# Documentation

Welcome to Livecast Documentation. Here you will find the all the useful detailed instructions to use Livecast theme.

# Contents

# General

Hey there! We are very pleased that you have chosen Livecast for your website, you will not be disappointed! Before you get started, please be sure to always search our `Documentation` and Knowledge base. We provide you with all the details you need to use Livecast. It can only be used with WordPress and we assume that you already have WordPress installed and ready to go. If you do not, please follow this link to see our section on WordPress to help you get started.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Firstly, lets check this introduction video on how to install and basic usage instruction on Livecast theme

## WordPress Information

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex. Below are all the useful links for WordPress information.

- WordPress Codex – General info about WordPress and how to install on your server.
- First Steps With WordPress – General info about multiple topics about WordPress.
- FAQ New To WordPress – The most popular FAQ’s regarding WordPress.

## Livecast Requirements

To use Livecast, please make sure you are running WordPress 4.7 or higher, PHP 5.6 or higher, and MySQL 5.6 or higher (for legacy environments also PHP versions 5.3.x will work but it is recommended to be on at least PHP 5.6 and preferably PHP 7.0. WordPress recommends PHP 7). We have tested it with Mac, Windows and Linux. Below is a list of items you should ensure your host can comply with.

- Make sure that your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
- Always make sure they are running the latest version of WordPress.
- You can download the latest release of WordPress from official WordPress website.
- Create secure passwords for FTP and Database.

To check your system status please go to Codeless -> System Status on the manin WP menu.

### Recommended PHP Configuration Limits

Many issues that you may run into such as; white screen, demo content fails when importing and other similar issues are all related to low PHP configuration limits. The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own, or contact your web host and ask them to increase those limits to a minimum as follows:

- max_execution_time: 180
- memory_limit: 128M
- post_max_size: 32M
- upload_max_filesize: 32M

## What's included

When you purchase our theme from ThemeForest, you can download the Livecast files via the 'Downloads' tab on your ThemeForest account. When you download Livecast, you have 2 options, either download `All Files & Documentation` or the `Installable WordPress File Only`. The former includes the theme files and supporting documents, while the latter only includes the theme's installable WordPress file. The latter is recommended when you're only looking to update/install the theme manually. Aside from the digital files you get when you purchase the theme, you also obtain exclusive services that will help you as you use the theme. Below is a full list of everything that is included when you purchase the theme and download all the included files.

## Theme Support

All of our items come with 6 months of included support and free lifetime updates for your theme. After the 6 months period, you have the opportunity to extend support coverage up to 6 or 12 months further. If you choose to not extend your support, you will still be able to submit bug reports via email or item comments and still have access to our online documentation knowledge base and video tutorials. Envato clarifies item support here http://themeforest.net/page/item_support_policy We have an open forum system to answer the question. Support is limited to questions regarding the theme’s features or problems with the theme. We are not able to provide support for code customizations or third-party plugins. If you need help with anything other than minor customizations of your theme, we suggest enlisting the help of a developer.

### How To Receive Support

- Step 1 – Click Here To Create An Account, you will need your ThemeForest Purchase Code which can only be received after buying the theme from Themeforest.net.
- Step 2 – You need to enter your Themeforest Purchase code, e-mail and password. Your forum username will be the same username that purchased the theme on Themeforest.
- Step 3 - Once you signed up, you need to sign into the forum with your new account to start using the forum. Please use search field to previously check for answers, before deciding to write yours.
- Step 4 - To create new topic, select the forum on the sidebar " go to the end of the page" and create a new topic.

### Before posting on the forum

Note: In order to always have a fast and successful search in our forum, we require for you to follow these simple steps before posting a new topic. This is for the benefit of everyone and it helps the forum become more efficient. It's very important and we ask that everyone who posts to keep these in mind.

- Step 1 - Always check the Documentation. Most of your answers will be found there.
- Step 2 - Always perform a Forum Search before deciding to start a new topic. Most common issues are already brought up and answered.
- Step 3 - If you can't still find an answer to your problem, please post a new topic. Be sure to be as descriptive as possible. If you want you can send in a private reply your wp or ftp credentials. In most cases this saves a lot of time for both parties.
- Step 4 - Last, patiently wait! We will try to respond ASAP. Please keep in mind that we answer threads from old to new. So, rewriting the same question will only increase the responding time!

