1.6 Theme Installation

1. At first, after purchasing this theme, please download the package from Themeforest. All you need to do that is move your mouse over your login name in the right top corner (of course after you`re logged in Themeforest) and then click Download. Here you will find all the items that you have purchased.

2. In the next step click the Download > Main File(s) button next to designthemes theme and save the package on your computer.

3. Please unpack the whole package after downloading it from Themeforest. In that package, you can find things like documentation.zip, lms.zip, lms-child.zip, and revolutionslider-export.zip files.

1.6.1. Theme Installation via WordPress

Kindly follow the steps given below for installing this theme from Wordpress.

1. Navigate to Appearance > Themes.
2. Click 'Add New' button near 'Themes' title.
3. Now 'Add Themes' page will be loaded with 'Upload Theme' button hit on it.
4. Now navigate to find the "lms.zip" file on your computer ( "lms.zip" will be found inside "lms-4.9.zip" ) and click "Install Now"
5. Once uploaded go to Appearance > Themes and activate it.
6. Then you will see a notification message to activate the required & recommended plugins: 'DesignThemes Core Features Plugin', 'Responsive Styled Google Maps', 'Contact Form 7', 'LayerSlider WP' and 'Revolution Slider'.
7. Once required plugins are activated, navigate to Settings > Permalinks, here select 'Post name' in 'Common Settings' tab and save it.

1.6.2. Theme Installation via FTP

You can also install this theme through FTP server by using the following steps,

1. Log into your Hosting server space using any FTP software (applications like FileZilla) at first.
2. Extract the "lms.zip" (inside "lms-4.9.zip") file as you've downloaded.
3. Upload that extracted folder into your "wp-content / themes" directory.
4. Once if the theme is uploaded and installed, you need to activate it from Appearance > Themes then.
5. Then you will get a notification message to activate the required & recommended plugins: 'DesignThemes Core Features Plugin', 'Responsive Styled Google Maps', 'Contact Form 7', 'LayerSlider WP' and 'Revolution Slider'.
6. Once after the required plugins are activated, navigate to Settings > Permalinks, and select 'Post Name' in 'Common Settings' tab and save it finally.

Please take a look at the structure of the lms-4.9.zip archive you've got after purchasing.

1.7 Folder Structure

• style.css - main style.css
• responsive.css - makes the template as responsive
• rtl.css - supports right to left alignment of some languages
• The css folder - contains the css for all major browsers, prettyphoto & for the font awesome. - ( Please ensure that your new styles are applied, make sure that they carry enough "weight" and that there isn't a style lower in the CSS file that is being applied after yours. )
• The css / skins folder - contains the css for predefined skins that comes with the template.
• The framework folder - contains all theme related files and javascript files.
• The images folder - contains all the images that are used in the stylesheets for the layout purpose.
• The languages folder - contains default .po files.
• The woocommerce folder - contains customized files of woocommerce.

1.9 Plugin Installation

Once lms theme is installed and activated, you will get a notification message in your WordPress admin telling you to install the required and recommended plugins. Once you have uploaded and activated the theme, install and activate the 'DesignThemes Core Features Plugin' immediately. All promoted features will work properly, after activating this plugin only.

Plugins packed with theme

• DesignThemes Core Features Plugin - comes by default with theme.
• LayerSlider WP - premium slider plugin created by Kreatura.
• Slider Revolution - premium slider plugin created by ThemePunch.
• Responsive Styled Google Maps - google maps plugin created by GreenLine.

Others plugins used by theme

• Contact Form 7 - contact from creator plugin created by iDeasilo
• WooCommerce - an e-commerce plugin created by WooThemes
• YITH WooCommerce Wishlist, YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier - an e-commerce addon plugin created by Yithemes

Others plugins supported by theme

• WPBakery Visual Composer – This is a premium slider plugin created by WPBakery.
• All in One SEO Pack
• Metronet Reorder Posts
• WordPress SEO by Yoast

1.10 Theme Update

IMPORTANT: Before you go ahead with the update please check theme changelog and make sure you backup your old theme folder. Download it to your computer locally.

It is the best practice to backup both your files and database regulary and especially before making some serious updates. We recommend using free backup plugins for WordPress like WPOnlineBackup

Update Option 1. Update using WordPress uploader

1. Log into your Themeforest account and navigate to your downloads tab. Find the theme and download "Installable WordPress file".
2. Log into your wordPress website and go to Dashboard -> Themes
3. Activate a different theme. Delete the previous version of lms and re-upload the new Wordpress Installable files that you have downloaded from Themeforest in the 1st step.
4. Once it uploads, choose to activate the theme.
5. Update the included plugins if you see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version.

Importing the Demo Content

Before running the importer, make sure that you have installed and activated the required and recommended plugins. You will see a message at the top of your dashboard if you have not yet done so.

• First of all, make sure that you have installed and activated the "DesignThemes Core Features Plugin" on your Wordpress.
• Goto Dashboard -> LMS Options -> Buddha Panel -> Importer > Import Demo
• Please be patient, as it may take few minutes to import everything. Once it is completed, you will receive a success message finally.

