background Image" replaces the backgorund color of the theme.
Static Frontpage:
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Choose between "Your Latest Post" and "A Static Page" to show as frontpage.
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To show the default homepage as in the demo you need to create a page and assign its template to the provided Homepage template and select the same page as Front Page from the options dropdown.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "DEFAULT SETTINGS
Configure General Settings:
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Go to Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General Settings.
Responsive Settings:
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Disable Responsive Design
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Check to disable the "Responsive Design", by default the theme is responsive in all modai devices(mobile, tablets, desktop, etc...)
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Choose webpage Layout?
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Select "Full Width" or "Boxed" Layout for your site form 'Website Layout Option" as per your requirement.
Search Settings:
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Show Search Box in Header?
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Check to enable the search box in header as shown in image above.
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Enable Sticky Header
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Check the box to enable sticky header
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Upload Favicon:
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Click on "Upload Image" to upload favicon for your site.Upload favicon image of size 16px * 16px.
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Note: This will work if the default site icon is not added from Site Identity section above.
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Edit Header Text:
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Input desire text in textarea to dispaly in header of your site, as in above image, html content is allowed as header text.
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Header Layout
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Select different header layouts from availabel dropdown of four layouts.
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Choose the menu alignment from the dropdown as right, left or center which suits your website.
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Choose the menu type from available 3D & Normal menu.
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Add navigation padding from top if required on the available field.
Details page/post settings:
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Check to enable feature image in the post details page.
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Check to enable post date and author in post details page.
NOTE: "Details page/post settings" option are for the post details page only, add post feature image to see the use of these settings.
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Input the text to dispaly as footer content (left and right), html content is allowed as footer text.
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Choose footer layout to show different columns from the available options.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "GENERAL SETTINGS".
General Settings:
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Enable/Disable Slider:
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By default slider dispaly in homepage if you don't want to show slider in homepage, "Check to disable" the slider.
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Select the Slider Type:
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There are 3 types of sliders available
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Zincy Lite Slider (Normal slider that was available in lite version)
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Revolution Slider (Other plugin or revolution slider added from shortcode )
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Show Slider Pager(Navigation dots):
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Choose Yes/No to show/hide the slider pagination.
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Show Slider Control(Arrows):
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Choose Yes/No option to show/hide the slider control arrow in left and right of the slider.
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Slider Transition - Fade/Slide:
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Choose between the fade and slide for the slider transition settings, you can live preview within customize.
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Slider auto transition:
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Choose the option Yes/No to auto slide the slider in homeopage selecting the "Yes" option auto slide the slider in homepage.
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Choose the Slider Speed?
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Choose the integer value for the slider sppeed to slide or fade.
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Choose Slider Pause Time?
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Choose the integer value for the slider pause time between the two slides.
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Show/Hide Slider Captions:
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Choose Show/Hide option to show the text above the slider. Slider caption are the post title and the description.
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Enable/Disable Slider Overlay:
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Choose between Enable/Disable option to show or hide the slider overlay above the slider, please preview in customize view as a live changes.
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Enable/Disable Text Overlay:
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Select Enable/Disable to show or hide the overlay beside the slider text.
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Text Overlay Color:
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Choose the clolor from the color selector as a slider text overlay color, check the work function in customizer view to select the desire color.
Banner Settings:
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Choose The Banner Type:
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Choose banner type between the single post as a sider or category a post as slider.
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Single Post as a Slider - Selecting this option allows us to choose the single post as slider.
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Cagetory Post as Slider - Selecting this option allows us to choose the category as slider and its asscoiated post as banner of the slider.
NOTE: Selecting the "Singles Post as a Slider" option allows us to choose maximum of four post as slider & slecting "Category as a Slider" allows us to assign unlimted post as the slider.
Best Banner Size : 2000 x 750 (width x height)
Banner Selection(Post):
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Assign maximum of four post as slider in the select dropdown (Choose Slider 1, 2, 3,4) under this menu.
NOTE: "Single Post as a Slider" under "Banner Settings" must be selected to assign single post as slider.Post title & description is shown as slider caption and feature image as the slider background image.
Banner Selection(Category):
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Choose the category from the dropdown as slider, its assocaited post is shown as the banner.
NOTE: "Category Post as a Slider" must be selected to show the category post in homepage. Post title & description is shown as slider caption and feature image as the slider background image.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "SLIDER SETTINGS".
Enable/Disable Social Links:
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Check to Enable:
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Check to enable social links in the header as in figure above.
Socail Links/Url Settings:
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Facebook:
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Input social links url of yours to show in header. Example: http://www.facebook.com
NOTE: Leave empty if you don't want to show the particular icon in the header. Similar process for other social icons to show or hide in header.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "SOCIAL LINKS SETTINGS".
