You need at least WordPress version 5.0 installed for this theme to work properly. It is strongly recommended that you always use the latest stable version of Wordpress to ensure all known bugs and security issues are fixed. Other requirements:
When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme files and then activate the theme itself. The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:
Once the theme is uploaded, you need to activate it. Go to Appearance -> Themes and activate your chosen theme.
After that you need to install and activate the following pre-packaged plugins:
N.B: All plugins must be installed and activated if you want your site to look exactly like demo.
To install these plugins, navigate to Appearance -> Install Plugins and start installation.
Want to build your site like the demo? You can do it by only one click!
** Note: Before proceeding, please remember that when you are done with the demo import, all existing settings and contents will be removed and replaced by the demo contents. So it is highly recommended that you should only do this in fresh site. **
First please make sure that Red Chili Parent Theme is activated on your site.
From Admin menu, navigate to Tools -> Demo Content Install. Or alternatively, navigate to Plugins -> RT Demo Importer -> Install Demo Contents.
In this page, Click on the Install button for installing the demo.
It will take some time for importing the demo contents. Please note: Some images are replaced with a placeholder image because of licensing.
After importing demo data, please update your permalink. To update permalink, navigate to Settings -> Permalink and then click on Save Settings button.
If you face any issue, check the Troubleshooting section from here.
We have provided some sample contents inside "sample-data" directory which comes with your theme package. You have to import those contents.
From Admin menu, navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to General tab.
Choose your preferred primary and secondary color from the color palette.
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
From Admin menu, navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Header tab.
You can select Custom text Logo or Site name as Your Site logo. You can also design and decorate you custom text logo.
From here you can upload your main Image logo and light logo. Light logo will be used when "Transparent header" is enabled.
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
From Admin menu, navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to General tab
Here you can find the option for enabling/disabling "Preloader" option. Also you can upload your custom preloader image. When uploading image, make sure it's a transparent GIF image.
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
From Admin menu, navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to General tab
Here you can find the option for enabling/disabling "Back to Top Arrow" option. Choose your preferred option
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
To change the Header related settings, please go to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Header tab. Following features are available:
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
You can change the typography of Body and Headers. To do this, go to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Typography tab.
After changing the Typography settings, Click on Save Changes button.
From here you can set default layouts for pages, blog, posts etc. You can find this settings on Appearance -> RedChili Options and then Layout Defaults tab.
This settings is similar for all submenus under "Layout Defaults", so for convenience i'll just describe for one item (Recipe Single).
Layout: You can choose various layout types for pages eg. Left Sidebar, Right Sidebar, Full Width.
Content Padding Top: Paddings at the top of page contents. (see image below)
Content Padding Bottom: Paddings at the bottom of page contents.(see image below)
Banner: You can enable or disable banner (see image below).
Breadcrumb: You can enable or disable breadcrumb (see image below).
Banner Background Type: You can choose weather you want a background image or background color for banner.
Banner Background Color/Image: You can select the banner background color or image from here.
You can override the above settings for individual post types. For any post types (like Posts, Pages, Recipe, Chef, Event etc), when you go to Add New or Edit page, you can find similar settings like above under the "Layout Settings" box. If you change any settings from here, this will take priority. If you choose default, settings from the RedChili Options -> Layout Defaults (described above) will be used.
Navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Blog Settings tab. From here you can change Blog/Archive related settings.
Also you can upload an alternave preview image which will be used as featured image when no fetured image exists. To do this, go to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to General tab. It'll look like this:
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
Navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Post Settings tab. From here you can change settings for single post .
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
Navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Error Page Settings tab. Settings will look like this:
This part is well explained in the image below:
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
Navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to WooCommerce tab. Here you'll find WooCommerce related options:
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
Add new Visual Composer Element Red Chili: WooCommerce Food Menu. Then select a layout for WooCommerce Food Menu tab. Here you'll find WooCommerce related Layouts:
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.
You can set up root/archive pages for these Custom Post Types which will be used as breadcrumb. To do this, navigate to Settings -> Breadcrumb NavXT. In this page, Click on the Post Types tab.
Then select the root pages for Chef, Recipe and Event like the image below. It'll be used as archive page.
You can add Recipe from Recipe menu. You can also include related Recipe too. For each Recipe you'll see the following settings:
For displaying Recipe, we have created visual composer elements for you. From Visual Composer, Go to Red Chili tab, here you'll see RedChili: Recipe Slider and RedChili: Recipe Grid element.
