1.INTRODUCTION
We would like to thank you for choosing Eduma. Built compatibly with the latest version of WordPress and page builder plugins like Elementor, Visual Composer or Site Origin. Eduma promises to give you awesome experiences in creating your own education websites.
1.1.Requirements
Recommended hosting configuration
- vCPU: 3
- Memory (RAM): 3 GB
- SSD Storage: 60 GB
Recommended PHP configuration limits
- upload_max_filesize = 32M
- post_max_size = 32M
- max_execution_time = 300
- max_input_time = 300
- memory_limit = 256M
Please contact your service provider to verify your current PHP limits and have them set it up again if needed.
Note: Once you successfully install and activate the Eduma theme, Eduma Dashboard will be added to your WordPress menu. You can verify those requirements under Eduma> System Status

1.2.What’s Included
- Eduma theme: An Installable WordPress Theme zip file.
- Eduma child-theme: A child-theme zip file and a readme.txt note about the child-theme.
- Documentation: A link to this documentation.
- Licensing.
2.INSTALLATION
You can install Eduma theme via 2 ways: Via WordPress or via FTP.
2.1.Via WordPress
Step 1. Visit Dashboard > Appearance > Themes > Add New.
Step 2. Click Upload Theme.
Step 3. Browse the eduma.zip file (not the theme package zip file) on your computer and click Install Now.
Step 4. Activate Eduma theme.
Step 5. Enable Thim Core to activate the core of Eduma and start importing the demo data process.



Solution: You can refer to the error correction guide here.
2.2.Via FTP
Step 1. Login your FTP account via FTP software to access your host web server.
Step 2. Extract eduma.zip file.
Step 3. Upload the extracted folder eduma to the wp-content/themes folder.
Step 4. Activate Eduma theme in Dashboard > Appearance > Themes.
Step 5. Enable Thim Core to activate the core of Eduma and start importing the demo data process.
3.GETTING STARTED
Now you can get started to set up your site with Eduma. You will walk through the following steps:
- Name your website and site description
- Install and activate required and recommended plugins
- Import Demo Content (Detailed instruction here)
- Sign in your Envato account to get updates
- Customize your site (Detailed instruction here)
- Get support resources

3.1.Import Demo
Thim Core Demo Importer
Thim Core is a required plugin for the Eduma theme. This plugin is a demo importer that imports all posts/pages, sample sliders, widgets, customization, and more.
Follow these steps below to import demo via Thim Core:
Step 1 – Visit Dashboard > Eduma > Import Demo.
Step 2 – Hover on the demo you want and click Install
Step 3 – Select what type of content you want to import and click Import.
The importing process may take up to 5 minutes.
Note:
- If you want to build an offline course sale website you can use the following demos: Demo Kid Art – Offline, Demo Kindergarten – Offline.
- On each website, you can only use one demo.

3.2.Import a specific page and blocks
- You can import a specific page (like: home page, about us, FAQs…) and blocks.
Step 2 – Click “Thim Elementor Kit”


3.3.Child Theme
Step 1 – Go to Dashboard> Eduma> Child Themes
Step 2 – Click Install / Activate

4.CUSTOMIZE


4.1.General

4.1.1.Logo
- You can select the logo, site icon, and logo width.
- Logo: When you select Logo Image, it will displays here.
- The sticky logo will be displayed in the sticky menu. (You can see how to enable the sticky menu in 4.2.4)
- Site Icons are what you see in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and WordPress mobile apps. Site Icons should be square and at least 512 × 512 pixels.
- Default image: if you choose the default image, the logo will show the imported image of the Eduma theme.
4.1.2.Layouts
Select site layout, page layout, size body, switch layout style, background switch layout, and padding switch layout.

