Step 1 - ThemeForest provides you 2 options for downloading your purchased item.

1. All files & documentation - the file you need is rowsy.zip in uploads folder.
2. Installable WordPress file only - you can use the downloaded file directly in this case.

Step 2 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 3 - Click "Add New Theme", then "Upload Theme".

Step 4 - Click "Choose File", then select rowsy.zip which was explained in step 1.

Step 5 - Click "Install Now" and activate the theme after installing it.

Step 6 - Install the required plugins by clicking "Begin installing plugins".

Updating your theme to the latest version is same as installing it. However, it's always a good idea to backup your database for safety. When you update the theme, all direct changes made inside the parent theme files will be overwritten. It's strongly recommended that making changes in a child theme. Also if you translated your theme, copy .po and .mo files to a safe place and copy them back after installing a new update.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 2 - Activate a different theme such as Twenty Seventeen.

Step 3 - Hover over Rowsy and click "Theme Details".

Step 4 - Click "Delete" on the bottom right corner, then "OK".

Step 5 - The rest is same as installing a new theme. Click here to read the section.

Child theme is the best way to customize your theme. If you made changes inside the parent theme files directly, all the changes will be lost when you update the theme. On the other hand, when you use a child theme and make customizations, the changes will remain even if you update the theme. Installing a child theme is as easy as a regular theme.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 2 - Click "Add New Theme", then "Upload Theme".

Step 3 - Click "Choose File", then select rowsy-child.zip. You can find the file in uploads folder of the whole package downloaded from ThemeForest.

Step 4 - Click "Install Now" and activate the theme after installing it.

Header Menu

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Menus and click "create a new menu".

Step 2 - Enter a menu name in Menu Name field and click "Create Menu".

Step 3 - Add menu items from the left section and order them as you like.

Step 4 - Check Primary checkbox and click "Save Menu".

Dropdown Menu

After you add the menu items to the menu, make sure to drag and drop them so that they are a child link underneath the parent menu of categories.

Mega Menu

Step 1 - Click "Screen Options" on the top right corner and make sure CSS Classes is checked.

Step 2 - Add a category menu item from the left section.

Step 3 - Enter menu-item-mega in CSS Classes field of the menu item.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Hero Section.

Step 2 - Hero section can be enabled on the homepage and single post/page. Choose an option where you want the hero section enabled.

Step 3 - Select a hero style. You can see the changes live while you're playing with the settings.

Step 4 - After choosing the hero style, the hero content field will be enabled and you can choose a single image for a hero image or multiple images for a hero gallery. For a single page/post, its featured image will be used as a hero image.

Step 1 - Navigate to the edit screen of the post/page you're featuring.

Step 2 - Scroll down until you find Featured Content Settings section.

Step 3 - Check Featured this post/page? checkbox.

Related posts are linked by tags. For example, if a post has a tag named "nature", 3 random posts with the same tag will be displayed as related posts.

The related posts section can be disabled in Appearance > Customize > Post Settings > Disable related posts field.

Step 1 - Navigate to Users > Your Profile.

Step 2 - Enter your social media profiles in Contact Info section and a bio in Biographical Info field.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Widgets.

Step 2 - Put Instagram in Instagram Footer section.

Step 3 - Enter your Instagram username or any hashtag.

Step 4 - Enter 6 as number of photos. If you want to display 2 rows of photos, make it 12.

Step 5 - Choose Small as photo size for better performance.

Enter your social links in Appearance > Customize > Social Links. Make sure the links are full URLs, not just a username. The social links will be displayed on the social bar above the footer and Rowsy: Social Links widget.

Step 1 - Choose your site language in Settings > General > Site Language field.

Step 2 - POEdit is a free software for translating WordPress theme easily. Download it here.

Step 3 - Open POEdit and navigate to File > New From POT/PO File...

Step 4 - Select rowsy/languages/rowsy.pot file.

Step 5 - Choose the language you're translating into and click "OK". For example, if you're translating your theme into German, choose German (Germany).

Step 6 - Now begin translating your theme. You don't have to translate every string in the list. Just search for the strings you need and translate them.

Step 7 - After translating all the strings you need, save the file in rowsy/languages folder. The file name format is [language code]_[COUNTRY CODE]. For example, if you're translating your theme into German (Germany), the file name must be de_DE. Please see language codes here and country codes here. If you did it right, there must be 3 files in rowsy/languages folder, rowsy.pot, de_DE.po and de_DE.mo. Note that if you translated your theme into a different language than German, de_DE.po and de_DE.mo file names will be different.