Theme Installation

Once you download Altius Theme, unzip the main item. you will see the following folders:

1. Altius.zip - Theme files that you will need to upload into your wordpress themes directory
2. Documentation.zip - Documentation files, this which you are already browsing this momentt
3. Demo Content.zip - Demo Content such as pages, posts, and so on, title says it all.
4. Required Theme Plugins - Those are Required Premium plugins that you will need to install along with the theme in order for it to work properly
5. Licensing - Theme license (GPL) and other items used by the theme

Altius can be installed in two different ways:

1. Installing through WordPress
2. Installing through FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Manually uploading the unzipped theme into themes directory

Installation through WordPress

Installing a theme through wordpress is quite a simple process. After you have logged into wordpress account and are ready to go, in the admin panels sidebar navigate to appearance and then select themes. After that, click on the install themes tab and select upload from the navigation bar right below it. Click "choose file" button and locate your theme zip file (Altius.zip) then hit install now. After Altius has been installed locate and click activate.

Please be informed that you should not upload the whole item you have downloaded from Themeforest as you will get an error of broken stylesheet file. Instead locate the Altius.zip file inside the main file you have downloaded.

Warning!
While installing your theme through wordpress admin, you may encounter an error message saying "are sure you want to do this?". This is mainly due to your hosting php settings. Altius theme zip file is roughly around 6mb and in some hostings the default value for max_upload_limit left default which is 2mb. To solve this problem you should either increase your maximum upload size (to 10mb) on your hosting admin panel or ask your host to do it for you if you do not have the privilege to alter your server php settings. This is a very common request and they should be able to help you out. Once the limit is increased you can re-try the install and you'll be all good to go.

Installation through FTP

1. Download the Theme archive and extract the main theme zip file that contains Altius.zip
2. You may need to preserve the directory structure in the archive when extracting these files. Some softwares like "winrar" create a sub directory with the same directory name they have unzipped. uploading the theme to your server via FTP with this structure is WRONG and you will face some errors.
3. Use an FTP client (for example filezilla) to access your host web server
4. Transfer your unzipped theme to your server in the wp-content/themes
5. Once the theme is uploaded, you will need to activate it. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate your uploaded theme.

Importing Demo Content

Bellow is a step by step explanation on how to import our demo website content, please read carefully and if you face any problems that is not covered here, open a thread in our ticket system.

1. Login into your WordPress Admin section (http://www.your-web-site.com/wp-admin)
2. Go to Appearance > Themes > Upload > Altius.zip and activate the theme.
3. Begin installing the required plugins, and activate them.





4. Go to Appearance > Theme Options > Demo Importer and hit "Import" after you've pressed import please wait a few seconds to have the demo installation completed. Important! Please don't navigate away while the installation is being performed. Done!
NOTE:

It is best that you install the Demo Content on a fresh and clean database, that's because our One Click Demo Importer imports all the content, images/content even sets up the menu and frontpage of your website.






5. Done! You should now have the dummy/demo content similar from the Live Preview of the theme.

Increasing WordPress Limit

Increasing the WordPress Memory Limit

1. Edit your wp-config.php file and search for this line, the default value should be 32M or 64M, raise it if needed:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M');


Note:Please note that WordPress memory can be different to the server - you need to set this regardless of server memory settings

2. If you have access to your PHP.ini file, change the line in PHP.ini If your line shows 32M try 64M:
memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (64MB)
3. If you don't have access to PHP.ini try adding this to an .htaccess file:
php_value memory_limit 64M
4. If none of the above works then talk with your hosting provider and let him know about your problem.

Updating the Theme

There are 2 methods to update our wordpress themes to a newer version. These new updates are essential if you want to have a bugfree website as we give new features and improvements to the theme over time, some of these updates might be needed in order to make the theme compatible with wordpress newer versions. There is no risk on losing your settings and pages. However if you had done modifictations on theme files, then they will be lost.

