To update Visual Composer plugins in this theme, first deactivate this plugin.
Then update the theme first using Envato Toolkit plugin.
After update the theme Go to Startme > Startme plugins on left side of admin sidebar. The plugin box shows in a label or banner that "Update the plugin" in Visual Composer. So click to update the plugin.
Then Go to Plugins > Installed plugins > Activate the Visual Composer plugins and check it.
Note: You must update the theme first before you update the plugins. Because we will give the VC plugin update via theme update.
You can add mailchimp subscriptions to any wordpress page/post in two ways. One is Visual Composer Shortcodes and other one is Mailchimp Widget.
Before that you need to add Mailchimp api key to integrate with your mailchimp account.
Navigate to Theme Options > General > Mailchimp. You can find the Mailchimp API Key box.
Enter your Mailchimp API key to get subscribers for your lists.
Add Mailchimp Using VC elements.
You can design your Forms using Visual Composer elements. Just go to the page where you want to add mailchimp form and Click on Add New Element button in Visual composer tab.
Navigate to Theme Addons and click on Mailchimp Form addon.
Mailchimp Form popup box will open and customize your details and click ok. The mailchimp form is added.
Add Mailchimp using Mailchimp Widget.
To add mailchimp widget, Navigate to Appearance > Widgets.
You can find the Widget Mailchimp Subscription Form in left side of the page. Just drag and drop it in your required area.
Click on the Mailchimp Widget Tab and Enter the details of your Mailchimp such as Title, Description and Mailing List.
You can add Twitter to any wordpress page/post in two ways. One is Visual Composer Shortcodes and other one is Twitter Widget.
Before adding Twitter, you need an Twitter account details to integrate with your account. Get this details from your twitter account Twitter ID, Consumer Key, Access Token, Access Token Secret.
Add Twitter Using VC elements.
You can add Twitter using Visual Composer elements. Just go to the page where you want to add Twitter and Click on Add New Element button in Visual composer tab.
Navigate to Theme Addons and click on Twitter addon.
Twitter popup box will open and enter your twitter account details.
Add Twitter using Twitter Widget.
To add twitter widget, Navigate to Appearance > Widgets.
You can find the Widget Twitter Feeds in left side of the page. Just drag and drop it in your required area.
Click on the Twitter Feeds Tab and Enter the details of your Twitter such as Twitter ID, Consumer Key, Access Token, Access Token Secret, Number of Tweets, Number of Visible Tweets.
You can add Flickr to any wordpress page/post using Flickr Widget.
Before adding Twitter, you need an Flickr account details to integrate with your account. Get this details from your Flickr account Flickr ID and API Key.
To add Flickr widget, Navigate to Appearance > Widgets.
You can find the Widget Flickr in left side of the page. Just drag and drop it in your required area.
Click on the Flickr Tab and Enter the details of your Flickr details such as Flickr ID and API Key.
You can add Blog Recent Post to any wordpress page/post using Visual Composer Shortcodes.
Just go to the page where you want to add Blog Recent Post and Click on Add New Element button in Visual composer tab. VC Element popup will open.
Navigate to Theme Addons and click on Blog Recent Post addon.
Blog Recent Post box will open and customize your settings such as Number of Posts, Include Categories, Exclude Categories and Blog Style and click Save Changes.
For More Details refer Blog Recent Post in Visual composer Shortcodes Page.
You can change the color scheme for your theme in Theme Options settings.
Navigate to Theme Options > Skin.
You can choose colors from 10 default color in color scheme options.
Theme Skin - You can choose theme option such as Light or Dark.
Custom Color Scheme - You can choose your own color from custom color schem options for your theme. Also you can enable/disable the Transparent option.
Link Color - Choose link color for regular and hover options.
You have to set responsive options in carousel settings.
Navigate to Slider in carousel settings
When you choose slider using shortcodes, you can find the options like Items To Display in Tablet, Items To Display In Mobile Landscape, Items To Display In Mobile Portrait.
Items To Display in Tablet - Enter the number of items to display in Tablet.
Items To Display In Mobile Landscape - Enter the number of items to display in Mobile Landscape view.
Items To Display In Mobile Portrait. - Enter the number of items to display in Mobile Portrait view.
There are two ways to enable Maintenance mode such as On ( Standard ) and On ( Custom Page ).
Select the page that is your maintenance page, You can click On(Standard) button to enable Maintenance Mode for Standard Page.
Select an Item for the custom page and if you would like to show a custom page instead of the standard page from theme. You should use the Maintenance Page template for this page.
There are two ways to enable Coming Soon Mode such as On ( Standard ) and On ( Custom Page ).
Select the page that is your maintenance page, You can click On(Standard) button to enable Coming Soon Mode for Standard Page.
Select an Item for the custom page and if you would like to show a custom page instead of the standard page from theme. You should use the Maintenance Page template for this page.
'Fatal Error : Memory Size Exhausted' you get this error, when you upload a theme file or install a lot of plugins, upgrade to the latest WordPress version.
For that you have to increase PHP Memory Limit for uploading files via PHP.ini file.
If any 403 error on plugin install and not installing after giving FTP connection, please try another method from Appearance > Install Plugins to install it.
When you import our demo content, it can take several minutes to import depending on the speed of your server. Each time the button is clicked it will import the content, so if it is clicked twice it will import everything two times. There are two options to remove the duplicate content.
Option1: WP Reset Plugin – This plugin will Resets the WordPress database back to it's defaults. However, it will remove all content from your database and leave the default theme activated. It does not remove plugins, but will deactivate them and remove all pages, posts, menus, sliders, widget data, theme options, etc. It does not modify files only resets the database. Download Wordpress Reset
Option2: Manual Removal – This method will take longer and simply involves manual removing of duplicate items. Go to appearance > menus and delete duplicate items one by one. Repeat this for pages, post, sliders, etc.
