Lato 1.0

Documentation

created 02/25/2014

General Info

First of all THANK YOU for purchasing Lato. Before you get started, please be sure to always check out these documentation files. This document covers the installation, set up and use Lato - we encourage you to read this document thoroughly if you are experiencing any difficulties. Lato can only be used with WordPress and we assume that you already have WordPress installed and ready to go. If you do not, please see our section on WordPress to help you get started.

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this documentation, we encourage you to watch our Video Tutorials, and also join our Support Forum. If you are unable to find it anywhere, then please go to our support forum and open a new ticket with all details we need. Please be sure to include your site URL as well. Thank you, we hope you enjoy using Lato!

WordPress Information

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For information in regard to installing Wordpress see the Wordpress Codex or you can watch the Instructional Video created by WooThemes.

What's included

Before you start playing around with this Theme, let's check what you've downloaded so far:

Before You Post On Forum

To help speed along your request, please follow the steps below before posting a new ticket on the forum. This is for benefit of everyone and will help make the entire more efficient.

Installation

You can install the theme in two ways through WordPress, or via FTP. It really dosen't matter which of the two ways you choose, just choose the one you feel more comfortable with. The Lato.zip file is the Installable WordPress Theme and what you need to use to get the theme installed. Please see the following section and watch our video tutorial on how to install Lato.

WordPress Installation

Follow the steps below to install via WordPress.

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes
  • Step 2 - Click Add New Theme and hit Upload Theme button
  • Step 3 - Now you just need to find the Lato.zip file in the Lato Theme folder and hit Install Now
  • Step 4 - Wait while the theme is uploaded and installed.
  • Step 5 - Activate the newly installed theme. Navigate to Appearance > Themes and acivate Lato theme.
  • Step 6 - Then you will notice list of required (GravityShortcodes, WPBakery Visual Composer, Gravity Portfolio) and recomended plugins. You just need to click Begin installing plugin and follow the steps to install and activate these plugins.
WordPress Install

Common Install Error: Are You Sure You Want To Do This? If you get the "Are You Sure You Want To Do This? message when installing Lato.zip file via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. Install the theme via FTP if this happens, or call your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.

FTP Installation

Follow the steps below to install via FTP.

  • Step 1 - Login to your FTP account and navigate to your WordPress installation directory.
  • Step 2 - Navigate to the folder /wp-content/themes
  • Step 3 - Upload the "Lato" folder (not the .zip file) into your server. This is the folder located inside the Lato Theme folder.
  • Step 4 - Activate the newly installed theme. Navigate to Appearance > Themes and acivate Lato theme.
  • Step 5 - Then you will notice list of required (GravityShortcodes, WPBakery Visual Composer, Gravity Portfolio) and recomended plugins. You just need to click Begin installing plugin and follow the steps to install and activate these plugins.
wp-content directory

How To Update The Theme

You can update your theme in two ways through WordPress, or via FTP but the first thing you need to do is download the new theme from Mojo Marketplace.

How To Update Your Theme via WordPress

  • Step 1 - You need to deactivate the current Lato theme in Appearance > Themes section by simply activating a different theme.
  • Step 2 - Once you activate different theme, you can delete the Lato theme. Don't worry, your content will not be lost. Click Theme Details on Lato theme and hit Delete button.
  • Step 3 - Click Add New Theme and hit Upload Theme button
  • Step 4 - Now you just need to find the Lato.zip file in the Lato Theme folder and hit Install Now
  • Step 5 - Wait while the theme is uploaded and installed.
  • Step 6 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes and acivate Lato theme.

How To Update Your Theme via FTP

  • Step 1 - Login to your FTP account and navigate to /wp-content/themes location.
  • Step 2 - Backup your "Lato" theme folder located on your server by saving it on your computer.
  • Step 3 - After backup this folder, delete "Lato" folder on your server. Don't worry, your content will not be lost.
  • Step 4 - Then simply drag and drop the new Lato folder (not the .zip file) into /wp-content/themes on your server.
  • Step 5 - Activate the updated theme. Navigate to Appearance > Themes and acivate Lato theme.
WordPress Install

Important Update Info

Important Backup Information: Whenever you update the theme, it always a good idea to backup your current theme folder. Log into your server and make a copy of the Lato folder located at /wp-content/themes. If you are using the Revolution Slider and have added custom css, please make a backup of the styles because those files will be removed when you update. You can also backup your theme options on the Backup Options inside Appearance > Theme Options panel.