- Site Layout: Content Wide: The content will be displayed wide.
- Site Layout: Content Boxed: The content will only be displayed in the box.
- Page Layouts: Sidebar on the left, sidebar on the right, and no sidebar.
If you choose the sidebar on left, the page will display the sidebar on left.
Or Sidebar on the right:
Or no sidebar:
- Size body: Normal or Wide.
4.1.3.Page Title Layout
- There are 3 options for Page Title Layout.
When you select option 1, the page title will display:
For this option, you can customize Text Align Title and Line Title.
Option 2 of Page Title Layout is:
And option 3 for Page Title Layout is:
For this option, you can customize the Image’s Vertical Orientation (px), Padding Top Content, and Background gradient.
- Padding: you can set the padding for Top Desktop, Bottom Desktop, Top Mobile, and Bottom Mobile.
Top Desktop and Bottom Desktop will be displayed:
4.1.4.Styling
Styling allows you to set up the color skin on your website. You can change the primary and secondary colors, set the link color and set up the buttons.



4.1.6.Typography
This is the customization for Typography.
4.1.7.Extra Features
- Extra Features allow you to enable/disable auto-login, back to top, select preloading, etc.
4.1.8.Ultilities
- Utilities allow you to add URLs to Register Redirect, Login Redirect, etc.

4.1.9.Sidebar
- Sticky Sidebar: Allows you to enable/ disable the sticky sidebar.
4.1.10.Gutenberg Widget Editor
Enable Gutenberg widget editor: Gutenberg completely replaces the old Appearance > Widgets screen in the WordPress admin. The plugin no longer has an option for end-users to disable it, which was expected. The goal is to begin getting users accustomed to building their sidebars with blocks rather than traditional widgets.
4.2.Header

4.2.1.Layouts
Layouts allow you to select the layout, size, and position for the header.

- Layout: Allows you to select header layout for the header on your site.
- Size: Allows you to select the size layout for the header layout.
- Position: Allows you to select the positioning layout for the header layout.
4.2.2.Toolbar
Toolbar allows you to show/hide the toolbar, configure font, and select color for the background, text, and link.
- Show toolbar: Allows you to enable or disable Toolbar.
- Font Size: Allows you to select a font size for the toolbar.
- Font Weight: Allows you to select a font weight for the toolbar.
- Background Color: This allows you to choose a background color for the widget on the toolbar.
- Text Color: This allows you to choose a color for the widget on the toolbar.
- Link Color: This allows you to choose a link color for the widget on the toolbar.
- Link Hover Color: This allows you to choose a link hover color for the widget on the toolbar.
- Enable border button: This allows you to choose a border color for the widget on the toolbar.
4.3.Blog

4.3.1.Blog Page
Blog Page allows you to select layout, the number of columns, use grid/list template, column grid, show/hide page titles, breadcrumbs, top image, and color of background, title, subtitle.
- Layouts: There are 3 types of layout display.
The first image below is when you choose the sidebar style displayed on the left:
When you choose the sidebar style to show on the right, see the image shown below:
Finally, you can choose to hide the sidebar.
- Use Grid/List Template: If this option is enabled, your blog page will display a grid/list of templates.
- Column Grid: Allows you to select column grid.
- Hidden Page Title: Allows you to hide or show the page title on the heading top.
- Hidden Breadcrumb: Allows you to hide breadcrumbs on the page title.
- Subheading: Allows you to set up subheadings.
- Top Image: You can choose photos here.
- Background color: Change the background color as you like.
- Title color: You can change the title’s color as you want and below is the image when you choose the red color for your title.
- Sub Title Color: You can change the sub title’s color as you want and below is the image when you choose the red color for your subtitle.
4.3.2.Archive Pages
Archive Pages allows select layout, the number of columns, use grid/list template, column grid, show/hide page titles, breadcrumbs, subheading, show description, excerpt length, top image, and color of background, title, and subtitle.
- Layouts: There are 3 types of layout display.
The first image below is when you choose the sidebar style displayed on the left:
When you choose the sidebar style to show on the right, see the image shown below:
Finally, you can choose to hide the sidebar.
- Use Grid/List Template: If this option is enabled, your blog page will display a grid/list of templates.
- Hidden Page Title: Allows you to hide or show the page title on the heading top.
- Hidden Breadcrumb: Allows you to hide breadcrumbs on the page title.
- Subheading: Allows you to set up subheadings.
- Show Description: Display a description just below the blog’s title.
- Excerpt Length: Post item description length (number of words).
- Top Image: You can choose photos here.
- Background color: Change the background color as you like.
- Title color: You can change the title’s color as you want and below is the image when you choose the red color for your title.
- Sub Title Color: You can change the sub title’s color as you want and below is the image when you choose the red color for your subtitle.
4.3.3.Singular Pages
- Singular Page allows you to select a layout, color and top image, enable/disable breadcrumbs, and related posts.
The options are the same in the Archive Page’s Blog section.
- Related Posts: Turn on to show related posts.
4.3.4.Meta Tags
- Meta Tags allow you to show or hide year, author, date, category, comment number, and tag.
4.4.Course

