When you purchase a theme from our website, the standard license allows you to use the theme in a single end product. One theme license for one domain ( one theme installation in a single domain )

FAQ:

Can I use the theme on a test site, then move it to a live site when finished?

Yes, you can use the theme on a test site to build it, then move it to the live site once you're finished. You'll have to remove the theme files from the test site.

If you are new to WordPress here's what you have to do:

In order to install the current version of WordPress Theme, please go to https://wordpress.org and download the current version of WordPress. For information on how to install WordPress, please see the WordPress codex page https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress .

You can do it in 2 ways:

1. a. Via WordPress Admin: Go to Appearance > Install Themes > Upload and choose consultus.zip file ((make sure you are not uploading the whole zip file that you've downloaded (including demo content, documentation) but only the consultus.zip file). Click Install Now.
2. b. Via FTP: Upload consultus folder into wp-content/themes folder.
3. After you've installed the theme make sure to activate it.

You can see the video below for importing the demo:

If you want your website to look like the live demo, then customize it as you want, follow these steps:

1. After the theme is activated make sure to install and activate the required and recommended plugins: MT Consultus, Elementor and Contact Form 7 . The plugins are necessary for having the features presented in the demo.

   

2. Install and activate One Click Demo Import plugin.

3. Go to Appearance > Import Demo Data and click the Import Demo Data button for one of the website demos.

   

4. A new page will open. Click "Continue & Import" button. Wait until the demo content is imported to your website.

5. IMPORTANT: After you import the demo content to your website, change the URL from the imported demo to your website. These are the steps you need to take:

   Go to Elementor > Tools > Replace URL Tab

   In old-url field enter the demo URL - see below and new-url enter your site address. Click Replace URL

   1. Main Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/
   2. Finance Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/finance/
   3. Attorney Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/attorney/
   4. Agency 1 Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/agency1/
   5. SEO Agency Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/seo-agency/
   6. Photography 1 Demo URL: https://consultus.matchthemes.com/photography-1/
6. If the menu in the header doesn't appear, go to Appearance > Menus, select "Primary Menu" at the bottom of the page and click Save.

   

   Then go to Appearance > Customize > Headers || Footers and select from the pre-made header and footer sections.

   For more info please check the Headers & Footers docs section.

7. In case the blog posts appear in the main page, instead of the home page, go to Settings > Reading > Your homepage displays, select > A static page and for the Homepage option select the Home page.

   

8. To configure the homepage slider go to Appearance > Customize > General Options > Home - Slider Items.

   

   The default slider text is this:

   <h1>Financial Consulting Services</h1><p>Cum et labore appareat, te est nostrum eligendi adipisci. Tota quas habeo eu vel. Vel autem apeirian primis.</p> <a href="#" class="view-more white-btn">Find More</a>
   	

   The slider images size from the demo is 1920x1080 px. You can experiment with other sizes too.

9. To use the Colors and Typography options from Appearance > Customize , go to Elementor > Settings and check Disable Default Colors and Disable Default Fonts options.

   

Note: Before creating the menu items make sure you've created some pages / posts.

1. Go to Appearance - > Menus tab
2. Add new menu, enter Menu Name
3. Add Menu Items. Select the pages you've just created and add them to the menu
4. Drag & drop the menu items as you like. Check the image below. Than save the menu
5. !IMPORTANT: make sure the Theme Locations option is set to Primary Menu.

First go to Settings > Permalinks. Select from Common Settings > Post name option. This is for better SEO permalinks.

The theme comes with the following custom Page Templates:

• Default Template - The default page
• Home Slider Template
• Full Screen Template
• Full Width Template

How to use a template:

• Click Pages > Add New.
• Look for Page Attributes on the right side and click on the "Template" drop-down menu.
• Choose a page template.
• Click the Publish button above.
• Now you can add your new page to your Menu.

The theme uses the Elementor page builder plugin. The majority of pages are created with it. To learn more about Elementor and how to use it please check this page: Elementor Docs

1. After the Elementor plugin is installed, go to Elementor > Settings and check Disable Default Colors and Disable Default Fonts option. By doing so you can use the Colors and Typography options from Appearance > Customize

2. If you haven't import the theme demo data and you want to use just the Consultus Elementor page templates, go to Templates and import the consultus-elementor-page-templates.zip file from the main archive.

1. Click Pages > Add New
2. Optional add the Featured Image and modify the Page Customization options ( right under the text editor) . Click the Publish button.
3. Click the Edit with Elementor button

   

4. Click Add Template ( the folder icon ) and select from My Templates one of the Consultus page templates.

   

5. OR click Add New Section and start building your page as you want.

First thing, please make sure the required plugins are installed and active: MT Consultus and Elementor.

Then go to Elementor > Settings and make sure the Post Type > Footer Builder option is checked. Same for Disable Default Colors and Disable Default Fonts options.

To select one of the pre-made header / footer sections go to Appearance > Customize > Headers or Footers options. Select the ones you want.

