1. About SpondTech Theme

SpondTech is best WordPress theme for agency, technology, app, business, digital agency, it services, it solutions, network solution, software, startup, digital industry, services, and software-related websites. We looked over the last trends in web-design when creating this theme. SpondTech is very easy to setup and use, with one click demo content import.

2. Install Theme

Download packages:

Purchase SpondTech theme from ThemeForest then you can download our template package from there. Extract package includes all the files and folders of the theme. When done, you should see spondtech.zip (zip file name can be changed from version to version).

Once the download is complete, unzip the file and you will see the following packages:

• Docs - Our detail documentation for the theme
• Sample - The sample data of the demos, you can import it Manually.
• Theme folder - For manual installation

System Requirements:

When selecting a hosting service, you should check to see that these server requirements are provided and installed on their web servers:

• PHP version 5.6 or greater
• MySQL version 5.6 or greater

Theme Installation :

There are 2 ways to install a WordPress theme. Both ways will allow you to easily upload and install the WordPress theme files for a quick and easy setup.

Installing Theme from the WordPress Dashboard

• Log into your WordPress Dashboard (admin area)
• Navigate to Appearance Themes
• Click Install Add New
• Click Upload Theme
• Now you just need to find the “spondtech.zip” in the Upload folder and hit Install now.
• After Installed then click Active Now

If you are experiencing any issues during the installation I would recommend to check out this Screencast by Envato

Install theme via FTP

The second option how to install this theme would be the upload via FTP manager. It really doesn’t matter which of the two ways you choose, just choose the one you feel more comfortable with.

• Login to your FTP account and navigate to your WordPress installation directory
• Navigate to the folder /wp-content/themes
• Upload the “spondtech” folder (not the .zip-file). This is the folder located inside the “Upload” folder in the zip-file you’ve downloaded from Themeforest.
• Now log into your WordPress admin area
• Navigate to Appearance Themes
• You found the theme and click Activate

Known problems when installing the theme

1. The “Broken theme and/or stylesheets missing” error is most common when you install or activate a new theme.

If you get an error saying that the stylesheet is missing, then you have uploaded the wrong folder. Please check that you are uploading the spondtech.zip within the Theme Files folder. You have to unzip the package file that you download from Themeforest to find this.

3. Plugin Installation

Right after the theme is activated, a notification at the top of the screen will suggest continuing with the installation of the plugins recommended for getting the best of your theme. Installing process is very simple, you just need to click Begin installing plugins and you will be redirected to the plugin installation page where you can install Plugins. 

Plugins Using in SpondTech theme

• SpondTech Master
• Elementor Page Builder
• Breadcrumb NavXT
• Redux Framework
• Contact Form 7
• Classic Widgets
• MailChimp for WordPress
• Instagram Feed
• One click demo import

Step 1: Click ‘Begin installing plugins and select the plugins you need to install from the list.

Step 2: Select all plugins then choose Install, Click Apply to install all the plugins

Step 3: Select all plugins then choose Active, Click Apply to Activate all the plugins

4. Import Demo Data

# One Click Import

The fastest way to import demo content is to use the Demo Content Importer. The Demo Content Importer provides you with all pages and posts, sample sliders, widgets, theme options, assigned pages, and more. Using this import feature is recommended for fresh installs. We always recommend running it on a fresh WordPress installation.

1. Make sure you have all the required plugins installed and activated.

2. Navigate to Appearance->>Import Demo Data.

3. Then Click Import Demo.

4. Click Continue & Import to confirm Import.

5. Wait until the import routine is done. Please be patient and don’t navigate away, as this can take few minutes depending on your host’s performance.

5. You will be notified once the importing process is completed.

# Manual Import

You can manually import demo data in 6 steps.

From Admin menu, navigate to Tools->Import then Install WordPress Importer Plugin.

Run The Importer

Now browse theme-content file.

After browsing theme-content file, Now click Upload file and import.

Now, check Download and import file attachments you can also assign user. Then click Submit.

Theme Options Import :

You can easily import theme options from Import/Export -> Import Options upload json file & Click Import.

Widget Import :

You can import widgets using plugin Widget Importer & Exporter. After installing this plugin, navigate to Tools->Widget Importer & Exporter. In the next step when file uploading option appears, select the "widgets.wie" file from sample folder and start importing.

Theme Options data location >> go to download package >> sample >> data folder.

# Hide Site Tagline :

Navigate to Appearance->>Customize >> then uncheck the Display Site Title and Tagline box & click Publish button.

5. Menu Settings

Set Up Menu

1. Creating Menu

• Step 1- Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 2- From the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the 'Menus' option to bring up the Menu Editor.

• Step 3 - Select Create a new menu at the top of the page.
• Step 4 - Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box.
• Step 5 - Click the Create Menu button. Your menu is now defined, and you can now add pages to it (steps below).

2. Adding pages to your menu

• Step 1 - Locate the tab entitled Pages on the left hand side.
• Step 2 - Within this tab, select the View All link to bring up a list of all the currently published Pages on your site.
• Step 3 - Select the Pages that you want to add by clicking the check box next to each Page's title.
• Step 4 - Click the Add to Menu button located at the bottom of this pane to add your selection(s) to the menu that you created in the previous step.
• Step 5 - Click the Save Menu button once you've added all the menu items you want.