4.4.1.Settings
Settings allow you to enable/disable login popup and course offline, and select price.
- Enable Login popup: Enable login popup when taking this course with the user not logged in.
- Enable Course Offline: If your course is offline, then you need to add a shortcode of Contact form 7 into the ID of Contact Form 7 Shortcode.
- Course Price Color: Select the price’s color.
4.4.2.Archive Page
Archive Page allows you to select a layout, style and color, show/hide title, breadcrumb, description, popular course, course filter, and sort.
- Layout: There are 3 layout styles.
The sidebar is on the left:
The sidebar is on the right:
And no sidebar:
- Course List Layouts: Allow you to choose from pre-made layouts.
This is the illustration when you select ”Layout 1”.
This is the illustration when you select ”Layout 2”.
- Hide Breadcrumbs: Hide breadcrumbs by enabling this option.
If you disable this option, breadcrumbs will still be visible:
- Hide Title: Check this box to hide/show the title.
- Sub Heading: Allows you to set up subtitles as you like.
- Show Description: Display a description just below the blog’s title.
- Show Popular Courses: Allows to display popular courses on the course archive page.
- Excerpt Length: Course item description length (number of words).
- Layout Grid/List Courses: Choose the default display layout when entering the course archive page.
- Grid Columns: Select the number of course columns to display on the archive.
Below is an illustration of when you choose to display 3 columns:
- Top Image: Select the heading background image you want.
- Background Color: Change the heading background color here.
- Title Color: You can change the color of the title at this option.
- Sub Title Color: You can choose a color for the subtitle.
- Display Course Filter: Enable the display of course filters here.
- Display Course Sort: Choose to show sorted courses.
4.4.3.Single Page
Single Page allows you to select the style, layout, top image, color, and tab default, show/hide tab courses, and arrange them.
- Course List Layouts: Allow you to choose from pre-made layouts.
- Layout: Allows you to choose a layout to display for all single course pages.
3 layout styles with sidebar hide/show with different positions:
Sidebar on the left:
Sidebar on the right:
And finally the style without a sidebar:
- Hide title: Check this box to hide/show the title.
- Hide Breadcrumbs: Check this box to hide/show breadcrumbs.
- Sub Heading: Allows you to set up subheadings.
- Top image: Select the heading background image you want.
- Background Color: If you do not use a background image, then you can use a background color for the page title on the heading top.
- Title color: Allows you to select a color to make text color for the title.
- Sub Title Color: Allows you to select a color to make the subtitle color page title.
- Sortable Tab Course: Click on eye icons to show or hide buttons. Use drag and drop to change the position of tabs.
Tabs will appear in the order you put them in the backend.
- Select Tab Default: If a tab is selected, its content will be displayed first after the single course page loads.
For example, the tab selected is the review tab, which is what you see when the course single page loads.
4.4.4.Collection Pages
Collection Pages allow you to select a layout, top image, color, show/hide breadcrumbs, and titles.
For this page, you can make the same edit as the Course Archive Page above.
4.5.Portfolio

