Chocolate Store Free Documentation
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Introduction
- Theme Name : Chocolate Store
- Author : mishkatwp
- Support Forum : https://wordpress.org/support/theme/chocolate-store/
- License : GNU General Public License v3 or later
- Discription : The Chocolate Store WordPress Theme is an ideal solution tailored for chocolate shops, gourmet boutiques, and artisan confectioners looking to establish a sophisticated online presence. Designed for businesses ranging from luxury chocolate stores to organic cocoa shops, this theme offers an elegant platform to showcase your products, whether it’s handcrafted truffles, personalized chocolate gifts, or seasonal holiday hampers. Perfect for both local handmade chocolate stores and online chocolate shops, the theme allows you to highlight your unique offerings, such as Belgian or Swiss chocolates, vegan treats, or sugar-free delights. Its visually appealing design combines rich color schemes and mouthwatering imagery to captivate visitors and turn them into loyal customers. Whether you’re running a chocolate gift shop or promoting your exclusive chocolate boxes, this theme sets the perfect stage for your brand. Essential features include a testimonial section, integrated social media links, and a blog to share chocolate recipes or gift ideas. The responsive design ensures a seamless experience across all devices, and the WooCommerce compatibility supports easy online sales for chocolate subscription boxes or festive gift hampers. Whether you’re a chocolate shop for weddings or a chocolate-covered snacks store, this theme provides the tools to make your store a standout success.
Establishing the Theme
Configure Theme
You can also install your theme through the WP Admin interface
To begin, access your WordPress admin area by logging in. Once logged in, navigate to the desired task by clicking on...
1. In dashboard click on Appearance >> Themes
2. Once the page has finished loading, direct your attention to the top of the themes page. Locate the prominent "Add New" button and proceed to click on it. This action will initiate the process of adding a new theme to your WordPress site.
3. Click on the button labeled as 'Upload Theme'.
Select the "chocolate-store.zip" theme from Browse button, and after that select "Install Now."
5. After successfully installing your theme, WordPress will display success message and a link to activate or view a live preview of it. You've done a great job installing your theme!
Configure Home Page
The options of this page template (like sections location, disabling sections, number of posts they display) can be controlled it.
To design a home page, follow these steps.
1. Make a page to set the template: visit Dashboard Pages -- Add New Page
Name it "home" or anything as you like. Then, from the template dropdown, pick "front page template".
The Page Attributes section provides your page a parent page and a template.
1. Make a page to set the template: Go to Dashboard Pages -- Add New Page
Design front page as follows: Visit Setting -- Reading -- To set the home page as a static page for your website
All of the demo content will be visible on top page once you're done.
Essential Plugins
When you initially activate the theme, you'll be asked to install these plugins on your Dashboard. You can ignore the message if you don't want to install these plugins on theme activation, and if you change your mind later, you can install them manually.
In the Dashboard, click on Plugins >> Install Plugins.
Configure Menu
Configure Menu
In the dashboard, visit Appearance >> Menu
To access the Menu Editor, visit the Dashboard and click on the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side. From there, select the 'Menus' option.
To create a new menu, follow these steps:At the top of the page, select "Create a new menu".Enter a name for your new menu in the "Menu Name" box.Click on the "Create Menu" button.
Your new custom menu has been successfully created.
To add items to your menu
In the Menu Editor, locate the section labeled "Pages"
Click the checkbox next to each page's title that you want to add.
Once you have selected the desired pages, click the "Add to Menu" button.
Custom menu has been successfully saved
On the front end, the menu will appear as follows.
Chocolate Store Theme Configure
Logo Configure
Proceed with Theme Logo setup, you can set site title and tagline, proceed as described below.
In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Customize -- Site Identity -- Set Title and Tagline You can also make the tagline hidden.
Header Section
Proceed with Header, so proceed as described below.
In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Customize -- Home Page Sections -- Header
On the front end, the appearance will resemble the following.
Home Slider Section
Important Step: Install WooCommerce plugin in your wordpress.
This screen is divided into 2 sections, the Add New Category and category table sections.
All of the categories are listed in this table. Categories are organized alphabetically and hierarchically.
Follow the instructions given below to setup Category Settings.
Once you have done with this you will see the categories on your theme customize.
In order to proceed with Products Settings, You can set product titel, product description, price and image. And select which category you want this product to show.
Follow the instructions given below to setup product settings.
In the dashboard, visit Products >> Add New
You can make multiple latest products for category.
Proceed with Theme Slider Settings , you can set slide show , proceed as described below.
In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Customize -- Home Page Sections -- Home Slider
Select number slides to show, then select image for the slide
Set all the details which is required for slider
On the front end, the appearance will resemble the following.
Products Section
Important Step: Install WooCommerce plugin in your wordpress.
This screen is divided into 2 sections, the Add New Category and category table sections.
All of the categories are listed in this table. Categories are organized alphabetically and hierarchically.
Follow the instructions given below to setup Category Settings.
Once you have done with this you will see the categories on your theme customize.
In order to proceed with Products Settings, You can set product titel, product description, price and image. And select which category you want this product to show.
Follow the instructions given below to setup product settings.
In the dashboard, visit Products >> Add New
You can make multiple latest products for category.
Proceed with Theme Products Settings proceed as described below.
In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Customize -- Home Page Sections -- Home Products
Select number Products to show, then select image for the Products
Set all the details which is required for Products
On the front end, the appearance will resemble the following.
Configure Footer Section
There are four columns in the footer. Any widget can be added there.
1. In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Widgets
To add widgets to the footer, see the screenshot below.
You can add footer coloumns, for that you need to select widgets like text, image, gallery, etc which allows you to add text or image as per your choice with ease.
Proceed with manage content for footer and add some widgets, navigate to, proceed as described below.
2. In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Widgets -- Footer Sidebar
Your footer will appear like this once you have added widgets to it.
Footer Copyright Text
Proceed with footer Settings, You can fill the copyright content to footer copyright Settings.
3. In the dashboard, visit Appearance -- Customize -- Home Page Sections -- Footer
On the front end, the appearance will resemble the following.