Demo Content

This Theme includes a demo.xml file which allows you to upload some content to your site to help you get started with the Lato and get to know the functionality. Please note, that the demo.xml file doesn't include images and includes only sample slider data. To import our demo content, please see the steps below.

  • Step 1 - Install and activate these plugins before you proceed: Gravity Shortcodes, WPBakery Visual Composer, Gravity Portfolio, Gravity Widgets, Gravity Slider, WooSidebars, Revolution Slider, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce. WooCommerce is only needed if you want an online shop.
  • Step 2 - Navigate to Tools > Import.
  • Step 3 - Click on WordPress. If you haven't imported anything yet, you will need to install Importer plugin.
  • Step 4 - Select the demo.xml file in the Demo Content folder.
  • Step 5 - Now make sure to Select the Menu in Appearance > Menus (Read more) and set up Home as front page (Read more) and Blog as posts page under Seetings > Reading (Read more).
Import Demo Content

Be aware that downloading Demo Content may take a while, depending on the speed of your internet connection!

The header is the first element you see on the page including logo and menu. The following sections will covers several sections that are listed below

Header Theme Options

Lato includes Theme Options panel where you can customize your header in Header Options tab. Lato currently offers 5 Header Layouts and 2 styles: light and dark for Header and Dropdown Menu. You can also enable fixed header so it will be always visible and will stack on the top.

Follow These Steps To Setup The Header

Here is a screenshot that shows the header options described above

Setup Header Options

Adding The Logo & Favicons

Lato comes with the option to upload your logo as an image file. The logo can be any size. You can also upload your logo 2x Retina version.

Follow These Steps To Insert The Logo

Adding the Favicons

Favicons are an icons associated with the url that are displayed in browser's address bar or next to the site name in a bookmark list. The Favicons Options are in the Appearance > Theme Options > General Options tab. You can see there fields to upload small 16x16px icons and bigger icons for different devices (like Apple Retina)

Setting Up The Menu

Lato comes with custom WordPress menu. There are 3 areas of the theme where you can assign a menu: Primary Menu, Secondary Menu and Footer Menu. Once the menu is created and assigned to the location it will show up on the side. Please see below for the menu locations and how to create a new menu.

3 Menu Locations

  • Primary Menu - this is the main menu that shows in the header. This menu supports mega menu
  • Secondary Menu - this is the menu that shows in the header top bar. It shows only first level of dropdown menu
  • Footer Menu - this is the menu that shows in the footer. This menu does not support dropdown menu
Menu Locations

Follow These Steps To Create a New Menu

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Menus section
  • Step 2 - Hit "create a new menu", enter the name and hit "Create Menu"
  • Step 3 - To add a menu item select pages on the left side and click "Add to Menu"
  • Step 4 - To add a custom menu item open Links box and add Link Text and URL
  • Step 5 - Manage your menu by drag and drop functionality. To create dropdown menu simply drag your menu item slightly to the bottom and right of another menu item
  • Step 6 - Add third level menu items to these columns
  • Step 7 - After setting up your menu, scroll down to the bottom of the page to assign menu to one of 3 Theme locations
  • Step 8 - Once it's all done hit "Save Menu" button
Assign Menu

Here is a screenshot that shows the various menu settings described above

Assign Menu Options

Using Mega Menu

Lato has build-in mega menu that can be enabled in primary menu. It can have 2-4 columns with column header enabled or disabled. Please see below information how to set this up.

Follow These Steps To Create Mega Menu

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Menus section and select to create a new menu, or edit current menu that you already have
  • Step 2 - Make sure you have checked CSS Classes on Screen Options at the top of the page
  • Step 3 - Click the "arrow icon" next to any parent (first level) menu item to expand the option box and add mega-menu class to the "CSS Classes" field
  • Step 4 - Add 2, 3 or 4 child items to this parent mega-menu item and add respectively col-2, col-3 or col-4 classes to any "CSS Classes" field
  • Step 5 - You can add hidden-header class separated by space to these second level items if you want to hide column title
  • Step 6 - Add third level menu items to these columns
  • Step 7 - Optionaly you can add icon to menu items. Add nav-icon and nav-{icon name here} separated by space. Here is the list of all icons name.
  • Step 8 - After setting up your menu, scroll down to the bottom of the page to assign menu to the "Primary Menu" location in the Theme Locations box. Once it's all done hit "Save Menu" button
Mega Menu

Here is a screenshot that shows the various mega menu settings described above

Mega Menu Options

Pages

You can create as many pages as you want. Lato includes several page templates to choose from. You can select page template that suit your needs, e.g. select "Default Template" when you need full width page or "Page: Right Sidebar" when you want the sidebar on the right side.

