Dance Studio Pro WordPress Theme Documentation

Welcome to the Dance Studio Pro WordPress Theme documentation. This documentation will guide you through setup and customization. If you need help, please see the Support section.




Menu

  1. Theme Installation
  2. Homepage Setup
  3. Header
    1. Contact info
    2. Social
    3. Site name / logo
    4. Setting the menu
  4. Homepage Slider
  5. Inner Page Banner
  6. Homepage Section
    1. Resources Section
    2. About Us Section
    3. Opening hour section
      1. Opening hour
      2. Contact details
    4. Registration Section
    5. Counter Section
    6. Dance Events section
    7. Our Dancing Style Section
    8. Our Classes Section
    9. Video Section
    10. Our Dancer Team
    11. Latest News Section
    12. Testimonials
  7. Footer
    1. Footer Layout
    2. Footer column
    3. Footer Contact address
    4. Footer copyright
  8. Contact Form
  9. Page Templates & Sidebars
  10. Widgets
  11. Post Settings
    1. Resource Post Layout
    2. Dance Style Post Layout
    3. Classes Post Layout
    4. Team Post Layout
    5. Dance Event Post Layout
    6. Testimonial Post Layout
  12. Short-codes
  13. YouTube Video
  14. Support

1. Theme Installation


a. Through WordPress Dashboard


  1. Go to Appearance » Themes and click the Add New button.
  2. Click the Upload Theme button.
  3. Click Browse, locate the unzipped theme package on your computer, select it and click OK.
  4. Select the file named dance-studio-pro.zip and click Install Now.
  5. When the installation completes, click Activate to enable the theme on your site.
Note: Some servers restrict folder access and may prevent uploading the theme via the WordPress admin. In that case upload the theme folder via FTP.

b. Manual Installation using FTP client


If you have FTP access to your server and an FTP client (for example, FileZilla), you can upload the theme manually.

  1. Unzip the dance-studio-pro.zip file
  2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes
  3. Upload theme to /wp-content/themes/
  4. Go to Appearance » Themes and activate theme from Dashboard.

Unzip the downloaded file, locate dance-studio-pro.zip, and upload the theme folder to your WordPress installation under wp-content/themes. Make sure the theme files are contained within a single folder inside the themes directory.

After uploading, go to Appearance » Themes in the admin panel, find Dance Studio Pro and click Activate.


c. Plugin Installation

Install the customizer-export-import.zip plugin via the WordPress Plugins screen.

  1. See https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-export-import/ for installation instructions.
  2. After activating the plugin, go to Appearance » Customize » Import/Export.
  3. Download the theme settings file below and import it from the plugin's import area: Direct download (.dat)
  4. If the file doesn't download automatically, save it as dance-studio-pro-import.dat.
  5. Upload that file in the Import section to apply the theme settings.
  6. If you need to import demo content, follow the steps below:
    • Download the demo XML file below and import it via Tools » Import » WordPress: Direct download (.xml)
    • Go to Tools » Import » WordPress (Run Importer) and upload the XML file.
    • After the import finishes, the demo content will be added to your site.


2. Homepage Setup


After activating the Dance Studio Pro theme, set up the homepage using the steps below.

Home Page Setup



3. The header


The header consists of three main elements:



a. Contact info


To customize the top header bar of contact information
Go to Appearance » Customizer » Theme Settings » Header Phone and email



b. Social


To customize the top header social media links
Go to Appearance » Customizer » Theme Settings » Header Social.

It uses the shortcode below:

[social_area]
    [social icon="facebook" link="#"]
    [social icon="twitter" link="#"]
    [social icon="linkedin" link="#"]
    [social icon="pinterest" link="#"]
    [social icon="google-plus" link="#"]  
[/social_area]


c. Changing the site name / logo


If you don't have your logo image then you can use site name and tagline. To change site name and tagline
Go to Appearance » Customizer » Site identity