How to Install the Demo Content via Unyson plugin

The easiest way to import our demo content is to use Unyson plugin Demo Content Importer. Our importer will give you all pages and posts, several sample sliders, widgets, Theme Options, assigned pages, and more. This is recommended to do on fresh installs.

It will replace content like posts, pages, portfolio, etc , it will not delete current menus but configure our demo menus, and it will not replace but add sliders. It will, however, replace Theme Options, Reading settings and Widget settings. To import our demo content, please see the steps below.

Make sure you have installed and activated Unyson plugin.

How To Import Demos

• Install and activate all the required and recommended plugins
• Navigate to the Unyson > Available Extensions > Backup & Demo Content (Install)
• Navigate to the Tools > Demo Content Install > Select the demo Content > install
• Please be patient, as it may take few minutes to import everything. Once it is completed, you will receive a success message finally.

Follow the below steps to make it work with Unyson importer

• Extract the downloaded dummy data zip files.
• Now copy the extracted folder and paste it in wp-content / themes / lms / demo-content /
• Now navigate to the Dashboard > Tools > Demo Content Install > Here you can find the new demo content you have pasted > Install
• Please be patient, as it may take few minutes to import everything. Once it is completed, you will receive a success message finally.

3. Menu creation

3.1 Menu Settings

The supports custom WordPress menus, with multiple levels of dropdown support for the main menu. There are 3 areas of the theme where you can assign a menu; the header menu, Footer Menu, and Landing Page Menu. Each of these menu locations can have a custom menu assigned. Once a menu is created and assigned to the location, it will show up on the site. There are also several Theme Options to customize the menu. Please see below for the menu locations, how to create a new menu, and the menu Theme Options.

• Header Menu - this is main menu that appears in header area
• Footer Menu - this is the menu that appears in footer area
• Landing Page Menu - this menu is used for landing page(One Page)

3.2 Setting up the MegaMenu

Here are some points regarding mega menu and default menu.

• By default you will have option to diable menu text and menu link option for every menu.
• To enable mega menu please check the 'Use As Mega Menu' option and you can choose the number of column layout for mega menu ( available options 2 column, 3 column and 4 column ).
• You can add any page or custom link or any availalable pages as sub menu for mega menu.
• In sub menu you will have 'Enable Fullwidth' option which will make current menu and all its submenu to display in fullwidth.
• Also for every submenu you will have option to choose custom widget area in 'Display Widget Area', which is created in buddha panel ( Dashboard -> LMS Options ).
• You can also choose number of column(s) these custom widgets should occupy ( available options 2 column, 3 column and 4 column ).

3.3 How to Setup a New Menu

Step 1 – Navigate to Dashboard > Menus section of your admin sidebar.

Step 2 – Click the 'Create a new menu' link to make a new menu. Enter the name then click the 'Create Menu' button.

Step 3 – To add a menu item, select one of your created pages on the left hand side and click the 'Add to Menu' button. You can also add all kinds of different posts from the left side.

Step 4 – To add a custom menu item, enter URL and Link Text using 'Custom Links' box.

Step 5 – Manage your menus by using the drag and drop functionality. To create a dropdown menu, simply drag a menu item below and slightly to the right of another menu item.

Step 6 – After setting up your menu, scroll down to the bottom of the page to assign the menu to one of the 3 locations in the Theme Locations box.

Step 7 – Once its all done, make sure you click the Save button.

How To Setup The Header

Step 1 – Navigate to Dashboard > Theme Options > Layout > Header to access the header options.

Step 2 – Expand the Header Content sub-panel and select your desired Header Position setting.

Step 3 – If you've selected Top as your Header Position, don't forget to choose your Header Layout and Slider Position. See below for more information.

Step 4 – If you've selected Left or Right as your Header Position, don't forget to set your Header Content details. See below for more information.

Step 5 – If you'd like to upload a background image for your header, then you can do so by going to the Header > Header Background Image sub-panel.

Step 6 – To customize your header's Dashboard and styling, then you can do so by going to the Header > Header Styling sub-panel.

5.1. How To Create A New Page

Step 1 – Navigate to Pages in your admin sidebar and click Add New option.

Step 2 – Input a new name for your page, then find the Page Attributes box on right side.

Step 3 – Set your Parent page. It's usually set to No Parent.

Step 4 – Set your page template from the Template dropdown list. See list of page templates below.

Step 5 – Content for your page goes in the editing field, use the Visual or Text editor. Page content is mainly built using Shortcodes. See the Shortcodes section for how to use them. You can also use our demo content, see the corresponding section of this document for the demo code of each page.

5.2 Page Templates

Template has several specially designed Page Templates, which can be used on Pages for adding them special features.

