### Doc NAVIGATION

- Getting Started
  - Requirements
  - What's Included
- WordPress Installation
- Installing the theme
  - Using Theme Uploader
  - Using FTP Clients
  - Updating the theme
  - Installing required plugins
- Importing Demo Contents
  - Automatic Import
- Basic Site Setting
  - Change Site Title and Favicon
  - Change Logo
  - Setting a Home Page and Blog Page
  - Customize Menu
  - One page Navigation
  - Setup Coming Soon/Maintenance Mode
- Portfolio
  - Creating a project
- Theme Options
  - General
  - Social Networks
  - Header
  - Footer
  - Page Banner
  - Blog Archive
  - Blog Single
  - 404 Page
  - Back to Top Arrow
- Global Color Options
- Elementor Widget
- Contact Form
- Change Log

# Getting Started

Welcome to Doob ! We would like to thank you for choosing our theme Doob.

Doob is designed for Business, Corporate, Finance, Travel Agencies, Corporate businesses, SEO Agencies, Personal portfolios, Freelancers, Collaborate, Applications, Sass Landing, and various kinds of consulting services. It comes with Bootstrap 5 and 40+ home variations (more are coming soon). etc Theme Built With Elementor Page Builder!

## Requirements

There are system requirements in order to install and setup Doob theme and its components properly. Make sure that you are running the latest version of WordPress, PHP version 5.6 or higher and MySQL version 5.6 or higher. We also recommend the following PHP configuration limits. https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

### Recommended PHP configuration limits

                                                max_execution_time = 300;
                                                upload_max_filesize = 128M;
                                                post_max_size = 128M;
                                                max_input_time = 300;
                                                memory_limit = 512M;

## What's Included

After purchasing Doob theme on themeforest.net with your Envato account, go to your Download page. You can choose to download Doob theme only (Installable WordPress Theme) or the entire Doob theme package which contains the following files:

### The contents of the theme package downloaded from ThemeForest:

- doob.zip - An Installable WordPress Theme zip file. this file you need to upload to WordPress.
- doob-child.zip - This file contains the basic child theme that you can use with our theme. Just installing it won’t hurt and in case you decide to make some changes/extend the source code of the theme, it will be very helpful because it helps not to lose your custom changes after updating the parent theme. More on child themes
- Plugins - This folder contains plugins required to work with our theme.
- Demo Data - This folder contains the demo content file which will help you to import the demo manually.
- Licensing - This folder contains the terms and conditions of the license.
- Documentation - This folder contains what you are reading now :)

## WordPress Installation

Please follow the instructions in the video to see how you can install WordPress on your hosting:

1. For local host - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snFzbPm_RUE
2. For cPanel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-YBqV2ReR0

## Installing the theme

> Important! if you download the All Files archive from ThemeForest and try to upload it to your WordPress, you will receive this error: Theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Please make sure you unzipped the main archive and are uploading the correct file to your WordPress.

When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme files and then activate the theme itself. The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:

How to Setup and Demo Import (Video): Click here to view the video for example

### 1. Using Theme Uploader

Follow the steps as instructed in the images below:

1. From the dashboard go to Appearance Themes Add New Upload Theme
2. Click on “Choose File” and select doob.zip
3. Click on “Install Now”.
4. Active the Theme

Appearance → Themes → Add New
Click on “Choose File” and select doob.zip and Click on “Install Now”.
Active Doob Theme

### 2. Using FTP Clients

Follow the following steps to upload your theme using FTP clients:

1. Use an FTP such as FileZilla and go to your WordPress installation director
2. Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ folder and upload the theme folder there
3. Log in to your WP Admin Dashboard and open the Appearance Themes menu
4. You will now see Doob Theme listed among the other themes. Click on Activate and you’re done!

### 3. Updating the theme

We recommend that you use the Envato Market plugin to keep the theme up-to-date.

1. Download the Envato Market plugin from here: http://envato.github.io/wp-envato-market/dist/envato-market.zip
2. Install the plugin from Plugins Add New
3. Once installed, you should see an Envato Market menu on the admin sidebar. Click on it.
4. Enter your Envato API Personal Token in the Token field. If you don’t have an API token you can create one here or click on the generate a personal token link on that page.
5. Once you have pasted your token in the Token field, click on Save Changes.
6. Should your token be correct, two extra tabs are now available on your Envato Market page. Click on the Plugins tab.

Enter your Envato API Personal Token.

> If an update is available for the Doob Theme, click on the Update Available link, which should start installing your update.

Envato Market Plugin Official Site: https://envato.com/market-plugin/

### 4. Installing required plugins

Doob theme requires a set of core and additional plugins to function correctly. A plugin is an additional component that offers functionality and features beyond a typical WordPress installation. Without them, most of its functionality is not available. After installing the theme you will be prompted to install the required plugins at the top of your dashboard.

1. From the dashboard go to Appearance Install Plugins
2. Toggle all the required plugins and hint “Install”;
3. The last step will be activating the plugins.

Click on the begin installing plugins link to install all the required plugins.
Select all and install
Select all and Activate

## Importing Demo Contents

- Automatic Import

### Automatic Import

Want to build your site like the demo? You can do it by only one click!

> ##### Warning: Before proceeding, please remember that when you are done with the demo import, all existing settings and contents will be removed and replaced by the demo contents. So it is highly recommended that you should only do this in fresh site.

First please make sure that Doob Parent Theme is activated on your site.