You can add Chef members from Chef menu. For each Chef you'll see the following settings:
For displaying Chefs, we have created visual composer elements for you. From Visual Composer, Go to Red Chili tab, here you'll see Redchili: Chef Slider and Redchili: Chef Grid element.
You can add Events from Event menu. For each portfolio you'll see the following settings:
For displaying Event, we have created visual composer elements for you. From Visual Composer, Go to Red Chili tab, here you'll see Red Chili: Event and Red Chili: Event grid element.
Please note that all events are displayed based on the starting time of that event. So Past Events and Upcoming events will be calculated automatically based on that time.
You can add testimonials from Testimonials menu. For each testimonial you'll see the following settings:
For displaying testimonials, we have created visual composer elements for you. From Visual Composer, Go to Red Chili tab, here you'll see Red Chili: Testimonials element. 4 Style of Testimonials layout has been added
We have created several visual composer elements for you. You can find them from Red Chili tab in the visual composer
"Food Menu Pro" is a premium plugin which is included with this theme. With this plugin, you can display your restaurant Food Menus easily. There are more than 9 layouts and tremendous settings by which you can display your menu with every possible combination. You can create new "Food Menu" from "Food Menu Pro" menu. For each "Food Menu" you'll see the following settings:
To display the FoodMenu using visual composer, you have to generate shortcode first. Here's how you can do it:
From Visual Composer, you have to use "Food Menu Pro" Element to display it. Here's how it looks like:
After selecting "Food Menu Pro" Element, you can choose your preferred layout too:
You can use the following built-in css classes if needed:
You can use the following Widget in any place of your theme ( like in footer & sidebar ). These are custom made
You can use the following Widget to show opening hour of your restaurant in any place of your theme ( like in footer & sidebar )
You can use the following Widget to show latest recipe added in your site in any place of your theme ( like footer & sidebar )
We are using plugin "Contact Form 7" for contact functionality. You can see their documentation for better understanding.
If you don't want to go through all the troubles to check their documentation and just want to use the default contact form we provided with this theme, please at least set up the default emails in contact form settings. (Because if you don't do that, all form submission emails will come to us instead of you). To do that, please follow the steps below:
Step 1: Navigate to Contact, and then click on Contact form 1 link.
Step 2: From this page, click on Mail tab. Here you should set your own email address where you want to receive user submitted forms. Then click on save button.
Step 3: Please submit some dummy forms from Contact page to make sure that it's working properly.
Creating one page navigation can be done by using default wordpress functionalities. Heres the steps below:
Step 1: When creating the homepage using visual composer, give an id to every row.
Step 2: When creating the menu items, use the "Custom Links" box and use that row id as menu URL.
You can watch this video for better understanding:
You can translate this theme to another language easily. You actually have to translate two things for your website to work properly: "Red Chili" theme and "Red Chili Core" plugin. This plugin plays a major role in theme functionality, so if you don't translate this plugin along with the theme you can't be able to get the full translation.
There are many tools available for translation. But the easiest way is to use plugin "Loco Translate". Using this plugin, you can literally translate any WordPress themes or plugins if it supports translation.
** Note: Please remember, if you update the theme later your translations might be gone if they are stored inside theme/plugin. So please keep a backup of Red Chili theme and Red Chili Core plugin first before updating theme. **
Here's a quick video tutorial about how to use Loco Translate:
Occationally we provide updates which includes new features and bugfixes. Updating WordPress theme is standard WordPress functionality. There are few ways to update WordPress theme. You can follow any of the methods described below:
** Note: Before updating, make sure to keep a backup of your website to be in safe side. **
Method 1: Automatic Update by Using Envato Market Plugin
Here's a quick video tutorial explaining this method:
Method 2: By Uploading zip File
Method 3: By FTP
This is a hosting issue. In most hostings demo installation will work fine. But some hostings block certain permissions which may cause this issue. If this happens to you, you can contact your hosting provider or alternatively send a support request to support@radiustheme.com and we will help you to fix this.
If you face this type of issue, please update your permalink. To update permalink, navigate to Settings -> Permalink and then click on Save Settings button.
If you face any issue, please contact at support@radiustheme.com
Thank you for purchasing our theme.
4.11| Contact & Socials
You can set up your contact and social info which are displayed in Top Bar and Footer. To do this, navigate to Appearance -> RedChili Options. Then go to Contact & Socials tab.
After changing the settings, Click on Save Changes button.