• Default Template - to change the appearance of page layout.
• Blank - No Header, No Footer - to create blank page without header and footer.
• Blog Template - this template is used to list blog posts and customize the same.
• Courses Search Result Template - this template will be used as result page for course search.
• Courses Template - this template is used to list courses and customize the same.
• Events Template - this template is used to display events in theme design Choose 'Events Template' in Dashboard -> Events -> Settings -> Disaply -> Events Template.
• Feature Template - this template is used to create a page with side navigation.
• Fullwidth Template - this template is used to display the content in fullwidth.
• Header 1 Template - this template is used to create a page with header type 1 design.
• Header 2 Template - this template is used to create a page with header type 2 design.
• Header 3 Template - this template is used to create a page with header type 3 design.
• Header 4 Template - this template is used to create a page with header type 4 design.
• Landing Page Template - this template is used to create a landing page (ie. one page).
• Login Template - this template is used to create a page with login and registration options.
• Portfolio Template - this template list portfolio items and customize the same.
• Welcome Template - page created with 'Welcome Template' will act as dhasboard page for students, teachers and other users.

5.2.1. Default Page Options

• You can enable / disable the breadcrumb section here.
• You can switch between following available page layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Admin Section -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• Enable / Disable comments at any time.

5.2.2 Blog Template

• Choosing 'Blog Template' in 'Page Atrributes' metabox will enable the 'Blog Options' metabox.
• You can enable / disable the breadcrumb section here.
• You can switch between following available page layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Admin Section -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• You can choose the posts layout, control the excerpt length and number of posts to display per page.
• You can enable / disble author, category, tag, date, comment information at any time. You can exclude certain categories using 'Exclude Categories' dropdown.
• Click Here to watch the video on settting up blog template page

5.2.4. Courses Options

• Choosing 'Courses Template' in 'Page Atrributes' metabox will enable the 'Courses Options' metabox.
• You can enable / disable the breadcrumb section here.
• You can switch between following available page layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Admin Section -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• You can choose the posts layout and number of posts to display per page.
• Click Here to watch the video on settting up course template page

5.2.5. Fullwidth Page Options

• Choosing 'Full Width Template' in 'Page Atrributes' metabox will enable the 'Fullwidth Page Options' metabox.
• You can enable / disable the breadcrumb section and comments for fullwidth section page here.

5.2.6. SEO Options

• You can add title, description and keywords for every single page using this option.
• When external plugins 'All in One SEO Pack' or 'WordPress SEO by Yoast' is activated, this theme 'SEO Options' will be removed automatically.

6.1 Blog Single Post Options

You can configure each single blog post with following options

• You can switch between following available layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Appearacne -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• Enable / Disable the Comments and Featured Image options
• You can enable / disble author, category, tag, date, comment info at any time.

6.2 Portfolio Single Post Options

You can configure each single portfolio post with following options

• You can switch between following available layouts 'Fullwidth', 'Left Gallery' and 'Right Gallery'.
• You can configure Sub Title, Client Name and Website Link for each post
• Enable / Disable the Show Related Projects and Show Social Share
• You can add any number of images and videos for each post which will be displayed using bxslider in frontend.

6.3 Teacher Single Post Options

You can configure each single teacher post with following options

• You can switch between following available layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Appearacne -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• Option to enable / disable the Allow Comments and Show Social Links. Add specific URLs for available Social Profiles in respective text boxes.
• You can configure Role, Website, Experience and Specialist In for teacher.

6.4 Course Single Post Options

You can configure each single course post with following options

• You can switch between following available layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Appearacne -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• You can add Video, Referrence URL and Price for course.
• You can enable / disable the Featured Course, Show Social Share, Disable Teachers and Show Related Courses options.
• Now you can enable certicate and/or badge option for any course. Set percentage for certificate and/or badge for each course, students who achieving that percentage will gain corresponding certificate and/or badge. Choose template for cetificate (created in Courses -> All Certificates -> Add New). Also you will have option to add image for badge.
• You will also have option add any number of attachments for each course.

6.5 Lesson Single Post Options

You can configure each single lesson post with following options

• You can switch between following available layouts 'Without Sidebar', 'Left Sidebar', 'Right Sidebar' and 'Both Sidebar'. You can choose the custom widget area created using 'Widget Area' tab in Buddha Panel(Appearacne -> LMS) and enable / disable the default widget area.
• Here you can add following options choose course for this lesson, add teacher handling this lesson, add video and lesson duration.
• You can make lesson private / public and option to assign quiz for this lesson.

7. Slider

7.1 Layer Slider

LayerSlider WP is a premium multi-purpose slider for creating image galleries, content sliders, and mind-blowing slideshows with must-see effects, even from your WordPress posts and pages. It uses cutting edge technologies to provide the smoothest experience that's possible, and it comes with more than 200 preset 2D and 3D slide transitions. It has a beautiful and easy-to-use admin interface with supporting modern features like drag n'drop WYSIWYG slider builder, real-time previews, timeline view, Google Fonts and transition builder for custom animations. It's device friendly by supporting responsive mode, multiple layouts, touch gestures on mobile devices, and uses techniques like lazy load and conditional script loading for optimal performance. You can add any content into sliders, including images, text, custom HTML, YouTube and Vimeo videos or HTML5 self-hosted multimedia contents. It's also SEO friendly by allowing you to build semantic markup with custom attributes that search engines can index easily. LayerSlider comes with 13 built-in skins, and it has tons of options to entirely customize the Dashboard and behavior of your sliders at the smallest detail.

