Simple Catch Pro

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11 years ago

Simple Catch Pro is an advanced version of our popular theme Simple Catch. It is based on HTML5, CSS3 and a responsive web design for easy viewing in various devices. Some of the key features include: Featured Image Slider, Responsive Design, Additional Layout Options, Custom Footer Editor, and Adspace Widget for Advertisement.
Theme Support at https://catchthemes.com/support/

Features in “Simple Catch” Free Theme:

Site Identity: Option to add/edit Logo, enable/disable Site Title, enable/disable Site Description, add/remove Footer logo, enable/disable footer logo, enable/disable Site title and tagline and Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)
Color Options: Option to choose Header Text Color and Background Color, Default (Light), Dark and Brown Color Scheme, option to change: Heading Top, Meta Description Color, Text Color, Link Color, Sidebar Widget Heading Color and Sidebar Widget Text Color
Header Image/Logo: Option to set Current header image
Background Image: Option to select Background Image
Menus: Option to use Primary
Responsive Design: Option to enable/disable Responsive Design
Layout Options:
1. Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Content on left ii. Content on right, iii. No sidebar and iv. No Sidebar, Full Width
Homepage/Frontpage Options: Option to choose different categories for Front page posts
Search Text Settings: Option to change Default Display Text in Search< and Search Button text
Excerpt Tag Settings: Option to change More Tag Text and Excerpt Length
Scroll Up: Option to enable/disable Scroll Up option
Featured Post Slider: Option to Exclude Slider posts from, Homepage posts, change number of slider, option to select Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length of slides and Select Slider Type
Additional CSS: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
Social Links: 27 different social icons to choose from
Reset all settings: Option to reset all the settings to default
Sidebar: 1 Sidebars registered. That is, i. Sidebar

Additional Features in “Simple Catch Pro” Premium Theme

Color Options: There is more than 20 color pickers to pick the color and background for various elements
Header Right Sidebar: Option to enbale/disable Header Right Sidebar
Font Family Options: You can select font from 40 Different fonts for your Default, Site Title, Site Tagline, Content Title, Content Body and Headings Font Family
Font Size Options: You can change the font size for various elements such as Default, Default Line Height, Site Title Font Size, Site Title Line Height, Site Tagline Font Size, Site Tagline Line Height, Content Title Font Size, Content Title Line Height, H1 Font Size, H2 Font Size, H3 Font Size, H4 Font Size, Headings Line Height, Content Font Size and Content Line Height.
Default Layout: You have 1 additional Default Layout Options. This mean total 5 default layout options, Additional 2 layout options WooCommerce Layout and Content Layout
Content Layout: Options for content layout to show Full Post or Excerpt Display.
Feed Redirect: Option to add Feedburner URL
Navigation/Pagination Type: Option to choose Pagination/Navigation Type as i. Default(Older Posts/Newer Posts), ii. Numeric, iii. Infinite Scroll(Click) and iv. Infinite Scroll(Scroll)
Footer Option: Option to edit footer text which includes theme by and powered by
Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Update Notification
Slider Options: Additional option to choose from Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider, enable/disable Featured Slider
Sidebar: Additional 12 sidebars, which totals to 13 Sidebars registered that is 1. Main Sidebars, 2. WooCommerce Main Sidebar, 3. Header Right Sidebar, 4. Homepage Sidebar, 5. Archive Sidebar, 6. Page Sidebar, 7. Post Sidebar, 8. Optional Sidebar One, 9. Optional Sidebar Two, 10. Optional Sidebar Three, 11. Footer Area One, 12. Footer Area Two and 13. Footer Area Three
Widgets: Additional CT: Adspace Widget for Advertisement, CT:Custom Tag Cloud to display custom tag cloud and CT: Social Icons Widget to place social icon in any sidebar
WooCommerce for e-commerce
WPML Ready for multi-language

Installation Using the WordPress Administration Panel #

You can download Themes directly to your blog by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.

Download Simple Catch Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
Click on “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file simple-catch-pro.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
Click on “Install Now” and then “Activate” to install the Theme

Manual Installation using FTP

To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

Download Simple Catch Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
Unzip simple-catch-pro.zip to your Desktop
Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and make sure that you do not already have a simple-catch-pro folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Simple Catch Pro
Upload Simple Catch Pro to /wp-content/themes/
Activate Simple Catch Pro through the “Appearance => Themes”, in your WordPress Dashboard

Updating Theme Using the Administration Panel #

You can update Themes directly from the Administration Panel using Catch Updater plugin. Click here to read details about Catch Updater plugin.

Updating Theme Using FTP

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

Download the latest version of Simple Catch Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
Unzip simple-catch-pro.zip to your Desktop
Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Simple Catch Pro Theme which shall replace the old files

Always Set Featured Images

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on the homepage or on archive pages and Featured Post Slider. Read more about Featured Images

Image Sizes

Feature Post Slider
Width: 976px
Height: 313px

Feature Image Slider
You can upload any size of images in Feature Image Slider
Width: 976px (Recommended)
Height: Any Size

Thumbnail in Homepage and Archive Page
Width: 210px
Height: 210px

How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?

Open the editor of the post/page where you want to display image, and locate the Featured Image module in thSet Featured Image bottom right corner under Page Attributes. Click on Set Featured Image.
Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and click on Set Featured Image.Click to view screenshot
For more detail, click here to watch video Screencast

Regenerate Thumbnails #

If you have just changed your theme then you need to regenerate image thumbnail for post published before activating this theme. You can simply install Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin. Then Regenerate Thumbnails through “Tools => Regen. Thumbnails” in your WordPress Dashboard.