Follow These Steps To Create A New Page

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Pages and click Add New
  • Step 2 - Enter a new name for your page
  • Step 3 - Find the Page Attributes box on the right side and select Parent page (it's usually set to no parent)
  • Step 4 - Select the page Template located in the same Page Attributes box. Take a look at the list of page templates below
  • Step 5 - Select any number of page options located below, like Header Options, Gravity Slider Options, Revolution Slider Options, and Portfolio Options
  • Step 6 - Add content to your page using the Visual or Text editor. The pages is built using the Shortcodes. Take a look at the Shortcode section for how to use them.
  • Step 7 - Once it's all done hit "Publish" button
Add New Page

Here is the list of page templates with description of each one

Here is a screenshot that shows the various page settings described above

Add New Page Options

Please note that page settings may vary depending on the chosen template

Setting Up Home Page

Setting up Home Page is the same as setting up any other pages except that you need to specify which page will be your main page. Lato comes with several pre-defined home page layouts. You can import pre-defined layout or build your own home page using shortcodes and Page Builder

Follow These Steps To Create Home Page

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Settings > Reading
  • Step 2 - Select a static page options
  • Step 3 - Choose the page you want as your home page from the dropdown list
Set Up Home Page

Setting Up Contact Page

Lato comes with special page template for contact page - Page: Contact. When you select this template, google map will be display at the top of this page and the content will show up below it in full width layout. You can set locations for google map on Contact Options

Follow These Steps To Create Contact Page

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Pages and click Add New
  • Step 2 - Enter a new name for your page
  • Step 3 - Find the Page Attributes box on the right side and select Page: Contact template
  • Step 4 - Select any number of page options located below, like Header Options and optional Gravity Slider Options or Revolution Slider Options
  • Step 5 - Add content to your page using the Visual editor using Page Builder or Text editor. The pages is built using the Shortcodes. Take a look at the Shortcode section for how to use them. This content will display below google map
  • Step 6 - Once it's all done hit "Publish" button
  • Step 7 - Navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Contact Options
  • Step 8 - Set any number of contact options, like map height, map type, locations, up to 5 markers
Add Contact Page

Here is a screenshot that shows the contact options described above

Contact Theme Options

Page Header Options

You can set the custom header on every page you create. Enter the title and subtitle, choose background color or image and turn on the parallax effect on your header.

Page Header Options

Gravity Slider Options

If you install Gravity Slider plugin you will see Gravity Slider Options. You can select the slider you want to display in header and configure different settings. Please see Sliders section below for more details.

Gravity Slider Options

Revolution Slider Options

If you install Revolution Slider plugin you will see Revolution Slider Options. You can select the slider you want to display in header

Revolution Slider Options

Shortcodes

Lato includes many shortcodes that allow you to build unique layouts. You need to install Gravity Shortcodes plugin to enable shortcodes. All shortcodes are accessed in the Visual Editor and the easiest way to use them is the Backend Editor with drag and drop page builder.

Follow These Steps To Use The Shortcodes

  • Step 1 - Open a page and click on the Visual editing tab
  • Step 2 - Make sure you have Backend Editor enabled
  • Step 3 - Click Add Element button
  • Step 4 - In the popup window, select the shortcode you want, choose the shortcode options and click Save
Watch Video Tutorial About Using Shortcodes
Shortcodes
Shortcodes Popup Window

Each shortcode has its own unique options. Below you can find the list of shortcodes with options.

