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, Site Origin. Eduma promises to give you awesome experiences in creating your own education websites.
1.1.Requirements
There are system requirements in order to install and setup the Eduma theme and its components properly. Make sure that you are running the latest version of WordPress, PHP version 7.0 or higher and MySQL version 5.7 or higher. We also recommend the following PHP configuration limits:
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
After purchasing Eduma theme on themeforest.net with your Envato account, go to your Download page. You can choose to download Eduma theme only (Installable WordPress Theme) or the entire Eduma theme package which contains the following files:
- 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
Follow these steps below to install the Eduma theme 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.
*NOTE: One possible problem when importing Demo is that the theme is missing the style.css style sheet.
Solution: You can refer to the error correction guide here.
2.2.Via FTP
Follow these steps below to install Eduma theme 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
Once you successfully install and activate Eduma theme, Eduma Dashboard will be added to your WordPress menu.
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 – Select the page builder you want
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 New Art, Demo Kid Art – Offline, Demo Kindergarten – Offline.
- On each website, you can only use one demo.
3.2.Child Them
Follow the steps below to enter Kids Topics:
Step 1 – Go to Dashboard> Eduma> Child Themes
Step 2 – Click Install / Activate
Note:
- When you import demos: Kindergarten, New Edu, New Instructor, Crypto, New Art, Kid Art, Tech Camp, child theme will be imported with the demo, you don’t need to install child theme anymore.
- Other demos do not have their own child theme, you can install and use the Eduma child theme.
4.Customization
You are able to customize your website in Dashboard > Appearance > Customize
4.1.Customize
This section will guide you over all the customization part for Eduma
4.1.1.Site Identity
To change Site Identity parts like Site Title, Tagline, you need to go to your Dashboard => Settings => General, then edit it.
If you use plugin Yoast SEO, you can click “Edit Page” on the admin bar on the home page, then scroll down to the Yoast SEO section => Edit snippet => SEO title, then edit it
4.1.2.General
4.1.2.1.Logo
- Select logo, site icon and logo width.
4.1.2.2.Layouts
- Select site layout, page layout, size body and switch layout style.
4.1.2.3.Page title layout
- Select layout, title align.
- Show/hide title line.
- Set padding & font-size.
- Configure breadcrumbs.
4.1.2.4.Styling
- Select color and background type.
4.1.2.6.Typography
Customization for Typography
4.1.2.7.Extra Features
- Enable/disable auto login, back to top…
- Select preloading.
4.1.3.Header
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header
4.1.3.1.Layouts
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Layouts
- Layout
- Size
- Position
4.1.3.2.Toolbar
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Toolbar
- Enable Toolbar
- Font size
- Background Color
- Text Color
- Link Color
- Link Hover Color
4.1.3.3.Main Menu
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Main menu
- Fonts
- Background Color
- Text Color
- Text Color Hover
4.1.3.4.Sticky Menu
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Sticky Menu
- Enable menu sticky
- Config sticky menu
4.1.3.5.Mobile Menu
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Mobile Menu
- Background Color
- Text Color
- Text Hover Color
- Config Logo
- Enable Login/Logout.
4.1.3.6.Sub Menu
Go to Dashboard / Appearance / Customize / Header / Sub Menu
- Background Color
- Border Color
- Text Color
- Text Hover Color
4.1.4.Footer
Customization for Footer section
4.1.4.1.Settings
Add layers to change footer color and background image
4.1.4.2.Copyright
- Show/hid Copyright
- Change Copyright Text for Copyright.
- Select color for background, text…
4.1.5.Color
Customization for Color
4.1.6.Courses
4.1.6.1.Settings
- Enable/disable login popup.
- Enable offline course if your course is not online.
- Select price color.
4.1.6.2.Archive Page
- Select layout, style.
- Show/hide border item, breadcrumbs, title, description,filter….
- Select top image, color…
4.1.6.3.Single Page
- Select layout, top image, color….
- Show/hide course tabs and arrange them.
4.1.6.4.Collection Page
- Select layout, top image and color.
4.1.7.Forum
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for all Forums archive page (yoursite/forums)
4.1.8.Portfolio
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for all Portfolio Single pages
4.1.9.Teams
Customization for Team pages
4.1.9.1.Archive Pages
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for Our Team page (your site/our_team)
4.1.9.2.Single Page
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for Single Our Team page
4.1.10.Testimonials
Customization for Testimonial pages
4.1.10.1.Archive Pages
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for Testimonials page (your site/testimonials)
4.1.10.2.Single Page
Select layout, upload top image/ title, subtitle,… for Single Testimonials page
4.2.Page Settings
Eduma theme allows to customize a single Post or Page.
When using Eduma, you will see extra settings ‘Display settings’ on your ‘Screen Options’
- By enabling ‘Display settings’, you will see new settings Featured Title Area and Layout in your Posts and Pages.
4.3.Megamenu
This example above using WPBakery (formerly Visual Composer) page builder. We can do exactly the same with SiteOrigin page builder plugin 🙂
5.Recommended image size
To decrease your data storage, you should use the minimum size for your image. You can use the below 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.
6.Update Theme
You can update Eduma theme via 2 ways: via Thim Core and via FTP.
6.1.Via Thim Core
Thim Core plugin allows to update theme without resetting your previous settings. However, you should always backup your files and databases before updating.
Follow these steps below to update Eduma theme via Thim Core:
Step 1 – Visit Eduma > Dashboard and login with your Envato account.
Step 2 – Click Update now.
6.2.Via FTP
Follow these steps below to update theme 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.
7.Edit With Page Builder
7.1.Elementor
7.1.1.Header
7.1.1.1.Toolbar
To edit it, please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Toolbar.
7.1.1.2.Logo
Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => General => Logo.