4.5.1.Archive Page
Archive Page allows you to select a layout, item size, top image, color show/hide breadcrumb, and title.
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Archive Page above.
4.5.2.Single Page
Single Page allows you to select a layout, top image, and color show/hide breadcrumb and title.
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Single Page above.
4.6.Team
- Go to your Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Team.
4.6.1.Archive Page
This allows you to select the layout, and upload the top image/ title, subtitle,etc. for the Our Team page (your site/our_team)
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Archive Page above.
4.6.2.Single Page
This allows you to select a layout, and upload the top image/ title, subtitle,… for the Single Our Team page.
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Single Page above.
4.7.Testimonials
This is customization for Testimonial pages
4.7.1.Archive Page
This is a select to layout, upload the top image/ title, and subtitle, etc. for the Testimonials page (your site/testimonials)
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Archive Page above.
4.7.2.Single Page
Select a layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for the Single Testimonials page.
For this page, make the same edit as the Course Single Page above.
4.9.Widgets
Your theme has 12 widget areas but this particular page does not display them.
You can navigate to other pages on your site while using Customizer to view and edit the widgets displayed on those pages.
To edit the complete widget, you can go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets: See detailed instructions here.
5.WIDGETS
- You can go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets to add/edit widgets into sections, like: Course Sidebar, All Courses, Sidebar, Toolbar, Menu Right, Footer Top, Footer, Footer Bottom, Sidebar Shop, Sidebar Courses and Sidebar Events.
- For example: If it has the shortcode like image below, you can go to Thim Elementor -> All Templates -> Edit the template has that shortcode with Elementor.


6.RECOMMENDED IMAGE SIZE
Header images: 1841 x 514 px.
Course, blog featured images: 870×580 px.
Slider Revolution on the homepage: 1920 x 1280 px.
Category icon images: 64 x 64 px.
Background image heading for category: 150 x 100 px.
7.UPDATE THEME
You can update Eduma theme via 2 ways: via Thim Core and via FTP.
7.1.Via Thim Core
Follow these steps below to update Eduma theme via Thim Core:
Step 1 – Visit Eduma > Dashboard and login with your Envato account.


7.2.Via FTP
Step 1. Login your Envato account. In Download tab, find Eduma and choose the Installable WordPress Theme (the WordPress file).
Step 2. Login your server and go to wp-content/themes folder to backup your eduma theme folder if needed. The contents on your site will not be lost but if you have modified the code then the changes will be lost. You have to reapply them again after updating.
Step 3. Extract eduma.zip that you downloaded from themeforest.net
Step 4. Upload new theme folder eduma to wp-content/theme to override the existing files.
8.Slider Revolution
- Please go to Dashboard => Slider Revolution => Select edit at slider Home Page to edit the default demo slider.

9.EDIT WITH ELEMENTOR PAGE BUILDER
Tutorial video
9.2.Home Page
- To edit blocks on the homepage, please go to Homepage => Edit With Elementor, click the block you want to edit, and edit it on the Elementor editing panel.

9.4.Course
- To edit the course elements such as Course overview, lessons, quizzes, … with Elementor, you need to enable Elementor’s editing permission.
- Please go to Dashboard => Elementor => Settings => General => Enable in post types you want => Save changes.

10.EDIT WITH WPBAKERY PAGE BUILDER
10.2.Home Page

- You will then edit the desired blocks in the Backend:

- You can also edit the desired blocks in Frontend:

11.EDIT WITH SITE ORIGIN PAGE BUILDER
11.1.Toolbar

To edit those widgets, you can go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Widget => Toolbar, then edit those widgets.