Row

[vc_row type="in-container" bg_image="" bg_position="left top" bg_repeat="no-repeat" parallax="" bg_color="" video_bg=""
                video_overlay="" video_overlay_color="" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_image="" text_color="dark"
                custom_text_color="" text-align="left" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" shadow="no" id="" class=""]your columns here...[/vc_row]

Column

[vc_column width="1/1" boxed="" text_align="" animation="no" delay="" speed="" id="" class=""]your content here...[/vc_column]

Text BlockGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_column_text el_class=""]your content here...[/vc_column_text]

Raw HTMLGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_raw_html]your content here...[/vc_raw_html]

Raw JSGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_raw_js]your content here...[/vc_raw_js]

ButtonGo to Shortcodes List

[button text="Button Text" size="large" color="accent-color" link="#" link_title="" target="_self" icon="" icon_location="no"
                id="" class=""]

HeadingGo to Shortcodes List

[heading title="" subtitle="" level="h1" looks_like="" align="left" weight="" border="no" id="" class=""]

DividerGo to Shortcodes List

[divider style="solid" color="light" top_margin="" bottom_margin=""]

IconGo to Shortcodes List

[icon type="font-icon" icon="icon-glass" size="tiny" color="text-color" image="" style="inline" animation="no" delay="" speed=""
                id="" class=""]

Here is the list of icons:

Image With AnimationGo to Shortcodes List

[image_with_animation image="" image_align="left" animation="no" delay="" speed="" alt="" id="" class=""]
[vc_gallery type="basic_slider" images="" interval="" columns="" id="" class=""]

ListGo to Shortcodes List

[lists list_size="default-list" id="" class=""]
                [list title="List Title 1" icon="icon-glass" icon_color="default-color"]
                [list title="List Title 2" icon="icon-glass" icon_color="default-color"]
                [/lists]

AlertGo to Shortcodes List

[alert type="info" text_align="left" close_button="yes" animation="no" delay="" speed="" id="" class=""]Your content here...[/alert]

TabGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_tabs type="vertical" id="" class=""]
                [vc_tab title="Tab 1" tab_id=""]your content here...[/vc_tab]
                [vc_tab title="Tab 2" tab_id=""]your content here...[/vc_tab]
                [/vc_tabs]

AccordionGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_accordion active_tab="0" collapsible="yes" id="" class=""]
                [vc_accordion_tab title="Section 1"]your content here...[/vc_accordion_tab]
                [vc_accordion_tab title="Section 2"]your content here...[/vc_accordion_tab]
                [/vc_accordion]

Widgetised SidebarGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_widget_sidebar title="" sidebar_id="" el_class=""]

TestimonialsGo to Shortcodes List

[testimonial author="" company="" company_url="" company_url_target="" image="" style="wide" text_align="center"
                id="" class=""]Your content here...[/testimonial]

Team MemberGo to Shortcodes List

[team_member name="" role="" image="" rounded="" text_align="" twitter="" facebook="" dribbble="" linkedin="" github=""
                googleplus="" pinterest="" show_blog_posts="" post_author_nick="" mail="" id="" class=""]Your content here...[team_member]

Clients LogoGo to Shortcodes List

[clients columns="3" opacity="0.75" speed="" show_controls="" autorotate="" duration="" scroll_item="" id="" class=""]
                [client name="" image="" image_alt="" client_url="" client_url_target=""]
                [/clients]

Pricing TableGo to Shortcodes List

[pricing_table id="" class=""]
                [pricing_table_column title="" featured="yes" featured_color="table-primary-color" price="29" currency="$" interval="per year"
                show_button="yes" button_text="Button Text" button_color="primary-color" button_link="" button_target="_self"]
                <ul><li>Your first pricing table list item</li></ul>
                [/pricing_table_column]
                [/pricing_table]

Google MapGo to Shortcodes List

[google_map height="300" type="map" lat="40.7218493" long="-73.9773738" zoom="14" zoom_in="yes" marker="default" marker_image=""
                marker_lat="40.7218493" marker_long="-73.9773738" marker_animation="yes" marker2="" marker2_lat="" marker2_long="" marker3=""
                marker3_lat="" marker3_long="" marker4="" marker4_lat="" marker4_long="" marker5="" marker5_lat="" marker5_long="" id="" class=""]
[featured_box title="Featured Box Title" boxed="yes" icon_type="font-icon" icon="icon-glass" icon_size="tiny"
                icon_color="primary-color" image="" icon_style="inline" icon_circle="yes" show_button="yes" button_text="Button Text"
                button_size="small" button_color="primary-color" button_link="#" button_link_title="" button_target="_self" animation="no"
                delay="" speed="" id="" class=""]Your content here...[/featured_box]