LayerSlider is external plugin which is included into theme. Because, for each product we purchase "Extended license" and that`s why we are able to include it into theme. This plugin works fine of course and if you want current slider version, you can always get directly from us. What you need to do, to get this slider is send us a request about it via contact form on our profile's page http://themeforest.net/user/designthemes (it is in the right bottom corner) and we`ll send you the current version.

7.1.2 Create A New Layer Slider

Step 1 – Click on the Layer Slider sidebar item in your admin section, then click the "Add New" button and give the slider a name.

Step 2 – The "Slider Settings" tab will open and allow you to set the general settings for your slider such as the width, height, responsive, full width, and more. Check out each tab.

Step 3 – Once you are done, click "Save Changes" to save the slider. Next you can add slides, see the information below.

Please Note – You can get sample sliders by clicking the "Import Sample Sliders" button. It's a good way to learn and see the different types of settings.

7.1.3 How to add Slides to your slider

Step 1 – Click on the "Slides" tab.

Step 2 – Slide #1 will already be created, add a background image for the slide, set thumbnails, transitions, links and more in the settings box above the slider preview window.

Step 3 – Each slide you make can have multiple layers to it. The layers show up below the slider preview window. Click "Add New Layer" create a new layer. An editing section will display once clicked.

Step 4 – The layer editing section has 5 tabs; Content, Transition, Link, Styles, Attributes. Content tab is where you add your content, Transition tab is where you set all the timings and animations, Link tab is where you can set the content to link, Styles tab is where you set custom styles, Attributes tab is where you can add custom id's or classes.

Step 5 – Click on the Content Tab and enter your text, image or video or custom HTML content. Then set your transitions, links, styles and attributes if needed.

Step 6 – Click the "Enter Preview" button to view a preview of the slider and layers.

Step 7 – When finished, click "Save Changes" to save it. Repeat process for more slides.

8.1 General Options

General - We have a options to set theme logo and retina logo. Also we have a options to upload footer logo and footer retina logo. While upload the retina logo you should give standard logo width and height value in required box.

1. If you wish to provide theme title insted of logo, you can choose Display Site Title option and give your theme title.

2. Please remember that Retina Logo should be always 2x larger than the Custom Logo currently in use (this field is optional).

3. we have enable option for Favicon. You can upload a favicon for your theme.

4. In this general section have others tab. In others tab have some enable options like Retina support, Sticky Navigation, Style picker, Globally comments on page etc. In this section you can provide phone number, email id to show in header style3. Mailchimp API KEY option also available in this tab.

Sociable - We have option to show sociable icon at the bottom of theme. This option is only applicable for footer.

Advanced - It has Global Setting, Global page layouts, Login and Registration pages, Teachers, Social logins.

1. Global setting have option to disable theme default course. It is also have two type of payment method option( s2Member, WooCommerce ). Please make sure you have activated corresponding plugins before choosing option here.

2. Global Page Layouts have enable option to Enable or Disable global page layout ("Disaplay Everywhere" sidebar) for all pages, posts, archive pages.

3. Login & Registration Pages Option for Choose which login and registration pages to use.

4. Teachers tab have option to provide Teachers Singular Label, Teachers Plural Label, Single Teachers slug.

5. We have enable option for Social Logins for your site. It has two social login (facebook and google plus). In this social login you should provide App Id, App Secret for facebook and Client Id, Client Secret for Google Plus Login.

8.2 Appearance

Appearance Settings - Here you can change the appearance of the theme. Please check below options available in this section,

Header - We have four types of header. You can choose any type for your site. Enable cart Icon option also available to display this cart icon in header.

Menu - Menu font has option to Enable or Disable Menu setting.

1. Also we have option to Choose which type font ( Google font / Standard font ) you want.

2. Menu font size option also available. Here You can change Menu font size.

3. We have a options to choose menu default color, hover color, Menu border color for the current menu.

Body - Body font have option to Enable or Disable Body setting.

1. Also we have option to Choose which type font ( Google font / Standard font ) you want.

2. Body font size option also available. Here You can change Body font size.

3. We have a options to choose primary color for links and buttons of body/content and Hover Color for Links.

Footer - Footer font have option to Enable or Disable Footer setting.

1. Also we have a option to Choose which type font ( Google font / Standard font ) you want for footer title and footer content.

2. We can choose Separate font family, font size, font color for your footer title and footer content. We have a option to choose default footer link color, footer link hover color, footer background color, copyright section background color.

Typography - Typography have option to Enable or Disable Typography setting. You can customize the font family, color, size for all headings from H1 to H6.

Layout & BG - Here you can change the layout of your theme (Boxed or FullWidth). For Boxed layout - you can set the background by selecting the predefined patterns or upolad your custom image.

