First Steps

After you’ve made a purchase on Themeforest, you’ll need to download theme files from your Themeforest Account. To do this, simply navigate to Downloads tab and find purchased item Tres - Creative Portfolio & Photography WordPress Theme.

All Files & Documentation

• tres.zip – main theme file. You can install it through WordPress admin panel. If you install it via FTP then unzip it first and use the extracted folder.
• tres-child.zip – child theme. For advanced users who are about to make code changes.
• Documentation – folder with the user guide.
• Licensing – all the legal information.

Installable WordPress file only

• tres.zip – main theme file. You can install it through WordPress admin panel. If you install it via FTP then unzip it first and use the extracted folder.

Installing Theme

There are 2 ways on how you can install WordPress themes – using WordPress theme installer or using FTP upload. The first method is probably the simplest installation method for most users.

Installing via the WordPress theme installer

1. From the dashboard go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme
2. Click on "Choose File" and select dos.zip
3. Click on "Install Now"

Installing via FTP

This is a more advanced way to install your theme. To install Tres via FTP

1. Download the "Installable WordPress Theme only" and extract the zip file. You should get a folder named Tres.
2. Using any FTP client (We recommend Filezilla ), log-in to the server where your WordPress website is hosted.
3. navigate to wp-content/themes/ folder under your WordPress website’s root directory.
4. Upload the folder you’ve extracted on the first step into wp-content/themes/

System Status

Under the System Status also under Welcome Screen, you will find the system status information for your installation. If you have ‘red errors’ indicating problems are present, it is likely you are not in compliance with the Server Requirements for a modern WordPress installation.

Please consider that Tres as any other Premium themes packed with page builder and full options set needs decent server performances to run smoothly. Any 'red error' has a link that points to a tutorial showing how to fix the value to meet the requirements.

You can always contact your host to have them adjusted as needed. Please note though that many hosts will try to keep the limits low to save their resources. You are paying for it, however, and you should expect to be getting your money’s worth. These values are typically lower if you choose a low budget host.

The most important values you need to be compliant are:

• Memory Limit: the WordPress Memory Limit is the maximum amount of memory (RAM) that your site can use at one time. When you reach your Memory Limit, you’ll encounter a fatal error.
• Max Input Vars: the PHP Max Input Vars is the maximum number of variables your server can use. If the value is too low, you may experience problems such as lost data within your Theme Options and disappearing widgets.

Theme Registration

To register your product, navigate to Tres → Dashboard and look for the Product Registration section. To complete the registration, you’ll need the Envato Purchase Code.

Where can I find my Purchase Code?

To download your Purchase Code simply follow these steps:

1. Access your ThemeForest downloads with the account that was used to purchase Tres.
2. Look for Tres in your list of purchases, click the Download button and select 'License Certificate & Purchase Code'.
3. Copy the 'Item Purchase Code' into the field 'Envato Purchase Code' of the Dashboard page.

Theme Migration

If you want to move your website to a new location or a new server, make sure you do the following:

1. Disable all plugins.
2. Deregister the theme from "Dashboard" tab.
3. We suggest using the Duplicator plugin to move your project. It will copy the whole website with the database. It is also an excellent way of storing a copy of your site if anything terrible would happen to it in the future.
4. When the transfer of your website has finished, please enable your plugins and register the theme again.

Installing Plugins

Tres theme requires a set of core and additional plugins to function correctly. A plugin is an additional component that offers functionality and features beyond a typical WordPress installation. Without them, most of its functionality is not available. After installing the theme you will be prompted to install the required plugins at the top of your dashboard. Alternatively, you can:

1. From the dashboard go to Tres → Install Plugins
2. Toggle all the required plugins and click "Install"
3. Toggle all the required plugins and click "Activate"

Importing Demo Data

The easiest way to import our demo content is to use the Demo Importer. The Demo Importer provides you with all of Tres's pages and posts, portfolios, widgets, theme options, assigned pages, menus, and more.

Using this import feature is recommended for fresh installs. The automatic import will NOT replace existing content but it will merge your actual contents with Tres demo contents. We always recommend running it on a fresh WordPress installation and no extra plugins active.

