Introduction ========== Welcome! First of all we want to thank you for purchasing our product, Borrow - Loan Company Responsive WordPress Theme Are you small and local loan company and looking for a design and redesign your loan website. Borrow is specially designed to demonstrate your company’s loan product service online. Use Borrow to build website for Loan Company, Loan Agency, Students Loan Company, Bad credit Company, Loan Advisor, Finance Manager, Banking, Loan provider and any loan related business and service provider. Borrow is designed with unique and multiple use elements which you can easily promote your loan service, credit service, banking service, financial service. In the following sections we will explain how to set up and use borrow theme the easiest way possible. If you cannot locate your answer here, sign up for our support forum and our supporters will help you. ----------------------------- Files included in package ========================= The download package (.zip) that you get from ThemeForest contains the following files and folder: - `borrow.zip`: main theme file that need to be uploaded to host to install borrow theme. - `borrow-child.zip`: basic child theme of borrow theme. It is created for people who want to customize code of borrow theme. - `data_export/demo-content.xml`: this file contains all sample content which will help you to have a first look of how we use borrow theme. - `data_export/theme-options.txt`: theme option backup file. You'll need this to restore the default theme options that setup for demo website. - `data_export/contact-form.html`: copy and paste content demo to contact form7. - `data_export/borrow-widgets.wie`: widget demo content file, [import demo content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-importer-exporter/) - `Documentation`: documetation folder that contains documentation files. - `Plugins`: this folder contains plugins that borrow theme recommends. - `js_composer.zip`: plugin file for WPBakery Visual Composer. - `ot_gallery.zip`: plugin file for gallery management. - `ot_loan.zip`: plugin file for loan management. - `ot_team.zip`: plugin file for team member management. ------------------------------ Installation ========= - Do you want custom theme, Starting At Only $50 contact us now <a href ="mailto:contact@oceantheme.net">**contact@oceantheme.net**</a> - System Required: [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/) - Recommended PHP Configuration Limits: <ul> <li>max_execution_time: 180</li> <li>memory_limit: 128M</li> <li>post_max_size: 32M</li> <li>upload_max_filesize: 32M</li> </ul> Install theme ------------- After you download the package from ThemeForest, unzip it. You'll see a file `borrow.zip`, which is the main file that needed to upload and install. You can either choose to upload and installl the theme using **WordPress theme install** or use **FTP** function. **Install theme using WordPress install function** - Go to `Appearance > Themes` and click **Add New** - Select **Upload** - Click **Browse** and select the `borrow.zip` file - Click **Install Now** - When upload and installation progresses are completed, click **Activate**, or go to `Appearance > Themes` and activate **borrow** theme **Upload and install using FTP** If you get any fail when install theme by Wordpress install function, we recommend to use FTP: - Unzip `borrow.zip`, you'll get a folder `borrow` - Use a FTP client like [FileZilla](http://filezilla-project.org/) and upload that folder to `wp-content/themes` folder on your host - Set the `Transfer Type` to `Binary` by expanding `Transfers > File Types` ![setup ftp](images/setup-ftp.png) - Go to `Appearance > Themes` and activate **borrow** theme Install plugins ---------------- After installing borrow, you'll see a notification in the top of the page that says the theme needs some plugins to function properly. borrow theme **requires** following plugins: - [Meta Box](http://wordpress.org/plugins/meta-box/): plugin for creating meta boxes for posts, pages,... It is free and available on WordPress.org - [WPBakery Visual Composer](http://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-page-builder-for-wordpress/242431): premium plugin for page builder. It is the most popular plugin on Codecanyon. - [Redux Framework](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redux-framework/): Redux is a simple, truly extensible and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. Ships with an integrated demo. borrow theme **recommends** following plugins: - [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/): plugin for creating contact forms. It is free and available on WordPress.org - [Newsletter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/): Add a real newsletter system to your blog. For free. With unlimited newsletters and subscribers. - OT One Click Import Demo: Import demo content for your website with just one click. - OT Visual Composer: This plugin for visual composer manager. - OT Gallery: Gallery plugin