8.3 Skin Options

Skin Options - LMS comes with following predefined 30 color skins [ You can add your own skin :) ]

8.4 Integration Options

General - To place any code, that will be appear in header and portion of every page / post. Also you will have option to add cuctom css for your site.

Post - Single Post customization

With the help of this "Post integration" section, you can do the following things,

1. Setting up top and bottom code for individual post
2. You can enable Social share & Social bookmark module with easy customization option.

Page - Single page customization

You can do all the options like single post customization.

Portfolio - Single portfolio customization

You can enable social bookmarks in portfolio single page using the below options.

Course - Single course customization

You can enable social bookmarks in course single page using the below options.

8.5 SEO Options

1. Title Delimiter - Please specify the symbol which will appear in title of the pages.
2. You can change the title formats of post, page, category, archive, tags, search and 404 pages. also you can change the order of the title contents.
3. Meta - To specify Meta data & other SEO elements
   1. You can generate automatic Canonical URLs for entire website
   2. You can exclude the archive, category and tag pages from indexing to avoid duplicate content.
   3. You can generate:
      1. Automatic description
      2. Meta keywords from the tag and category for posts.

Options related with SEO

• Google Analytics - paste your Google Analytics code to track your site
• Google Remarketing - paste your Google Remarketing code to add potential customers to Google list
• Use built-in SEO fields - if you are using external SEO plugin, then our inbuilt SEO options are turn off automatically.
• Meta Description - this is meta description for homepage but it`s also default description for each page added in Pages section.
• Meta Keywords - this is meta keywords for homepage but it`s also default keywords for each page added in Pages section.

Please always remember to click "Save Changes" button. Without that you will lose all your changes.

8.6 Speciality Pages

Speciality Pages - Post, portfolio, Teacher, Search & 404 pages

Available Options:

1. You can choose page layout for all above mentioned pages.
2. You can choose post layout for all archive pages except 404 page.
3. You can add your custom 404 Text for 404 page and configure the same.

8.7 Footer Settings

Available Options:

1. Show / Hide Footer Section.
2. Columns Layout - To choose the layout style you need in the footer.
3. You can set copyright text and enable it to show in front end.

7.8 Widget Area

• Widget areas created here will be left sidebar or right sidebar or megamenu.
• After creating new widget area here with specific title, go to Dashboard -> Dashboard -> Widgets here you can see the new widget area that you have created.
• Add widgets for that widget area.
• You can add these widgets for 2 locations
  • Page Sidebars - While choosing 'Left Sidebar' or 'Right Sidebar', you have this option 'Choose Widget Area - Left Sidebar' or 'Choose Widget Area - Right Sidebar'. Here you can choose the newly created widget area here.
  • Mega Menus - While creating menus you will have option called 'Display Widget Area', here you can choose the newly created widget area here.

8.9 Woocommerce

To get this option install WooCommerce plugin. And the plugin bundled with dummy data which can be imported to instantly give you a working store with products to test the different features WooCommerce has to offer.

Available Options:

1. No.of Products to show in main shop page.
2. Product Layout - 3 types of products layouts are there. (II Column, III Column & IV Column )
3. You can choose separate page layouts for product details, product category and product tag.
4. Also you will have option to enable disable shop widget area here.

Following plugins used to extend the woocommerce options

1. YITH WooCommerce Zoom Magnifier is that enables you to add a zoom effect to product images.
2. YITH WooCommerce Wishlist adds all wishlist features to your website.

8.10 LMS

This tab has options for theme default courses. The 3 sub tabs s2Member Settings, Theme Class and Theme Course comes under LMS tab.

s2Member Settings

1. You can set currency symbol, currency and currency symbol position here.
2. You can choose any of the available payment types as configured in s2Member settings menu.
3. "Click Bank" will ask for additional details like Product Item No, Order Form Template (Skin) and PitchPlus Upsell Flow ID
4. s2Member Level 2, s2Member Level 3, s2Member Level 4,... - Users will have access to all courses and classes for specified period and term. Price have to be mentioned here.
5. Description - Will appear in the purchase page.
6. Period - Must be >= 1. (ex: 1 Week, 2 Months, 1 Month, 3 Days).
7. Term - Regular Term. Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Lifetime.
8. Price - Price for the package. Applicable only for s2Member Level 2, s2Member Level 3, s2Member Level 4,...

Theme Class

You can do s2Member level 1 settings here.

1. s2Member Level 1 - These are users who are going to purchase only particular course or class, which you can be find under their corresponding tab.
2. Description - Will appear in the purchase page.
3. Period - Must be >= 1. (ex: 1 Week, 2 Months, 1 Month, 3 Days).
4. Term - Regular Term. Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Lifetime.
5. Price - Price for the package. Applicable only for s2Member Level 2, s2Member Level 3, s2Member Level 4,...
6. You can set post layout and page layout for class archive pages.
7. Also you can change the single class url slug.

Theme Course

You can do s2Member level 1 settings here.