Promo BoxGo to Shortcodes List

[promo_box title="" subtitle="" style="1" text_align="" text_color="" show_button="" button_text="" button_size=""
                button_color="accent-color" button_link="" button_link_title="" button_target="" button_icon_location="" button_icon=""
                animation="" delay="" speed="" id="" class=""]
[lightbox id="" width="600"]Your lightbox content here...[/lightbox]
[banner bg="" mp4="" webm="" bg_position="left top" bg_repeat="no-repeat" height="300" text_color="" text_position="" text_align="" text_width=""
                link="" target="" animation="" parallax="no" id="" class=""]Your content here...[/banner]

Gravity SliderGo to Shortcodes List

[tg_slider slider="" height="" effect="" show_arrows="" show_bullets="" autoplay="" duration="" speed="" id="" class=""]

Revolution SliderGo to Shortcodes List

[rev_slider_vc alias="" el_class=""]
[carousel title="" columns="3" speed="600" duration="2500" fx="scroll" autorotate="yes" scroll_item="3" easing="easeOutSine"
                id="" class=""]Your carousel element here...[/carousel]

Progress BarGo to Shortcodes List

[progress_bar title="WordPress" percentage="50" symbol="%" color="primary-color" type="solid" id="" class=""]

CounterGo to Shortcodes List

[counter value="50" symbol="" title="Projects Completed" color="primary-color" id="" class=""]

Pie ChartGo to Shortcodes List

[pie_chart value="50" symbol="" title="" subtitle="" color="primary-color" id="" class=""]

AudioGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_audio mp3="" ogg="" embed=""]

VideoGo to Shortcodes List

[vc_video mp4="" webm="" ogv="" embed="" class=""]

Share ButtonsGo to Shortcodes List

[share_buttons love_it="" love_it_tooltip="Love this" love_it_tooltip_done="You already love this" facebook=""
                facebook_tooltip="Share this" twitter="" twitter_tooltip="Tweet this" google="" google_tooltip="Share this" pinterest=""
                pinterest_tooltip="Pin this" email="" email_tooltip="Send email"]

Social ButtonsGo to Shortcodes List

[social_buttons show_twitter="" twitter="" show_facebook="" facebook="" show_google="" google="" show_pinterest="" pinterest=""
                show_dribbble="" dribbble="" show_github="" github="" show_flickr="" flickr="" show_vimeo="" vimeo="" show_youtube="" youtube=""
                show_linkedin="" linkedin="" show_lastfm="" lastfm="" show_skype="" skype="" show_tumblr="" tumblr=""
                show_instagram="" instagram="" show_yelp="" yelp="" show_rss="" rss="" show_stumbleupon="" stumbleupon=""
                show_deviantart="" deviantart="" show_delicious="" delicious="" show_reddit="" reddit="" show_forrst="" forrst=""
                show_soundcloud="" soundcloud="" show_picasa="" picasa=""]

BlogGo to Shortcodes List

[blog_posts posts="" categories="" id="" class=""]

Recent PostsGo to Shortcodes List

[recent_posts title="" columns="3" posts="6" categories="all" carousel="" scroll_posts="" show_controls="" effect="" speed=""
                autoplay="" duration="" id="" class=""]

PortfolioGo to Shortcodes List

[portfolio_full_width projects="6" categories="all" style="1" id="" class=""]

Recent ProjectsGo to Shortcodes List

[recent_projects title="" columns="3" projects="6" categories="" style="1" carousel="" scroll_projects="" show_controls=""
                effect="" speed="" autoplay="" duration="" id="" class=""]

Blog

Lato includes several options for the blog. There are 8 Post Formats with different options and powerful Blog Theme Options. The following sections will covers each of these aspects of the blog that are listed below

Setting Up Blog Page

Follow These Steps To Create Blog Page

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Settings > Reading
  • Step 2 - Select a static page options
  • Step 3 - Choose the page you want as your posts page from the dropdown list
Set Up Blog Page

Blog Theme Options

Lato includes powerfull Theme Options panel organized into sections. There is a Blog Options that allows you to customize different aspects of the blog page: full width blog or blog with sidebar, 3 posts styles, share buttons, author info and related posts settings. You can also setup page header settings for category/tag archive page.