Update Through Wordpress Admin Panel

1. For this method you should first install Theme Upgrade Tool
2. Unzip the file you just downloaded from ThemeForest and locate the WordPress Theme. (eg. Altius.zip)
3. Log into your WordPress Dashboard.
4. Click on "Appearance > Themes".
5. Still within the Themes section, on header tab, click on "Install Themes", then on header second tab click "Upload".
6. Click "Browse..." and locate the new theme file. (eg. Altius.zip)
7. In the "Upgrade existing theme?" option choose "Yes" from the dropdown list.
8. Click "Install Now".
9. Click "Activate"

Update Through FTP

1. Login into your Themeforest account and go to downloads (Dashboad > downloads)
2. Download the theme into your computer
3. Install an FTP program (Filezilla is free)
4. Retrieve your FTP login information from your hosting control panel and login into FTP
5. Unzip the item main file
6. Locate Altius.zip and unzip it. Make sure your unzipping software doesn't create an extra directory with the same name nested into each other.
7. Drag and Drop theme main folder into your FTP program with the destination : "YOUR_HOSTING_ROOT/YOUR_SUBDIRECTORY/wp-content/themes/"
8. FTP program will give a warning that there is an existing directory with the same name, choose to replace all.
9. It will take a few minutes to replace all the files, so be patient and let it do its job.

Theme Options

Altius Theme comes with Redux Framework, this means lots of customization for you and your project, all being at a push of a button.

What is Redux Framework?

Redux is a simple, truly extensible and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. Built on the WordPress Settings API, Redux supports a multitude of field types as well as: custom error handling, custom fields & validation types, and import/export functionality.

With our Theme Options you can choose how your page will be displayed, the fonts that will be used, even the colors for individual elements:

General Settings

If you need to apply some small CSS tweaks to your theme, then you are in right place. Please note that you should always have a copy of your custom codes as sometimes you may mistakenly reset Theme Options to default settings and you might lose all your custom css. Alternatively you may consider making a child theme if your customisation is beyond just a few lines of CSS.

Also, here you can find customizable JS (javascript), where you can fill in your desired js code, add your js snippets and enjoy your newly created custom work.

Heading Settings

Customize the navigation style , logo section, and fonts at a press of a button.

As this wasn't enough you have much more options you can play around with, as you can see in these prints we've provided. All the options present in our Theme Options are well explained, so we don't have to go into more details in this docmunetation, this was just a small sample of what you can manage with it.

Typography Settings

Customize the fonts of your website as you see fit.

With our Theme Options/Typography settings you can customize all the fonts that are present on your website. From the headings (H1, H2, H3, etc..) to paragraphs and Blog fonts as well.

Blog Index Settings

Customize the Index page of your blog.

In Altius now you have the option to customize even the inside navigation of your blog with custom links (the breadcrumbs section), change the layout of the blog itself, the blog title color, blog item background and even the grid size of the blog. Basically you can customize the Blog however you feel.

Blog Single Settings

Customize the layout of your Single posts.

With Blog Single settings you can customize the layout of your posts, from the layout itself to the navigation type, sidebar author, share options and so on.

Footer Settings

Customize the footer of your website.

You can customize the footer of your website, these are just the Global Settings, keep in mind that you have the option to change the header/footer of your website for each individual page, those settings can be found on each page of your website.

Settings / Reading

For your content to be displayed properly you will need to setup your Homepage and Posts Page (which is the Blog).

This is done by navigating to Settings/Reading in your WordPress admin dashboard, here you can also set the number of posts that are displayed in the Blog area, and the visibility of your page on search engines such as Google, Bing and any other engines.

Visual Composer

What is Visual Composer?

Visual Composer is #1 Premium WordPress Drag&Drop Page Builder that allows you to take full control over your website. You can build any layout you can imagine without any programming knowledge. This premium plugin priced at 39$ comes bundled with the Altius theme. Basically you'll get a free Premium plugin along with the purchase of our theme.

Altius Theme uses Visual Composer rows, columns and blocks, this way you can easily add or edit your content as you please without much to worry about.

To learn more about Visual Composer visit the link bellow:

Visual Composer WordPress

You can also lookup Visual Composer's official Video Tutorials here:

Visual Composer Video Tutorials

Build Pages using Visual Composer

With this powerfull Premium Tool integrated with our design, you can build pages as you please, the only limit is your imagination.

Altius Rows and Columns Options

For the first time in our themes, now you can choose the type of row you want to use. There are a few layout from which you can choose that will simply make your job alot easier when trying to get the best look for your website. These rows and columns now are FULLY customizable, which again means less work for you.

