Created: 09/06/2022
Last Update: 09/06/2022
First of all, Thank you so much for purchasing this template and for being our loyal customer. You are awesome!
This documentation is to help you regarding each step of customization. Please go through the documentation carefully to understand how this template is made and how to edit this properly.
A working version of WordPress.org must be installed before you can install the Tokyo. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the WordPress Codex
Before using any theme, it is important to understand how native WordPress functions work, and how to establish ownership of your new site.
WordPress links you will find useful:
WordPress Codex: General information about WordPress and how to install it on your server.
First Steps With WordPress: General information about WordPress.
FAQ New To WordPress: The most popular WordPress FAQ’s
To use Tokyo WordPress Theme, you must be running WordPress 5.0 or higher, PHP 5.6 or higher, Elementor Page Builder 2.0.3 or higher and mysql 5 or higher version. Below is a checklist of items your host needs to comply with to ensure proper.
Tokyo operation:
Ensure your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
Make sure the latest version of WordPress is up and running.
If necessary, you can download the latest release of WordPress from the official WordPress website.
There are two methods to install the theme. If the normal installation method (a) is not supported by your web host, you will have to use the alternate option (b).
a) Normal Installation
Login to WordPress Admin and browse to Appearance → Themes.
Click on the Add New Theme (or "Install Themes" tab for older versions) and click Upload.
Browse your computer to select "tokyo.zip" (it's in the zip file you downloaded from ThemeForest). Click "Install Now" button.
Login to WordPress Admin and browse to Appearance → Themes.
b) FTP Installation (alternate method)
Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
Upload the tokyo folder.
Once it's uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance → Themes.
Click the Activate link.
Important: After activation, you will be presented with tokyo-core plugin that you should activate. Do not forget to activate it or not all of the theme features will be available.
Note: If you are migration from a theme which used the native featured images functionality of WordPress. Please use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to resize all the thumbnails. Click the link above and download the free plugin, and read through the steps it contains, it has all the information you need. Run it from Tools → Regen. Thumbnails.
memory_limit - 96M
max_input_vars - 3000
max_execution_time - 600
post_max_size - 32M
upload_max_filesize - 32M
allow_url_fopen - ON
You can check them by installing the WordPress phpinfo() plugin and checking Settings. The first column refers to your installation value, and the second column refers to the limits of your host. The latter values are often lower if you have selected a cheaper hosting package.
You can always contact your host to ask what the current settings are, and have them adjusted if necessary. Some hosts will try to keep PHP limits low to conserve resources. Since are paying for those resources, you should rightfully expect to be getting your money’s worth.
Important: Please do not import content on a WordPress installation that already has a lot of content. Or the very least, make a backup first. A catastrophic mess can be created.
In some cases you would like to remove demo content. You can remove all posts, pages, etc using WordPress Reset plugin. Be aware that this plugin resets the WordPress database back to it's defaults. Deletes all customizations and content. It does not modify files only resets the database.
Portfolio Posts → Add New
Insert Title
Portfolio Options (here you can enter some information about your portfolio post, for example vimeo URL and etc.). Please fill only one field from these options. Let's see options step by step.
Post Images - You can upload your images here. This will mean that your portfolio type will be a gallery.
Vimeo URL - Enter vimeo URL here. For example: https://vimeo.com/312334044
Youtube URL - Enter youtube URL here. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amq-qlqbjYA
SoundCloud URL - Enter SoundCloud URL here. For example: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/252739311&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=truehttps://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/252739311&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true
Attach your post to any category (Add some categories first, if you don't have any)
Set Featured Image (Required) - This is used as Coverage of Post everywhere in the theme. (Suggested Minimal Image Size: 2000x2000)
Publish:
Visibility (optional) - Change that option to Password protected if you want to hide your post from public
Click the "Publish" button
Before setup portfolio page, we suggest you to add some portfolio posts.
Creating home page is a simple process. Homepage is made with the help of our "FREL ELEMENTS" and "Elementor Page Builder" elements. Add any element to the page as you wish.
After you create homepage:
Adding a new post is the same way as default WordPress installations, however, there are extra options that might need explaining.
While the theme can function without featured images, it's highly recommended that you add a featured image to each post. This not only makes your site/blog more lively but also improves user experience.
To set the featured image, use the WordPress normal method.
Image size (dimensions) will depend on what type of layout you're using throughout your WordPress installation or per individual post basis. This image will not only be used on the post, but also on the category listing pages.
Compatible with all layouts and default slider: 2000x2000 (width x height)
Setup your post normally and set a featured image. Copy the embed code of the video from YouTube, Vimeo or any other site that gives you video embed codes. Paste the code in the "Add Video" box.
