Simple Catch

Simple Catch is a simple and clean WordPress Theme for anyone looking to give their website a professional look. It offers easy customization options through its Theme Options. Its ultra-readable typography, large thumbnails and featured slider makes it stand out from a lot of WordPress free themes. It is also one of the most popular themes listed in the WordPress theme directory.
Theme Support at https://catchthemes.com/support/

Features in “Simple Catch” Free Theme:

  1. 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)
  2. 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
  3. Header Image/Logo: Option to set Current header image
  4. Background Image: Option to select Background Image
  5. Menus: Option to use Primary
  6. Responsive Design: Option to enable/disable Responsive Design
  7. 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
  8. Homepage/Frontpage Options: Option to choose different categories for Front page posts
  9. Search Text Settings: Option to change Default Display Text in Search< and Search Button text
  10. Excerpt Tag Settings: Option to change More Tag Text and Excerpt Length
  11. Scroll Up: Option to enable/disable Scroll Up option
  12. 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
  13. Additional CSS: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
  14. Social Links: 27 different social icons to choose from
  15. Reset all settings: Option to reset all the settings to default
  16. Sidebar: 1 Sidebars registered. That is, i. Sidebar

Additional Features in “Simple Catch Pro” Premium Theme

  1. Color Options: There is more than 20 color pickers to pick the color and background for various elements
  2. Header Right Sidebar: Option to enbale/disable Header Right Sidebar
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Content Layout: Options for content layout to show Full Post or Excerpt Display.
  7. Feed Redirect: Option to add Feedburner URL
  8. 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)
  9. Footer Option: Option to edit footer text which includes theme by and powered by
  10. Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Update Notification
  11. Slider Options: Additional option to choose from Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider, enable/disable Featured Slider
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. WooCommerce for e-commerce
  15. 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.

  1. Download Simple Catch from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/simple-catch/ to your Desktop
  2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
  3. Go to “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
  4. Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file simple-catch.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
  5. 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:

  1. Download Simple Catch from WordPress Theme Directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/simple-catch) to your Desktop
  2. Unzip simple-catch.zip to your Desktop
  3. 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 folder installed
  4. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Simple Catch
  5. Upload Simple Catch to /wp-content/themes/
  6. Activate Simple Catch through “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.

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.mages/#setting-a-featured-image” target=”_blank”>Featured Images

Image Sizes

Featured Post Slider
Width: 976px
Height: 313px

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

How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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 currently has only one widgetized area that is Sidebar. You can add a variety of Widgets to this theme by going to “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets”in WordPress.

This theme supports “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menus through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard. Don’t forget to select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the main menu. Read More

  • 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 this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.

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

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

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity => Site Icon”
    2. Click on “Select Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity => Footer Logo”
    2. Click on “Change Image” and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    3. To disable Footer Logo check option “Check to Disable Footer Logo”
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to enable/disable Site Title and Tagline? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity”
    2. Click on “Display Site Title and Tagline” to display site title and tagline
    3. 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

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Site Identity”
    2. Click on “Change Image” under Footer Logo and then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
    3. To disable Footer Logo check option “Check to Disable Footer Logo”
    4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Color #

    Simple Catch has 3 color schemes to choose from Default(Light), Dark and Brown.
    You can further change color of Heading Color, Meta Description Color, Text Color, Link Color, Sidebar Widget Heading Color and Sidebar Widget Text Color.

    To change Color, Go to “Appearance => Customize => Colors” from your WordPress Dashboard

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

    How to add Background Image? #

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

    Layout Options #

    You can set the general layout option of the archived pages and single post pages either as Content on Left, Content on Right, No Sidebar or No Sidebar, Full Width. Moreover, you can set the layout of a specific post or page individually. The right sidebar layout, is the default layout.

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

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
    2. Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key(windows)/Command Key(Mac)
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to change default text in search box? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Text Settings”
    2. Change the text below “Display Default Text in Search”
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    How to Change the Excerpt/More Tag Length? #

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

    How to disable Scrollup feature? #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Scrollup Options”
    2. Check option “Check to disable Scroll Up”
    3. 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…

    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.

    1. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Post Slider”
    2. Click on “Add Slider Options”
    3. Simply insert the ID numbers for posts in the respective boxes, one post ID number in each box
    4. To change the slider effects and timing, go to Slider Effect Options which is just below Slider Options
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Note:
    * When you add the Post IDs, make sure your posts have Featured Images
    * If you are unable to find post IDs, please install Catch IDs Plugin

    Slider Effect Options #

    How to change Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length on Slider?#

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Effect Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
    2. To change Transition Effect, select option under “Transition Effect”
    3. To change Transition Delay, change number of second(s) under “Transition Delay” as per your need
    4. To change Transition Length, change number of second(s) under “Transition Length” as per your need
    5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Social Media Icons #

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Social Links”
    2. Add in your Social Profile addresses in appropriate boxes
    3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

    Embed Multimedia into Posts or Pages #

    For externally hosted videos (for example a YouTube or Vimeo video), you can directly paste the link of your video page into the content editor. You do not necessarily have to paste the embed code in the content. WordPress will automatically embed the video from the link.

    Webmaster Tools #

    We have moved Webmaster Tools to our plugin Catch Web Tools for better management and data access. So, just install Catch Web Tools plugin and activate “Webmaster Tools” from Catch Web Tools plugin dashboard. You can verify your site on Google, Yahoo and Bing by adding in the IDs in the respective boxes through “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools” in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can add in the Google Analytic. Adding scripts in Header and Footer does not require you to edit codes through Webmaster Tools.

    How to Insert Site Verification IDs?

    1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Site Verification” in your WordPress Dashboard
    2. Enter the Site Verification ID (Google, Yahoo, Bing) wherever you wish to verify your site
    3. Click on Save Changes button

    How to Insert Analytics / Other Scripts in Header/Footer?

    1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Header and Footer Scripts” in your WordPress Dashboard
    2. Here you can add in various scripts like, google, facebook etc.
    3. Enter the script in upper text area, for text you want to load on Header
    4. Enter the script in lower text area, for text you want to load on Footer
    5. Click on Save Changes button

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