Your custom menu has now been saved.

The Screen Options allow you to choose which items you can use to add to a menu. Certain items, like Posts or Portfolios are hidden by default. The Screen Options are located in the top right corner of your WordPress Dashboard.

Choose Menu

#Sticky Menu Settings :

Go to Theme Options -> Sticky Menu Settings and Show/Hide Sticky Menu.

#Responsive Menu Settings :

1. Creating Menu

#Offcanvas Menu Settings :

If you want to update Offcanvas menu widgets options please Go to Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets and OffCanvas Widgets to update all the information.

6. Theme Configuration

Upload Favicon :

You can upload your site favicon via the Theme Options -> General Sections. Please follow the screenshot steps:

Upload Logo :

You can upload your logo image via the Theme Options -> General Sections. If the logo is not uploaded, then your site name will be used. Please, follow the steps below to upload your logo:

• Step 1 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 2 - Go to Theme Options -> General Sections.
• Step 3 - Upload your logo by clicking on Upload.

#Breadcrumb Settings :

To change the site breadcrumb settings Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> Theme Style -> Breadcrumb Style and follow the screenshot steps:

#Custom Page Breadcrumb Settings :

To change any specific page breadcrumb image or color Go to Dashboard -> Edit Page -> Custom Page Options -> Page Breadcrumb Banner Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Site Preloader Settings :

To change the site preloader color or enable/disable site preloader Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> Preloader Style and follow the screenshot steps:

#Scroll Button Settings :

To change the site Scroll Button color or enable/disable Scroll Button Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> General Options -> Go To Top Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Typography Settings :

To change the site Typography Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> Typography Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Heading Typography Settings :

To change the site Heading Typography Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> Typography Settings -> Heading Typography and follow the screenshot steps:

#Theme Main Color Settings :

To change the site default color Go to Dashboard -> Theme Options -> Theme Style -> Global Style and follow the screenshot steps:

# Set a page as Home Page

• Step 1 - Go to Settings > Reading in your WordPress Dashboard panel.
• Step 2 - Set "Front page displays" to a "Static Page".
• Step 3 - In the drop-down menu for "Front Page" choose a page which will be your home page.
• Step 4 - Leave the drop-down menu for "Posts page" empty, as this is not used by the theme.
• Step 5 - Save changes.

7. Set Up Home Page

You can quickly build a home page using Elementor for WordPress that is drag and drop frontend and backend page builder plugin that will save you tons of time working on the site content. You will be able to take full control over your WordPress site, build any layout you can imagine – no programming knowledge required

From your Dashboard Admin Navigate to Pages

• - Select All Pages to see all page then click edit one page you want
• - Select Add New to create new page

# How to use Elementor Page Builder

Have you ever used Elementor Page Builder? Please follow that guide first: Elementor Page Builder Guide

• Official Plugin Documentation For More information about the Elementor Page Builder check the official documentation.
• Watch video about Elementor Page Builder

Watch video about Elementor

1. Add and modify Row Layout

Step 1 - Go to your page / post, first activate the backend editor and click Edit with Elementor

Step 2 - You will see all element in left sidebar, please choose element that you want to use or you will see button "Add New Section" ,"Add Template" , please click to button to add element.

Step 3 - To change the Row layout ( number of columns ) you need to click button content will display in leftsidebar.

2. Edit Element

Click on the Edit This Element (pencil icon) to Edit the Row element , when you click to button all content will display in left sidebar follow you can change .

3. Remove Element

Trash Box Icon - To Remove Row, Column or Module you need to click the Trash Box icon.

4. Add Element

Trash Box Icon - To Add Row, Column , please click to add icon.

# Create New Page

Create New Page with Elementor Page Builder

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard)..
• Step 2 - Click on Pages > Add New.
• Step 3 - Give your page a name then Change the Editor (edit with elementor Page Builder) to Backend Editor (you need to have the Elementor Page Builder plugin activated).
• Step 4 - Click on the Add New Section button
• Step 5 - Select which Elements you want to use.

Choose page header Layout

# Set Up Blog Page

1. Create the blog post

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard)
• Step 2 - Click the 'Posts' tab.
• Step 3 - Click the 'Add New' sub-tab.
• Step 4 - Start filling in the blanks: enter your post title in the upper field, and enter your post body content in the main post editing box below it.
• Step 5 - As needed, select a category, add tags, post format settings below the editor.
• Step 6 - Upload a featured image for your Post.
• Step 7 - Select Post Format. You can create blog post with a lot of Formats like link, gallery or image. Select format on Format box from in right sidebar.
• Step 8 - Scroll down until you see the Featured Image settings box to upload single page images or create gallery.
• Step 9 - When your post is ready, click Publish.

2. Manage current all blog posts

You can see all information of you blog post, add new, edit or delete them.