Note: Videos will be resized to fit the container so you can choose a larger embed format if the video site allows you to specify size/dimensions.
Audio post format supports only soundcloud audio. Insert audio url to input.
Image format works very similar to a standard post. Just set a featured image and you're done.
The theme uses Gravatar to display users avatars . to craete or change your Gravatar :
If you have imported demo content follow (a). Otherwise, follow (b) to create a new menu.
Mobile Menu either setup in above way. You just need to choose proper location. There are two locations "Main Menu" and "Mobile Menu". That's it.
You can use any shortcodes in widgets. Just use text widget and put shortcode into it. Besides theme custom widget which may helpful for you. Listed below:
Theme comes with .po file included under the languages folder. To translate:
define('WPLANG', 'ru_RU');. In this case, you would save your file as ru_RU.po.After translating, you may wish to use the correct locale to translate and localize your WordPress installation completely. Refer to Installing WordPress In Your Language at WordPress Codex to learn how to.
Theme Options will help you to manage all functionalities of the theme. Here you can see that each tab has own options to change something.
Let's discover them in details.
You can enable and disable dark mode with this switcher
It is a page subtitle for blog page, when as homepage was chosed "Your latest posts"
This URL will be used for all Prev & Next Box
Also you can change magic cursor's color here with your choice.
In this section you can enable or disable preloader. And can change its background and line colors.
In this section you can enable change theme's heading, body, button background and hover colors.
In this section you can upload your logo for desktop, retina and mobile devices.
In this section you can change skins of Navigation and can change copyright details
In this section you can manage appearance of mobile navigation. "Autocollapse menu on click", enabling this option means that after clicking on mobile menu item, mobile menu will closed. "Menu open default", enabling this option means that mobile menu will opened by default (without clicking on trigger). Also here you can edit mobile menu colors, such as: background, menu items color and etc.
You can change theme's necessary fonts
In this section you can manage with portfolio options.
In this section you can manage with share options.
In this section you can enter your custom CSS code.
In this section you can manage with some SEO HTML tags.
In this section you can get object of all theme options you entered in Javacscript Console (DevTools)
In this section you can import from xml file or from URL, and export theme options.
#1. I have a problem with demo importer because of using not SSL certification on my website. How can I upload a demo content in this case?
SSL Certification is need to import a demo content with one click demo importer functionality in order to avoid transferring data. Please, enable SSL Certificate on your host. To enable SSL Certificate on your host just contact your host provider.
SSL Certificate is important for your clients. Why you need an SSL certificate?
Websites need SSL certificates to keep user data secure, verify ownership of the website, prevent attackers from creating a fake version of the site, and convey trust to users.
If a website is asking users to sign in, enter personal details such as their credit card numbers, or view confidential information such as health benefits or financial information, then it is essential to keep the data confidential. SSL certificates help keep online interactions private and assure users that the website is authentic and safe to share private information with.
More relevant to businesses is the fact that an SSL certificate is required for an HTTPS web address. HTTPS is the secure form of HTTP, which means that HTTPS websites have their traffic encrypted by SSL. Most browsers tag HTTP sites – those without SSL certificates – as "not secure." This sends a clear signal to users that the site may not be trustworthy – incentivizing businesses who have not done so to migrate to HTTPS.
An SSL certificate helps to secure information such as:
The domain name that the certificate was issued for
Which person, organization, or device it was issued to
Which Certificate Authority issued it
The Certificate Authority's digital signature
Associated subdomains
Issue date of the certificate
The expiry date of the certificate
The public key (the private key is not revealed)
If you don't want to enable SSL Certificate and upload a demo content without it, see next video tutorial about how to do it.
#2. I got the issue during installing your theme. How can I fix this issue?
If you got any issues during installation of our theme, disable all your third party plugins in plugins page and try again.
#3. How to update the theme?
Backup and Remove the old version of the theme from your dashboard.
Download new version of the theme from https://themeforest.net/downloads and upload it to your dashboard. Make sure that you are using latest version.
Remove “Tokyo Core” plugin. Then, it appears as required plugin at the top of your dashboard. Re-install it.
#4. I created pages but I’ve got 404 pages everywhere.
Go “Settings - Permalinks”, choose “Post Name” from Common Settings and push “Save Changes” button.
#5. I can't edit widgets after importing a demo content because of some issues.
Please install classic widgets plugin to fix this issue: https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets
#6. I can't edit Portfolio Posts via Elementor
Go to Elementor ● Settings and enable Portfolio Posts