<div class="thim-have-any-question"> Have any question? <div class="mobile"><i class="fa fa-phone"></i><a href="tel:00123456789" class="value">(00) 123 456 789</a> </div> <div class="email"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> </div> </div>
To change the background of the toolbar, you need to go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => Header => Toolbar, then change the background color.
To change the font and size of the texts on the toolbar, you need to go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => General => Typography, then change the font and font size of the whole website.


To enable it, you need to go to your Dashboard => Settings => General => General Settings => Membership => enable it.

11.3.Home Page
1. Icon Boxes.

To edit the icon boxes below the slide, you need to edit your homepage with the page builder.


You can change text, icon, and the link when users click on that icon.


2. Popular Courses.

To edit the Popular Courses section, you can edit the homepage then edit the widget Thim: Courses.


To remove the instructor name from this section, you need to add CSS in Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => General => Custom CSS & JS => Custom CSS.

.course-item .course-author{ display: none !important; }
CSS to remove the number of enrolled students and comments:
.course-meta .course-students, .course-meta .course-comments-count{ display: none !important; }
CSS to remove the price of the courses:
.course-meta .course-price{ display: none !important; }
CSS to remove the “Read more” button when hovering:
.course-thumbnail .course-readmore{ display: none !important; }
3. Register Now.

To edit the background of this section, you need to edit your homepage and the row contains this section.


To edit the texts in this section, just need to edit the text widget.

You need to find the ID of the form, and you must configure the email of the form to get the email.
If you have any issues about receiving emails with this form, please contact plugin Contact Form 7.




This is our default form: <p>[text* your-name placeholder "Your Name *"] </p> <p>[email* your-email placeholder "Email *"] </p> <p>[tel* phone placeholder "Phone *"]</p> <p>[submit "Get It Now"]</p> With the countdown clock, you can edit the texts, end time, and style.
With the countdown clock, you can edit the texts, end time, and style.

4. Events

With the Events section, you can change the texts, the categories, status, and the number of events you want to display on your homepage.


To select more than one status, please hold your “Ctrl” button then choose the status.
5. Latest New.

The ASC sorts the result from the lowest value to the highest value while the DESC sorts the result set from the highest value to the lowest one.


6. What people say.

This section will display the testimonials item on your Dashboard => Testimonials, you can create and edit text, image of the items.


With the testimonials widget, you can change the layout, the number of items, and play speed.


7. Subcribe.

You can edit the form in Dashboard => MC4WP => Forms.
You need to enter your API key to use the form.


<div class="mc4wp-form-fields"> <input type="email" id="mc4wp_email" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Your email here" required=""> <input type="submit" value="Subscribe"></div>
When you import our Demo, the data is from ours and the ID form is 3101. You need to edit change it in the text widget.


If you have any issues receiving the emails from this form, please contact the plugin MC4WP.
12.KNOWLEDGE BASE FAQS
- Refer documentation.
- Read changelog and make sure that your site is running the latest version of Eduma theme.
- Clear caches after changing any setting on your site.
Check our Knowledge Base and FAQs below to find out the answer for some common questions:
- Translation with Loco Translate plugin
- Missing style sheet error
- Create an account on Support forum
- Get Envato Purchase code
- More…
There are also sticky tickets we post on our support forum. If you cannot find the answer for your problem, don’t hesitate to contact us by submitting a new ticket.
How to improve website speed faster?
This article is for those of you who are probably thinking that your site is so slow. So, it probably needs to be improved. We all know that speed is an important matter for any website. If your site is too slow, your customers won’t visit your site and you will not get a good revenue.
13.SUPPORT SERVICE
We really care about our customers and guarantee to response to all support questions within 48 hours since your support ticket is created.
Regarding the requests about Customization and 3rd-party plugins, we provide you a Customization Service at a fee.
Support forum
ThimPress forum is our main resource for supporting customers. To reach us:
Step 1. Click here to create your account. We will ask for your Themeforest purchase code
Step 2. Go to Eduma support forum and create your topic