MeStore Documentation

Download the child theme here. Only required when you are doing custom coding to add more features.

Download child theme

What is a child theme?

You can create your website like the preview demo in just a few steps 
Step 1) First of all install this theme by going to Appearance->Themes->Add New. Upload mestore.zip and install it.
Step 2) Install all the recommended plugins and activate plugins
Step 3) Now there will be a woocommerce setup popup. You can set up it or you can skip it to set up later.
Step 4) After that, Go to Appearance->Import Demo Data
Step 5) Now on this page scroll down a bit and Click on Import Demo Data  button. A new window will open. Click the Continue & Import button to continue and wait for the process to finish

NOTE: You’ll see the Shop page is missing from the Primary Menu.
 Go to Appearance -> Menus and select the Primary menu and Add Shop page to the Primary menu.

Step 1) First of all, we’ll remove the existing WooCommerce pages ie Cart, Checkout, My Account, and Shop pages. Check screenshot below.

Step 2) After this, we will go to WooCommerce -> Status and then click on the tab Tools. Check screenshots below

Step 3) On Tools tab, scroll down to find the section “Create default WooCommerce pages” and click on the button Create Pages. Check screenshot below

Step 4) Now test your site again.

Step 1) Create new pages from Pages menu and name it Home for home page and Blog for blog page
Step 2) Go to Settings->Reading menu and from Your homepage displayssettings select A static page and then select Home as Front page and Blog as blog page
Step 3) Save it
Step 4) Now edit your home page using Elementor Page builder( Need to install Elementor plugin) easily or Simply edit your page with Gutenberg Editor.

MeStore comes with 2 layout settings ie 1350px and 1170px width. Default width is 1350px. After you install and activate MeStore, You’ll notice that the Elementor’s content is taking the 1170px width and not 1350px width. To change the Elementor’s  page width. We need to add the following steps. Check images below

Follow the Steps show in Screenshot below. First of all Open your homepage using Elementor Page Builder

Lets add the content width to the Elementor’s Layout settings

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> WooCommerce and from the options you can change the products display, WooCommerce sidebar etc.

If product compare is showing blank tables or You can’t see Add to Wishlist icon in product hover. Then followthe steps below

Step 1) Go to YITH -> Compare
Step 2) Check the option Show button in products list  and click Save. Check Screenshot below.

Step 1) Go to Appearance->Customize
Step 2) Click on Site Identity Tab. 
Step 3) Upload a logo of your own. 
Step 4) Save & Publish

Go to Menus from Appearance-> Menus. 
Step 1) Create a new menu. 
Step 2) Select pages from left and add it to menu 
Step 3) After this Select Theme Locations Primary from bottom and click Save Menu

Step 1) Go to Pages->Add New
Step 2) Enter Page Title for eg About 
Step 3) Click on the blue button Edit with Elementor

Note: You will have to install & Activate the Elementor Plugin first.

Step 1) Click on Contact -> Add New
Step 2) Create your new form
Step 3) Copy the shortcode
Step 4) Paste your shortcode using Text Widget or Shortcode widget
Step 5) Save & Publish.

Step 1) Click on Appearance -> Customize -> Footer Settings
Step 2) Scroll down to Footer copyrights text
Step 3) Enter your content
Step 4) Save & Publish

Step 1) Click on Appearance -> Customize -> Preloader Settings 
Step 2) Choose your settings
Step 3) Save & Publish

There are 2 ways to show the products in your page

1. WooCommerce Shortcodes

Below are the shortcodes that can be used to show products in a page

a)  Featured Products

[products limit=”4″ columns=”4″ visibility=”featured” ]

b)  Best Selling Products

[products limit=”4″ columns=”4″ best_selling=”true” ]

c) Newest Products

[products limit=”4″ columns=”4″ orderby=”id” order=”DESC” visibility=”visible”]

d) Specific Categories

[products limit=”4″ columns=”4″ category=”hoodies, tshirts” cat_operator=”AND”]

e) Random Sale Products

[products limit=”4″ columns=”4″ orderby=”popularity” class=”quick-sale” on_sale=”true” ]

Note: limit is the total number of products and columns is the number of columns products in a row

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2) Using theme widget.

Step 1) Open you page with Elementor Page builder.
Step 2) Find widget MeStore: List Featured | New | Popular products Widget and drop into the section
Step 3) Choose the settings
Step4) Save page.

Step 1) Click on Appearance -> Menus
Step 2) Click on Screen Options and check option Description

Step 3) Now there will be an option to add description in menu. Check Screenshot below

Step 4) Save & Publish

Step 1) Click on Appearance -> Menus
Step 2) Click on “Create a new menu link”

Step 3) After this Enter Social Menu as Menu Name and Click Create Menu

Step 4) Now Click on Custom Links and add information as mentioned in screenshot below

Step 5) After adding all social menus Check the “Footer Social Menu” option and then save menu

Step 6) Now to show this social menu in Footer Widgets. Let’s go to Appearance -> Widgets and now
you’ll find our widget MeStore: Footer Social Icons Widget.

Step 7) Now to add this widget to Footer column, just drag the widget and drop it any of the footer columns or
just click the widget to slide down and then choose from the options below. Check screenshot below

Step 8) Now just add title (optional) and save

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