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Installing the Panthea Shop Theme
FIRST, Panthea Shop is a WordPress theme, so make sure you have already installed WordPress 3.5 or higher. If you haven’t already done this, go to WordPress.org for a free download and follow their installation instructions.
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Download WooCommerce Plugin
SECOND, Panthea Shop is also a WooCommerce theme, so you will need to install the WooCommerce Plugin to your WordPress installation. Click here: YITH Panthea Premium WooCommerce Themes
Download Panthea Shop Theme
Download the Panthea Shop theme from your ThemeForest account downloads page and save it to your desktop. This is how the file will look.YITH Panthea Premium WooCommerce Themes
*Note – This IS NOT the file you will upload to your WordPress installation. The file you need must be UNZIPPED before uploading.
Unzip the downloaded theme
UNZIP the downloaded theme file. You can use a zip program or you can just CLICK TWICE on the folder icon to show the contents inside. You should see a folder called Panthea_Wordpress_Theme.
CLICK TWICE on Panthea_Wordpress_Theme, and inside you will find five additional folders and one “thumb” file. Find “Panthea”. THIS IS THE FOLDER YOU WILL UPLOAD to your WordPress Theme.
Drag the Panthea folder to your desktop. It should look like this:
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Upload Panthea Theme Shop
UPLOAD the Panthea file. You can do this one of two ways:
a. Via WordPress – Log into your WordPress site.
When you get to your dashboard, scroll down the left sidebar to the Appearance-panel and hover over or click on “Appearance”. You will immediately see a drop-down list like the one in the visual below:
Click on “Themes” and you will see two tabs – Manage Themes and Install Themes. Click “Install Themes”.
Under “Install Themes”, click on “Upload”, and this is what you will see.
Now you are ready to upload the Panthea shop file that you unzipped earlier. Click “Browse” and find the Panthea Shop file on your desktop.
Click the Panthea Shop file, then click “open”. The file name will appear in the browse box.
Click “install now” and wait for the installation message. *Note: The installation will probably take a few minutes, so please be patient.
When the installation is finished, you should see this:
Under the words “Theme installed successfully,” you will see an option to immediately click on “Activate” to activate the theme. You may activate it from this screen, or you can navigate back to “Appearance”, click on “Themes”, and there you will see all your theme choices, including Panthea Shop.
Click on the Panthea Shop icon and then “Save and Activate”. Here is what your new screen will look like:
*Note – in the top yellow bar, you are being instructed to install the WooThemes Updater plugin, but THIS IS NOT NECESSARY, so please ignore this suggestion.
Now you are ready to proceed to Step Two.
But before you move to Step 2, let’s take a detour. Maybe you prefer to upload your new Panthea Shop files via FTP instead of WordPress. What would you do? Follow these instructions:
b. Uploading Via Filezilla (SKIP THIS STEP if you have already successfully installed your Panthea Shop theme via WordPress) – Now you will learn how to upload your files using the Filezilla client.
First, BACKUP YOUR FILES! This is always the safest thing to do.
Next, download and install the Filezilla Client – https://filezilla-project.org/
Now OPEN FILEZILLA to see this window:
Fill in your FTP Credentials, like in the image shown below:
Now “CLICK QUICKCONNECT” and Filezilla will load your website. Here is how it will look: