Tips & Tricks

You must get an API key.
Here is where you can get an API key. Then go to Theme Settings>Other Settings>Plugins Settings and paste it in the Google Maps API key field.

If it doesn’t work after that:
1. Go to Developer Console>APIs & auth>APIs
2. Search for Geocoding and click on Google Maps Geocoding API>Enable API. Do the same thing for Geolocating.
Then your map should work.

Always optimize/compress your jpeg images before uploading them to your website. Large images should be compressed at around 90% image quality and you should also try to limit the use of uncompressed pngs.

This is a website we suggest for compressing your images: https://compressjpeg.com

A good caching solution can significantly increase the performance of your site in terms of loading time.

Here is a solution we suggest: https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/

To add any of the blog, portfolio or shop category links to the main menu follow this steps:

1. Navigate to Appearance > Menus from the WordPress admin panel;
2. Unfold the Screen Options section;
3. Tick the blog categories, portfolio categories or shop categories.

Ordering the categories (filters) of the blog posts, portfolio items or shop products cannot be done directly through WordPress or the Theme Options, but you can do it using a Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order plugin.

Follow these steps to install and activate the plugin:

1. Navigate to Plugins > Add New from the WordPress admin panel;
2. Search for Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order in the search bar;
3. Click the Install Now button;
4. When plugin is installed, click Activate button and you’re done.

You can use smooth scrolling between sections in “one-page” website. See a live demo here. To activate smooth scroll, firstly you must enable this feature here:

1. Navigate to Theme Settings > Header & Menu from the WordPress admin panel;
2. Choose Other Settings from the tabs menu section;
3. Find Onepage scroll menu option and toggle the switcher to “Yes”.

Add Section ID

The next step is to add a unique ID to each section.

1. Navigate to Pages > Your Page from the WordPress admin panel;
2. Click the “edit” link below to open a Visual Composer editor of your page.
3. Click the pencil icon to edit row or section;
4. On General tab of the Row Settings menu add a unique ID for your row (i.e: #section-unique-id);
5. Save popup and page changes.

Add menu links

The final step is to add links to your website menu. You have to create a menu and setting up your anchor links:

1. Navigate to Appearance > Menus from the WordPress admin panel;
2. Add Custom Links menu item;
3. Paste your ID (i.e: #section-unique-id) in the URL row and click a “Save Menu” button.

Now, you should have a smooth scroll menu on your website.