Thank you for choosing Contemporary and WooCommerce to power your E-Commerce store.
Installation
↑ Back to topThe fastest way to install Contemporary is through the WordPress administration dashboard.
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- Go to: Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme
- Upload the contemporary.zip file you have downloaded from WooCommerce.com
- Activate as you would any other WordPress theme then proceed with the Setup and Configuration.
To install Contemporary manually:
- Download the latest version of Contemporary from WooCommerce.com
- Upload the extracted folder to the
/wp-content/themes/
dir on your server via FTP. - Activate Contemporary from the Appearance > Themes screen in your dashboard.
More info at Using Themes.
Setup And Configuration
↑ Back to topBefore proceeding with the installation process, please make sure that WooCommerce is installed.
After activating your theme, please navigate to Appearance > Contemporary.
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Afterward, please click on the Demo Content Import tab. Please follow the steps to import your demo content.
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Customization
↑ Back to topYour customization settings are within Appearance > Customize > Contemporary.
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Logo & Favicon
↑ Back to topYou can change your logo from within Appearance > Customize > Site Identity.
Menus
↑ Back to topThere are 2 menu areas on Contemporary. You can assign your menus from Appearance > Menus.
- Primary Menu: Next to logo and inside mobile menu
- Secondary menu: Located inside mobile menu.
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Shop Filters & Sidebar
↑ Back to topThe shop sidebar uses widgets assigned to the Shop Sidebar within Appearance > Widgets.
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Customizing the Blog Page
↑ Back to topYou can select which categories to show on blog archive pages from Appearance > Customize > Contemporary > Blog.
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Footer
↑ Back to topYour footer is divided into columns. The number of columns can be adjusted from Appearance > Customize > Contemporary > Footer.
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Each column gets its content from the same Footer Sidebars within Appearance > Widgets.
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Sub-Footer
↑ Back to topSub-Footer can be toggled and its content modified from Appearance > Customize > Contemporary > Sub-Footer.
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Social Sharing in Blog Posts and Products
↑ Back to topSocial sharing in Wild Sports uses the JetPack plugin’s sharing features which can be configured from the below screen:
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