Installing the Atlas Theme.
Theme Installation
Installing the theme can be done two ways. You can upload the zipped theme file, "atlas.zip", using the built in WordPress theme upload, or copy the files through an FTP client.
WordPress Theme Upload
1 | Login to your WordPress admin. |
2 | In the "Appearance > Themes" menu click the tab at the top labeled "Install Themes". |
3 | At the top of the page click, "Upload", then click the file field to select a file. |
4 | Select the zipped theme file and click "Install Now". |
5 | After installation you will receive a success message confirming your new install. |
6 | Click the link "Activate". |
Uploading by FTP
1 | Login to your FTP server and navigate to your WordPress themes directory. Normally this would be "wp-content/themes". |
2 | Extract the files from the zipped theme. |
3 | Copy the folder "atlas" to your themes directory. |
4 | After the files have finished uploading, login to your WordPress admin. |
5 | In the "Appearance" menu click "Themes". |
6 | Click "Activate" for the theme "Atlas PMPRO". |
Setting Up Your Website As The Live Demo
In this section you will learn how to setup your website as the live demo.
- Install And Activate The Atlas Theme - Do not use the atlas child theme if you don't know what a child theme is. For more info about child themes read here
- Install all the required plugins and make sure you activate every required plugin.
- After installation navigate to the theme options panel and press the save button to save the default settings of the theme
- Navigate to Tools -> Import and import dummy data read here for full instructions how to import dummy data
- After importing dummy data, you need to setup the homepage, since the homepage page has already been created after the import, navigate to the Reading Settings, "Settings > Reading", select a "static page" for the front page display and make sure you set the page "Home" or "Homepage"
- Navigate to the Theme Options Panel -> General Settings -> Search Results Page and select the page called "Search Results", this will make sure your search form will work.
- Navigate to Theme Options -> Listings Settings -> Main Settings -> Map Type ID and select the option "Roadmap"
- Navigate to Theme Options -> User Dashboard and select each corresponding page for each option, this will ensure that the internal linking system of the pages works.
- You're done and ready :D have a look at the video tutorial below if you need more information.
Setting Up Your Website As The Live Demo (Video Tutorial)
Differences between "Atlas" and "Atlas Old" themes.
The original "Atlas Old" theme comes with a customized version of the "Paid Memberships Pro" plugin (PMPRO), the theme includes this customized version because, at the time when development of the theme started, the pmpro plugin did not have all the required features that i intended to add for the theme, hence a modification to the core of the plugin was needed.
However, after more than a year, PMPRO now includes all the required features, filters and actions so that the theme can keep working without having to modify or replace the existing plugin. It is highly recommended that you use the "Atlas PMPRO" version of the theme since it supports the latest updates to the PMPRO plugin together with all the new features and fixes that have been applied to it over the year.
If you have purchased the Atlas theme prior to the 19th of October 2014, and your site it's still under development, it's highly recommended that you switch over to the PMPRO version of the theme.
It is not recommended that you switch a live site from "atlas" to "atlas pmpro" simply because the existing memberships are not compatible between the 2 plugins.
The Atlas PMPRO theme can be found into the "atlas.zip" file and "atlas" folder.