Increase PHP Values

Table of Contents
  • Increase the Max Input Vars Limit
  • Increase Maximum Execution Time
  • Increase Memory Limit
  • Troubleshooting

If your hosting provider enabled the option to change the PHP values from the Cpanel just login to your panel and change the options there.
Otherwise try the following methods. Be aware that this section requires advanced knowledge.

Increase The Max Input Vars Limit

The max_input_vars directive can be configured in .htaccess, php.ini or wp-config.php file. We recommend to increase default value to 3000. But if you have a lot of menu items try 5000 or higher.
Here is how you can do it:

In .htaccess

php_value max_input_vars 3000

In php.ini

max_input_vars = 3000

In wp-config.php

@ini_set( 'max_input_vars' , 3000 );

Increase Maximum Execution Time

You may receive a message such as Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceededor “Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded”. This means that it is taking to longer for a process to complete and it is timing out. There are a number of ways to fix this error.

In .htaccess

php_value max_execution_time 300

In php.ini

max_execution_time = 300

In wp-config.php

set_time_limit(300);

In .htaccess

php_value memory_limit 256M

In php.ini

memory_limit = 256M

In wp-config.php

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');

Troubleshooting

Should you not feel comfortable in trying the above methods, or the above did not work for you, you need to your hosting support about having them increase your PHP values.

Server Requirements

Table of Contents
  • PHP Configuration limits
  • Increasing limits

To use Zaap WordPress Theme, you must be running WordPress 6 or higher,

or newer version (WordPress officially suggests to use)

and MySQL 5 or higher version. Zaap has been tested with Mac, Windows and Linux. Below is a checklist of items your host needs to comply with to ensure proper operation:

Ensure your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
Make sure the latest version of WordPress is up and running.
If necessary, you can download the latest release of WordPress from the official WordPress website.

PHP Configuration Limits

Issues you may encounter, such as demo content fails when importing and similar issues, are generally related to excessively low PHP configuration limit settings. You can either increase these limits on your own, or contact your web host and ask to have the limits increased to the following minimums:

  • memory_limit =256M
  • max_input_vars =3000
  • max_execution_time = 300
  • post_max_size = 12M
  • upload_max_filesize = 12M
  • allow_url_fopen = ON
  • asp_tags = OFF

Make sure you have wp_remote_get() function enabled or unblocked by your hosting as this is default feature of WordPress and is required to get demo content from our server.

Hosting Requirements

Zaap works with most hosting companies having stable setup and standard hosting environment. However, we have seen if you use unconfigured aws/lightsail with bare minimum configuration theme import might not work. So it’s advised to use https://wordpress.org/hosting or Hostinger or any stable hosting. If you plan to use lightsail or Google cloud, use free cyberpanel which is very fast and has best configuration for running WordPress sites.

Demo import won’t work in Wpengine.com and WordPress.com or standalone ip with out ssl. Please don’t buy if you intend to use those.

For shared hosting, make sure your hosting company is providing at least 1 GB virtual ram for your account. With 512 or 784 mb ram allotment your site will load slow overall irrespective of theme you plan to use and it’s not a limitation of Zaap. WordPress based sites need around 1 GB RAM to run smoothly with moderate amount of traffic. To cater higher traffic, you might need better hosting or vps.

We don’t refund based on poor hosting choice.

Theme Installation And Demo Import

  1. Download the Zaap theme by clicking on 'All files & documentation' of 'Download' button.
  2. Make a fresh WordPress installation and login to your WordPress Admin Panel.
  3. Click on Appearance -> Themes -> Add New.
  4. Click on Upload Theme and choose the theme zip 'zaap.zip' file (Which you already got by downloading the full package) and click on 'Install Now' button.
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  5. Activate the Zaap theme.
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  6. Register the theme with your Envato username, email id and purchase code (Only one standard license is considered valid for one website since using more than 1 website on a single license is a gross infringement or violation of license).
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  7. After the successfully registered, click on Click here to continue with Plugin install process to install plugins.
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  8. Click on Install all plugins to install and activate all plugins (If you want to activate shop and want to import demo data of shop too, then check 'Activate Shop').
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  9. After successful plugin activation, click on Continue with Demo Import.
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  10. Now, click on OK on the Dialog Box to import the demo.
    (IMPORTANT: Installing this demo content will delete the content you currently have on your website. However, we create a backup of your current content in (Tools > Backup). You can restore the backup from there at any time in the future.)
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  11. Now relax and import process will automatically finish and will show you progress on screen (via progress bar).
  12. After successful Demo import you'll be taken to your site's home page. You have just one step to complete. Important One. Please don't skip this. Go to the WordPress Admin -> Elementor -> Tools -> Regenerate CSS and you're done.
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How to Setup/Active Child Theme