## Extending and renewing Support

On September 1st, 2015, Envato changed their terms and conditions for item support and introduced paid item support for Themeforest and CodeCanyon. When you purchase a theme, you will be granted an inclusive 6 months period of support for that item. When this expires you can choose to extend your item support for a further 6/12 months at a fee. Please continue reading below to learn more about item support, or click to read Envato's 'What Is Item Support?' article.

### How To Renew or Extend Support

You are eligible to renew or extend your support subscription if you have less than 6 months support remaining and the author is still supporting the item. The cost of purchasing support can vary according to the different periods of your subscription. For example, extending your support subscription while it's still active costs less than renewing it when it has expired. To learn more about this, please read Envato's 'Extending and Renewing Item Support' article found here.

- 1. Login to your ThemeForest account and go to the Downloads tab.
- 2. Search Livecast theme.
- 3. Here you will see how many month support you have remained and a link to extend the support time.
- 4. Click it and you will be redirected to item's page. On the right side you will see how many months support you have remaining and the 'Extend Now and save' button.
- 5. Once you click the 'Extend Now and Save' button, you’ll be redirected to the checkout page. Confirm your payment details and follow the on screen prompts to finish purchasing the extension.

### What will happen if I do not renew the item support?

In this case you will not be granted access to hands on support. You will however continue to receive theme updates that contain bug fixes, new features and access to our online documentation, help files, video tutorials and the community forum.

### When can I renew the item support?

There are 3 scenarios for when you can extend or renew item support; At the time of purchase, during your support period, and after your item support has expired.

- At the time of purchasing the item. This will cost 30% of the list price, or 37.5% on the item price.
- Support Upgrade – At the time of purchasing the item. This will cost 30% of the list price, or 37.5% on the item price.
- Support Extension – Extend item support before it expires. This will cost 50% of the list price, or 62.5% on the item price.
- Support Renewal – Renew item support once it has expired. This will cost 70% of the list price, or 82.5% on the item price.

## Find support

You can access the support site and blog wheneever you want. The links are incoorporated inside theme options. Just go to `Codeless > Home`. Click on the `Livecast Series` button to go to the blog page. Click on the `Support` button to go to the support site.

## Licensing

When purchasing Livecast from ThemeForest, you have two licensing options. The Regular License, and the Extended License. The billing, licensing terms and process is purely handled by Envato (the company who owns ThemeForest), and we have no control over these aspects. To learn more about what each License is for and which one to purchase, continue reading below.

License Information Purchase another license

# Installation

You can install the theme in two ways: through WordPress, or via FTP.
The Livecast.zip file is the Installable WordPress Theme and what you need to use to get the theme installed. There are two ways to install Livecast, via WordPress or via FTP. First, you need to download the Livecast files from your ThemeForest account. Navigate to your downloads tab on ThemeForest and find Livecast. Click the download button to see the two options; The Main Files and the Installable WordPress Theme. See below:

### What’s included in The Main Files:

    theme/
    ├── Livecast
    ├── Livecast-child-theme
    ├── Documentation
    ├── License
    └── Slider-dummy-data

- Livecast Theme Folder – Contains the livecast.zip and livecast-child-theme.zip WordPress Theme. The child theme is only for users who make code changes.
- Documentation Folder – Contains theme's documentation.
- License Folder – This contains all the language files that are fully or partially translated.
- Slider dummy data Folder – This contains all included demo sliders files for you to import and customize the design further.

### What’s included in The Installable WordPress Theme:

- livecast.zip – This is the parent WordPress Theme, install this via WordPress. If you install it via FTP then unzip it first, then use the extracted folder.

## Wordpress Installation

There are two ways you can install the Livecast theme. You can choose to install it via WordPress, which is what will be outlined in this article, or via FTP. Before you can install Livecast, you need download the necessary theme files from your ThemeForest account. Continue reading below for more information.

