GamFi - Metaverse IGO Launchpad WordPress Theme

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Gamfi - Metaverse IGO Launchpad WordPress Theme This documentation file covers all the information needed to install and use this theme. So before you get started, please check out these documentation files carefully.

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Theme Requirements

To use gamfi, you must be running WordPress 6 or higher, PHP 7.4 or higher, and MySQL 5 or higher.
Below is a list of items you should ensure your host support it..

Make sure they are running the latest version of WordPress.
Check to ensure that your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
You can download the latest release of WordPress from official WordPress website.

Recommended PHP Configuration Limits

Many issues that you may run into such as: white screen,400 error, 500 error, demo content fails when importing, empty page content and other similar issues are all related to low PHP configuration limits. The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own using cpanel, or contact your web host and ask them to increase those limits to a minimum as follows:

Max_execution_time 300
Memory_limit 128M
Post_max_size 54M
Upload_max_filesize 128M

Installing the Theme

In order to install the theme you need to have a WordPress copy already installed on your own server.

Below are some useful links for WordPress information:

WordPress Codex - general information about WordPress and how to install it on your server
First Steps With WordPress - general information that covers a wide variety of topics
FAQ New To WordPress - the most popular FAQ's regarding WordPress

Install the theme from WordPress or FTP

NOTE: Once you have downloaded the theme package from ThemeForest you must unzip it and upload only the inner zip file named gamfi.zip.

Step by step instructions:

Login to your WordPress site's administration area
Navigate to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload theme
Click on the "Add New" button, then click on the "Upload Theme" button and also check below image

Upload the theme zip file named gamfi.zip
Click "Activate"

If this method fails we recommend uploading the theme via FTP. Open your FTP client, move to your WordPress installation path /wp-content/themes and upload the unziped gamfi folder.

After the upload is complete navigate to Appearance > Themes and activate the theme.

Install the child theme

Main download folder includes a child theme. A WordPress child theme allows you to apply custom code changes to your site. Using a child theme ensures your customizations will not be overwritten, even if you update the parent theme.

You can same way install child thene as like parent theme. You will get child theme under main files and name is gamfi-child.zip

Installing Plugin

Install theme required plugins

After the theme is installed a message box will appear requesting you to install 8 required plugins:

Breadcrumb NavXT - plugin used for breadcumbs
Contact Form 7 - available for download with WordPress plugin repository
Elementor - Page content builder plugin
Envato Market - Pre-Packaged plugin
Gamfi Core - Pre-Packaged plugin
Redux Framework - plugin used for Theme Options
Mailchip For WP - WordPress Repository plugin
One Click Demo Import - plugin used for importing theme demo data

These plugins must be installed for the theme to work properly.

Plugins Documentation and Video Tutorials

Elementor
Documentation: https://elementor.com/
Video tutorials: Available On YouTube

Plugins licence

3rd Party Plugin Install

If you need any third party plugin install in theme you should follow below steps:

Login to your WordPress site's administration area
Navigate to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugins and check below image
This way you can add plugins when your need

Importing Demo Content

The fastest way to import our demo content is to use the Demo Content Importer. The Demo Content Importer provides you with all of gamfi pages and posts, sample sliders, widgets, theme options, assigned pages, and more. Using this import feature is recommended for fresh installs. The automatic import will NOT replace existing content however. We always recommend running it on a fresh WordPress installation.

Make sure you have all the required plugins installed and activated.
Navigate to Appearance > Import Demo Data .
Click Import Demo Data
Click Continue & Import to confirm Import
Wait until the import routine is done. Please be patient and don't navigate away, as this can take few minutes depending on your host's performance.
You will be notified once the importing process is completed.

Note: The "Internal Pages" can be imported without affecting your content.

IMPORTANT: Importing demo content will overwrite all existing option values, please proceed with caution!

Update Theme

Before Updating :

1. It Is Always Recommended To Backup Your Current Setup Before Update Your theme
For take current backup of your site. Simply go to Theme Options >> Import / Export and export your backup.

2. Do Not Keep Older Copies of The Theme In WP Theme Folder
You should completely remove all previous theme folders before adding the new updated theme folder. Don't just rename the theme folder.

3. Reset Browser Cache, Server Cache And Plugin Cache
It is always recommended to reset your browser, plugin, and server cache when you update. Visual issues may happen and more often than not, its caused by caches, and they need to be emptied.

