1. Introduction

CLDirectory WordPress Theme Documentation

For any support please don't hesitate to contact us at support@radiustheme.com. We provide 15 hours real-time support for our customers.

We would like to thank you for choosing CLDirectory WordPress theme.

1.1. Requirements

You need at least WordPress version 5.9+ installed for this theme to work properly. It is strongly recommended that you always use the latest stable version of Wordpress to ensure all known bugs and security issues are fixed. Other requirements:

  • PHP version 7 or greater. But for maximum speed gain we recommend you to use PHP version 7.4+.
  • MySQL version 5.6 or greater OR MariaDB version 10.0 or greater.
  • WordPress memory limit of 128 MB or greater.

Server Requirements: https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/handbook/handbook/server-environment

1.2. What's Included

After downloading CLDirectory theme, the entire theme package which contains the following files:

  • CLDirectory theme: An Installable WordPress Theme zip file.
  • CLDirectory child-theme: A child-theme zip file and a readme.txt note about the child-theme.
  • Documentation: A link to this documentation.

2. 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

3. Upload and Activate Theme

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:

3.1. Using Theme Uploader

After that you need to install and activate the following pre-packaged plugins:

  1. Classified Listing Pro: Required and must install plugin.
  2. Classified Listing Free: Required and must install plugin.
  3. Classified Listing Store: Optional. Install if you want store functionality.
  4. CLDirectory Core: Required and must install plugin.
  5. Elementor Website Builder: Required. Page builder plugin.
  6. RT Framework: Required and must install plugin.
  7. RT Demo Importer: Required if you want to import demo contents. You can deactivate it after demo is imported.
  8. WP Fluent Forms: Optional. Install if you want to use contact form.
  9. Mailchimp for WordPress: Optional. Install email marketing.

N.B: All plugins must be installed and activated if you want your site to look exactly like demo.

Follow the steps as instructed in the images below:

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3.2. 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 CLDirectory Theme listed among the other themes. Click on activate and you’re done!

4. Importing Demo Contents

We are providing you two methods for importing demo contents: Automatic and Alternative. You can follow either one of these methods.

  1. Automatic (Recommended): This method will remove all your existing data, so use this method only in fresh website. This procedure will be faster because you just have to do one click and then everything will happen automatically. If you want an exact clone of demo website without doing any manual configuration after importing data then this method is appropiate for you.
  2. Alternative: Use this method only if:
    • Automatic demo import method fails ( Only few of our customers like 5% have experienced this issue due to their hosting limits, in that case we also provide free demo importing service if you contact with us).
    • You already have a working website with existing contents(eg. posts, pages etc).

4.1 Automatic Import

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

** Note: 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 CLDirectory Parent Theme is activated on your site.

From Admin menu, navigate to Tools -> Demo Content Install. Or alternatively, navigate to Plugins -> RT Demo Importer -> Install Demo Contents.

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In this page, Click on the Install button for installing the demo.

It will take some time for importing the demo contents.

After importing demo data, please update your permalink. To update permalink, navigate to Settings -> Permalink and then click on Save Settings button.

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If you face any issue in demo installation process please check the Troubleshooting Section(18) from here

5. Set Home and Blog Page

To set the default Home and Blog page please login to wp-admin and navigate to Dashboard > Settings > Reading

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6. Customize Menu

To customize the menu please login to wp-admin and navigate toAppearance > Menus and follow the following steps:

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7. 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:

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8. Change Global Colors

To change all global colors login to wp-admin and navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Color and follow the following steps:

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9. Change Logo

To change the site logo login to your wp-admin and navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > General and follow the following steps:

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10. Change Typography

To change the typography of your site navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Typography

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11.1 General

To change General Options navigate to Appearance > Customize > General

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11.2 Header

To change Header Options navigate to Appearance > Customize > Header

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11.3 Footer

To change Footer Copyright Options navigate to Appearance > Customize > Footer.

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11.4.1 Page Layout

To change Page Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Pages Layout.

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11.4.2 Blog Layout

To change Blog Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Blog Layout.

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11.4.3 Single Post Layout

To change Sinlge Post Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Single Post Layout.

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11.4.4 Listing Archive Layout

To change Listing Archive Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Listing Archive Layout.

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11.4.5 Listing Single Layout

To change Listing Single Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Listing Single Layout.

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11.4.6 Store Archive Layout

To change Store Archive Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Store Archive Layout Layout.

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11.4.6 Store Single Layout

To change Store Single Layout navigate to Appearance > Customize > Layout Settings > Store Single Layout Layout.

