Install Theme via FTP
Follow the steps below to learn how to install theme via FTP
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Step 1: Login to your hosting space via an FTP software
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Step 2: Unzip the Amy Handmade file and only use the extracted Amy Handmade folder
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Step 3: Upload the extracted Amy Handmade folder into wp-content => Theme folder
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Step 4: Activate the newly installed theme by going to Appearance => Themes and click on Activate button to activate theme
Install Theme via WordPress
Follow the steps below to learn how to install theme via WordPress
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Step 1: From backend, go to Appearances => Themes => Add New button, click on Upload button at the top of the page
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Step 2: Click on Choose File to choose theme from your local computer, the file requirement is zip format. Press Install Now button to install theme.
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Step 3: Wait for few seconds, the theme will be uploaded and extracted automatically by WordPress. After this process complete, you only need to press on
Activate link under the message for successful installed theme.
Once you ativate Amy Handmade, you will receive notification message to install plugins. Follow the steps of Plugins Installation part below to learn how to do this
Plugin Installation
How to install required and recommended plugins for Amy Handmade
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Step 1: Once you activate Amy Handmade, you will receive a notification message at the top of the screen that shows you which are required plugins and which are recommended plugins for theme.
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Step 2: Click on Begin Install Plugins link under the message to go to Plugin’s list in which you can install and activate the required and recommended plugins. Tick on the box for plugins you wish to install => Click on Bulk Action to see drop-down list => Install => Apply button
Important: Required plugins are compulsory plugins to make Amy Handmade work.
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Step 3: Wait for some seconds, after all of the plugin is installed, from Dashboard => Plugins, you will activate the plugins as you want.
Installing Demo Content
By One-Click Demo, you are easy to set up a site the same as Amy Handmade's demo in seconds with all three home pages content
Important: Before installing demo, you need to make sure that Amy Handmade theme and required plugins (Amy Handmade Extends, AmyTheme Framework and Visual Composer, WooCommerce) are installed and activated successfully
From Dashboard => Handamde Theme => Demo Content => Click on Install button, a popup will appear to ask if you want to continue installing the demo content. Click on OK button if you want to continue. Please wait for some seconds, once the installing process is completed, you will see the message Demo's Installed
Blog Settings
Blog section allows you to make the global settings for blog page and single post page.
From Dashboard => Handmade Theme => Blog.
1. General Blog Page Settings
» Blog Layout: Amy Handmade theme offers you three layouts for your blog page (List layout, Grid layout and Masonry layout).
» Blog Columns: Shows if Grid layout and Masonry layout is selected. Decide the number of columns for your blog page.
» Blog Sidebar: Decide your blog page with right sidebar, left sidebar or full sidebar.
» Blog Sidebar Type: Choose sidebar/ widget area from the list. These sidebar/ widget area will be created at Widgetssection.
» Blog Featured Image Size: You can decide the global size for featured image of the blog posts.
» Blog Pagination: Decide to use the default pagination or load more or hide pagination at your blog page.
» Blog Automatically Excerpt: Select On/ Off to show/ hide blog excerpt.
» Blog Excerpt Word Limit: Enter the number of words will show at the post excerpt.
2. Single Blog page settings
» Show Featured Image: Select On/ Off to show/ hide featured image.
» Featured Image Size: Decide the featured image size.
» Show Social Share: Select On/ Off to show/ hide social icons (Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Twitter) at the single blog page.
» Show About Authors: Select On/ Off to show/ hide the “about author” section at single blog page.
» Show Recent Posts: Select On/ Off to show/ hide recent posts at the single movie page.
» Recent Posts: Click on the arrow-down icon to select the recent posts type (Recent Posts, Related Posts, Random Posts, Most Commented Post).
» Recent Posts Title: Enter the recent post title
» Recent Post Thumbnail: Select On/ Off to show/ hide the recent post thumbnail.
» Recent Post Thumbnail Size: Click on arrow-down button to select the post thumbnail size.