4. Update Child Theme
If you have copied template files from parent theme to child theme, please make sure to revert to parent theme first to confirm if the issue exists there too. If it doesn’t, please update the templates copied to child theme with the parent theme.

5. Required & Recommended Plugins Must Be Updated
When you update the theme, you will see a notification message in your admin telling you the required and recommended plugins need to be updated.

Update Theme:

Firstly, you need to download the new theme package from your Themeforest account. Once you have the new theme package, you can choose to upload the theme via WordPress or via FTP.

Method 1: Automatic Update by Using Envato Market Plugin

Step 1: Install and activate the "Envato Market" plugin manually.
Step 2: From WordPress Admin Panel, navigate to "Envato Market" menu.
Step 3: In this page, you'll find a field for insering Envato Token. Insert your Envato Token Code from there. You can generate this code from this link: https://build.envato.com/create-token/?purchase:download=t&purchase:verify=t&purchase:list=t .
Remember, while generating the token, you have to login using the same envato id which you used to purchase theme.
Step 4: After completed the above steps successfully, Navigate to Appearance -> Themes. Here you'll see an "Update now" link beside your theme. Click on that link and your theme will be updated automatically.

Here's a quick video tutorial explaining this method:

Method 2: Uploading zip File

Step 1: From WordPress Admin Panel, Navigate to Appearance -> Themes.
Step 2: Activate any other theme (eg. Twenty Seventeen) than the current one.
Step 3: Delete gamfi Theme.
Step 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 3: Update theme via FTP

Step 1: If you have downloaded Installable WordPress file only, please unzip the zip file. If you have downloaded the All file & documentation package, please unzip again the gamfi.zip and gamfi-child.zip file.
Step 2: Connect to your FTP.
Step 3: Upload the extracted gamfi folder to: wp-content/themes/. Just replace existing files and folders.
Step 4: Lastly, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version and need to be updated.

Method 4: Update theme via WordPress

Step 1: You need to deactivate the current gamfi theme in Appearance > Themes section by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the gamfi.
Step 2: Retrieve the gamfi.zip file from your new Themeforest download. If you download All files & documentation, then you need to unzip the archive file you received, the gamfi.zip file will be inside of it.
Step 3: Then simply upload and activate the gamfi.zip file in the Appearance > Themes section like you've done when installing theme

Update Plugin

Updating plugin is rather similar to installing the first time plugin. Follow these steps to update your theme:

First take a backup your old paid and theme plugin,
Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Go to Plugins. Deactivate You need to update plugins and delete it.
After deleted plugin display one above notification, So see below images and install & activate again latest plugin.

Setup Demo Homepage

Go To Settings > Reading >

Click On A Static Page Checkbox. Then Select Your Desired Homepage From "Homepage" Dropdown

Select Your Desired Blog Page From "Posts page" Dropdown. Also Set How Many Post Want To See On Blog Page.

Header Settings

Go To Gamfi Settings > Header Option >

Contact Form Setup

gamfi wp theme comes with contat form 7 plugin. You can easily setup this form

After login admin Navigate to Contact and click add new and check below image

Then Save contact form you will get shordcode and you can add this shorcode any page post or widget Check image also

Reset Duplicate Data

Method 1 : WP Reset Plugin

IMPORTANT NOTE Using WP Reset Plugin will REMOVE all of your database content. It does not remove a theme or plugin folder, but all site content such as posts, pages, media, etc. will be lost. USE WITH CAUTION!

This plugin is the fastest way to get back to the starting point of a WordPress install. However, it will remove all content from your database and leave the default theme activated. It does not remove plugins, but will deactivate them. This plugin will remove all pages, posts, menus, sliders, widget data, theme options, etc. Only do this if you are wanting to start over from a fresh WordPress install.

Download WP Reset Plugin

Step 1 - Download and install the WP Reset Plugin.
Step 2 - After installing the WP Reset Plugin, go to your WordPress plugins page and activate the plugin.
Step 3 - Hover over your site name in the upper left corner of the screen and you'll find the 'Reset Site' option.
Step 4 - You must first type reset in the text box before you can click 'Reset'.
Step 5 - A warning pop up will appear informing you again that this action is irreversible. If you'd like to proceed, click 'Ok'.
Step 6 - Once finished, you'll be left with a clean WordPress install. You can then re-activate Avada and the included plugins, then import the next demo you'd like to try or begin adding your own content.