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11.5.1 Blog Settings

To change Blog Settings navigate to Appearance > Customize > Blog Settings.

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11.5.2 Post Settings

To change Single Post Settings navigate to Appearance > Customize > Post Settings.

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11.6.1 Error Page Settings

To change 404 page settings navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Error Page.

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11.6.2 Contact Info Settings

To change contact information navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Contact Info.

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12. Elementor Widgets

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

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13. Setting up Contact Form

We are using plugin WP Fluent Forms for contact functionality. You can see their documentation for better understanding.

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:

Step 1: Navigate to Fluent Forms Menu, then click on any contact form settings and go to Email Notification tab. Then click on Add Notification button.

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Step 2: Here you should set your own email address where you want to get notification user submitted forms. You can also check this link

Notification Image

Step 3: Please submit some dummy forms from Contact page to make sure that it's working properly.

14. Built-in CSS Classes (Advanced)

You can use the following built-in css classes if needed:

  • --rt-primary-color: set primary color
  • --rt-secondary-color: set secondery color
  • --rt-primary-rgb: set primary color rgb color
  • --rt-secondary-rgb: set secondary color rgb color
  • rt-btn-style: general button style class name

15. Translating Theme

You can translate this theme to another language easily. You have to translate several things for your website to work properly:

  • Theme: CLDirectory
  • Plugin: CLDirectory Core
  • Plugin: Classified Listing Pro
  • Plugin: Classified Listing Store

There are many tools available for translation. But the easiest way is to use plugin "Loco Translate". Using this plugin, you can literally translate any WordPress themes or plugins if it supports translation.

--- Here's a step by step tutorial about translating any themes and plugins using "Loco Translate":

Step 1: Install and activate plugin "Loco Translate".

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Step 2: Select the Theme or Plugin you want to translate from "Loco Translate" menu.

Step a: Theme Translate

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Step b: Plugin Translate

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Step 3: Click on New language link.

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Step 4: Select your preferred language, and also select your location as "System". Then click on "Start Translating" button.

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Step 5: Click on the "Sync" button for the first time. Then start translating strings like the image below.

Here's a quick video tutorial about how to use Loco Translate:

16. Updating Theme

Occationally we provide updates which includes new features and bugfixes. Updating WordPress theme is standard WordPress functionality.

Before Updating Theme:

** Before updating please make sure to keep a backup of your installed theme and plugins (eg. CLDirectory Core) to be on safe side.

You can use this plugin to keep the backup: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-theme-plugin-download/

There are few ways to update WordPress theme. You can follow any of the methods described below:

Method 1: By Uploading zip File

  1. From WordPress Admin Panel, Navigate to Appearance -> Themes.
  2. Activate any other theme (eg. Twenty Seventeen) than the current one.
  3. Delete CLDirectory Theme.
  4. Now you have to upload the updated theme zip file. To do this, Navigate to Appearance -> Themes -> Add New -> Upload. Go to browse, and select the zipped theme folder. Hit "Install Now" and the theme will be uploaded and installed.

Method 2: By FTP

  1. Using your FTP client, navigate to "/wp-content/themes/" folder on your server and delete the "CL Restaurant" folder from there.
  2. Now upload the latest non-zipped theme folder into that "/wp-content/themes/" folder .

After Updating Theme:

** After updating the theme please update all plugins which come with the theme.

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17. Demo Content installation failed

This is a hosting issue. In most hostings demo installation will work fine. But some hostings block certain permissions which may cause this issue. If this happens to you, you can contact your hosting provider or alternatively send a support request to support@radiustheme.com and we will help you to fix this.

18. 404 Error in all pages

If you face this type of issue, please update your permalink. To update permalink, navigate to Settings -> Permalink and then click on Save Settings button.

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19.Listing Single Page Options

Appearance > Customize > Listing Settings > Listing Single Settings

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20. Showing Select Custom Field on Listing Single Page

Step 1: Create Custom Field Form Plugin.

set permalink Note:
1.Create all text type field on a single group field
2.Create all select field on a single group field
3.Create all checkbox field on a single group field

Step 2: To select custom fields navigate to Appearance > Customize > Listing Settings > Listing Single Settings

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21.Listing Archive Page Options

Appearance > Customize > Listing Settings > Listing Archive Settings

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22.Store Archive Page Options

Appearance > Customize > Listing Settings > Store Archive Settings

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23.Store Single Page Options

Appearance > Customize > Listing Settings > Store Single Settings

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24. Contact

If you face any issue please contact us at support@radiustheme.com. We provide 15 hours real-time support for our customers.

Thank you for purchasing our theme.