Download The Theme
Download Forumverse theme zip file from your User Dashboard.
If you purchased the Creative Market theme, you can download the zip file from your Creative Market account.
Install The Theme
After Palleon plugin is installed and activated, go to Appearance -> Themes. Here, you will see all the themes you have currently installed in your application. To add another one, simply click on the Install Themes tab. Upload the zip file.
Enter your license key and activate license (Required for only Freemius version).
Install The Plugins
After installing the theme, you will see a message about required plugins. Click "Start Installing Plugins", install and activate the plugins.
If for some reason you are not seeing this message, you can also install the plugins manually. Here is the list of plugins;
- bbPress
- Kirki
- CMB2
- Elementor
- Woocommerce
- Front End PM
- One Click Demo Import
Elementor
Forumverse is fully compatible with Elementor plugin. Elementor is the best WordPress Page Builder, with over millions of active installs. You can create a beautiful website using a simple, intuitive drag and drop Interface.
There are some settings that we recommend you make in the Elementor site settings before importing the demo;
1) Go to Elementor -> Settings -> Features and enable "Additional Custom Breakpoints".
2) Open a page with Elementor
3) Go to Site Settings (Click on the icon in the top menu) -> Layouts and set the breakpoints as in the screenshot below;
4) Save changes.
Tip 1: You can find all custom widgets available on Forumverse in the widget area of Elementor;
Tip 2: We recommend choosing the “Page Builder (No Padding)” page template for your pages that you will create with Elementor.
Import Demo
Please make sure you have installed and activated all required plugins before importing the demo content.
Go to Appearance->Import Demo Data and click on the Import button only once and wait, it can take a couple of minutes.
You can change your front page from Settings->Reading.
Enable User Registration
In most cases, if you create a forum site, you will need to enable user registration. WordPress comes with built-in functionality to manage user registrations. It is turned off by default, but you can easily turn it on.
To do this, simply head over to the Settings->General page in your WordPress dashboard.
From here, scroll down to the ‘Membership’ section and check the box next to the "Anyone can register" option. Click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.
Now, your WordPress site is open to user registrations. You can visit your WordPress login page (or check the popup login form), and you will see an option to register as a new user.
General
Logo
You can upload your logo here.
Logo Height
The height of the logo in pixels. The width of the logo is always auto.
Theme Switcher
Once enabled, users will be able to switch between light and dark color modes from the icon in the top menu. You can choose one of the color modes and disable the theme switcher so that users always use the selected color mode.
Default Theme
If the theme switcher is enabled, this option is only available if the user has never used the theme switcher before. The user's theme selection is stored in their browser.
Primary Color
The default primary color of the theme is blue. You can change it here. We recommend choosing a color that looks good in both light and dark modes.
Sticky sidebar
Sticky sidebar feature, glues the sidebars, making them permanently visible when scrolling up and down. Useful when a sidebar is too tall or too short compared to the rest of the content.
Typography
Default Browser Font Size (px)
All text sizes within the theme, such as titles, paragraphs, etc., will be scaled according to this value.
Body Typography
You can change some basic font settings here, such as the font family, line height, etc. of body fonts.
Heading Typography
You can change some basic font settings here, such as the font family, line height, etc. of heading fonts (h1, h2 etc.).
Header
Image Overlay Opacity (%)
This is the opacity of the overlay on the header image.
Parallax Image Effect
You can enable/disable the parallax effect on the header image.
Background (Light Theme)
Gradient colors of the header background for light mode.
Background (Dark Theme)
Gradient colors of the header background for dark mode.
Title Typography
You can change some basic font settings here, such as the font family, line height, etc. of the title.
Subtitle Typography
You can change some basic font settings here, such as the font family, line height, etc. of the subtitle.
Blog
Header Image
This image will be displayed on all default WordPress blog pages like archive, search etc.
Blog Subtitle
This subtitle will be displayed on all default WordPress blog pages.
Header Search
You can enable/disable blog search box in header.
Blog Layout
The page layout of the main blog page. The available options are; 2 Columns, 2 Columns + Sidebar, 3 Columns and 4 Columns.
Archive Layout
The page layout of the archive page (category, tag etc.). The available options are; 2 Columns, 2 Columns + Sidebar, 3 Columns and 4 Columns.