1. Hide Contents - This option is applicable only for paid courses. If you wish to hide content for logged out or logeed in ( but not purchased ) users you can enable this option. For logged in purchased users this option will be overwritten.
2. Enable Email Notifications - Enable email notifications here. Notifications will be received for following criteria.
   1. Student will receive email notifications when their quiz is graded ( both auto and manual grading ).
   2. Teacher will receive email notifications when student submitted quiz for grading. ( quiz should with manual grading only ).
3. Enable Course Widget - Left Sidebar - If you wish you can enable course widget in left sidebar here for course single page, which consists of enrolled students details, course group details, course events, etc.,
4. Enable Course Widget - Right Sidebar - If you wish you can enable course widget in left sidebar here for course single page, which consists of enrolled students details, course group details, course events, etc.,
5. Enable All Course Widget - Either In Left / Right Sidebar - Check this to enable all course widgets in either left or right sidebar for course single page, which consists of ratings, enrolled students details, course group details, course events, etc., Applicable only when you choose Left sidebar or Right Sidebar in course single page

You can do s2Member level 1 settings here.

6. s2Member Level 1 - These are users who are going to purchase only particular course or class, which you can be find under their corresponding tab.
7. Description - Will appear in the purchase page.
8. Period - Must be >= 1. (ex: 1 Week, 2 Months, 1 Month, 3 Days).
9. Term - Regular Term. Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Lifetime.
10. Price - Price for the package. Applicable only for s2Member Level 2, s2Member Level 3, s2Member Level 4,...
11. You can choose layout type, post layout and page layout for course archive pages.
12. You can also change the url slug for following items single course, course category, single lesson, lesson category, single question, single quiz and single assignment here.

8.11 Sensei Courses

1. You can choose page layout for course detail, lesson detail, quiz detail and archive pages here.

8.12 Events

You can setup the page layouts for events pages like event main page, event single page and event category page.

8.13 BuddyPress

You can number of members to show and post layout here

BuddyPress is a powerful plugin that takes your wordpress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more.,

8.14 Page Builder

You can anable / disable page builder for post, page, portfolio, course, lesson and teacher.

Also you will have option to keep page builder active in above selected post types.

8.15 Responsive & Mobile

1. You can make site responsive here.
2. And also you can disable slider for mobile devices.

8.16 Branding

You can set buddha panel logo here.

8.17 Importer

• You can choose which demo you like to import from Demo dropdown list, either Theme Default or Sensei .
• After choosing Demo, you will get Import dropdown list with following options All, Content, Menu, Options (buddha panel options) and Widgets
• After that if you wish you can choose additional options like Import attachments and type of content, than click Import Demo Data
• You will get popup alert message to confirm, click ok here.
• Import may take several minutes, so please be patient while importing.
• If import fails please check this Section

8.18 Backup

These options allow you to backup and restore your custom settings and options anytime. These options also allow you to transfer 'Buddha Panel Options' from site to site.

9.1 Page Builder

LMS theme come with page builder which makes creation of page simpler and easier. To enable / disable page builder in post, page, portfolio, course, lesson and teacher navigate to Dasboard -> LMS(Buddh Panel) -> Page Builder tab. You can switch between Page Builder and WordPress default editor in any single post or page or portfolio or course or lesson or teacher at any time.

Overview

• 'WordPress Editor' button and 'LMS Page Builder' button is used to switch between WordPress default editor and Page Builder.
• If you keep the 'Enable page builder' option active while saving, then everytime this page will be loaded by keeping page builder active.
• Use 'Clear All' button to completely clean the builder area
• 'Create Sample Layout' button is used to save the existing modules in builder area to separate layout. After updating the page created layout will be listed in 'Sample Layouts' tab.
• We have 11 tabs of modules consisting of columns('Columns'), modules('General', 'Unique', 'Others'), widgets('WP Widgets', 'LMS Widgets', 'BuddyPress Widgets', 'Events Widgets', 'WooCommerce Widgets', 'Sensei Widgets') and sample layouts('Sample Layouts').

Column Options

Every column comes with 3 types of options. They are,

1. Settings - It is used add additional CSS class for this column alone.
2. Clone - Click this button to clone the column along with every modules added inside. Those cloned column will be added immediately after current column.
3. Delete - Used to delete the column completely along with its settings.

Fullwidth Section or Fullwidth Section Video

These sections comes with lot of options in 'Settings' button to configure fullwidth section. Some of the available options are,

1. Fullwidth Section - Bacground Color, Background Image, Parallax Effect, Background Repeat, Background Position, Padding Top, Padding Bottom, CSS Class, etc,.
2. Fullwidth Section Video - MP4, WEBM, OGV, Poster Image, Background Image, Padding Top, Padding Bottom and CSS Class.