Method 2 : Manual Removal

This method will take longer and requires more work but can be done if you want to only remove specific content and keep other demo content. This method simply involves manually removing/deleting the demo content items. For example, you would need to go to your "Pages" section and select the page or pages you want to remove and delete them. Repeat this process as needed through the various content areas in WordPress. You can use this method if you've already created pages and posts or edited some of the demo pages/posts and don't want to lose that work.

Theme Options

You can access the Theme Options panel by going to Navigate > gamfi Options. Theme various options are organized into vertical tabs on the left side.

Basic Option

Preloader - Preloader on off switch
Back To To - Back To Top on off switch
Unit Test CSS - Unit Test on off switch

Create Page

Backend Editor

For Make new page you can check below image:
1. Pages > Add New
2. Add Page Name
3. Select Page Feature Image
4. Select Page Template
5. Add Page Title
6. Add Page Banner

Frontend Editor
The Elementor page builder includes these main areas:
1. Panel (Top): Use the search field to find a widget.
2. Widgets / Widget Settings: Choose a widget and configure it.
3. Preview Button: Enables you to preview the page. Once clicked it hides/shows the panel.
4. Panel (Bottom): View page, Go back to Dashboard or Save page.
5. Content Area: Drag & drop widgets and design your page.
6. Add New Section / Add Template: Choose between creating a new section or inserting an existing template.
Creating Section

A section is the most basic element that you can work with. It's the building block of every page. A section can be set as full width and spread all over the screen, or receive the content area width (by default).

After you create a section you can drag and drop a widget inside. You can also divide each section to few columns. Every page you create can contain as many sections as you want. You can drag a section above or under another one to relocate it.
1. Add New Section: Click this button to create a new section or simply drag a widget from the panel and drop it in the content area.
2. Select Yout Structure: Choose a structure for your section (Later, you can edit the exact width of every column).
You can edit, duplicate or delete a section. You can also save it as a template or add a new section above.

Inserting a Widget

Click the content to edit, duplicate or delete a widget. You can also save it as a Global Widget. Add Widget: Drag a widget from the left panel and drop it into a column.
1. To edit a widget, click the pencil icon.
2. On the Panel header, you can choose to edit the widget's content and style.
3. Every widget has a different setting.
4. You can save your current changes at any stage.
5. When you have finished designing, click the 'X' button at the bottom panel and view the page.

Create Post

For Make new post you can check below image:

Posts > Add New
Enter Post Title
Enter Post Description
Select Post Category
Select Post Template
Select Post Sidebar
Select Post Feature Image

Elementor Page Builder

This section details the main elements and aspects of gamfi's unique application of the Elementor Page Builder. Discovering the different areas, icons and tools we have included will enable you to build beautiful pages quickly.

How to use Elementor

In this overview, you will find everything you need to know about Elementor page builder; starting with how the most commonly used interface elements work. Elementor has everything you need to manage content elements with a single click: add, edit, duplicate, remove or create element presets, etc.

You can also find some interesting video tutorials with VC Video Academy here: Available On YouTube

1) Add elements

SC Elements gives you instant access to 10 built-in content elements. Each element has been carefully crafted, and offers multiple options. Simply insert elements into your page, click on the Plus Icons, and you’ll see an overlay window containing all the available modules. Select the one you want, and it will be inserted onto the page.

2) Drag and drop elements

With the intuitive drag and drop interface you can quickly change your layout or reorder elements. Simply drag elements or modules using the Drag Arrows Icon.

3) Open Settings

You can modify rows, columns, and module presets in seconds, and build complex layouts without using a single line of code. Simply open the setting from the Pen Icons. This will open a different overlay window for every module category with your options organized in convenient tabs.

4) Copy, paste and clone elements

One way to make page building proceed more efficiently is to go to use the copy, paste and close functionalities.

5) Custom CSS code

If you need to insert custom CSS code for use in a single page only, you can easily do so. The custom code will be stamped only for the page in question, and will not appear in any other page. At the top right corner, you will see a Gear icon. Click on it to open a code editor window and insert your custom code.

SC Theme Elements Overview

Our SC Theme Addons plugin gives you instant access to built in content elements. Our Elments we developed based of our theme.

Element list overview:

Finally

Thanks for Reading!

One again, thank you so much for using our theme. As i said at the beginning, i'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but i'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes.

Support

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