Search Layout
The page layout of the blog search page. The available options are; 2 Columns, 2 Columns + Sidebar, 3 Columns and 4 Columns.
Author Layout
The page layout of the WordPress author page. The available options are; 2 Columns, 2 Columns + Sidebar, 3 Columns and 4 Columns.
Masonry Thumbnail Size
The default thumbnail size to display in the masonry grid.
Enable Author Box
The author box displays basic information about the post's author at the bottom of the post.
User Blog
Front-End Post Submission
You can give your users the ability to create blog posts and submit them from the front-end form on their profile.
Default User Post Status
To allow everyone to publish post without admin approval, select "published".
Only Verified Users
You can allow only verified users to submit post.
Teeny Mode
Minimal version of visual editor (Rich Text Editor).
Media Upload
You can allow your users to upload media files to their posts. All the files are stored in the WordPress media library.
HTML Editor
You can allow your users to use HTML tags instead of visual editor. Please note that some HTML tags are not allowed for security reasons.
Maximum title length
Maximum post title length allowed to users.
Maximum excerpt length
Maximum post excerpt length allowed to users.
Maximum number of posts
The maximum number of the posts which are displayed in pending and published posts tabs on user profile.
bbPress
Header Image
This image will be displayed on all bbPress pages.
Subtitle
This subtitle will be displayed on all bbPress pages.
Header Search
You can enable/disable forum search box in header.
Enable Live Search
Live search (autocomplete) allows users to find the results they are looking for before they even finish typing their query.
Live search show at most
The maximum number of the posts which are displayed in the live search.
Visual Editor
By default, bbPress only has a simple text box in the add topic and reply fields. You can enable the visual editor (rich text editor) here.
Teeny Mode
Minimal version of visual editor (Rich Text Editor).
Media Upload
You can allow your users to upload media files to their posts. All the files are stored in the WordPress media library.
HTML Editor
You can allow your users to use HTML tags instead of visual editor. Please note that some HTML tags are not allowed for security reasons.
Custom Role Names
You can change the default bbPress role names (keymaster, moderator, etc.) to anything you want. You can also choose different badge colors for different roles here.
Follow User
See "Other Features -> Follow User"
Solved Topic & Best Answer
See "Other Features -> Solved Topic & Best Answer"
Forum & Topic Badges
If available, display badges (hidden, private, etc.) immediately after forum and topic titles.
Report Content
See "Other Features -> Report Content"
Quote Replies
See "Other Features -> Quote Replies"
Private Reply
See "Other Features -> Private Reply"
Topic & Reply Moderation
Once enabled, all topics and replies submitted by users (except admins and moderators) will be published after being reviewed by an admin or moderator.
User Profiles
Default avatar
After adding your custom avatar, you must go to WP dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion -> Default Avatar and you will see the new image in the bottom of options for gravatar. Select it and save changes.
Enable custom avatar
Allow users to upload their own avatar.
Enable custom cover image
Allow users to upload their own cover image to be displayed in the background of the header on the user profile page.
Allow password change
Allow users to change their passwords from the front end.
Enable Social Icons
Allow users to add their social media handles to their profiles.
What's on your mind?
Once enabled, this field will be displayed in the header (subtitle) of the users profile page.
Enable Forum Signature
Forum signatures are messages that appear at the bottom of each post a user makes in a forum. They can be very useful for users as they can promote their site links by participating in your forums.
Enable Flags
Once enabled, users will be able to choose the country (flag) to display on their profile.
Enable Date Of Birth
Once enabled, users will be able to choose birth day to display on their profile.
Enable Gender
Once enabled, users will be able to choose gender to display on their profile.
Enable Location
Once enabled, users will be able to enter location to display on their profile.
Rating System
Once enabled Users can like or dislike posts, comments, and forum topic replies using the built-in rating system. Admins can change the like/dislike count from the WordPress dashboard.
WooCommerce
Shop Layout
The page layout of the shop page. The available options are; 2 Columns, 3 Columns and 4 Columns. If you add any widget to WooCommerce sidebar, a sidebar will be displayed. Empty sidebar will not be displayed.
Hide Header
You can hide header completely on WooCommerce pages.
Header Search
You can enable/disable product search box in header.
Shop page show at most
The maximum number of products to display on a page.
