# Builday

## Architect And Building WordPress Theme

- By: Swin Themes
- Website: http://demo.sun-themes.com/builday

Thank you for taking care about the theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email us via our user page contact form. Thanks so much!

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### WordPress Information

To install theme, you must to install a working version of WordPress, please refer these link to get start with WordPress:

- WordPress Codex - The online manual for WordPress
- WordPress Requirements - Maybe you need to contact your hosting adminstrator about this.
- Install WordPress - Many web hosts now offer tools to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help
- First Steps With WordPress

### Requirements

To run this theme, we recommend your host supports:

- WordPress version 4.7 or higher
- PHP version 5.6 or higher
- MySQL version 5.6 or higher

Please refer this article WordPress Requirement for more information

### Install Theme

###### First, you need to prepare Installable file

- Access to Themeforest Download Page
- Click Donwload button and choose correctly file.

After prepared file to install, you can choose install theme via "WordPress Admin" or "FTP Upload"

#### 1. WordPress Admin

##### Step 1: Extract File

If you download "All files & documentation" you need to extract and keep file builday.zip to work, otherwise if you download "Installble WordPress file only" you don't need to extract.

##### Step 2: Install theme file

You need to access to WordPress admin "Appearance / Themes", choose `Add New` on top, and choose `Upload theme` to upload builday.zip.

After upload file, let click `Install Now` then `Active`

#### 2. FTP Upload

##### Step 1: Install FTP Client Tool

First, you need to install a FTP Client software fit with your OS, we recommend use Filezilla, it works well for both Windows and Mac, or you can choose any other FTP client that you want. Then you should contact with your hosting administrator to get FTP information.

##### Step 2: Upload theme folder to server

- After install FTP software, you need to connect to server, and access to theme folder `../wp-content/themes/`
- Extract theme file that you download on above step, you will have `builday` folder look like:
- Upload `builday` folder into server, you will have structure folder `../wp-content/themes/builday`

##### Step 3: Active Theme

After upload theme to server, you need to go to WordPress admin panel `Appearance / Themes`, choose builday and click `Active`.

### Install Plugin

#### 1. Manual Install

After active theme, you will see message panel on top of page, let click `Begin installing plugins` to install plugin

In install plugin page, let check all plugin then choose `Install` in `Bulk Actions` select

### Update Theme & Plugin

#### 1. Update Theme

##### Via WordPress Admin: Delete and reinstall

Access to WordPress admin panel `Appearance / Themes`, active other theme, and choose to delete builday. After that, let reinstall follow above step

##### Via FTP Upload: Override theme folder

First, you need to go to download page and get latest version of theme, then use FTP client software to upload theme folder to `../wp-content/theme/builday/` on to server.

#### 2. Update Plugin

With Third party plugin like Metabox, Redux framework, Woocommerce, Mailchimp, Contact Form 7, etc.. you can go to `Plugins` and update by click on `update now`.

With our own plugin Builday Core you need to `deactive -> delete -> reinstall`

### Import Demo

### III. Full Content

#### 1. Page Content

##### Step 1: Install and activate WordPress Importer plugin

##### Step 2: Access to `Tools / Import / WordPress`, and upload content.xml file in download package.

#### 2. Widget Content

##### Step 1: Install and activate Widget Importer Exporter plugin

##### Step 2: Access to `Tools / Widget Importer & Exporter`, and upload widget.wie file in download package.

#### 3. Theme Option

##### Step 1: Access to Theme Option

##### Step 2: Copy & paste code from `dummy-content / themeoptions.json`

#### Set Home Page

After import dummy content, you need to set home page for your website, please go to `Setting / Reading`

### General Setting

Let create a brand for your project by add logo, information, social network, etc...

Go to `Theme option`

### Header Setting

There are 3 main part in header: topbar, logo and navigation

#### 1. Logo

Configure on `Theme Options`

#### 2. Navigation

Configure on `Appearance / Menus`

To more information about WordPress Menu, plese refer this link https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

### Footer Setting

Footer have 3 main areas below:

#### 1. Footer Top

- ##### a. Logo: set logo image in `Theme Options / Branding / Site Footer Logo`

- ##### b. Footer Navigation: you can choose what navigation will show at this area in `Appearance / Widgets / Footer Top`

#### 2. Footer Main

There are many layout options for footer, you can choose classic layout like 1, 2, 3, 4.

Choose footer layout in
`Theme Options / Footer / Footer Main / Footer Layout`

Each footer column is a widget content area in
`Appearance / Widget`

#### 3. Footer Bottom

Setting in: `Theme Options / Footer / Footer Bottom`

### Page Builder

We're using Visual Composer ( VC ) to create content for theme, this is #1 Page Builder For WordPress, very easy to use.

If you have not work with VC yet, please refer this article VC Basic Concept to learn some basic knowledge

We had created many elements with many options for builday to help your project more flexible. Each element have these part:

- Frontend View - Result will be shown on website.
- Backend Setting - Layout setting of this element (shortcode) in admin panel, like number post, get post by category, column, etc..
- Post Type Usage - The menu area manage data of this element, like post name, post thumbnail, etc..

And belew are element list for Builday:

#### 1. Swin: Heading

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 2. Swin: Info Box

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 3. Swin: Counter

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 4. Swin: Feature Box

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 5. Swin: Contact

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 6. Swin: Timeline

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

This element don't need to use Post type data

#### 7. Swin: Team Slider

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 8. Swin: Blog Grid

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 9. Swin: Blog Masonry

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 10. Swin: Service Tab

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 11. Swin: Service List

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 12. Swin: Service Carousel

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 13. Swin: Project Grid

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

#### 14. Swin: Project Masonry

##### Frontend View

##### Backend Setting

##### Post Type Usage

### Translate Theme

Not only work with english, Builday can be translated with any language that you're working on. There are two way to translate the site, edit PO File and use 3rd Plugin

#### 1. Edit PO File

Please refer this article for more detailed information How to Translate a WordPress Theme Using Poedit

#### 2. Use 3rd Plugin

With 3rd plugin, you can translate the theme right way in Admin Panel. We recommend these plugin:

- Loco Translate - Free: please refer this article How To Translate Theme Using Loco
- WordPress Multilingual Plugin (WPML) - Paid: please refer this article How to create a multilingual WordPress site with WPML

### Support

When working to create any product, we always keep in mind to share all best value to everyone. So if you have any ideas or problem when using our theme, feel free to contact us, we are always happy to assist.

Let join our channel below:

- Follow us on themeforest Swin Theme

### Sources and Credits

Thank you to many great developers with their hard work to create great products and share them for free, we're appreciate about this. And below are some awesome plugins that we've used:

- Bootstrap: http://getbootstrap.com/
- Audiojs: https://kolber.github.io/audiojs/
- Swipebox: github.com/brutaldesign/swipebox
- Flex slider: https://woocommerce.com/flexslider/
- Font Awesome: http://fontawesome.io/icons/
- Isotope: https://isotope.metafizzy.co/
- Appear jQuery: https://github.com/morr/jquery.appear
- CountTo jQuery: https://github.com/mhuggins/jquery-countTo
- Parallax js: http://pixelcog.github.io/parallax.js/
- Slick: http://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/
- Animate.css: https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/
- jQuery: https://jquery.com/

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.

Swintheme Team