Custom Blocks / Elements

Altius Theme comes with custom blocks / elements, giving you even more opportunities to achieve the design you've always dreamed of.

Altius Custom Posts

What are Custom Posts?

Custom posts are used to make your job easier, you can create your team members/add your slides individually, and create your portfolio items/projects as fast and easy as it can be.

Custom Post: Portfolio

Portfolio custom posts is used in the Portfolio shortcode. Each project is a portfolio custom post. The Portfolio Custom Posts are included by their IDs or Categories in the Portfolio Shortcode which can be added in any of the pages you want.

Custom Post: FAQ

Create your Frequently Asked Questions the easy way. Just add a title, the content and assign a category, that's it.

Custom Post: Menus

This custom post is only used for the Restaurant layout. Each post is considered as an item in the menu catalogue. As the rest of the custom posts, this also uses categories, which means that you can have your menus displayed however you choose.

Posts Formats

Standard Posts Formats support: Video/Image/Quote/Audio/Gallery

Altius Theme supports standard posts formats such as Image, Video, Gallery and more.

You can use those formats if you need some extra formats besides the ones that come with our theme (our custom posts).

Also you can use them even in your standard posts.

Portfolio

Altius Theme has a custom portfolio shortcode in which you can select for a variety of settings from number of columns, grids, to types.

This gives you the liberty to create your unique Portfolio Layout that reflects your personality.

Columns: In this field you can choose the number of columns on which your Portfolio will be displayed, from 2 columns to 4 columns which is the maximum amount of columns supported by this theme.

Grid Type: Altius has 3 Grid types. The first one is Grid, which will display all of your Portfolio projects at the same size, just as the title says, in a Grid. The second one is Masonry, this layout will display the images at your desired height/width, this can be modified from the Portfolio items individually(see the last image in Portfolio Settings presentation down bellow).

Show Filters: As the title says, this setting gives you the option to choose whether or not you want to display the filter in your Portfolio.

Include/Exclude: The Portfolio works with item IDs, which means that in order to add an item you will have to find its ID and insert it into the Include section of the shortcode. These IDs can be found in your Portfolio custom posts section (see screenshot #3 down bellow). Each item has its unique ID, that's why it is easier this way to arrange the items in your Portfolio as you want without having to reupload all your images because you have to upload a new one that you want to be let's say the second displayed image in your Portfolio. So, the order of these IDs in your Include section will determine their position in your Portfolio. You will also find the option to Include/Exclude Portfolio items by their categories. This option is used in case you have lots of images and the fastest way for you is to include them by their categories.

Portfolio Settings:

You can find out the other options of the Portfolio by yourself and you can play around with them while trying to create your own personal Portfolio layout which suits you better.

Contact Form

Altius Theme comes with a customized Contact Form with custom markups, and for that you will need to use our premade markup which you will find bellow:

These Contact Forms will be imported together with the demo content when you use the OneClick importer in Appearance/Theme Options/Demo Importer

Contact Form Markup

[text* your-name id:formName class:form-element class:large placeholder "Full Name*"]
[email* your-email class:form-element class:large placeholder "Valid Email*"]
[text* your-company class:form-element class:large placeholder "Company / Organisation*"]
[text your-website class:form-element class:large placeholder "Website"]
[textarea* your-message class:form-element class:large placeholder "Project Details*"]
[submit class:button class:btnBlack class:float-right "Submit"]

Booking Form Markup

[text* your-name id:formName class:form-element class:large placeholder "Full Name*"]
[email* your-email class:form-element class:large placeholder "Valid Email*"]
[date* Date class:form-aux class:form-date class:form-element class:large min:2016-01-01 max:2020-12-31]
[select* attending-time class:form-aux class:large first_as_label "Attending Time ?" "10:00" "10:30" "11:00" "11:30" "13:00" "14:30" "15:00" "16:30" "17:00" "18:30"
 "19:00" "20:30" "21:00" "22:30" "23:00"]
[select* people class:form-aux class:large first_as_label "How many people?" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9" "10"]
[textarea* your-comments class:form-element class:large placeholder "Comments*"]
[submit class:button class:btnBlack class:hollow class:float-right "Book Now"]