Header Image
This image will be displayed on the shop header.
Product Thumbnail Size
The default thumbnail size to display in the masonry grid.
Placeholder Image
The default image will be displayed if there is no product image.
Single Product Image Size
The default image size on the single product page.
Single Product Image Column Size (%)
For example, if you select 40, the product information area will be 60% wide of the page.
Related Products
Display related products on the product page.
404 Page
Title
Title of 404 error page.
Subtitle
Subtitle of 404 error page.
Cover Image
Background image of 404 error page.
Search Box
Choose which search box to display on the 404 page.
Footer
You can find all the footer settings here. To add widgets to the footer, go to Appearance->Widgets.
Follow User
Once enabled from Customizer -> bbPress, users can follow each other and see the latest forum topics added by their friends from the activities tab on their profiles. Followers and following are publicly displayed on user profiles.
Solved Topic & Best Answer
Once enabled from Customizer -> bbPress, users can mark their forum topics as solved and select the best answer (admins and moderators can do this for all forum topics), which is an extremely useful feature, especially for support forums.
Report Content
Once enabled from Customizer -> bbPress, users can report inappropriate forum topics and replies to site administration with a single click.
Quote Replies
Once enabled from Customizer -> bbPress,your forum members can clip quotes from other forum topic replies with a single click, just like in Whatsapp.
Private Reply
Once enabled from Customizer -> bbPress,when a user marks a reply as private, only forum admins and moderators can view the reply. This is a useful feature for when users need to share sensitive information.
Verified Users
Verified users have a Twitter-like "verified" badge on their avatar. You can verify users from the users page in your WordPress dashboard.
You can create specific forums and topics only for these verified users (Other users can view these topics but not reply).
You can also allow only verified users to submit post. See "Customizer -> User Blog"
FAQ System
You can create an easy to navigate "frequently asked questions" page for your site visitors with the built-in faq system.
You can create categories to organize questions;
To display the questions, you should create a new page and select a FAQ page template.
Ads Manager
Forumverse has many pre-defined areas for your image banners and ad codes (e.g. Google Adsense). The built-in ad management system allows you to display the same ad in different areas of your site.
You can add your ads to pre-defined areas from your WordPress dashboard.
Please note that if you have added your code but it is not working, you will need to contact your ad provider. This module only adds the code to the relevant field and does not modify anything in the code.
Private Messages
With Front End PM plugin, you can allow your users to send private messages to each other from the front end (users can block other users). Admins can send a public announcement that all users can see or that is specific to a specific role(s). Admins can also block any user from sending private messages.
For more information about the plugin, click here...
How to get YouTube API keys?
To use the Elementor YouTube TV widget, you need to have a YouTube API key. YouTube grants each developer a unique API key that allows them to connect their website or app to the platform. Each API key is designated for an individual project. If you’re using the API on two separate tools, you will need two different API keys.
Here is how developers can get access to YouTube API keys in a step-by-step process:
1. Sign in to Google Developers Console:
Log in with your Google account, you would be automatically taken to an empty dashboard.
2. Create a new project:
Now click the Create Project button on the upper right-hand corner. Now add a project name, select your organization, and select a location.
The API key from here on will be applicable to the specific project. If you are working on multiple projects together, ensure that you have selected the current project.
3. Explore & Enable APIs:
Once the project is created, the screen shifts to a brand new dashboard with different cards: Project Info, Resources, etc.
Choose the Getting Started card and select Explore & Enable APIs.
4. Navigate to YouTube Data API v3
Once you’ve reached the library, you’ll see a page divided into sections. Select the YouTube Data API v3 under the YouTube APIs section.
5. Enable the API.
Once you have arrived at the YouTube Data API page, click the blue button with the word Enable.
6. Create a credential.
After clicking Enable, you’ll be taken to an overview page. On the top right corner, click Create Credentials.
On this window, select YouTube Data API v3 for the first blank space, Web server (e.g. node js. Tomcat) for the second, and check the Public data box on the third prompt.
Right below that, click on the blue button titled What credentials do I need? After that, your API key will automatically load.
7. A screen will appear with the API key.
Done! You’ve got your API key. It’s saved in your credentials for easy retrieval.
How can I find a YouTube channel id?
You can use an online tool to find your YouTube channel ID. For example;
Channel ID Finder
