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Go to Settings » General. What you need to do here is set up your website title and tagline.
When this is done, you need to have your WordPress site configured to load as https. You got a free SSL certificate for this very purpose, remember? You can do this at the same at Settings »
General page, simply change your WordPress address and site address to use https: Don’t forget to save the changes at the bottom of the page!
Now that your WordPress setup is done let’s get to the fun part!
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Install your Woostroid theme
I’m assuming you’ve got your Woostroid theme already, if you haven’t yet - you can get it here.
Why did we choose this particular theme for this ebook? Because it’s awesome, silly!
Woostroid is a multipurpose theme, you can sell literally anything with its help. The theme comes with 24/7 support and free updates. But most of all we love how you can customize everything in this theme, make your website truly unique and your own.
So, let’s get down to business. You need to install the theme to make all the miracles happen. To do that go to your WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Themes and open the «theme» folder.
Find The theme-name.zip file and install the theme by clicking «Install Now».
Now click the Activate button:
Install TM Wizard plugin
After the theme is activated you will be asced to install TM Wizard plugin. This is aт
indispensible tool, it allows you to install all the plugins you need in the most effortless way imaginable. To install TM Wizard simply follow the Begin installing plugin link, you will get here: Just click the Install button.
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Install all the recommended plugins
After TM Wizard plugin is installed you will be offered to install the recommended plugins and demo data, just click the START INSTALL button and everything will be installed for you automatically.
This is where you can choose your skin, as you see there’s quite a choice.
After you select the skin, click the Select Skin link. Simply follow the steps the Wizard offers, and check with the documentation provided with your Woostroid theme if come up with any questions, but it’s all so easy we doubt you’ll get any. The installation process will take some minutes, so you can go get that cup of coffee.
Customize your Woostroid
Now this is the fun part, let’s customize the theme!
Woostroid comes with a What You See Is What You Get editor, this is an amazing tool that lets you create a unique look for your online store. To utilize this awesome tool go to Appearance > Customize section in your dashboard.
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As you can see pretty much everything can be modified to perfectly fit your business. Navigation, typography, colors, page layouts, widgets positioning, all these things and everything else can be customized here. And the beauty of it is - you can see the changes immediately, and you don’t touch the code at all.
If you know exactly what your website should look like, customizing the theme won’t take much time. In any case, it’s going to be so much fun making it your own. But don’t forget to click the Save & Publish button, or you’ll have to do it all again!
Add products to your store
Since properly publishing products is the very essence of an online store, we are going to look through this process in greater detail.
Adding products in Woostroid is pretty straightforward, like anything else really. Go to Products > Add Product section in your dashboard:
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Here’s what you’ll see:
In the upper line write down the product’s title. Then you need to write a detailed description of your product in the box below the title line. When this is done you need to set a category for the product. This makes sorting and browsing products so much easier, your customers will love you for your clear product categories.
You can select a category and add new ones to the selection in this box on the righthand side:
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To provide detailed info on the product, like price, inventory and shipping, scroll a bit down: When this info is all provided, scroll down again. You will see this box: This is where you write a short description of the product. This will be displayed when your customer is looking through multiple products on a page.
On your right bottom corner you will see the boxes to add product images:
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When this is done click the Publish button, and that’s it! Repeat as many times as many products you’ve got to offer.
Extend your store’s functionality with plugins
Remember how we installed a number of recommended plugins when we were installing the Woostroid theme? Those are expertly made plugins created to make your life as an online store owner so much easier and fun.
Let’s see what’s there to play with.
Cherry Sidebars
This lightweight plugin allows you to create and manage dynamic sidebars. The plugin allows you to put widget areas whenever you want them to be, you are not limited to one dedicated widget area. You can easily group your widgets and display them on a specific page.
Another great use for this plugin is placing a banner ad on one particular post. You can use it whenever you want the content to be different on a particular post or page.
TM Mega Menu
This awesome plugin allows you to create multi-column drop-down menu. It also lets you display necessary information in the main menu. The drag-and-drop editor makes it very easy to work with.