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Extract the zipped package downloaded from ThemeForest to your desktop, in the extracted package you will find videotube.zip file which is the wordpress theme.
You can install the theme in two different ways:
FTP Extract videotube.zip file and upload the extracted folder to /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
WordPress Navigate to Apperance -> Add New Themes -> Upload page. Select videotube.zip file. Press the Install Now button to upload and install the theme.
After uploading the theme, you have to activate it. Navigate to Appearence -> Themes page to activate the theme.
VideoTube comes bundled with 6 plugins.
Advanced Custom Fields Adds custom fields to the video custom post type.
Video Thumbnails Gives you the functionality to automatically get a thumbnail from a video embedded from Youtube, Vimeo, etc.
Social Count Plus Adds the Social Counter Widget.
WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress $64 values.
Advanced Custom Fields: Gallery FieldGallery for ACF, $25 AUD values.
VideoTube Core.
Once you activate VideoTube you will get a notification, click the "Begin Installing Plugins" and install and activate all the required plugins.
Step 1 Go to Tools > Import
Step 2 Click on WordPress and click "Install Now" button.
Step 3 Click Activate Plugin & Run Importer
Step 4 Click on the "Choose File" button and browse to XML > videotube.xml file, which is included in All files & documentation Zip file, click "Upload file" and import
Step 5 Click on "Download and import file attachments", and click the Submit button
Step 1 Create a new or edit ab existing Home page.
Enter Title
Select Main Homepage in the Template dropdown section in the right sidebar (screenshot)
Click on Update/Publish.
Step 2 Go to Settings > Reading
Step 3 In the "Your homepage displays" option, chose "A static page" and then choose the Homepage page you just created. (See image)
Since Version 1.1, The home page can be built using WP bakery Page Builder, we provide 10 demo pages:
Drag in all the widgets you like OR use the Widget Importer & Exporter plugin to import the sample data widgets
Create a new or edit an existing page.
- Enter Title
- Select Scrolling Page in the Page Template dropdown section in the right sidebar.
Click on Update/Publish.
With VideoTube you can either add a featured image for your videos manually or use the smart Video Thumbnail functionality. This way the theme will automatically grab a screenshot from the video and use it as the featured image. Here's how you set it up:
Step 1 Go to Settings > Video Thumbnails
Step 2 Click on Video in Post Type section
Step 3 Enter video_url in the "Custom Field (optional)" field.
Step 4 Your settings should now look like this, remember to save your changes.
Navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Misc and enable Login Menu option.
We have used the following opensource projects or other files as listed.
jQuery http://jquery.com/
jQuery Cookie https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/
bootstrap-multiselect.js https://github.com/davidstutz/bootstrap-multiselect
Google Font http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700,900
Redux Theme Option http://reduxframework.com/