7.1.1.3.1.Main menu
To edit it, please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Menus => Select the “Main menu”
If you want to use the menu of Elementor Pro, please add this code to the function.php file of the child theme
add_filter( 'thim-support-mega-menu', '__return_false' );
7.1.1.3.2.Mega Menu
- Please install Thim Elementor Kit plugin. Then go to Dashboard => Thim Elementor => Settings => Modules tab => Enable “Mega Menu”.
- Next, go to Appearance => Menus => Thim Menu Settings => Enable “Mega Menu” => Save.
- Finally, edit menu item with Thim Mega Menu => In General tab, enable “Mega Menu” => Edit with Elementor.
7.1.1.3.3.Menu right
Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Menu right.
7.1.2.Slider Revolution
- Please go to Dashboard => Slider Revolution => Select edit at slider Home Page to edit the default demo slider.
7.1.3.Homepage
- 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.
7.1.4.1.Footer
- Please go to Dashboard => AE Template => Footer => Edit with Elementor.
- When importing the demo, to make the import process faster, we have hidden the menus in the Footer. To select the menu in the footer, edit the footer with Elementor, click on the empty menu blocks, and select the menu corresponding to its title => Update.
- You can do the same to edit other footer elements
7.1.4.2.Footer Bottom
- Edit: Please go to Dashboard => AE Template => Footer Bottom => Edit with Elementor .
- Hide on all pages: Please go to Dashboard => Customize => Widgets => Footer Bottom => Remove content in this widget => Save.
- Only show the bottom footer on the home page: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Footer Bottom => Add the code
is_page_template('page-templates/homepage.php')in Widget logic => Save.
7.1.4.3.Copyright
- Copyright text: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => Footer => Copyright => Copyright text.
- Menu Privacy: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Copyright.
7.1.5.Courses
- 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.
7.2.WP Bakery Page Builder
7.2.1.1.main menu
To edit it, please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Menus => Select the “Main menu”
7.2.1.2.megamenu
You can go to Appearance / Menu / Select: Main menu / Courses / Open in Page Builder
7.2.1.3.menu right
Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Menu right
7.2.2.Home page
In WP Bakery there are two sections that can create/edit a page: Backend / Frontend
To edit the blocks on the homepage, please go to Dashboard -> Page -> Home => Edit
- You will then edit the desired blocks in the Backend:
- You can also edit the desired blocks in Frontend:
7.2.3.1.footer
Please, you can go to Appearance/ Widget/ Footer/ Edit
- Text: You can go to Appearance/ Widget/ Footer/ Text: edit/ Done
Or go to Appearance/ Customizes/ Widget/ Footer/ Text: edit/ Published
- Menu footer: You can go to Appearance/ Menu/ Select:
7.2.3.2.Footer Bottom
Edit: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Widget => Footer Bottom
(Or go to Appearance/ Customizes/ Widget/ Footer botom/ edit)
Thim: Layout Builder => Open Layout Builder=> Edit=> Update.
7.2.3.3.Copyright
- Copyright text: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => Footer => Copyright => Copyright text.
- Menu Privacy: Please go to Dashboard => Appearance => Menu => Privacy.
7.3.Site Origin
7.3.1.Home Page
7.3.1.1.Tool Bar
There are two sections on the toolbar: a text widget and Thim: Login Popup
To edit those widgets, you can go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Widget => Toolbar, then edit those widgets.
This is our default Text widget on the toolbar:
<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.
If you don’t see the Register option on your Login Popup. The reason is you didn’t enable the register option on your website.
To enable it, you need to go to your Dashboard => Settings => General => General Settings => Membership => enable it
7.3.1.2.Logo & Main Menu
To change the logo, you can go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => General => Logo, then select your logo.
To change the main menu, please go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Menus, select the Main Menu, then edit it.
To edit or create a menu item like our Course item, you can edit the menu item with your page builder.
To change the background color, you need to edit it in Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => Header => Main Menu => Background Color.
7.3.1.3.Slider Revolution
To edit the texts, animations, layout of the slide on the homepage, access your Dashboard => Slider Revolution, choose your slide then edit it.
To know more, you can watch tutorials on the Slider Revolution’s website.
7.3.1.4.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.
7.3.1.5.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
CSS to remove instructor name:
.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;
}
7.3.1.6.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.
To edit the “GET IT NOW” form, you need to edit the Text widget on the right and edit the contact form.
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.
7.3.1.7.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.
7.3.1.8.Latest News
With the latest news section, you can change the texts, categories, the number of posts, play speed, and the order of the posts.
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.
7.3.1.9.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.
7.3.1.10.Subscribe
This section is from the plugin MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress.
You can edit the form in Dashboard => MC4WP => Forms.
You need to enter your API key to use the form.
This is our default 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 about receiving the emails from this form. Please contact the plugin MC4WP.
7.3.1.11.Footer
If you import our demo and don’t have the phone number, email on the footer, please install the plugin Black Studio TinyMCE Widget.
To edit this section, please go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Footer, then edit it.
The menu columns on the footer are in Dashboard => Appearance => Menus.
To edit the texts below the footer. You need to edit our copyright widgets.
Dashboard => Appearance => Customize => Footer => Copyright.
Dashboard => Appearance => Widgets => Copyright.
To edit the section below footer, please go to your Dashboard => Appearance => Widget => Below Footer.
You can edit the background and the widgets in this section.
8.Knowledge Base FAQs
Before submitting a ticket on our support forum, please do all the following requirements:
- 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.
9.Support Service
When purchasing our themes, you will receive free 6-month support service for problems regarding the theme. Once your free support service is expired, you can extend your support service to 12 months. But no matter whether your support service is expired or not, you always receive free life-time updates for the theme.
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.
9.1.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
4.1.2.5.Social Share