» Show Post Navigation: Select On/ Off to show/ hide the post navigation.
Click on Save button to save any your change.
Typography Settings
From Dashboard => Handmade Theme => Typography => click on Add New Typography button to add new typography for new parts
- » Title: Enter the title for the part you want to change typography. For example, enter "Menu Typography" to add typography for Menu.
- » Select: Enter class or ID of elements you want to change typography.
- » Font Family: Choose the font you want.
- » Font Size: Enter font size (by pixel), it's optional.
- » Line Height: Enter line height (by pixel), it's optional.
- » Custom CSS: Custom CSS for this element, it's optional.
Click on Save button to save any your changes.
WooCommerce General Settings
This section allows you to set the number columns of products at shop page, and more.
From Dashboard => Handamde Theme => WooCommerce
Demo Content
This option allows you to install or uninstall demo content by some clicks.
From Dashboard => Handamde Theme => Demo Content.
You can visit Demo Installation to get the detail guide for this part.
Module Settings
Amy Handmade offers you 15 great module for the top bar and header.
1. Search module
This module help you to add the search module to your top bar, you will be easy to create a nice and functional search module by some options.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Search for Module Type option
Search module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
2. Text module
Text module allows you to show the normal text with icon on the top bar/ header.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Text for Module Type option
Text module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
3. Textarea module
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Textarea for Module Type option
Textarea module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
4. Modal module
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Modal for Module Type option
Modal module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
5. Link module
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Link for Module Type option
Link module settings
6. Menu Module
This module allow you to show the extra module on the top bar.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Menu for Module Type option
Menu module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
7. Social Module
Each Social module will allow you to add one social network like Facebook, Twitter, Google+,... anything you want.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Social for Module Type option
Please note that you need to add one by one social module for Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Skype, … anything you want.
Social module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
8. WP Login module
You can be easy to show the WP login module on the top bar/ header
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose WP Login for Module Type option
WP Login module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
9. Woocommerce Login & Logout module
You can be easy to show the Woocommerce login/ logout/ My Account module on the top bar/ header
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Woocommerce Login & Logout for Module Type option
Woocommerce Login & Logout module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
10. qTranslate Language Switcher
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose qTranslate Language Switcher for Module Type option
qTranslate Language Switcher module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
11. WPML Language Switcher
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose WPML Language Switcher for Module Type option
WPML Language Switcher module settings
12. Polylang language switcher
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Polylang language switcher for Module Type option
Polylang language switcher module settings
13. Woocommerce Minicart
Woocommerce Minicart module help visitors easy to manage their shopping cart.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Woocommerce Minicart for Module Type option
Woocommerce Minicart module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
14. Woocommerce Cart Count
This module allow you to add the cart button at the top bar or the header so that visitors can see the number of products in their shopping cart, then click on that cart button to the cart page.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Woocommerce Cart Count for Module Type option
Woocommerce Cart Count module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
15. Woocommerce Cart Count and Price
This module helps visitors can see the cart button with the total price on the top bar or header.
At the Top bar left, Top bar right, Header section => click on Add New Module button => Choose Woocommerce Cart Count and Price for Module Type option
Woocommerce Cart Count and Price module settings
At the top bar/ header section, you can see
How To
This section guildes all the things you need to create for your handmade websites. Here you will learn how to create new posts, products, testimonials and how to set up a homepage.
Add/ Edit testimonials
1. Add a new testimonial category
From Dashboard => Testimonials => Categories => Enter the category’s name at the Name option => click on Add New Category button to save and if you want you can continue to add new categories.
2. Add new or edit testimonials from backend
From Dashboard => Testimonials => Add New
Enter the client’s name
Enter the client’s testimonials
Set up client’s detail information (client’s avatar, email, position, company, website, the number of star rating..
Choose the category for testimonials.
How To Create Homepage
By default, WordPress sets blog page as a home page for your website. Almost of time, it is not what you want, so in this guide, you can learn how to create and set up a special homepage for your site.
