Storycle

Template Installation

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Zemez theme is built as a WordPress theme, so you need to have WordPress engine installed first.If you have not installed it yet, please follow the steps below.

WordPress Installation

Step 1. Download WordPress Engine:

You can use the Download WordPress button on the main page of the official website to get the most recent version of WordPress;
Extract files from the downloaded WordPress engine package. Check the following tutorials to unpack the archive:

Step 2. Upload the extracted files to hosting server:

WordPress engine files should be uploaded to the root directory on your server. It is usually named www or public_html.

The following tutorials will help you:

Step 3. Create a database for the WordPress platform:

A new database can be created in your Hosting Control Panel. You can check the following tutorials and select which way is preferable to you:

Step 4. Installing WordPress:

Open your web browser and type in your domain name (or your domain name / subdirectory) and click Enter;
The first page of installation will appear. Click Create a Configuration file;
Click Let’s Go button and fill in Database Connection Details:

It is recommended to use the default "wp_" database table prefix for the proper sample data installation.

Fill in the fields with Website Details as shown below:

Click Install WordPress button.

If you have entered the correct details, you will see a successful installation message and the WordPress dashboard access button.

Useful Tips:

Theme Installation

Now you can proceed to theme installation: 24.storycle.zip (hereandafter theme-name.zip). Follow the steps listed below:

1. Extract the template package.

2. Navigate to the Appearance > Themes section at the admin panel of the site and open the theme folder.

3. Locate the archive named as theme-name.zip and install the theme by pressing Install Now.

4. Next please press on Activate link.

Jet Plugins Wizard Installation / Sample Data Installation

After theme activation you will get a notice which offers you to install Jet Plugins Wizard. To continue plugins and demo contents installation with Jet Plugins Wizard just hit Begin installing plugin link. You will be transfered to the page where you can select the needed plugins.

Then please click on Install link.

After Jet Plugins Wizard has been successfully installed and activated click on Return to the Dashboard link

Plugins Installation

After installation and activation Jet Plugins Wizard you will get a notice which offers you to continue the plugins and demo contents installation with Jet Plugins Wizard. Then click on START INSTALL on the top of the page to start installation of the recommended plugins.

On the Wizard Home page you can check if your server configurations meet WordPress minimal requirements. If any doesnt't meet you can continue the installation process, but it will take more time and can drive to bugs.

If your server configurations meet WordPress minimal requirements please click on NEXT link.

Green Install Plugin box means the installation process has been successfully completed.

Red Install Plugin box means the installation process hasn't been completed. Press on Details link you will see where is the problem and please refer to Zemez Support Portal.

After plugins installation you will get a notice which offers to append demo content to your existing content or completely rewrite it.
When you have taken the option please click on START.

If you select Replace my existing content with demo content your whole content will be completely and irreversibly deleted!

If you select Replace my existing content with demo content you will have to enter your password to confirm and start content replacing and importing sample data will start.

On this step Jet Plugins Wizard regenerates thumbnails for all imported images. This process may take some minutes.

Import is finished. Jet Plugins Wizard offers you to select options VIEW YOUR SITE or CUSTOMIZE YOUR THEME.

Manual Installation

To use this method, you need to have access to your WordPress site files on FTP through the File Manager of your hosting control panel or an FTP client like Filezilla, CuteFTP, Total Commander, etc.

Unzip the theme-name.zip files to any folder on your hard drive (first, right-click each of the .zip files, select Unzip to theme-name respectively, so you get the one folder called theme-name).
Upload the theme-name folder to the /wp-content/themes/ directory on your FTP server.
Log in to your WordPress admin panel (add /wp-admin after your domain name in the browser address bar).
Go to the menu Appearance > Themes .
Under the Available Themes section find theme-name and activate it by clicking the Activate button.

Manual Plugin Installation

If you need to install plugins manually, you can do it this way.

install plugins from theme/(your theme name)/assets/includes/plugins;

go to Wordpress.org and download the necessary plugins;

go to plugins tab on your administration panel and click on add new button;

you will see the the search field that can help you search the necessary plugins by keywords, you can install them from your administration panel at once;

you can also upload the plugins from your PC if you already have them on your computer in .zip format. Just click on upload plugin button and choose the needed files.

Manual sample data installation

For installing the sample data manualy please follow the instructions listed below.

Open the theme/manual_install folder of your downloaded template package.
Upload the uploads folder to the wp-content directory of your WordPress installation, accept folder(s) replacement. Please note that your images may be replaced with sample images.
Open the theme-name.sql file that is located in the theme/manual_install folder in any text editor (preferably Sublime Text or Notepad) and replace all instances of your_website_url_here with your website URL in the entire document using the Find and Replace tool (hit Ctrl+H hot keys to open this window). E.g.: http://www.mywebsite.com. Please, make sure that you do not have the forward slash / sign at the end of the address and the url starts with http://www. Save your changes and close the file.
Open the theme-name.sql file that is located in the theme/manual_install folder in any text editor (preferably Sublime Text or Notepad) and replace all instances of your_website_url_here with your website URL in the entire document using the Find and Replace tool (hit Ctrl+H hot keys to open this window). E.g.: http://www.mywebsite.com. Please, make sure that you do not have the forward slash / sign at the end of the address and the url starts with http://www. Save your changes and close the file.

Now you can import the dump file with the phpMyAdmin tool or some other database management tool.

Importing the SQL file to your database will overwrite your existing content and website settings. DO NOT import the SQL file if you want to keep the existing content.

Always back up your database before performing any modifications.

Open your WordPress database using a database management tool. Usually, the database tool is called PhpMyadmin.
Go to the Import tab and import the .sql file.

Navigate to WordPress dashboard and go to Settings > Permalinks.
Click the Save Changes button.
Refresh your home page. That’s it, the template has been installed with demo sample content.

Manual Update

Manually replacing your current version of 24.storycle with an updated version is as easy as 1-2-3! First off, you’ll need to download the updated version of the theme, which includes both the main theme and the child theme (which serves as a backup for all the custom changes you make to your styles etc).

Next on, installing it, the child theme and export-import steps are due.

Export

Afterwards you’ll need to backup some of the settings, just in case:

Afterwards proceed to the Appearance > Themes, switch to any other default Wordpress theme as your current one, and be sure to delete the 24.storycle theme from that list.
Returning now to the ZIP file of the updated version of the theme that you’ve downloaded previously, be sure to follow the following steps:
- open the WordPress Administration panel and go to the Appearance > Themes section;

- click the Add new button and click Upload theme;

- after that, repeat the same steps for the Child theme, which you’ve previously unpacked from that same file as the main theme.

After installing this updated 24.storycle theme anew, proceed to update the Plugins, by going to the sidebar on your left > Updates.
Then tick all the checkboxes for the listed plugins and click the Update All button at the top.

Import

Now you’ll need to import back those settings which you’ve exported in a previous step:

- to do that go to your 24.storycle admin dashboard > then on your left go to the Customizing section > Export/Import, and choose the Import option;

- click the Add new button and click Upload theme.

Following that, to save your custom styles, locate the main 24.storycle backup folder on your web server (1.2 in the list of steps) > Styles.CSS file > and copy those parts of the code that you’ve changed there into the Styles.CSS file that’s located in the new folder of an updated 24.storycle version.