OR if you want to upload logo for your website go to Appearance » Customizer » Basic Settings » Site identity » Logo
You can also increase logo image height as per your requirement from Appearance » Customizer » Theme Settings » General settings » Add logo height size



d. Setting the menu


  1. First of all create pages from Pages » Add new page
  2. Go to Appearance » Menu
  3. Click on Create a new menu link
  4. Give a name to your menu in Menu name and click save menu button
  5. Once you have create menu. You need to add pages by selecting with checkboxes. After adding menu list you can arrange it by drag and drop.
  6. Select menu theme locations Primary Menu from Menu Settings
  7. Click Save Menu after adding required pages, categories in the menu
  8. To set colors and font size for menu
  9. Go to Appearance » Customizer » Theme Settings » Header Menu Settings


4. Homepage Slider


In order to add slides to homepage slider: Go to Appearance » Customize » Theme Settings » Banners And Slider Setting
For each slide there are different options that you can apply.

If you don't want to use this default image slider, you can use any image slider WordPress plugin



5. Inner Page Banner


To change inner page banner image: Go to Appearance » customize » Theme Settings » InnerPage Header Banner

To set different banner image for each individual page



6. Homepage Section


1. Resources!

To manage this section

2. About Us (Welcome to Dance Studio)

To manage this section



3. Opening hour

To manage this section

a. Opening Hour

b. Contact details

4. Registration Section

To manage this section go to Appearance » customize » Home Sections Settings » Registration Section

Add bellow short-code to content section :

Upload right Side Image of width 570px and height 701px

[dstudioregister]


5. Counter (Discover)

To manage this section



6. Dance Upcoming Events

To manage this section



7. Our Dancing Style

To manage this section



8. Our Classes

To manage this section



9. Video section

To manage this section



10. Dancer Team Sections

To manage this section



11. News Section

To manage this section go to Appearance » customize » Home Sections Settings » News Section

Add bellow short-code to content section :
[recent-posts]

To Work on News Please Go to Posts » Add New then add details. After done click on publish button



12. Testimonials

This section is used to display clients testimonials in your website

Short-code:
[cave-testimonials]


7. Footer


The Footer section consists of four main elements:

1. Footer Layout

To manage footer Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Footer Settings » Footer Layout



2. Footer Column

To manage footer section go to the Appearance » Customize » Footer Settings » Footer Column Sections



3. Footer Address

To manage footer contact address section go to the Appearance » Customize » Footer Settings » Footer Contact Address Sections



4. Footer Copyright

To manage footer copyright section go to the Appearance » Customize » Footer Settings » Copyright & Design

[designby_website firstcontent="Design by" linktext=" FeathertThemes" url="https://www.featherthemes.com/"]
[copyright_website firstcontent="© 2022" linktext=" Dance Studio Pro" url="https://www.featherthemes.com/" secondcontent=". All Rights Reserved"]


10. Contact Form


To display contact form in your website



11. Page Templates & Sidebars


you can assign template to pages replace of default template.



12. Widgets


The WordPress widgets are used to manage sidebars:

To work on default sidebar Appearance » Customize » Theme Settings » Default Sidebar

Please use below short code:

[skill title="Russia Adventure" percent="95" bgcolor="#65676a"][skill title="Australia Adventure" percent="85" bgcolor="#65676a"][skill title="Bali Adventure" percent="90" bgcolor="#65676a"][skill title="Africa Adventure" percent="80" bgcolor="#65676a"]


13. Post Settings


1. Resource Post Settings

To manage Resource Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » Resource Post Settings

After click on homepage resources, it will redirect to that resource post



2. DanceStyle Post Settings

To manage DanceStyle Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » DanceStyle Post Settings

After click on homepage DanceStyle, it will redirect to that DanceStyle post



3. Classes Post Settings

To manage Classes Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » Classes Post Settings

After click on homepage DanceStyle, it will redirect to that Classes post



4. Team Post Settings

To manage Team Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » Team Post Settings

After click on homepage Team, it will redirect to that Team post



5. Dance Event Post Settings

To manage Team Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » DanceEvent Post Settings

After click on homepage Dance Event, it will redirect to that Dance Event post



6. Testimonial Post Settings

To manage testimonial Post Layout go to the Appearance » Customize » Post Settings » DanceEvent Post Settings

After click on homepage testimonial, it will redirect to that testimonial post



13. Short Codes




16. YouTube Video




15. Support

If you have any questions regarding themes, you can mail us at support@featherthemes.com or featherthemes@gmail.com.