Build up a page by Visual Composer
From Dashboard => Pages => Add New
Enter the page title.
Build up homepage content by using Visual Composer elements and Custom Amy Handmade Shortcodes.
Custom Page header: Please note that this section is invalid for the front page.
3.1. General Tab: This section allows you to turn on/ off the transparency header and top bar as well as footer section
3.2. Page Header Tab: This section allows you to show/ hide page header or decide to use the global page header as well as custom the page header base on your needs.
- » Disable Page Header: Select On/ Off to disable/ enable page header for this page single blog. If you choose “On”, all of the options below will be invalid.
- » Disable Breadcrumb: Select On/ Off to hide/ show the page header breadcrumb.
- » Disable Title: Select On/ Off to hide/ show the page title.
- » Custom Title: Shows if you choose Off for Disable Title option. Enter the custom title for the page header.
- » Custom Page Header: Choose Off to use the global settings of the page header at the Page Header section of theme option. If you choose On, some other options will appear, allow you to custom the background/ color of page header. You can visit Page Header section of Theme options to know more information about each option.
Templates: Choose the template for the page. With Homepage, we use Default Template.
Page Layout: Choose the page layout with right sidebar, left sidebar, full width or 100% width.
After all, click on Publish button
Set up Front Page
From Dashboard => Settings => Reading, you can set homepage by following the steps of the screenshot below.
How to custom User Login page
Amy User Settings section allows you to enable/ disable the custom login page in a popup or in a page with sidebar or without sidebar and add Social login in that page.
From Dashboard => Users => Amy User Settings
1. General Settings
2. Social Settings
Enable Social Login: Select On/ Off to enable/ disable social login module (Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter) on the custom login page.
Please note that if you choose Off for Enable Social Login option, all of the options below will be invalid.
Amy Tabs
Amy Tabs allows you to easily add and edit your tabs and you can add elements into each tabs as you wish. Follow the steps below to learn how Amy Tabs works
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» Step 1: Amy Tabs General setting
At this step, you can learn how to set the position of tab and choose active tab
From the green bar
=> click on
button to make general setting on Tab
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» Step 2: Child Tab settings
You can edit tab name or add element into child tabs at yellow bar
- 2.1. Edit tab name
Click on tab you want to edit => click
button at yellow bar , a popup will appear and you can change the tab name as you want
- 2.2. Add content for each tab
Each tab will show diferent content. To do this: click on the tab you want to add elements and click Plus icon at the yellow bar to choose elements like the image below
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» Step 3: Click Save button to save any your change
Please visit the GIF image helow to know about the tab settings.
Amy Handmade Blog
Amy Handmade Blog allows you to show the blog posts with two nice layout, and you are easy to arrange your post by title, comment count, post ID, Date and more.
At the backend you can see
Blog layout 1, you can see
Blog layout 2, you can see
Amy Handmade Heading
With Amy Handmade Heading shortcode, you can be easy to build up a creative block heading and easy to change the color and font size of the heading.
At the backend you can see
On the frontend you can see
Amy Handmade Instagram
You can be easy to show the gallery from your instagram account.
At the backend you can see
On the frontend you can see
Amy Handmade LookBook
Amy Handmade LookBook shortcode allows you to show the lookbook gallery of the newest as well as outstanding design of your products or other as you want. You also can add the nice text item block inserted a link to.
At the backend you can see
On the frontend you can see
Amy Handmade Testimonials
With Amy Testimonial plugin, you can create the testimonial from backend with client’s name, quote, avatar, position, and Amy Testimonials List shortcode allows you to show the list of those testimonials.
1. General Settings
There are two ways to get data from: Testimonial Category or Testimonial IDs.
» If you want to get data from Testimonial Category, at the backend you can see.
» If you want to get data from Testimonial IDs, at the backend you can see.
2. Layout Options
Amy Handmade offers you three layouts to display testimonials to fit your each design.
3. Slide Settings
4. Extra Settings
After all, click on Save button to save any your change.