For the footer section you can use the footer builder. Go to Footer Builder option. Click Edit with Elementor link or click the "Add New" button to create a new section.

If you create a new footer section, in order to display it, you'll have to select it from Appearance > Customize > Footers > Footer Display option

1. Click Pages > Add New.
2. Look for Page Attributes on the right side and click on the Template drop-down menu. Select the "Home Slider" template.
3. Click Publish.

4. To configure the homepage slider go to Appearance > Customize > General Options > Home - Slider Items ( Note: The recommended size for the slider images is 1920x1080 px. You can experiment with other sizes too. )

   The default slider text:

   <h1>Financial Consulting Services</h1><p>Cum et labore appareat, te est nostrum eligendi adipisci. Tota quas habeo eu vel. Vel autem apeirian primis.</p> <a href="#" class="view-more white-btn">Find More</a>

5. Add home content by clicking the Edit with Elementor button
6. ! IMPORTANT : Click Settings > Reading and select Front page displays a static page. Select the page you just created as your Front page and click Save Changes.

A. First let's add some service items

1. Click Services > Add New Service Item
2. Add image via the Featured Image option
3. Click Publish.
4. Click "Edit with Elementor" button to add page content

B. To create the practice area page

1. Click Pages > Add New.
2. Look for Page Attributes on the right side and click on the "Template" drop-down menu. Select "Full Screen"
3. Add a featured image
4. Click Publish.
5. Click the Edit with Elementor button

6. There are 2 services shortcodes:

   Services v1 shortcode: [services_v1 cols="3" count="12"], cols can be 2, 3 or 4

   Services v2 shortcode: [services_v2 cols="2" count="12"], cols can be 1, or 2

A. First let's add some items

1. Click Case Studies > Add New Case Item
2. Check a category for it
3. Add image via the Featured Image option
4. Click Publish.
5. Click "Edit with Elementor" button to add page content

B. To create the case studies page

1. Click Pages > Add New.
2. Look for Page Attributes on the right side and click on the "Template" drop-down menu. Select "Full Screen"
3. Add a featured image
4. Click Publish.
5. Click the Edit with Elementor button

6. There is one case studies shortcodes:

   Cases shortcode: [case_studies cols="3" count="12" filter="on" cat=""], cols can be 2, 3 or 4

   cat attribute is optional. In case you want to show just a particular cases category or categories

1. Click Pages > Add New
2. Click the Edit with Elementor button
3. Click Add Template and select from My Templates one of the Contact page templates.
4. Click Publish
5. Install and activate the contact 7 plugin ( https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

6. Go to Contact > Add New and create a new contact form

   

7. Add the following code in the Form option to look like in online demo

   <div class="row">
   <div class="col-lg-4">[text* your-name class:comm-field class:margin-b24 placeholder "Name"] </div>
   
   <div class="col-lg-4">[email* your-email class:comm-field class:margin-b24 placeholder "Email"] </div>
   
   <div class="col-lg-4">[tel* your-phone minlength:10 maxlength:12 class:comm-field class:margin-b24 placeholder "Phone"]</div>
   
   </div>
   
   <div class="margin-b24">[textarea* your-message id:msg-contact x5 placeholder "Message"] </div>
   
   <p class="contact-btn">[submit id:submit-contact "Send Message"]</p>

8. Click the Save button. Copy the shortcode and paste it in the contact page.

1. Click Pages > Add New.
2. Click Publish.
3. Now you can add the new page to your menu
4. Now click Settings > Reading and select Front page displays a static page. Select the blog page you just created as your Posts page and click Save Changes.
5. To select a blog layout go to Appearance > Customize > General Options > Blog - Articles Layout option
6. Click Posts > Add New to create a news post. Make sure when you add a Featured Image for a post to have at least 1100x800px to look like the online demo. You can play with other size too.

There are 5 widget areas for this theme. Go to Appearance > Widgets to use them.

To add a widget title like in the demo, add a Custom HTML block with the following heading css class.

<h5 class="widgettitle">About Us</h5>	

Consultus is using the WordPress Live Customizer feature. Go to Appearance > Customize and change site title, colors, upload your logo and more. You'll see real time preview of changes you made to your site.

Here's the list of available shortcodes:

1. There are 2 services shortcodes:

   Services v1 shortcode: [services_v1 cols="3" count="12"], cols can be 2, 3 or 4

   Services v2 shortcode: [services_v2 cols="2" count="12"], cols can be 1, or 2

2. There is one case studies shortcodes:

   Cases shortcode: [case_studies cols="3" count="12" filter="on" cat=""], cols can be 2, 3 or 4

   cat attribute is optional. In case you want to show just a particular cases category or categories

3. Blog Articles shortcode: [blog_3cols count="3"]

   The count attribute is optional.

Consultus theme comes with a child theme in the main download package.

A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme.

Child themes are recommended if you modify the theme files code and don't want to lose your customization when updating the theme to a new version.