Here is a screenshot that shows the blog options described above

Blog Theme Options

Creating Blog Posts

Follow These Steps To Create A New Post

Here is a screenshot that shows the various post settings described above

Add New Post

Using Post Formats

Lato offers 8 post formats: Standard, Aside, Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Quote and Link Post Format. When you select some of them you will see various options

Here is the list of post formats with description of each one

Here is a screenshots that shows the posts format options described above

Portfolio

With Lato you can add projects and create multiple portfolio pages. There are many portfolio page templates, special portfolio page options and Portfolio Theme Options. The following sections will covers each of these aspects of the portfolio that are listed below

Setting Up Portfolio Page

Follow These Steps To Create A New Portfolio Page

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Pages and click Add New
  • Step 2 - Enter a new name for your page
  • Step 3 - Find the Page Attributes box on the right side and select Parent page (it's usually set to no parent) if you want
  • Step 4 - Select one of the portfolio page Template located in the same Page Attributes box (Portfolio: 2 Column with Sidebar, Portfolio: 3 Column, Portfolio: 3 Column with Sidebar, Portfolio: 4 Column, Portfolio: Full Width)
  • Step 5 - Select any number of page options located below, like Header Options, Revolution Slider Options, and Portfolio Options
  • Step 6 - Add content to your page using the Visual or Text editor. The pages is built using the Shortcodes. Take a look at the Shortcode section for how to use them.
  • Step 7 - Once it's all done hit "Publish" button
Add New Page

Portfolio Page Options

When you create portfolio page you can choose from different page templates. Select one of the Portfolio Columns template if you want your projects wrapped in container or choose Portfolio Full Width to display projects in full width layout. Each of these groups has different Portfolio Options listed below.

  • Portfolio Categories - You can select one or many categories and display projects that belongs to selected categories. Please note: When you create new project make sure to assign categories. Only the categories you have made will show up on this list
  • Show Filter Options - Select if you want to display animated Filter Options on portfolio page. Please note that Filter Options will show up when you select at least 2 categories or "All" category above
  • Enable Masonry Layout - You can show up your projects in same size with grid layout or display projects in different sizes with masonry layout. This options will be visible only when Portfolio Full Width is selected
  • Portfolio Item Type/Full Width Portfolio Item Type - Select the following project style you want to display in: standard projects with portfolio title and categories below the thumbnail, multi-color projects with title and categories showed on hover or subtle style with zoom effect where title and categories are visible
  • Meta Type Displayed Below Title - Select if you want to show categories or date with your project
  • Show Image Lightbox On Click - Select if you want to show images in lightbox and not display link to your project. It is recommended for photography website
  • Show Gutter - Select if you want to show up your projects side by side or separated by a transparent border
  • Enable Pagination - Select if you want to show up the project page navigation
  • Portfolio Items per Page - You can enter how many project want to display per page
Portfolio Page Options

Add Project To Portfolio

You need to create project so they will show up on portfolio page. Lato offers several options for projects like categories, skills and much more. Categories are the filters you see above the projects that allows the user to sort the projects. Skills add additional meta info to projects. See below for information on how to create projects.

Follow These Steps To Create A New Project

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Portfolio and click Add New
  • Step 2 - Enter a new name for your project
  • Step 3 - Add content to your page using the Visual Composer Page Builder. The pages is built using the Shortcodes. Take a look at the Shortcode section for how to use them
  • Step 4 - Add Categories from the right side. To assign it to the project, check the box next to the Category name. These Categories are the filters that will sit above your project images and allow you to filter the different types of projects
  • Step 5 - Add Skills from the right side. Type the name of the skill in the field, separate multiple skills with commas
  • Step 6 - Click Set featured image on the right side and select image you want to use in project listing
  • Step 7 - Select any number of header options, like title, background color or image background, parallax effect and text color
  • Step 8 - Select standard or full width project type from Project Options section. Your detail project page will be shown in container with sidebar or as full width page
  • Step 9 - Enter any number of project options, like description, client name, project URL and select if you want to show up the related projects at the bottom of the page
  • Step 10 - You can choose the overlay background color visible on hover when you select this style on portfolio page
  • Step 11 - You can add custom thumbnail image if you want to use this project in Portfolio Full Width page with masonry layout. If you leave this empty the featured image will be cropped automatically. After adding the image select size of image you have uploaded
  • Step 12 - For a slider/gallery project, select Enable Slider/Gallery options and choose slider or one of grid gallery type. Hit "Add Media" button and add images to the default WordPress Gallery. Finally select number of columns if you choose one of the grid gallery type
  • Step 13 - For a video project you can paste the URL to video on Vimeo, YouTube or one of these services or paste the URL to your local mp4 and webm file (optionaly paste image/poster for local video)
  • Step 14 - For a Revolution slider project you need to add slider in Revolution Slider section and select your slider from the list
  • Step 15 - Once it's all done hit "Publish" button
Project Options

Portfolio Theme Options

Lato includes powerfull Theme Options panel organized into sections. There is a Portfolio Options that allows you to customize different aspects of the portfolio project page: portfolio slug, main portfolio page URL, share buttons and section titles. You can also setup page header settings for category/skill archive page.