Widgets #

Simple Catch Pro currently have only 12 widgetized area that is Sidebar. You can add a variety of Widgets to this theme on the “Appearance => Widgets” or or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress. We have added 3 custom widgets: 1 CT: Custom Tag Cloud, 2. CT: Adspace Widget and 3. CT: Social Icons.

Menus #

This theme supports “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through the Appearance => Menus page in your WordPress Dashboard. Don’t forget to select your custom menu as Primary Menu to show it as the main menu.

For more detail, Click here to watch video Screencast

Select Menu Locations
You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Menu Locations” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Locations”
Select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the Main Menu, which will replace the default Page Menu

Customizer (Theme Options) #

You can customize the theme using the cool addition featured through the
“Appearance => Customize” page in your WordPress Dashboard.

How to add Logo? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
You can replace the default logo by clicking on it, or click on “Change Image”
Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity => Site Icon”
Click on “Select Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to enable/disable Site Title and Tagline? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity”
Click on “Display Site Title and Tagline” to display site title and tagline
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note: There is further option to enable/disable Site Title, Site Description and Move Site Title and Description Before Header/Logo Image

Color #

Simple Catch Pro has 3 color schemes to choose from Default(Light), Dark and Brown.
You can further change color of Header Top Background, Header Background Color, Content Background Color, Footer Background Color, Footer Sidebar Background Color, Header & Footer Border Color, Site Title Color, Site/Tagline Description Color, Heading Color, Meta Description Color, Text Color, Link Color, Sidebar Widget Heading Color, Sidebar Widget Text Color, Sidebar Widget Link Color, Menu Background Color, Menu Text Color, Menu Border Color, Menu hover & Active Background Color, Menu Hover & Active Text Color, Sub-Menu Background Color, Sub-Menu Text Color, Sub-Menu Hover Background Color, Sub-Menu Hover Text Color and Scroll Up Background Color.

To change Color Go to “Appearance => Customize => Colors” from your WordPress Dashboard and change desired section.

How to add Header Image? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”
Click on “Add New Image” to add new header image
Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to add Background Image? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Background Image”
Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable responsive design? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Responsive Design”
Click on option “Check to Disable Responsive Design” to disable responsive design.
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable header right sidebar? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Header Right Sidebar Options”
Click on option “Check to Disable Header Right Sidebar” to disable header right sidebar.
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to select different font for different sections? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Font Family Options”
Select desired font below each given section
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to select different font size for different sections? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Font Size Options”
Select desired font size optionbelow each given section
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Default Layout #

Simple Catch Pro has 5 Default Layout and 2 Content Layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Default Options”

Default Layout
Once you are in Default Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Simple Catch Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

WooCommerce Layout: Option to choose from: 1. Content on Left, 2. Content on Right, 3. No Sidebar, 4. No Sidebar,Full Width and 5. No Sidebar,One Column

Content Layout
Once you are in Default Options, you can Check the box below “Content Layout” which will set our site content layout.

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How to change layout for WooCommerce pages?#

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”
Under “WooCommerce Layout” select the desired option
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Go to “Appearance => Widgets”
Add Widgets to “WooCommerce Primary Sidebar”
Finally, click on “Save” on each added widget

How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to change default text in search box and search button text? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Text Settings”
To change default text in search, change under option “Display Default Text in Search”
To change search button text, change under option “Search Button’s text”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to Change the Excerpt Length and More Tag Text? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”
Type in the Excerpt Length as in, the number of words, and More Tag Text
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Feed Redirect #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Feed Redirect”
Add Feed link below “Feed Redirect”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Additional CSS #

You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further design customization through “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Additional CSS”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

Note: If you are doing heavy customization and adding lot of custom css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…

How to change Navigation/Pagination Type? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Navigation/Pagination Type”
Click under “Navigation/Pagination Type” and select the desired option
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:Infinite Scroll Options requires JetPack Plugin with Infinite Scroll module Enabled.

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Footer Options”
Click on “Change Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
To disable Footer Logo check option “Check to Disable Footer Logo”
To edit footer copyright information, write custom HTML or shortcode under “Footer Editor” box
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable Scrollup feature? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Scrollup Options”
Check option “Check to disable Scroll Up”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable Theme Update Notifications? #

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Update Notifier Options”
Check option “Check to disable update notifications”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Slider #

Simple Catch Pro supports 4 featured slider types to choose from: Featured Post Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options”.

How to enable Featured Slider?#

Features page Slider Content is created to highlight your Page in the Slider Content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider or Featured Image Slider”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Post Slider

Features post slider is created to highlight your Post in the slider. So, first you need to create a Post and then add Featured Image to the Post.

How to enable Featured Post Slider?#

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Post Slider”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select post, make sure your post have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Page Slider

Features page slider is created to highlight your Page in the slider. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

How to enable Featured Page Slider?#

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Category Slider

Features category slider is created to highlight your posts from specific categories in the slider. So, first you need to create a Post, add Featured Image to the post and assign posts to specific category.

How to enable Featured Category Slider?#

Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Category Slider”
Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select categories, make sure your posts in those categories have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Image Slider:
Catch Responsive Pro supports 4 featured slider types to choose from: Featured Post Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options”

How to enable Featured Image Slider?#