allows you to create a page containing the information about your past projects. - OT Loan: Loan plugin allows you to create a page containing the information about your loan. - OT Team: Team plugin allows you to create a page containing the information about your team. Borrow is working perfectly with these plugins. It automatically adds more styles to them to make the design match the theme. To install these plugins: - Go to `Appearance > Install Plugins` - You'll be redirect to a page where all needed plugins are listed. Just click on **Install** below each plugin's name - After installing, if it's required to activate the plugin, just activate One Click Import demo content ----------------------------- <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jt3Xj036NQw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Import demo content by manual ------------------- - Do you want custom theme, Starting At Only $50 contact us now <a href ="mailto:contact@oceantheme.net">**contact@oceantheme.net**</a> If you are new to WordPress and have problems with setting up the theme you might want to import the demo content file that comes with the theme. The following actions will import some dummy posts and pages from the live preview: - Go to `Tools > Import` - Select **WordPress** from the list - If you haven't installed the **WordPress import plugin**, a popup window will appears and ask you to install it. Just click **Install Now**. When the installation progress is completed, click **Activate Plugin & Run Importer**. If you have installed this plugin, skip to next step. - Click **Browse** and select `sample-content.xml` file from the download package - Click **Upload file and import** - When you are asked to import author, you can create new author or import to existing author. You also should check the checkbox **Download and import file attachments**. ![import](images/import-data.png) ![install plugin importer](images/install-plugin-importer.png) ![select demo content](images/select-import-data.png) After completing all above steps, go to `Posts`, `Pages`, `Portfolios`, `Team`... to see imported data. Import Theme Option by manual ------------------- Following these steps to import theme option: - Go to `borrow options > import/export` ![import theme option](images/import-theme-option.png) - **[1]**: Click to **import from file** - **[2]**: Copy code in file 'theme-option.txt' and paste - **[3]**: Click to `import` Setup homepage and blog page ------------------------------------- After install demo content, you'll see a page 8 Homepage pages, as you see on our demo. You can use one of theme as the homepage of the website. To set it as homepage, please go to `Settings \ Reading`, under **Front page displays**, please chose **A static page (select below)** and select a homepage version (eg: Homepage Slider Dark) for **Front page** and select **Blog** page for **Posts page**. ![setup front page](images/setup-front-page.png) Setup Menu -------------- Although the theme is working now and it shows menu, but because we haven't created a menu for primary location, the theme will display all pages by default. But displaying pages instead of one page sections is a bad idea, because borrow is one page theme. ###Edit imported menu (recommend) When you import demo data, WordPress automatically create a menu for you, named `**Primary menu**. - Go to `Appearance > Menus` - Select **Primary Menu** and click **Select** button to edit it. - Scroll to bottom of page and check **Primary Menu** for **_Theme location_** - Click **Save Menu** --------------- - **Primary Menu** ![edit menu](images/edit-primary-menu.png) ###Create New Menu Following these steps to create a menu: - Go to `Appearance > Menus` - Click the **create a new menu** link to create new menu. - For normal menu item: Select items from the left meta boxes and click **Add to Menu** - On the right, feel free to drag and drop menu items to organize them - When you're done moving menu items, check **Primary Menu** for **Theme locations** at the bottom of the page - Click **Save Menu** ![edit menu](images/create-menu.png) **1**: Click to create a new menu. **2**: Enter menu name. Ex: Primary menu. **3**: Select page to create. **4**: Display menu. **5**: Tick menu. ------------------------------ Create Your Home Page ==================== borrow uses page template and meta box to create home page, so the first step is just creating a page using `Home Page` template (or you can edit exists page that has been imported via sample content file). ![select-page-template](images/page-template.png) borrow theme comes with Visual Composer plugin. This plugin allows you to forget about shortcodes and create most complex layouts within minutes without writing a single line of code! ###Visual Composer Basics It has very simple and intuitive interface, but before getting started, you may find it useful to get accustomed with its documentation: [Visual Composer