Here is a screenshot that shows the portfolio options described above

Portfolio Theme Options

Sliders

Lato includes 2 sliders: premium Revolution Slider and Gravity Slider. Each slider can be used on any page in the header (just below the navigation and optional header) or you can use shortcode with visual builder and add your slider wherever you want on the page. The following sections will covers each of these aspects of the sliders that are listed below

Gravity Slider

The Gravity Slider is powered by the FlexSlider 2. You can easily add new slides and group them with special Admin Panel: Slides. This is the perfect slider to use if you just want single images or videos with animated headings and buttons.

Follow These Steps To Create New Gravity Slider

Here is a screenshot that shows the new slide options described above

Add New Slide

Revolution Slider

Lato includes the popular Revolution Slider created by ThemePunch. This slider is fully animated slider that is 100% responsive and has amazing options. We can't cover everything here but we outline how to setup a slider and how to add slides to it. If you want to learn more please see original documentation created by ThemePunch which you can find in package.

Follow These Steps To Create New Revolution Slider

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Revolution Slider section and click Create New Slider button
  • Step 2 - Enter a slider name and alias
  • Step 3 - Select the Source Type
  • Step 4 - Then select the Slider Layout Type. Set the Grid and Responsive settings also.
  • Step 5 - Once all it's done click Create Slider button
Add New Slider

Follow These Steps To Add New Slides

  • Step 1 - Click the Edit Slides button in Revolution Slider panel
  • Step 2 - Click the New Slide or New Transparent Slide button
  • Step 3 - You will see a new window where you can add image or images to create your slide
  • Step 4 - Click the Edit Slide button to open the Slide Editing section. This is where you add all your slide content. You can customize different animation and other settings.
  • Step 5 - To add a text layer, click Add Layer button that sits below the slider preview window. Enter your text in the Text/Html field and set position in Align, Position & Styling section. To style it, select one of the styles from the dropdown list or make your own by clicking Edit Style button
  • Step 6 - Below the Layer General Parameters sections are Layer Animation and Layer Links & Advanced Params. Change the settings you wish and click Preview Slide button to see a preview of what will happen. There is also the Layers Timing & Sorting section where you set the time it takes for layer to show on the screen
  • Step 7 - When all it's done click Update Slide button to save it and repeat process for more slides
Add New Slider

Here is a screenshot that shows the various Revolution Slider settings described above

Add New Post

Add Slider To Page

Once you have created your sliders, you need to assign them to a page or use a shortcode with visual builder. There are two methods to assigning a slider to a page. First you can assign a slider via Gravity Slider or Revolution Slider Options. Doing it this way always put the slider under the navigation and optional header. The second method is to insert shortcode with visual page builder.

Follow These Steps To Assign New Slider via Page Options

  • Step 1 - Create or Edit any page
  • Step 2 - Find the Gravity Slider and Revolution Slider Options
  • Step 3 - Select the Slider from the dropdown list
  • Step 4 - Enter the slider height
  • Step 5 - Select the other settings like arrows, bullets and animation
  • Step 6 - Once all it's done click Publish button
Add New Slider

Follow These Steps To Assign New Slider via Shortcode

  • Step 1 - Create or Edit any page
  • Step 2 - Click the Backend Editor to see Visual Composer Editor
  • Step 3 - Click Add Element and find Gravity Slider or Revolution Slider shortcodes
  • Step 4 - Click one of the slider shortcode and select the settings in new window
  • Step 5 - Once all it's done click Save button
Add New Slider

The Lato footer consists of the widget area and copyright area. You can set type of footer and change number of columns in Footer Options. Footer widgets can be added in widget section of WordPress. This section is going to cover two main areas that are listed below

The top of the footer is a widgetized section that can display widgets in 3 or 4 columns. Widgets can be added, removed and rearranged in the WordPress Administration Appearance > Widgets section

Follow These Steps To Add Widgets To The Footer

Add Footer Widget

There is a Footer Options in Appearance > Theme Options that allows you to customize the footer. See the screenshot below

