Difference between revisions of "Installation Guide"

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Once you have installed WordPress successfully, installing Swift Theme is no different from any other WordPress theme.

Before proceeding

Before proceeding with installing Swift Themes make sure that following plugins are not installed or deactivated

Any Caching plugin like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache
Disable CDN
You might also want to disable your browser cache.

Note: These are not necessary for the functioning of Swift. These steps make sure that any changes you make are immediately visible and make your customization experience truly fun and exiting and saves you lot of frustration. We are not exaggerating when we say more than 40% of our support questions are because the user forgot to clear their caches !! You can download the latest version of the Swift Theme from Members Area.

Install Theme Via WordPress Dashboard

Go to 'Appearance > Themes' section
Click 'Add New' and select the 'Upload Theme' option
Choose the zip file you downloaded from the members area and press 'Install Now'
Once the theme is uploaded you need to activate it.

If theme install fails with error Destination folder already exists, it means that Swift is already installed on your server. perhaps you were using free or trial version of Swift and looking to upgrade or trying to upgrade to the latest version of Swift. Please refer to our How to update Swift section.

Install Theme Via FTP

Access your hosting server using an ftp client like FileZilla
Go to the wp-content/themes folder of your WordPress installation
Extract the latest version of Swift you downloaded from the members area and upload it to wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
Go to WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Themes section to activate the theme

Adding New Themes using cPanel

If your host offers the cPanel control panel then

Download the Swift zip file to your local machine.
In cPanel File Manager, navigate to your Themes folder. If you have WordPress installed in its own folder called wordpress, you would navigate to public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes and if WordPress is installed in your web-root folder you would navigate to public_html/wp-content/themes.
Once you’ve navigated to the Themes folder in cPanel File Manager, click on Upload file(s) and upload that zip file you saved in Step 1.
Once the zip file is uploaded, click on the zip file name in cPanel, then in the panel to the right, click on Extract File Contents, and that zip file will be uncompressed.
Now login to WordPress and goto appearance/themes and activate Swift.