Documentation](https://wpbakery.atlassian.net/wiki/display/VC/Visual+Composer+Pagebuilder+for+WordPress?title=Visual_Composer) In borrow theme, we also create some new Elements and add some new parameters to exists elements of Visual Composer. It will help you a lot to build your One Page easier. Following we will go through some popular elements of Visual Composer and all of new elements that borrow theme brings to you. ###Row This is the most popular you can't live without when using Visual Composer. In borrow theme, we use it as a section of One Page. So, when you edit a row, there is new parameters you will see beside the defaults: **_General tab_**: - **Equal height**: If checked columns will be set to equal height. - **Disable Row**: If checked the row won't be visible on the public side of your website. You can switch it back any time. - **Row ID**: Enter row ID (Note: make sure it is unique and valid according to [w3c specification](http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_global_id.asp)). - **Disable row**: If checked the row won't be visible on the public side of your website. You can switch it back any time. - **Extra class name**: Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS. - **Setup Full width For Row?**: Select Full width for row : yes or not, Default: No fullwidth **_Design options tab_**: - **Css**: It hepl you to change margin, border and padding. - **Overlay**: This option allows to place an additional layer above the row's background. - **Border**: Select a color for border. - **Background **: Select a color for background. - **set image**: Select a image conformity with content. - **Box controls**: select this option will you to simplify controls. ###Column As Row, column is also the most popular element in Visual Composer, they are always be together. In borrow theme, we add new tab called "**Animation**" when you edit a column. This tab contains options allow you to set up animation for that column when it appear on screen for the first time. This tab contains following options: **_General_** - **Extra class name**: Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS. - **Box Column**: Section overlay. - **Background color**: Select background. **_Design options_**: - **Css**: It hepl you to change margin, border and padding. - **Overlay**: This option allows to place an additional layer above the row's background. - **Border**: Select a color for border. - **Background **: Select a color for background. - **set image**: Select a image conformity with content. - **Box controls**: select this option will you to simplify controls. **_Width and Responsiveness_**: - **Width**: Select number column. - **Responsiveness **: Adjust column for different screen sizes. Control width, offset and visibility settings. ###Heading It contains following parameters: - **Text**: Add Text. - **Element Tag**: Section Element Tag. - **Text Align**: Section Overlay. - **Font Size**: Font Size. - **Color**: Select color for text. - **Margin Top**: Add margin top of heading. - **Margin Bottom**: Add margin bottom of heading. - **Class Extra**: Class extra for style. ###Button It contains following parameters: - **Button Text**: Add text for button. - **Button Link**: Add link for button - **Button Type**: Select type for button. - **Button Size**: Select size for button. - **class**: Add class for button. ###Slider Home It contains following parameters: - **Auto Play Slider**: Enter the speed auto slider. Ex: 3000, 5000, .. - **Speed Slider**: Ex: 3000, 5000, .. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Image**: Upload image. - **Content**: Enter the content. - **Button Text**: Enter text of button. - **Button link**: Add link for button. ###Rate Counter It contains following parameters: - **Image**: Upload image. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Rate**: Enter the rate. Ex 16.77%. ###Price Rate It contains following parameters: - **New Price**: Enter the new price price. Ex: 8.70%. - **New Title**: Enter the new title. - **Old Price**: Enter the old price rate. Ex 9.70%. - **Old Title**: Enter the old title. ###Review It contains following parameters: - **Style**: Select style. - **Icon Fontello**: Add code icon. Ex: icon-command. - **Number**: Enter the number. - **Title**: Enter the title. ###Loan It contains following parameters: - **Number show**: Enter the number show. - **Style**: Select style. ###Lastest New It contains following parameters: - **Style**: Select style. - **Number show**: Enter the number show. - **Excerpt Length**: Enter the excerpt length content. ###Lastest New Slider It contains following parameters: - **Number show**: Enter the number show. - **Excerpt Length**: Enter the excerpt length content. - **Image Show**: Select image show. ###Team It contains following parameters: - **Number show**: Enter the number show. ###Filter Gallery It contains following parameters: - **Number show**: Enter the number show. - **Text show all**: Enter the text show all. - **Column**: Select column. ###Process It contains following parameters: - **Box Shadow**: Select yes or no. Default: No. - **Number Process**: Enter the number. Ex: 1, 2... - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Content**: Enter the content. ###Question Box It contains following parameters: - **Icon Fontello**: Add code icon. Ex: icon-command. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Content**: Enter the content. - **Button link**: Add text and link for button. ###Miscellaneous Box It contains following parameters: - **Style**: Select style. - **Icon Fontello**: Add code icon. Ex: icon-command. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Content**: Enter the content. - **Button link**: Add text and link for button. ###Features Box It contains following parameters: - **Style**: Select style. - **Icon Fontello**: Add code icon. Ex: icon-command. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Content**: Enter the content. ###Share It contains following parameters: - **Facebook**: Select yes or no. Default: No. - **Twitter**: Select yes or no. Default: No. - **Google**: Select yes or no. Default: No. - **Linkedin**: Select yes or no. Default: No. ###Compare Box It contains following parameters: - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Image**: Upload image. - **Rate Number**: Enter the rate. Ex: 3.52%. - **Rate Text**: Enter the text. - **Fees Number**: Enter the fees. Ex: $120. - **Fees Text**: Enter the text. - **Compare rate**: Enter the rate. Ex: 5.54%. - **Compare Rate Text**: Enter the text. - **Repayment**: Enter the repayment. Ex: $200. - **Repayment Text**: Enter the repayment text. - **Button link**: Add text and link of button. ###Contact Info It contains following parameters: - **Icon Fontello**: Add code icon. Ex: icon-command. - **Title**: Enter the title. - **Subtitle**: Enter the subtitle. - **Content**: Enter the content. - **Button link**: Add text and link for button. ###Calculator It contains following parameters: - **Title 1**: Enter the title. Ex: Loan Amount is. - **Amount**: Enter the amount. - **Range Amount**: Enter the range amount. - **Title 2**: Enter the title. Ex: No. of Month is. - **Month**: Enter the month. - **Range Month**: Enter the range month. - **Title 3**: Enter the title. Ex: Rate of Interest [ROI] is. - **Rate**: Enter the rate. - **Range Rate**: Enter the range rate. - **Title right 1**: Enter the title. Ex: Monthly EMI. - **Title right 2**: Enter the title. Ex: Total Interest. - **Title right 3**: Enter the title. Ex: Payable Amount. - **Title right 4**: Enter the title. Ex: Interest Percentage. - **Button link**: Add text and link for button. ###Tables It contains following parameters: - **Titles**: Enter the title. - **Content**: Enter the content. - **Extra class name**: If you wish to style particular content element differently, then use this field to add a class name and then refer to it in your css file. ###Gallery It contains following parameters: - **Image**: Upload image. ###Gallery Masonry It contains following parameters: - **Image**: Upload image. ###Logo Client It contains following parameters: - **Image**: logo. ###Testimonial Slide This element is used to present a carousel of testimonials. It contains following options: - **Image**: Upload image. - **Name**: Add name. - **Content**: Enter the content to show of testimonial. - **Loan**: Add loan. ###Testimonial This element is used to present a carousel of testimonials. It contains following options: - **Style**: Select style. - **Image**: Upload image. - **Name**: Add name. - **Content**: Enter the content to show of testimonial. - **Loan**: Add loan. ###Testimonial 2 This element is used to present a carousel of testimonials. It contains following options: - **Image**: Upload image. - **Name**: Add name. - **Location**: Add location. - **Content**: Enter the content to show of testimonial. ###Borrow Maps It contains following parameters: - **Location Image**: Upload Location Image. - **Latitude**: Please enter [Latitude](http://www.latlong.net/) borrow map - **Longitude**: Please enter [Longitude](http://www.latlong.net/) borrow map - **Zoom map**: Please enter zoom map. defaul 16. ------------------------------ Theme Options ============= Borrow theme comes with unique, creative and easy-to-use Theme Options page. You can change all theme options in one place! ###Setting bredcrumb ![miscellaneous](images/misce.png) ###Setting Logo and Favicon ![favicon](images/logo-favicon.png) ###Setting Header ![header](images/header.png) ###Setting Top Header ![top-header](images/top-header.png) ###Setting Header Layout 2 ![header2](images/header-layout2.png) ###Setting Header Layout 3 ![header3](images/header-layout3.png) ###Setting blog ![blog](images/blog.png) ###Setting 404 ![404](images/404.png) ###Setting loan ![loan](images/loan.png) ###Setting footer ![footer](images/footer.png) ###Setting Newsletter ![newsletter](images/newsletter.png) ###Setting styling : unlimited color, custom css ![styling](images/styling.png) All options have full description so you can know what you are