Product Countdown
Product Countdown shortcode help you easy to show your big sale on the particular product with the nice and attractive design.
At the backend, you can see
How to get the product ID
From Dashboard => Products => hover on the sale product you want to show at the countdown section, you will see the product ID.
On the front-end, you can see
Product Carousel
Product Carousel shortcode helps you to show the products in the carousel style with two layouts (horizontal or vertical).
1. General Settings
2. Layout Options
If you choose “vertical” layout, the “Rows” option will appear help you enter the number of rows you want to show.
3. Slide Options
4. Extra Options
Horizontal layout you can see
Vertical layout you can see
Product Grid
You can display your products in two grid styles.
1. General Settings
2. Layout Options
Grid layout, on the front-end you can see
Product Special Layout
This shortcode help you to display products with 4 special and nice layouts. You can easy to show/ hide the rate stars with the products.
1. General Settings
2. Layout Options
Layout 1, on the front-end you can see
Layout 2, on the front-end you can see
Layout 3, on the front-end you can see
Layout 4, on the front-end you can see
Text With Icon
This shortcode will help you easy to build up a block with easy text on the right and image icon on the left You totally can change the text color and font size.
At the backend you can see
On the front-end you can see
Amy Handmade List
Amy Handmade List allows you to show the list of blog posts at your sidebar or widget area.
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade List to any widget area you want to display.
Amy Handmade Module
With Instagram module you are easy to show the image from an instagram account.
1. Instagram module
About module allows you to add some text with a banner like a short introduction of your company or your website.
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade Module to any widget area you want to display, then choose Instagram for Type option.
2. Contact module
Contact module allows you to show some information about your address, phone and email and more,,,, so that visitor can be easier to contact you if they need.
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade Module to any widget area you want to display, then choose Contact for Type option.
At the backend you can see
On the frontend, you can see
3. Advertising module
Advertising Module allows you to add advertising banner and insert a link into it
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade Module to any widget area you want to display, then choose Adverising for Type option.
4. Social Module
You can add as many social network channels as you want at the social module. Clicking on Add New Social button to add new social.
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade Module to any widget area you want to display, then choose Social for Type option => Clicking on Add New Social button to add new social.
Amy Testimonial Widget
This widget allows you to show the testimonials on the sidebar or widget area. You can show testimonials based on the categories, or you can decide which testimonials will be shown by enter the testimonials IDs.
From Dashboard => Widgets, you will drag and drop Amy Handmade Testimonials to any widget area you want to display.
Title: Enter the widget title.
Decide to get data from testimonial categories or testimonials IDs.
» Get Data from Testimonial categories
» » Get Data from: Select Category for this option
» » Genre: Shows if "Category" is selected at "Get Data From" option. Select the testimonial categories you want to show.
» Get Data from Testimonial IDs: This feature allows you to select which testimonials will be shown.
» » Get Data from: Select Testimonial IDs for this option
» » Testimonial IDs: Shows if "Testimonial IDs" is selected at "Get Data From" option. Enter the testimonial IDs to the box.
General Information.
» Order by: Arrange the displaying orders of testimonials according to Title, Date or Random Orders
» Sort Order: Arrange the displaying order of testimonials according to Descending or Ascending.
» Layout: There are two layouts to show testimonials (List, Grid and Carousel).
» Number Testimonials: Decide the number of testimonials will be shown.
» Column: Shows if Grid layout or Carousel layout is selected. Decide the number columns of testimonials
» List Field Visible: Decide the client’s extra fields will show with client’s testimonials.
Show Avatar: Select On/ Off to show/ hide client’s avatar
If you choose On, there are some options will appear.
Show Pagination: Select On/ Off to show/ hide pagination.
If you choose On, there are some options will appear.
Custom Style: Choose On to custom style for testimonials. If you choose Off, the testimonials will use default style.
Extra Css: Enter the extra Css for this block (optional)
After all, click on Save button to save any your change.