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 == Before proceeding ==
-Before proceeding with installing Swift Themes make sure that following plugins are not installed or deactivated:
+Before proceeding with installing Swift Themes make sure that following plugins are not installed or deactivated
 * Any Caching plugin like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache
 * Disable CDN
-* You might also want to disable your browser cache.
+* You might also want to [[#How_to_disable_cache_in_Chrome.2C_Safari.2C_Firefox_and_IE | disable your browser cache]].
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+''Note: These are not necessary for the functioning of Swift. These steps make sure that any changes you make are immediately visible and make your customization experience truly fun and exiting and saves you lot of frustration. We are not exaggerating when we say more than 40% of our support questions are because the user forgot to clear their caches !!
-Note: These are not necessary for the functioning of Swift. These steps make sure that any changes you make are immediately visible and make your customization experience truly fun and exiting and saves you lot of frustration. We are not exaggerating when we say more than 40% of our support questions are because the user forgot to clear their caches !!
+''
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+You can download the latest version of the Swift Theme from [http://swiftthemes.com/swiftlers-area/member/index Members Area].
-You can download the latest version of the Swift Themes from Swift Themes Members Area.
 == Install Theme Via WordPress Dashboard ==
 # Go to 'Appearance > Themes' section
 # Click 'Add New' and select the 'Upload Theme' option
-# Choose the swift-v7.2.2.zip file and press 'Install Now'
+# Choose the zip file you downloaded from the members area and press 'Install Now'
 # Once the theme is uploaded you need to activate it.
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+If theme install fails with error '''Destination folder already exists''', it means that Swift is already installed on your server. perhaps you were using free or trial version of Swift and looking to upgrade or trying to upgrade to the latest version of Swift. Please refer to our How to update Swift section.
 == Install Theme Via FTP ==
 # Access your hosting server using an ftp client like [https://filezilla-project.org FileZilla]
 # Go to the '''''wp-content/themes''''' folder of your WordPress installation
-# Extract the '''''swift-v7.2.2.zip''''' file and put the '''''swift''''' folder in '''''wp-content/themes/''''' folder
+# Extract the latest version of Swift you downloaded from the [http://swiftthemes.com/swiftlers-area/member/index members area] and upload it to '''''wp-content/themes/''''' folder on your server.
 # Go to '''''WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Themes''''' section to activate the theme
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 == Adding New Themes using cPanel ==
 If your host offers the cPanel control panel then
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 # Once the zip file is uploaded, click on the zip file name in cPanel, then in the panel to the right, click on Extract File Contents, and that zip file will be uncompressed.
 # Now login to WordPress and goto appearance/themes and activate Swift.
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 == How to disable cache in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and IE ==
-=== [[Internet Explorer]] ===
-'''To completely clear the cache in [[Internet Explorer 9]] and later versions:'''
-# Click "Tools" (the Gear-shaped button on the top-right section of the browser), point to "Safety" and click "Delete Browsing History…" (keyboard shortcut: {{key press|Ctrl|Shift|Del}}).
-# Select "Temporary Internet Files" at the top, and click "Delete". (If Wikipedia is in your list of favorites, you may need to turn off the "Preserve Favorites website data" at the top of the dialog box.)
-# Internet Explorer will now silently delete the items you have chosen. Once finished, the notification bar appears at the bottom of the screen, stating that the selected browsing history has been deleted.
-'''To completely clear the cache in [[Internet Explorer 8]]:'''
-* Click the "Tools" menu then select "Delete Browsing History".
-'''To completely clear the cache in [[Internet Explorer 7]]:'''
-* Click "Tools" and select "Internet Options", choose the "General" tab and click "Delete Files" under the ''Temporary Internet Files'' section. If you want, you can also opt to delete cookies and browsing history.
-'''To completely clear the cache in older versions of Internet Explorer:'''
-* Click on "Tools" and then "Internet Options", and choose the "General" tab. Then click on "Delete…" under "Browsing history". In the "Temporary Internet files" section, click "Delete Files…". You will then get a dialogue box asking if you want to delete just the temporary files, or all off-line content. Choose the latter and click "OK".
-'''To change cache settings (not recommended for most users):'''
-* Select {{menu breadcrumb|Tools|Internet Options|Temporary Internet files|Settings…}} to make advanced configuration changes to the cache.
-=== [[Google Chrome]] ===
-'''To clear the cache:'''
-# Go to the "Tools" menu (the three horizontal bars on the upper right of the browser) and click on "History" (Shortcut: {{key press|Ctrl|H}}).
-# Click on "Clear all browsing data…" (Shortcut: {{key press|Ctrl|Shift|Del}}).
-# Select the types of data you want to clear, include "Empty the cache" option.
-If you would like to keep the data in your cache but test Wikipedia without using it, you can use the "incognito" browsing option.
-'''To disable the cache:'''
-# Open Developer Tools ({{key press|F12}}, {{key press|Ctrl|Shift|I}} or {{menu breadcrumb|Tools|Developer Tools}}).
-# Go to Settings by clicking on the cogwheel icon in lower left corner of the Developer Tools window.
-# Check the "Disable Cache" check-box.
-=== [[Firefox]] and other related browsers ===
-'''To completely clear the cache:'''
-* In versions of Firefox that display a single, orange "Firefox" button: click the "Firefox" button and click "Options". Select the "Advanced" section, and go to the "Network" tab, and click the "Clear Now" button. Then click "OK".
-* When Firefox displays a menu bar, from the "Edit" or "Tools" menu, choose "Preferences" or "Options". Select the "Advanced" section, and go to the "Network" tab. Click the button called "Clear Now". Then click "OK".
-* In SeaMonkey and later versions of Netscape, choose {{menu breadcrumb|Edit|Preferences…}}, expand the "Advanced" section and choose "Cache". Click on the "<u>C</u>lear Cache" button.
-'''To disable caching in Firefox (not recommended for most users):'''
-# Choose {{menu breadcrumb|Tools|Options…}} (or {{menu breadcrumb|Edit|Preferences}} in the Linux version).
-# Choose "Advanced" at the top.
-# Choose the "Network" tab.
-# Change the cache size to 0 (zero).
-'''To disable caching in SeaMonkey (not recommended for most users):'''
-# Choose {{menu breadcrumb|Edit|Preferences…}}
-# Expand the "Advanced" item near the left bottom.
-# Choose "Cache" item.
-# Change the "Size" value to 0 (zero).
-If you would keep your data in your cache and test Wikipedia with an empty cache, you can use Private Browsing mode.
-=== [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] ===
-'''To completely clear the cache:'''
-* From the "Safari" menu, choose "Empty Cache…" or hold down the {{key press|Opt}} and {{key press|Cmd}} keys and press {{key press|E}}.
-=== [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] ===
-'''To completely clear the cache:'''
-* From the "Tools" menu, choose "Preferences". Expand the "Advanced" options and choose "History". Click the "Empty now" button.
-* Alternatively, you can clear the cache, history and cookies: From the "Tools" menu, choose "Delete private data". Click "Details", make sure that "Delete entire cache" is selected, and then choose any other data you want to remove.
-'''To disable the cache permanently (not recommended for most users):'''
-* From the "Tools" menu, choose "Preferences". Expand the "Advanced" options and choose "History". Click on the dropdown menu for "Disk Cache" and select "Off".
-Note: On a Mac the "Tools" menu does not have a "Preferences" option. "Opera &rarr; Preferences" is the correct menu item.

Difference between revisions of "Installation Guide"

Latest revision as of 20:02, 18 December 2014

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Install Theme Via WordPress Dashboard

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