Follow These Steps To Setup The Footer

Here is a screenshot that shows the footer options described above

Setup Footer Options

Widgets

Lato comes with default widgets and 4 custom widgets: Gravity Contact Detail Widget, Gravity Recent Posts Widget, Gravity Recent Projects Widget, Gravity Flickr Widget. All widgets are accessed in Appearance > Widgets. You can use multiple widgets per column and put as many widgets as you want. These are various fields and settings you can choose for each individual widget and all are self explanatory. Once you have finished adding the widgets, always make sure to hit the Save button to save the settings

Follow These Steps To Setup The Flickr Widget

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Widgets in your admin section
  • Step 2 - Find the Gravity Flickr Widget and drag it to the sidebar or footer widget area
  • Step 3 - Add your title and number of photos you want to get
  • Step 4 - Click on "idGettr" link, http://idgettr.com
  • Step 5 - Enter your username in place of username in the field and click "Find" and the ID will be generated
  • Step 6 - Copy and paste the generated ID into "Flickr ID" field
ID gettr

Extras

This section is going to cover the various items such as our theme options, translation, custom fonts, sidebars and more. The sections are listed below.

Theme Options Panel

Lato has an advanced Theme Options panel. All options are organized in tabbed sections. There are too many options to go over in these docs but please take some time and navigate through each tab to see what we offer. Go to Appearance > Theme Options in your WordPress admin to access the theme options panel. You can also backup your theme options by clicking on the Backup Options tab. See below for screenshots of our theme options panel.

Notice: Before adjusting the different settings, you should first click on the Save Options button, to insert all default data to the database and make sure everything looks good.

Styling Options

Here is the quick explanation of the most important styling options that Lato includes.

Accent Colors

These options allows you to set main colors on your site.

  • Primary color - the color used as a main color for links, color for image overlay in galleries and products
  • Primary color hover - the color used as a hover link color
  • Accent color & 4 Extra Colors - the colors used in some shortcodes as an option

Main Header/Navigation

These options allows you to set colors in your main navigation including background, font color, caret, search button and shopping cart.

Dropdown/Navigation

These options allows you to set colors of dropdown elements in header like main navigation background and color, shopping cart dropdown widget and mega menu.

Element Colors

These options allows you to set colors of couple of elements like accordions, alert messages, pricing tables, cookie bars and dividers.

Custom Fonts

With Lato you can choose from 600+ Google Fonts but you can also upload a Custom Font. Below you will find directions for how to use this option. You will need to have the 4 required font files. If you have one font format please use Font Squirrel Generator to generate required formats

Follow These Steps To Use A Custom Font

  • Step 1 - Download your 4 custom font files: .woff, .eot, .svg, .ttf. All files are required
  • Step 2 - Navigate to Appearance > Theme Options > Typography Options section
  • Step 3 - Upload 4 required files into the corresponding field by clicking the "Upload" button and selecting each file
  • Step 4 - After you uploaded the files, the custom font will be set for the headings and menu
  • Step 5 - Make sure you click "Save All Changes" to save your settings
Custom Font

Lato allows you to add unlimited amount of custom sidebars thanks to the WooSidebars plugin. You can apply created sidebars to any page or template. Make sure you have the page template set to "Page: Left Sidebar", "Page: Right Sidebar", "Portfolio: 2 Column with Sidebar", "Portfolio: 3 Column with Sidebar" to show your sidebar

Follow These Steps To Create a Sidebar

  • Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Widget Areas section
  • Step 2 - Click "Add New", enter the title, select Pages in Conditions section and hit "Publish" button
  • Step 3 - Once you are done, you need to add Widgets to the sidebar you just created
  • Step 4 - Navigate to Appearance > Widgets and find your sidebar on the right side
  • Step 5 - Simply drag and drop the widgets you want from the left side into your sidebar on the right
  • Step 6 - Make sure you click "Save" to save your sidebar
Widget Area

Translation

Lato comes with translation file: en_EN.mo and en_EN.po that are located in the Languages folder inside your package. These files can be used to translate the theme into your language.

Follow These Steps To Translate The Theme Into Your Language

CSS, Javascript & Credits

CSS Files:

Javascript Files:

Credits:

Changelog

Lato is constantly being updated with new features and adjustments. You can always view the most recent update information on the Mojo Marketplace item page, or view the full changelog in the changelog.txt file inside the package zip file. You can also view the full changelog below.

Lato changelog

Thank You

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing Lato. As we said at the beginning, we'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but we'll do our best to assist.