### Downloading Theme Files From ThemeForest

Step 1 – Login to your ThemeForest account and navigate to your 'Downloads' tab and then locate your Livecast theme purchase.
Step 2 – Click the 'Download' button and choose to either download the `Installable WordPress file only`, which is just the WordPress installable file, or choose to download `All Files & Documentation` which is the full Livecast theme package.
Step 3 – For instructions on how to install the theme via WordPress, click here

### How To Install Livecast via WordPress

Step 1 – Navigate to WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Themes.
Step 2 – Click the 'Add New' button on top of the page, then the 'Upload Theme' button.
Step 3 – Click 'Choose File' and find the theme files you’ve just downloaded. If you’ve downloaded the installable WordPress file, then you do not need to unzip the file. If you’ve downloaded the Full Theme Package, you have to unzip the master Livecast.zip file, there in you will see Livecast folder, zip this one and select it to install.
Click Here To Watch Livecast theme's Wordpress Installation Video Tutorial
Error: 'Are you sure you want to do this?

If you get the "Are You Sure You Want To Do This" message when installing livecast.zip file via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit that is set by your host. If this happens, please install the theme via FTP or contact your hosting company and ask them to increase the limit.

## FTP Installation

### Downloading Theme Files From ThemeForest

Step 1 – Login to your ThemeForest account and navigate to your 'Downloads' tab and then locate your Livecast theme purchase.
Step 2 – Click the 'Download' button and choose to either download the 'Installable WordPress file only', which is just the WordPress installable file, or choose to download 'All Files & Documentation' which is the full Livecast theme package.
Step 3 – For instructions on how to install the theme via WordPress, click here

## How To Install Livecast via FTP

Step 1 – Log into your server installation via FTP. You can use software such as Filezilla for this.
Step 2 – If you have downloaded the Full Theme Package from ThemeForest, please unzip the master livecast.zip file and then select only the Livecast folder.
Step 3 – Upload the extracted Livecast folder to the `wp-content > themes` folder on the server. Make sure the folder name is -> Livecast.
Step 4 – Log in to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to `Appearance > Themes` and clicking the ‘Activate’ button, for the Livecast theme.

## Update Theme

There are three ways to update your theme. Before you update, it is best practice to always check our update notes. Also we strongly recommend you to make a backup of your previous theme folder. See the information below for more.

Before you update, it's best practice to always check our Important Update Information article which is updated for each new version, and to make a full backup of your theme folder, files and entire database. If you update via FTP, it's important that you delete (not replace) the old Livecast theme folder, Codeless Builder and Core plugin folders. They need deleted because if you only replace the folders, then old files can be left on the server and can cause issues. When you update via WordPress admin, these folders are automatically deleted.

### Updating theme using Envato Toolkit or Envato Market plugin

These two plugins are created both by Envato and server the same purpose. They help you take track of the available updates of theme and all the plugins you have purchased from Envato. You can update them by one click. The later one is a follow up of the first plugin and will also replace Envato Toolkit in a near future. So we strongly suggest to install Envato Market plugin.

Step 1 – Go to Envato Toolkit plugin option panel:
Step 2 – Enter your Envato Username and Secret API key. To generate an API key, select Settings from the Envato account dropdown, then navigate to the API Keys tab. Multiple API keys can be generated so it is recommended to use one per application.
Step 3 – Back in Wordpress, Click 'Save Settings'.
Step 4 – There will appear a new tab 'Themes'. Find Livecast theme there and click update. Then wait some seconds.
Step 5 – Last, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins that have a new version and need to be updated. Follow the on screen steps.

To use the Envato Market plugin, follow this tutorial.

### How To Update Livecast via Wordpress

Step 1 – Deactivate the current Livecast theme in the "Appearance > Themes" section by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the Livecast theme. Your data is saved in the database so the content will not be lost!
Step 2 – Retrieve the livecast.zip file from your Themeforest downloads. If you downloaded the "Main Files" from Themeforest, then just unzip the archive file you received. Retrieve the "livecast" folder inside of it. Zip it, and upload via Wordpress dashboard.
Step 3 – In the "Appearance > Themes" section, click on the "Install Themes" tab at the top and choose to upload the "livecast.zip" file.
Step 4 – After the upload is done, activate the theme.
Step 5 – Last, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version and need to be updated. Follow the on screen steps.

### How To Update Livecast via FTP

Step 1 – Go to "wp-content > themes" location and backup your "livecast" theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it. Your content will not be lost.
Step 2 – Retrieve the newly downloaded "livecast.zip" file from your hard-drive and extract the file to get the "livecast" theme folder.
Step 3 – Import the new "livecast" theme folder into "wp-content > themes" location. Choose to "Replace" the current one if you did not delete it.
Step 4 – Lastly, update the included plugins. Go to your "wp-content/plugins" folder. Find and delete the plugins that came with the theme. Go back to your wordpress dashboard, a notification message letting you know there are required plugins that need to be installed. Follow the on screen steps.