1. Ensure, that the Doob Demo Importer plugin is installed and activated;
2. From the dashboard go to Tools Install Demo Data
3. Choose the demo you want to install and click on the Install button​ below​;
4. And change the permalink: From the dashboard go to Settings Permalink

In this page, Click on the Install button for installing the demo.
After importing demo data, please update your permalink. To update permalink, navigate to Settings -> Permalink and then click on Save Settings button.

## Change Site Title and Favicon

To change your Site title and Favicon login to wp-admin and navigate to Dashboard Appearance Customize Site Identity and follow the following steps:

go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Site Identity and change it.

## Change Logo

To change your Site logo, login to wp-admin and go to Dashboard Doob Theme Options General and follow the following steps:

Go to Dashboard > Doob Theme Options > General > upload your logo from here.

## Setting a Home Page and Blog Page

To set the home and blog page, login to wp-admin and go to Dashboard Settings Reading and follow the following steps:

Select your Home and Blog Page.

## Customize Menu

To set the menus, login to wp-admin and go to Dashboard Appearance Menus and follow the following steps:

Customize the menu 1
Customize the menu 2

## One page Navigation

1. Prepare the page
2. Create a new page. To do that go to Pages Add New and give the page a title and then add a Block element to the content. Add section unique "ID" into Per Block.
3. Prepare the menu
4. Go to Appearance Menu click the create a new menu link Give the new menu a unique name and then click the Create Menu button.
5. Add menu item with section ID
6. Select Onepage menu for this page from page attributes options

01. Create a page
02. Add content block with "unique ID"
03. Create a new menu for one page
04. Add custom link item with section id
05. Set One page menu
06. From page attributes section
07. One Page Preview

#### For different Home Pages, there is the pre-made menu.

- Main Menu - For Multi-Page/Inner Page Demo
- Footer Bottom Menu - For Footer Bottom Menu (No depth supported)
- - and more

#### You can also use external link with one page menu.

1. Go to Appearance Menu click the menu item arrow icon
2. Select Yes form External link

01. External link
02. Select Yes

## Turn on Coming Soon/Maintenance Mode

WordPress Maintenance Mode: What Is It and How to Use It. https://elementor.com/blog/wordpress-maintenance-mode/

1. Get back to the WordPress Dashboard and navigate to Elementor Tools Maintenance Mode
2. Choose between Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
3. Pick the template for the Coming Soon Mode. Template name "Coming Soon"

> Note: You will see a red button on your top WordPress bar with the text: " Maintenance Mode ON".

> Tip: You can use the same process described here for "Maintenance Mode"

Elementor > Tools > Maintenance Mode
Choose between Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
Pick the template for the Coming Soon Mode. Template name "Coming Soon" and click the save change button
Maintenance Mode ON
Active Coming Soon Mode

## Creating a project

To create a new project do the following:

1. From the dashboard go to Portfolio All Items Add New
2. Add project meta and click the publish button
3. Then click the "Edit with Elementor" Button Or Edit with Block Editor
4. Add project content

Create a portfolio
Add meta data, content and publish the project

## General

To change Doob General Options navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options General

General menu contains such tabs as website logo settings.

The logo can be uploaded in 4 variants. This is very helpful in case you have pages with different backgrounds and are using a transparent header. It makes you available to choose the logo which looks the best for each of your pages individually.

General

## Social Networks

To change Social Networks Options navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Social Networks

Pul your social profile link here.

Add your link here

## Header

To change Header Layout and setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Header

Change Header Setting

## Footer

To change Footer Layout and setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Footer

Change Footer Setting

## Page Banner

To change Page Banner Layout and setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Page Banner

Change Page Banner Setting

## Blog Archive

To change Blog Archive setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Blog Archive

Change Blog Archive Setting

## Blog Single

To change Blog Single setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options Blog Single

Change Blog Single Setting

## 404 Page

To change 404 Page setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options 404 Page

Change 404 Page Setting

## Back to Top Arrow

To change Back to Top Arrow setting, navigate to Appearance Doob Theme Options General Enable Back To Top

Change Back to Top Arrow Setting
Change Back to Top Arrow Setting

## Global Color Options

To change Global Color Options setting, navigate to Appearance Customize Doob Color Options Global Colors

Change Global Color Options Setting

## Elementor Elements/Widget

Elementor Page Builder has a lot of built-in widgets by default. But for your convenience we've created 30+ custom Elementor Widgets that you can use in your website and extend website functionality. You can find them under RAINBOW ELEMENTS section on Elementor edit mode.

Elementor Custom Widget/Addons

## Contact Form

We are using plugin "Contact Form 7" for contact functionality. You can see their documentation for better understanding. https://contactform7.com/docs/

If you don't want to go through all the troubles to check their documentation and just want to use the default contact form we provided with this theme, please at least set up the default emails in contact form settings. To do that, please follow the steps below:

1. Get back to the WordPress Dashboard and navigate to Contact Contact Form
2. Choose between Doob Contact Form
3. Click the edit link
4. and then go to the "mail" tab

Contact Form Mail Tab

## Change Log

Rainbow-Themes team never stops Improving, bug fixes, and improvements. See What's New. We recommend you to read the changelog for every update.

###### 24 January, 2024

Small Update

1.2.0

FixedCore Plugin Theme Dependencies

FixedClass 'Doob_Helper' not Found Isseus

FixedMobile Menu Issues for RTL Fersion

###### 16 January, 2024

Big Update

1.1.0

AddedRTL Version

FixedSliding Repeater Text Input Field

FixedPrimary Slider Conditions Field

FixedSome Responsive isseus

###### 01 January, 2024

Init release

1.0.0

NewTheme release

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