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Point Finder Help Documentation

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Setup and configuration processes;

Please carry out the processes below in order.

  1. Installation
  2. Quick Setup or Manual Setup
  3. Complete the processes after setup.
  4. Review the topics located at PF Settings Help section on the left menu.

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This documentation only contain installation and basic info.
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Requirements

To use Point Finder you must be running WordPress 3.8 or higher, PHP v5.3 or higher, and mysql 5 or higher.
We recommend using Mediatemple for all your hosting needs.

Wordpress Installation

You can setup Point Finder theme with WordPress Theme Upload System by following the steps below. Before starting the setup process, prepare the zip file that you will install.

If you downloaded Point Finder theme by clicking on "All files & documentation" link, extract the zip file that you downloaded and use pointfinder.zip inside for setup. If you downloaded it by clicking on "Installable Wordpress Only" link, directly use that file to install.


  1. Open Appearance > Themes section.
  2. After clicking on Install Themes section, click on Upload button.
  3. Find pointfinder.zip file that you prepared before and add it.
  4. Activate the theme after upload.
  5. You can continue the process with Quick Setup which is run automatically or you can do Manual Setup process
  6. After activating theme, you will see a notification above that says "activate the required & recommended plugins". This message will be visible until plugin setup is completed. You can find information about how to install them in the next step.

If you receive an error message or a message such as "Are You Sure You Want To Do This?" during setup, please make a FTP installation. This means pointfinderizip file is too large for the upload size of your hosting. You can try again by increasing your upload size from your hosting settings or you can make a FTP installation.

FTP Installation

Notification

If you are encountering any problems while installing theme with WordPress Theme Upload System, you can install it this way. FTP installation is an alternative method.

You can setup Point Finder theme with FTP installation system by following the steps below. Before starting the setup process, prepare the theme folder that you will install.

If you downloaded Point Finder theme by clicking on "All files & documentation" link, extract the zip file that you downloaded and use the files inside pointfinder folder for setup. If you downloaded it by clicking on "Installable Wordpress Only" link, extract this zip file and use pointfinder folder for installation.


  1. Connect to FTP with any FTP Client software.
  2. Open wp-content > themes folder from the location where Wordpress is installed.
  3. Upload pointfinder folder which you prepared before into this folder (If you hosting supports it, you can also do this by uploading pointfinder.zip file and extracting it)
  4. After upload process is completed, activate Point Finder from Appearance > Themes section in Wordpress Admin Panel.
  5. You can continue the process with Quick Setup which is run automatically or you can do Manual Setup process
  6. After activating theme, you will see a notification above that says "activate the required & recommended plugins". This message will be visible until plugin setup is completed. You can find information about how to install them in the next step.

Plugin Installation

You can perform plugin installation with the help of video below.

Quick Setup

Point Finder Quick Setup allows you to perform your theme’s first configuration quickly without dealing with installation procedures. In less than a minute, you can configure your theme similar to our demo website or as blank one.

For the setup process which you will be watching soon, the detailed descriptions of the the options are as follows;

What is included in Demo Content?

Taxonomies, demo pages, demo posts, demo items, templatera examples, menus & widgets.

Quick Setup & Introduction:

  • Default without Demo Content : When you setup with this option, it configures your theme with the colors we use in Real Estate demo and no demo content shall be installed. It will also configure the first settings of Templatera Templates and Optionals Panel under PF Settings. You can use this as a manual setup
  • Default with Demo Content : When you setup with this option, demo content is installed but Custom Fields and Search Fields are not configured as in the previous option. This is the recommended setup option
  • Real Estate, Directory, Cardealer with Demo Content : These options are installed by configuring your system as in our preview website, and allows you to have the same website with our demo website.

Please watch the setup video below for detailed information.

If you will use Frontend Upload system;

  1. Dasboard Page Setup: If this setting wasn’t configured or if installation wasn’t made with quick set up, please select this page from Options Panel > Frontend Upload System section after creating an empty page.
  2. You should configure Options Panel > Frontend Upload System section and all its components (Paypal Setup, Social Login etc...) accordingly.
  3. You should edit Email Settings section located in Mail System Config according to your own server.
  4. You should edit e-mails which are sent to user and yourself from Mail System Config section.
  5. If you are going to use Google reCaptcha, you must carry out any required configuration from reCaptcha Config section.

Processes After Setup

  • You should configure your Permalink settings as Post name from Settings > Permalinks section.
  • You can edit Custom Detail Fields and Search Fields which is found under PF Settings > Options Panel > System Setup to your own preference.
  • If you are going to use a review system, you should do necessary configuration from "Review System Config" section.
  • You should edit Taxonomy, posts, page, categories sections to your own preference.
  • Lastly, you should review our help documentation topics :)

Please read help sections about those sections from PF Settings Help section. It will give you detailed information and which ways to use about configuration processes.