Module Options

Every module comes with 5 different types of options. They are,

1. Edit - Clicking this button will open a sliding panel at very top of the builder area which contains options to configure those modules.
2. Clone - Click this button to clone the module along with its settings. Those cloned modules will be added immediately after current module.
3. Delete - Use this delete button to delete the module along with its settings.
4. Show / Hide - Use this button to enable or disable this module. If its disabled then that module will not be shown in frontend but all the settings of that module will be preserved, you can enable that module any time.
5. Resize - Its just a symbol to represent that this module can be resized to any width. Making width too smaller or too larger may collapse the modules design.

Note : By default every module can be resized, but it cannot be resized inside another column or fullwidth section. While resizing note that making width too smaller or too larger may collapse the modules design.

Resizable Column

Resizable Column has all options similar to normal Column options. This resizable column cannot be placed inside the Fullwidth Section

Sample Layouts

LMS theme comes with few sample layouts which can be acessed simply clicking the module. Now your builder area will be loaded with all the modules of that sample layout, now you can just update the content, images, etc, as you wish.

Frontend and Backend Page Building

The most powerful feature of the Visual Composer is that it gives you an easy drag and drop page builder that can be used from the standard WordPress page/post edit area or directly from the frontend.

Build your content on the go with WordPress frontend editing page builder plugin. No more admin panel needed to create stunning and beautiful pages. Visual Composer introduces new game changer in the world of WordPress plugins. Experience the true "What You See Is What You Get" and forget about "blind designing".

• Add and drag elements around the screen to quickly build unique layouts inside your WordPress theme.
• Visual Composer determines type of elements you add and highlight them with different colors in order to improve user experience and navigation.
• Switch between Guide modes to enable or disable VC menu elements and row/column borders.
• Create responsive pages with brand new responsive design controls.

Visual Composer frontend page builder allows you quickly switch between different devices to check how your content looks on tablet or mobile devices. Ensure that everything is according to design grid and your high expectations.

In addition to game changing frontend page builder, award winning backend editor is available. Quickly build any type of page with simple and intuitive drag and drop interface right from your WordPress dashboard. Backend editor of Visual Composer has been proven to be one of the most beloved WordPress plugins of all times and it is a no brainier for thousands of WordPress power users. Tons of features and regular updates always keep Visual Composer on top of competition and this allows users to update and manage content fast and easy.

Content Elements

Visual Composer offers all the controls you need to work with content elements – add, edit, duplicate, remove or create presets for your elements whenever you wish with just single click. And with the smart Role Manager that is included in our page builder you can control access and options available to different user roles within your WordPress site. Control your WordPress site layout like never before.

Visual Composer templates

And that's not all – if you don't want to build your WordPress website from scratch you can always use our predefined templates. There are 60+ pro looking templates covering all the website sections you may need. Use predefined templates or create your own templates to reuse content and save even more time.

Built in content elements

Frontend Page Builder and Backend Editor for WordPress

Build responsive site and manage your content easily with intuitive frontend WordPress builder. No programming knowledge required – create stunning and beautiful pages with award winning drag and drop editor. Experience the true "What You See Is What You Get" and forget about "blind designing".

• Add and drag elements around the screen to quickly build unique layouts inside your WordPress theme.
• Visual Composer determines type of elements you add and highlight them with different colors in order to improve user experience and navigation.
• Create responsive pages with brand new responsive design controls.

Visual Composer frontend editor allows you quickly switch between different devices to check how your content looks on tablet or mobile devices. Ensure that everything is according to design grid and your high expectations.

In addition to game changing frontend editor, award winning backend editor is available. Quickly build any type of page with simple and intuitive drag and drop interface right from your WordPress dashboard. Backend editor of Visual Composer has been proven to be one of the most beloved WordPress plugins of all times and it is a no brainier for thousands of WordPress power users.

10. Blog

10.1 How To Create A Blog Post

• Login to the WordPress dashboard by visiting www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin
• Click on Add New from the Posts menu once you are inside the WordPress admin panel
• Give the post a nice title.
• Add the post content in the content section using either Page Builder or WordPress Editor.
• Add relevant tags for this post.
• Add the post to the relevant category (Create a category if a relevant category doesn't exist, in Dashboard -> Posts -> Categories).
• Also you have option to choose Template page for this post.
• You can also switch between following page layouts Without Sidebar, Left Sidebar, Right Sidebar.
• If you wish you can disable feature image for this post.
• Finally publish the post by hitting Publish button.

11. Portfolio

11.1 How To Create A Portfolio Item ?

• Login to the WordPress dashboard by visiting www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin.
• Click on Add New from the Portfolios menu once you are inside the WordPress admin panel.
• You can also choose Template pages for your portfolio item.
• Also you can add Sub Title for the portfolio and also you can control >Social Share for this portfolio.
• You can add any number of images for portfolio gallery.
• Publish the portfolio by hitting the Publish button.

16. Classes

LMS theme comes with two type of classes ( Online classes / Onsite classes ).

16.1.Online Type

These are the features of Online type classes.