If you want to activate a child theme from the parent theme then we suggest to create a local backup of the additional CSS in the customizer of your parent theme, After activation of the child theme, copy all the CSS from your local backup then navigate to child theme Customizer by following WP Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS and paste it to child theme Customizer.

Additional CSS Additional CSS Editor

Note: After child theme activation if you notice any change in the font typography, then please navigate to the child theme customizer by following WP Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General > Google Font Typography and set the typography.

Setup Mega Menu

Please follow below steps to create a brand new mega menu from scratch. However, we recommend using existing mega menu (Which has come with the theme) and customize for ease of use through elementor.

  1. First go to “Mega Menus” section from Left admin bar. Then click “Add New”.
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  2. Add Mega Menu name. Let's say, new mega menu name is New Mega Menu.
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  3. Now edit the Mega Menu you created by using elementor.
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  4. Design your menu as you want through elementor.
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  5. Now go to ‘Appearance > Menus’ and click on “Screen Options” and select “Mega Menus”.
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  6. Now you need to add your created mega Menu in Website menus. Expand “Mega Menus” section and Select menu name which you want to add in your menu. You can add New Mega Menu (which you have just created) or select any other mega menu to be included under Website Menu as shown below.

    When done, then Click “Add to Menu” and “Save Menu”.


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Add/Edit Header

Header styles are coming through ‘Elementor’ and you can edit those styles froms ‘Template > Saved Templates’.

Those templates which are assigned under ‘Custom Header’ category are the templates of header. You can edit all those templates through ‘Elementor’.
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You can add new templates for header from ‘Templates > Add New’ (Choose ‘Section’ as template type, name your template and click on the ‘CREATE TEMPLATE button).
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After creating the template, please choose the ‘Custom Header’ category for that template.
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You can edit header by editing existing elements through ‘Elementor’. You can manage logo, menu and all other properties of header from there.
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Also, you can add all header properties (Logo, menu and all other properties) for new header by using ‘All Header Element’.
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Disable Header

Create a header by following same process as above but don't place any element on this header template i.e; keep the header template blank. After creating the template, once you'll choose this blank header template from Customizer or page, header will not be shown i.e; header will be disabled.

Footer Options

You can change footer from both Customizer and page level. If you want same footer on all pages, then choose any footer as per your choice from ‘Customizer > Footer >Default Footer Template’ (Figure-1) and choose ‘Theme Default Footer’ from page level (Figure-2) and this is not applicable Shop related pages.

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Figure-2
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If you want different footer on any page, then go to that page and choose any footer except ‘Theme Default Footer’ from ‘Select Custom Footer’ section.

Figure-3
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Header Options

You can change header from both Customizer and page level. If you want same header on all pages, then choose any header as per your choice from ‘Customizer > Header > General > Select Header Style’ (Figure-1) and choose ‘Theme Default Header’ from page level (Figure-2) and this is not applicable to Blog, Blog single, Shop and Product detail pages.

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Figure-2
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If you want different header on any page, then go to that page and choose any header except ‘Theme Default Header’ from ‘Select Custom Header’ section.

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As layout for ‘Blog’ and ‘Shop’ pages are managing from Theme Options only, so you won't be able to edit those pages through ‘Elementor’ and can't choose individual header for them from page level. You can choose header for them from ‘Customizer > Header > General’ (Figure-4).