Manual Setup

We recommend Quick Setup for a quick installation. Default without Demo Content option shall do the same thing with manual setup. But if you want to configure options manually, you can do this by following the steps below.


Where can I find demo content information for manual setup?

If you want to use demo content information manually for some reason, download the zip file from “All files & documentation” option at Themeforest, and extract it into demo_content folder. The description of the files in this folder is as follows.

  • templatera.xml – Theme templates for Templatera.
  • content.xml – It contains theme templates for Pages, Posts, Menus, Demo Items, Taxonomies & Templatera. It is the same with setup in Real Estate mode.
  • options_panel_import.txt – It contains pre-recorded settings for Options Panel.
  • mail_panel_import.txt – It contains pre-recorded settings for Mail System Config.
  • theme_options_customfields.txt – It contains pre-recorded settings for Custom Fields Panel.
  • theme_options_searchfields.txt – It contains pre-recorded settings for Search Fields Panel.
  • theme_options_custompoints.txt – It contains pre-recorded settings for Custom Points Panel.

Manual Setup Process;

  1. Activate Point Finder from Appearance > Themes section in Wordpress Admin Panel.
  2. You will be directed to Quick Setup page. Here, open Options Panel from PF Settings menu to the left before making any process and import previously saved settings in "options_panel_import.txt" file into this section by using Import & Export tool.
  3. In order to setup a homepage, add a new page from “Pages” section, name it as Home page, and choose “A static page below” from Front page displays in Settings > Readings section.
  4. If you want to import demo content, you can import "content.xml" file with Wordpress Import Tool.
  5. You can edit your menus from Appearance > Menus section. Also you should determine “Main Menu” or “Footer Menu” from Theme Locations section.
  6. After these processes are completed, you should upload your logo, create your pages and configure your website. You can do all your editing processes with Point Finder Options Panel and other panels. Please take a look at the processes below after setup.

If you will use Frontend Upload system;

  1. In order to upload main configuration, import previously saved settings in "mail_panel_import.txt" file into this section from PF Settings > Mail System Config section by using Import & Export tool.
  2. Dasboard Page Setup: If this setting wasn’t configured or if installation wasn’t made with quick set up, please select this page from Options Panel > Frontend Upload System section after creating an empty page.
  3. You should configure Options Panel > Frontend Upload System section and all its components (Paypal Setup, Social Login etc...) accordingly.
  4. You should edit Email Settings section located in Mail System Config according to your own server.
  5. You should edit e-mails which are sent to user and yourself from Mail System Config section.
  6. If you are going to use Google reCaptcha, you must carry out any required configuration from reCaptcha Config section.

Processes After Setup

  • You should configure your Permalink settings as Post name from Settings > Permalinks section.
  • You can edit Custom Detail Fields and Search Fields which is found under PF Settings > Options Panel > System Setup to your own preference.
  • If you are going to use a review system, you should do necessary configuration from "Review System Config" section.
  • You should edit Taxonomy, posts, page, categories sections to your own preference.
  • Lastly, you should review our help documentation topics :)

Please read help sections about those sections from PF Settings Help section. It will give you detailed information and which ways to use about configuration processes.

Auto Update Process

You can automatically update Point Finder by using our new Auto Update system. (This system will be available with v1.5.8)

  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3

Get your API key from Envato(Themeforest)

Next Step

Open Options Panel > Auto Update section and enter your informations.

Previous Step Next Step

When an update is available you will see a notice on the Dashboard > Update Tab. Please follow steps on the image left side for process.

Previous Step

SUPPORT

Hello,
First of all, thank you for purchasing our theme. Our support system will answer all of your questions within the framework of the rules. Please check if the answer to your question is included in this support document first. Our documentation is prepared to answer all questions and problems as much as possible with regard to theme.

Our support covers the articles below;

  • Your support requests with regard to faults in our theme.
  • Your recommendations which you would like to be added in our theme.
  • Your questions with regard to information which are missing or not described in the support document.

Our support does not cover the articles below;

  • Questions and problems with regard to 3rd Party Plugins.
  • The subjects which are present and described in detail in the support documentation.
  • Theme installation and configuration after installation.
  • Your special requests and additional software which you want to be included in our theme.
  • Implementation of the requests coming from your customers into our theme.
  • Your questions with regard to translation and multi-language operation of the theme.

We accept your support request only from Webbu Support System. Therefore, please do not request support through e-mail or item comments. Support service is not a condition set by Envato. It is a free service that we offer for customer satisfaction. For such reason, please use a formal and proper language in your support requests.

Refund process is made by Envato (Themeforest). We are not able to conduct these processes. Therefore, you are required to make such applications directly to Envato company.


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CREDITS

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Photo Resources;

Real Estate Demo

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Directory Demo

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Other Demo Resources

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