1. First create a class from Dashboard -> Classes -> All Classes -> Add New . You can choose options for your classes.

2. Choose class type using Class Type Option.

3. You can Assign Teacher to this class using Teacher Option.

4. You can Assign this class as Featured Class using Featured Class Option.

5. Add subtitle for your class using Sub Title textbox.

6. Give the Main Tab Title for your class using Main Tab Title textbox.

7. Choose your content type ( Add course / Add timetable ) using Content Options.

8. Add title for your content using Content Title option.

9. You can add course using Add Courses option. Also make sure you haven't added the same course to other classes. System won't work properly if same course is assigned to more than one class.

10. Add timetable shortcode using Add Timetable Schortcode option. Make sure "Timetable Wordpress Plugin - Weekly Class Schedule" plugin is installed and activated.

11. You can use accessories tab to list features of class.

12. Add title for accessories tab using Accessories Tab Title Option. If you wish to list out the features of this class, you can give the features title here.

13. You can additional items with icon, label and value using Add Accessories Option. Among these three its necessary to add value atleast.

14. If you wish you can add additional tabs along with content for your class using Add Tabs Option. You can add any shortcodes in this content box.

16.2.Onsite Type

These are the features of Onsite type classes.

1. First create a class from Dashboard -> Classes -> All Classes -> Add New . You can choose options for your classes.

2. Choose class type using Class Type Option.

3. You can Assign Teacher to this class using Teacher Option.

4. You can Assign this class as Featured Class using Featured Class Option.

5. Add subtitle for your class using Sub Title textbox.

6. Give the Main Tab Title for your class using Main Tab Title textbox.

7. Choose your content type ( Add course / Add timetable ) using Content Options.

8. Add title for your content using Content Title option.

9. You can add course using Add Courses option. Also make sure you haven't added the same course to other classes. System won't work properly if same course is assigned to more than one class.

10. Add timetable shortcode using Add Timetable Schortcode option. Make sure "Timetable Wordpress Plugin - Weekly Class Schedule" plugin is installed and activated.

11. Choose class start date using Start Date option.

12. Add class total capacity using Capacity option.

13. Disable purchases / registration if total purchases / registration exceeds class capacity using Disable Purchases / Registration option.

14. Enable purchase option for this class using Enable Purchases option.

15. Enable registration option for this class using Enable Registration option. Note this option will be enabled only when purchase option is disabled.You can see number of registration from Dashboard -> Class Registrations

16. Add address for your this class event using Address option.

17. Provide latitude and longitude values using GPS Location option. If you are not sure about latitude and longitude values, provide correct address and click Click here to get GPS location button to generate latitude and longitude values automatically.

18. Add title for accessories tab using Accessories Tab Title Option.

19. You can additional items with icon, label and value using Add Accessories Option. Among these three its necessary to add value atleast.

20. If you wish you can add additional tabs along with content for your class using Add Tabs Option. You can add any shortcodes in this content box.

17. Footers

17.1 Footer Options

Navigate to Dashboard -> Dashboard -> lmsOptions -> Layout -> Footer, where you can find complete footer options.

• Enable Footer - Option to enable footer for your site.
• Column Layout Footer or Shortcode Section Footer - You can switch bewteen these 2 footers using Enable Shortcode Section
  1. Column Layout - 11 column layouts and 7 footer types are available.
  2. Shortcode Section - You can add any type of shortcode here, for your footer section.
• Background Image - Add background image for your footer, also choose background posistion and repeat option for the image.
• Copyright - You can add copyright text for your footer and also you can disable it anytime.
• Footer Menu - Show / hide footer menu here.
• Content - Content added here will be displayed along with copyright text.

17.2 How to add widgets to footer ?

• Once you have enabled Column Layout for footer using above options, than navigate to Dashboard -> Appearnce -> Widgets.
• Here you can find new widget areas created with the name of Footer Column, suffixed with columns count.
• Drag and drop the widgets from left hand side and configure widgets as per your needs.
• Now save the widgets and look at the frontend for your newly created widgets.

18.5 How To Install And Activate The Events Calendar

Step 1 – Navigate to the Plugins > Add New tab on your WordPress admin panel.

Step 2 – Once on the 'Add Plugins' page, search for 'The Events Calendar' plugin using the search field on the upper right corner.

Step 3 – When the search is done, you'll see The Events Calendar plugin developed by Modern Tribe in the list of results. Once you find the correct pluin, click the 'Install Now' button. Make sure to install the correct plugin.

Step 4 – Once it's finished installing successfully, click the 'Activate Plugin' link.

18.6 Responsive Styled Google Maps

This is the easiest WordPress plugin which generates responsive and styled maps for your WordPress website. The plugin uses a shortcode which is very easy to generate and has enough customization options. The maps generated are 100% responsive

1. First of all, make sure that you have installed and activated the "Responsive Styled Google Maps Plugin"
2. Open any page, post, custom post type or text widget and create your map with [res_map address="your_address"] shortcode.
3. To customize the map, add parameters like this: [res_map parameter1="value" parameter2="value"] or go to your wordpress admin panel, navigate to Settings -> Responsive Styled Maps Helper menu item. It will open the plugin's panel like in the image below, where you can customize various settings.