doing. Just click and save! ------------------------------ Post Format =========== [Post Formats](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats) is theme feature which is a piece of meta information that can be used by a theme to customize its presentation of a post. In short, with a theme that supports Post Formats, a blogger can change how each post looks by choosing a Post Format from a radio-button list. Borrow theme supports the following post formats: - `gallery` - A gallery of images, which will be displayed in a responsive image slider, powered by Flexslider. - `image` - A single image, which will be shown above post title. - `video` - A single video, which can be any video from Youtube, Video or other video websites. Support URL or embed code. The video will be displayed above post title. - `audio` - An audio file, which can be any video from Youtube, Video or other video websites. Support URL or embed code. The video will be displayed using a powerful HTML5 audio player provided by Wordpress as default player. Using post format in borrow lets you differentiate post from each other and make the blog page / single page looks more beautiful. [Go to blog page](http://demo.oceantheme.net/borrow/blog/) to see how post formats look. When you edit a post, select a format you want to apply to that post on the **Format** meta box on the right: ![formats](images/post-format-box.png) When you choose a format, a corresponding meta box will appear **below** the content editor, here's the list of them: ![formats](images/post-formats.png) All you need to do is just enter **all** information in the fields in these meta boxes. This information will be used to decorate the post. For example: gallery post format will uses uploaded images to show a slider above post title, a video post will display a video player above post title, etc. ------------------------------ Create And Manage Loan =========================== Add New Loan ------------ Now you can start adding your Loan. Go to loan > Add Loan. Basically there is not big difference to a regular blog post, all elements like featured image and the WordPress Editor are in the same place. ![Loan Add New](images/add-loan.png) **[1]** Enter loan name here. **[2]** Add content about your loan. **[3]** Setting loan details. **[4]** Upload loan featured image. **[5]** Click `publish` ---------------------------- Translation ========= ###Tell WordPress which language file to use. If you don’t use WordPress in your native language so far, you have to tell WordPress which language to use to activate the theme translation. You can do this by editing the wp-config.php file (the file is located in the main directory of your WordPress files) and defining the WPLANG constant. You have to set your language code there, for example fr_FR for French translation. ust add the line below to your wp-config.php or change it if it already exists: `define ('WPLANG', 'fr_FR');` ###First Method: Using Codestyling Plugin The easiest way to translate your theme locally is by using the [Codestyling Localization](https://wordpress.org/plugins/codestyling-localization/) plugin. After you have installed and activated the plugin, simply go to `Tools > Localization` (shown in your language) and translate the theme from your WordPress backend following the [plugin instructions](http://www.code-styling.de/english/development/wordpress-plugin-codestyling-localization-en) ###Second Mothod: Using Poedit Poedit is a common program which you can use to translate the theme. It’s available for free on [poedit.net](http://www.poedit.net/). After you have installed Poedit, you can open it and select `File > New Catalog from POT file`. Then select the .pot file from the theme you wish to translate which you can find in the `/languages/` folder of theme. Then go through every line of text and translate it to your native language. Afterwards you can save the catalog with your language code (for example `en_US.po`). Normally Poedit automatically creates the .mo file and saves it, too. The last step you have to do is to upload your created language files to the language folder of your theme using FTP. ------------------------------ Child Theme =========== Fastlat is fully child theme compatible. We have attached a basic child theme to the download package which contains the minimum of required files. If you are planing any code customisations we highly recommend to do this inside the child theme! Learn more about child themes [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) Need Helps ========= If you need help, please do not hesitate to contact us! To grant best support we set up a support forum at [https://oceantheme.ticksy.com/](https://oceantheme.ticksy.com/). Channeling all requests at one place keeps and makes it simple, easier and even more effective for every customers to get quick help. All issues, requests and questions can be discussed and answered at one place. Please note, you will only get access to our forums with a valid purchase key!