FAQ Settings
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Check to enable full width faq page:
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Choose how to Show FAQ Answers
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Select the sidebar to show in the faq pages.
Note: Only right sidebar can be enabled in the Faq Pages. So, please make sure to select the same on the page while creating it from Pages.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "FAQ SETTINGS".
Events Settings
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Check to enable full width event page:
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Select the widgetd to show in sidebar to show in the event pages.
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Chose the view type list/grid in event page.
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Choose the number of columns in grid view
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Enter Number of excerpt character to show in short description.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "EVENT SETTINGS".
Portfolio Settings:
Portfolio Settings Homepage:
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Check to enable portfolio section in homepage
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Enter Title for the section
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Check to enable the view all button in homepage
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Enter Text for the view all button.
General Portfolio Settings :
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Choose the view type list/grid
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Choose number of columns in grid view
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Enter number of characters to show in excerpt
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Enable/Disable Call to action,Footer Widget,Google Map in portfolio inner pages
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Portfolio Single Page Settings Homepage:
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Choose the widget to display in right sidebar if active in posts.
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Choose the widget to display in left sidebar if active in posts.
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Check to Show social sharing link.
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Enable pagination (i.e next previous)
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CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "PORTFOLIO SETTINGS".
Archive Settings
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Check to enable Call to Action Section in Archive Pages
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Check to enable Google Map Section in Archive Pages
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Check to enable Footer Widgets Section in Archive Pages
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "ARCHIVE SETTINGS".
Typography Options:
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Control the desire font family , color and font size for the typography options.
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Choose Fonts for Heading Text:
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Choose the fonts family from the dropdown for the heading text h1 to h6.
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Choose Fonts for the Body Text:
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Choose the fonts family from the dropdown for the body text.
NOTE: Heading fonts and body fonts are overwritten by the stylesheet if they have property defined inside the respective child elements such as inside heading and body.
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Body Font Size:
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Choose the body font size as integer value in the text field.
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Choose Text Color:
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Choose the body text color from the color picker.
NOTE: This option gets override if they have specific color in the stylesheet.
Typography Formatting:
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Choose Font Size for H1 Text:
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Choose font size for H1 text as integer value in the text field.
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Choose Text Color:
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Choose text color from the color picker for H1 text.
NOTE: Similarly, add settings for the heading text h1 to h6, this settings gets override if they have child element inside the heading element and if they have defined font size and color.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "TYPOGRAPHY SETTINGS".
A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly code in just one line. Shortcode = shortcut.
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Create a post/page
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Click on short codes
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You’ll see list of short codes ; Layouts and Elements
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In Layouts you’ll see three option; Grid, Divider and Spacing
Grid
A grid is a series of vertical and horizontal lines that are used to subdivide a page vertically and horizontally into margins, columns, inter-column spaces, lines of type and spaces between blocks of type and images.
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You can select no. of columns
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Select the width of column (The sum of column should be six)
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Example: In no. of column option, if you choose 1 column then the first column width should be upto six and should not exceed more than 6
Divider
Divider is a separator line.
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You can select border color, border style, border thickness, border width, top spacing and bottom spacing of divider
Spacing
Spacing is blank space between images or paragraph.
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Insert the Spacing Height between images or paragraph.
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In Elements you’ll see eight options; Testimonial, Team, Social Icons, Toggle Call To Action, Slider, Tab and List Style.
Testimonials
Click on Shortcodes > Elements > Testimonial
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Insert Client’s Name
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Insert Client Designation
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Insert image URL
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Select image shape to Round or Square as per your requirement.
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Write the client’s testimonial
Social Icons
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements > Social Icons
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Insert Social Link inside each box
Toggle
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements > Toggle
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Insert Heading
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Insert Description
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Select Open/Close option as per your requirement.
Call To Action
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements > Call To Action
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Enter Call To Action Text
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Enter Button Text
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Enter Button Url
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Select Button Align to Center or Right
Slider
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements >Slider
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Enter No. of images you want to show in Slider
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Select Yes to Show Caption and No to hide Caption
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Select Yes/No to Link Image to Url as per your requirement
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Select Open Link to open In Same Tab or In Different Tab as per your need.
Tab
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements >Tab
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Enter No of Tabs
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Select Caption to show in Horizontal or Vertical.
List Style
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Click on Shortcodes > Elements > List Style
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Enter No of List Items to display
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Select the List Icon from the list according to your preference.
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Social Links Settings
Enable/Disable Social Links:
Socail Links/Url Settings:
NOTE: Leave empty if you don't want to show the particular icon in the header. Similar process for other social icons to show or hide in header.
CLICK ON "Save & Publish" TO SAVE "SOCIAL LINKS SETTINGS".