# Blog Global Configure

• Step 1 - From your admin Dashboard navigate to: Theme Options > Blog Settings

# Blog Single Page Options:

# Create Service Item

Step 1: Go to Service from Dashboard then create content of Service

From your admin Dashboard navigate to: Theme Options > Service Settings

# Create Timeline

Step 1: Go to Timelines from Dashboard then create content of Timelines

# Create Team Member

Step 1: Go to Team from Dashboard then create content of Team

# Team Settings

From your admin Dashboard navigate to: Theme Options > Team Settings

# Create Testimonial

Step 1: Go to Testimonial from Dashboard then create content of Testimonial

# Create Portfolios

Step 1: Go to Portfolios from Dashboard then create content of Portfolios

# Create Contact Page

1. Create Contact Form.

Make sure you install and active Contact Form 7 plugin to continue reading.

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, go to Contact > Add New
• Step 2 - Give a Name to your form and change Mail Info
• Step 3 - Edit the Form field to change the Form Layout

Update All Contact Form Information.

8. SpondTech Theme Options

SpondTech Theme use Customizer provides an ultra-effective and intuitive way to customize theme layout & setting with real-time preview. Bring all of settings to customizer, you do not need to using another theme option anymore. To access Customizer, go to your admin Dashboard Navigate to Admin >> Theme Options

• 1. General Sections: Manage all the settings like your logo, favicon, Sticky Logo, logo size, Go to Top, etc.
• 2. Topbar Area: Manage all the settings like your top bar style, contents, social icons, colors, etc.
• 3. Header Area: Manage all header settings like your header style, search icon, menu quote icon, Contact button, Choose header default style & other information.
• 4. Main Menu: Manage all menu settings like your menu color, font size, social icon, & other information.
• 5. Sticky Menu: Manage all menu sticky settings like your menu color, font size, social icon, & other information.
• 6. Theme Style: Manage all Theme base color and other Style.
• 7. Responsive Settings: Manage All Responsive Menu Settings.
• 8. Mobile Menu: Manage all mobile menu settings like enable disable top bar, search button, quote button, & other information.
• 9. Typography: Manage all settings like your webstie body font family, font size, line-height, Heading font, theme base color etc.
• 10. Blog : Manage all blog page setting like page layout, blog post style, post layout style, Blog post content excerpt length, blog single page layout & single page share icon, enable/disable post meta information etc.
• 11. Team Section: Manage team page settings.
• 12. Service Page Settings: Manage service page setting like post type slug, enable/disable gutenberg, Share button etc.
• 13. Footer Option: Manage your footer settings like copyright text, footer color, footer background image, manage column, logo etc.
• 14. 404 Page Settings: Manage your 404 everything like text, button text, search text etc.
• 15. Import/Export: You can easily Export or Import your Theme options demo data. If you want to import demo data. Please go to the >> download folder >> inc >> demo >> options.txt, This file open any text editor and copy to past below theme option import from clipboard box.

Go to WordPress admin panel and navigate to Theme Options → Footer Option → Copyright Settings

# Footer Copyright Settings

# Footer Top Part Settings

# Footer Layout Settings

9. FAQs

# How to update Theme

1.Update Theme via WordPress

Updating the theme via WordPress is very similar to the install process via WordPress. Make sure you had backup all of your customization in our theme. Follow the steps below to update your theme via WordPress:

• Step 1 - Download latest theme package on ThemeForest
• Step 2 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 3 - Go to Appearance > Themes.

• Step 4 - Deactivate the SpondTech Theme by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the SpondTech theme.
• Step 5 - Delete the SpondTech Theme. Do not worry, your content will not be lost!
• Step 6 - Then simply upload the newest spondtech.zip” file in the Appearance > Themes section. Click on the Install Themes tab at the top and choose to upload the zip file. You have this step explained in section: Theme Installation via WordPress.

2.Update theme via FTP

Updating the theme via FTP is very similar to the install process via FTP. Follow the steps below to update your theme via FTP:

• Step 1 - Go to .../wp-content > themes location on your server using a FTP client and backup your "spondtech" theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it. Your content will not be lost.
• Step 2 - Download the new version of spondtech theme from your Themeforest and retrieve spondtech folder by unpacking the zip that you download from Themeforest and spondtech.zip.
• Step 3 - Then simply drag and drop the new "spondtech" theme folder into .../wp-content > themes location. Choose to “Replace” the current one if you did not delete it.
• Step 4 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes and activate the new spondtech theme.

# How to create Child Theme

What is a Child Theme?

A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of another theme, called the parent theme. Child themes allow you to modify, or add to the functionality of that parent theme. A child theme is the best, safest, and easiest way to modify an existing theme, whether you want to make a few tiny changes or extensive changes. Instead of modifying the theme files directly, you can create a child theme and override within.

Why use a Child Theme?

if you modify an existing theme and it is updated, your changes will be lost. With a child theme, you can update the parent theme (which might be important for security or functionality) and still keep your changes. It’s a great way to get started if you are just learning WordPress theme development.

• Follow that documentation to create Child Theme Child Themes - Codex
• Using that plugin to create Child Theme One Click Child Theme

You need to use a Child Theme only if you are making code customizations.

Thanks for reading!