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Logo And Retina Logo Change


After login to wp-admin, go to the front-end and click on header template under ‘Edit with Elementor’.
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Go to ‘Custom Logo’ section and you can change logo from there (from ‘Default Logo’ field). You can change Retina Logo from there too (From ‘Default Retina Logo’ field). For retina logo to work the name of the retina logo must be the normal logo [email protected] eg. if the normal logo is my_image.png then the retina logo name should be [email protected] Also both images must be in the same location.
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Setup Contact Form

Contact form 7 is used to create ‘easy to handle’ and ‘easy to customize’ forms. This theme has seven pre-built forms. To get all forms, ‘Contact Form 7’ plugin must be installed and activated. You can add/edit/delete the contact form by following this documentation-
https://contactform7.com/getting-started-with-contact-form-7/

If you have imported our demo designs then you'll get all contact forms along with demo import. You only need to configure them to suit your purpose. We've created contact forms through ‘Contact Form 7’. Once you'll import the demo designs, you'll find all the forms on ‘Contact > Contact Forms’.

You need to provide all the information for every contact form, so that you can get the details upon customers fill up any form. You can put information(Information may vary as per the form) on the ‘Mail’ tab as per below screenshot:-

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Contact form 7 uses php mail() function to send form data. Few hosting providers block php mail() function to send email via forms. In such case you may need to authenticate using
https://wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-mailer/ or similar.

Theme Update

Download the latest package of the theme, unpack the files, and upload the theme on the server.

You need to upload the theme on your server by following these steps–

  1. Login to your Hosting
  2. Go to public_html>wp-content>themes
  3. Upload the updated zip file of your theme
  4. Delete the theme of the present version
  5. unzip the updated version of the theme
  6. After unzip, you may delete the theme zip

Plugin Update

Point to note: If you did any changes on any plugin files, then keep backup of them, so that you can upload those files again after updating the plugin.

You can update plugins by following below steps–

  1. Login to your wp-admin
  2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Now, delete those plugins which you want to update.
  4. Now, go to ‘Appearance > WpIgnite Dashboard’ and re-install and re-activate those plugins again and you'll get the updated plugins.

How Can I Change Image For 404 Page?

You can change image for 404 page. Please go to Customizer–>Pages–>Error 404.

Here is an option to change change and text.Please check screenshot.

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Change Slug Of Custom Post Type

You can change the slug of existing custom post types from ‘Customizer > General > Custom Slug’.

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After changing the slug, please set the permalink once from ‘Settings > Permalinks’.

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Blog Setup

Table of Contents
  • The Blog Page
  • Blog layout in Customizer.

WordPress shows by default your posts in the homepage but you can configure a specific page for your posts.

The Blog Page

To setup the blog page, in your WordPress admin panel, navigate to Settings → Reading.

For example if you already have a page named “Blog“, for the Your homepage displays, select “A static page” and choose your “Blog” page as the Posts page.

This is what you should see on your screen:

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Blog layout In Customizer.

Go to Appearance->Customizer->Blog-> Blog Layout

Select your default posts listing in Blog Layout option:

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Blog Single Options

Go to Appearance ->Customizer->blog->single page layout (IMPORTANT: You need to add/edit Blog posts through elementor only).

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Portfolio-Setup

To show Portfolio select addon on your selected page. After selecting Portfolio style you can show Portfolio category wise.

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Translation

Table of Contents
  • Use Poedit software
  • Use Loco Translate
Use Poedit Software

For individuals who desire translation using files included in the theme, we suggest using the .mo/.po files. These files work in 'buddies' or pairs, so for every language, you must have 2 files with the same name but with a different extension name altogether. For example, if you wish to translate into the French language, your files would be fr_FR.mo and fr_FR.po

To make edits on these files, you have to use Poedit which is an “easy to use” software. You only need to upload our provided .pot file into Poedit, then edit relevant text values, save the file and upload them into the language folder that is included or provided in the theme.

Use Loco Translate

You can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/ plugin for translate too.

How To Add Clients

Please go through the points given below to understand how to create a new client item—

  1. Login to WordPress admin panel.
  2. Navigate to “Clients > Add New Client”.
  3. Provide a suitable title for your client item.
  4. Provide client category.
  5. Provide client image on client cover image section.
  6. Finally, click on “Publish” button to publish your client item.
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How To Add Testimonials

Please go through the points given below to understand how to create a new testimonial item—

  1. Login to WordPress admin panel.
  2. Navigate to “Testimonials > Add New Testimonial”
  3. Provide a suitable title for your testimonial item.
  4. Provide content.
  5. Provide ‘Designation’.
  6. Provide ‘Rating’ if you needed.
  7. Provide testimonial category.
  8. Provide testimonial image.
  9. Finally, click on Publish button to publish your testimonial item.
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