Demo Import

1. Check the System Status to ensure your server meets the requirements for a successful import. You must meet the server requirements and have all plugins bundeled with the theme activated, or the demo won't work.
2. Navigate to Tres → Demo Importer
3. Click on "Tres" demo.
4. Click on 'Confirm demo import'.
5. Wait until the import process is done. Please be patient and don't close the window tab, as this can take a few minutes depending on your host’s performance and you internet connection speed.
6. Once the import is completed, you'll be notified and the import window will close.

Setting Page Builder

Setting the page builder should be easy, just make sure you have "CodeSymbol Page Builder" plugin installed and active.

Navigate to Tres -> Page Builder, then make sure to enable the builder for the post types you want to use it in. You can also disable Gutenberg editor if you want to set the builder as the default editor.

Setting a Homepage

If you’re new to WordPress you might be wondering why even after importing a demo your website home page is still displaying your blog posts. This is because by default WordPress shows your blog as the home, to change that head over to the Settings → Reading section in your WordPress Admin dashboard.

On this page select A Static Page option for Front Page Displays. You'll then see dropdown selects for both the Front Page and the Posts Page. Select your desired pages for each – the one selected for the front page will display as your website home page.

Creating a Menu

To create a menu for your site, do the following:

1. Navigate to Appearance → Menus
2. The left section contains all pages, posts and portfolio projects. You can also create custom links if you want.
3. Set Display location in Menu Settings as Main Navigation Menu
4. Click on 'Save Menu' button

How To Create Mega Menu

Mega menus support 2,3,4 columns. To create a mega menu for your site, do the following:

1. Navigate to Appearance → Menus
2. Click on "Screen Options" in the top right corner.
3. Make sure that "CSS Classes" is enabled.
4. Create a custom link and add it to the menu, then add "mega-menu four-columns" class to it. Seperate classes with a space, example: "mega-menu two-columns" or "mega-menu three-columns" or "mega-menu four-columns".
5. Create 4 custom links and add them to the menu under the link you created in step 4, then add "heading" class to each custom link.
6. Create a page and add it to the menu under any of the custom links you just added in step 5.
7. Click on 'Save Menu' button.

Updating Theme

Updating Tres can be handled multiple ways. Depending on your workflow choose the option that makes the most sense for you.

• Envato Market Plugin
• Manual Update method (WordPress or FTP)

Using the Envato Market Plugin

The Envato Market Plugin helps you to receive updates to your themes purchased through Envato Market (ThemeForest). The plugin Settings Page allows you to configure your Envato API Personal Token.

This API Token is generated from build.envato.com and will allow WordPress to securely receive item updates. Once the Envato API connection is made from the Settings page, a list of available Themes will be shown. Any available theme updates can be applied here.

1. Download the Envato Market Plugin
2. Upload the plugin .zip via the Plugins >Add New section of the WordPress admin dashboard
3. Click Install Now and then Activate Plugin
4. Now head to the Envato Market plugin page and click on the Generate a personal token link. We’re going to generate a token from Envato that will allow a connection between the plugin and ThemeForest.

• 5- Next give your token a name and check the box that you have read and agree to the terms. Click the Create Token button to generate your token.
• 6- Copy your token that’s been generated and head back to your WordPress setup in the plugin page to paste it in the token field. This should allow Salient to show up as one of your themes within the plugin – from here on it’s smooth sailing.

Manual Update method

If you don’t want to or can’t use the plugin, you can always update the theme manually in two ways:

Via WordPress

1. Download the latest version of the Tres Theme from your ThemeForest account.
2. Remove the theme from Appearance → Themes by selecting and installing another theme.
3. Re-upload the theme from Appearance → Themes → Add New.
4. When the theme is updated, update the required plugins if you see the ‘Require Update’ notice next some plugins name.
5. After the update make sure to Save your Theme Options.
6. Don’t forget to update the required plugins. You will see a notification message in Tres → Install Plugins telling you the required and recommended plugins must be updated.

Via FTP

1. Remove the folder "Tres" located in wp-content/themes. Next upload the updated theme in the same place.
2. When the theme is updated, update the required plugins if you see the ‘Require Update’ notice next some plugins name.
3. After the update make sure to Save your Theme Options.
4. Don’t forget to update the required plugins. You will see a notification message in Tres → Install Plugins telling you the required and recommended plugins must be updated.