Marketplace

General Setup

Installation

To install the Marketplace theme, you must first have a working WordPress(.org) installation. For information on installing WordPress, please see Installing WordPress from the WordPress Codex. Once WordPress has been setup in your hosting environment, you can install your theme using one of two ways:

FTP upload:

Download and un-zip the marketplace.zip folder.
Using the FTP program of your choice, upload the file to the ‘../wp-content/themes/’ folder on your server.

WordPress dashboard:

Download the theme from your WooCommerce.com account.
Sign into your WordPress dashboard (e.g., yourdomain.com/wp-admin).
Navigate to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme. Choose file and select the file you downloaded in step 1.
Click Install Now.”
Once the theme is uploaded, you will need to activate it either with the provided link or under Appearance > Themes.

Note: If you use Safari as your primary browser, you may find that your theme folder is not zipped after downloading it. You will need to re-compress your theme folder before initiating the second installation process.

Image Dimensions

Theme defined image dimensions are as follows (these can be found in the ‘Theme Setup’ function at the top of your functions.php file):

Logo: 240 x 240px
Agency Featured Large: 2400 x 1800px
Agency Featured Medium: 1200 x 800px

Custom Menus

You can setup and manage your menu under Appearance > Menus in your WordPress dashboard. The theme utilizes 3 custom menus; a Top Menu, Main Menu, and Social Menu for displaying social media icons in the lower right corner of the footer. See the Codex for an explanation of the custom menu system (Note: this tutorial is for WordPress.com, but the process is the same).

Demo Content

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Demo content can be installed using the One Click Demo Import plugin. Upon activating the theme, you will be recommended to install the plugin. Follow these steps to install the demo content:

Installation and activate the One Click Demo Import plugin.
Make sure all required plugins are active.
Navigate to Appearance > Import Demo Data within the WordPress admin.
Click the blue “Import” button for the Default Demo Import.
Wait for the import to complete. It may take a few minutes.
Begin editing.

Note: All content, widgets and Customizer options will be imported from the theme demo. Importing demo data will add to any existing content you have already created. Deleting the demo content must be done manually.

Home Page Setup

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The home page in the Marketplace Theme demo is created using a combination of WordPress and WooCommerce blocks. The legend below outlines the blocks that are used on the home page demo. You can manually recreate the demo layout by manually adding the blocks in the legend. Otherwise, you can import the demo content and edit the blocks as seen in the demo.

Theme Options

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Font Pairings

The theme provides options for selecting from hand-picked font pairings. To change the fonts, navigate to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Fonts within the WordPress admin.

Additional Theme Options

In addition, the theme provides the following options within the WordPress Customizer:

Logo Resizer: Within the Appearance > Customize > Site Identity options, the theme features the option to upload and scale a logo image to the size of your liking.

Header Width: Within theAppearance > Customize > Site Identity options, the theme features the option to set a custom pixel width for your header content.

Title Font: Within the Appearance > Customize > Site Identity options, the theme features the option to change the Site Title font from a list of hand-picked Google Fonts.

Site Identity: Additionally, within the Appearance > Customize > Site Identity options, you may choose to toggle the display of your Site Title and Site Tagline.

Colors: Within the Appearance > Customize > Colors options, you can optionally choose different colors for the menu background, header background, and various link colors.

WooCommerce

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The theme requires WooCommerce for selling products. After installing and activating WooCommerce, you may configure the display of products in your shop within the Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce settings.

Please see WooCommerce documentation for additional help with using WooCommerce: http://docs.woothemes.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/

Dokan Multivendor

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The theme requires the Dokan Multivendor plugin for multi-vendor functionality. The plugin provides functionality for users to signup as vendors on your website. Approved vendors are able to create their own products, and manage their store. Additionally, they are provided with a dashboard to view their statistics, manage orders, withdraw earnings, and more.

The Dokan Lite plugin may be downloaded for free from the WordPress plugin directly here.