## Important Update Information

### Always Backup Your Current Setup

We strongly recommend to make sure that you have a current backup of your web site, including your `wp-content` folder, your `wp-config.php` file, and your `.htaccess` file in your WordPress installation folder, and a copy of your WordPress database. You can use these to revert back to your original site if anything unexpected happens during the update process. If you are not familiar with the backup process and can not do this yourself, there are several plugins available that completely automate that process for you, such as: UpDraft Plus and WordPress Backup Buddy. If you are using the Revolution Slider and have added custom css, please make a backup of the styles because those will be removed when you update. You can also backup your Livecast Theme Options on the Backup tab in `Appearance > Theme Options > Backup`.

### Do Not Keep Older Copies of The Theme In WP Theme Folder.

You should completely remove all previous Livecast theme folders before adding the new updated theme folder, or you could end up with WP path issues, etc.

### Do Not Rename The Theme Folder

If you rename your theme folder when you update, then the path is no longer valid. WordPress stores menus and widget settings and some other settings by folder path. You need to rename your theme folder back to what it was before, and your settings, menus, widgets will be restored. Make a copy of your current theme folder before you upload the new theme.

### Reset Theme Cache, Browser Cache, Server Cache And Plugin Cache.

It is always recommended to reset all caching systems after an update, including theme cache, your browser, plugin (e.g. W3 Total Cache), and server cache. Visual issues may happen and more often than not, its caused by caches, and they need to be emptied. Each browser allows you to remove cookies, history and other data. If your theme version is not updated after uploading the new files, it is due to a server-side caching system. Some hosting providers have server-side cache systems installed to optimize the speed of content delivery, please clear any server-side cache or ask your host to do it. This is also true for google pagespeed setups or cloudflare setups. View our general cache information that describes the various forms of cache and how to clear them.

### Update Child Theme

If you have copied template files from parent theme to child theme. Please make sure to revert to parent theme first to confirm if the issue exists there too. If it doesn’t, please update the templates copied to child theme with the parent theme.

### Required & Recommended Plugins Must Be Updated

When you update the theme, you will see a notification message in your admin telling you the required and recommended plugins need to be updated. Follow the onscreen prompts to install the plugin updates. Our Codeless Builder plugin is the only required plugin and it has to be installed and activated for theme features to work. Make sure you are always using the most recent version of the Codeless Builder plugin (this will not be an issue if you keep theme up to date). It will be installed automatically upon installing or updating your theme. If you dismiss the prompt or do not see it, then you can go to Appearance > Install Plugins page and install the plugin that way. Every time you update the theme, the plugin also will be updated.

### Plugins – License activation is required to receive updates ?

For all the included plugins, Visual Composer too, we have purchased a Extended License that let us to bundle the plugins with the theme. This means they can be used by any one purchasing our theme as long as they use the version included in theme folder. You don't need to purchase any other license the plugins are included in the theme. But you can not update it on your own terms with this type of license. The rules of the marketplace do not allow us to give the plugin activation code but you can use the existing version without any problem. We update frequently all theme plugins to their latest versions in every theme release or in case when an urgent update is needed. So they are always fully compatible with the current theme version. If you want to buy a license by yourself this is allowed. You have to buy a new single license but we thought that this isn't needed because the version included works perfectly. You are free to make the choice that best fits your needs.

## How to install your Demo template

This is one of the most important features like importing demo template for you to work on it instead of starting th esite from scratch. Livecast comes with a handful of build-in demo's. Just choose the one that is more suitable for your site and in a few click it'll be all done! .

### Using the Setup Wizard:

The automatic setup wizard will help you configure your new website. The importer will upload for you all pages and posts, some sample sliders, widgets, Theme Options and more. This is recommended to do on fresh installs. It will not replace content like posts, pages, portfolio, etc. and it will not delete current menus or sliders. It will, however, configure and use the selected demo menus, add sliders and replace Theme Options, Reading Settings and Widget Settings.

Step 1 - Go to your Codeless > Home and scroll down to the "Setup Wizard" section. Click on "Setup Now".
Step 2 - By clicking Setup Now, a new window will appear with all available demos. Select the demo you want.
Within minutes all necessary data will be imported in your server.
..and you're done! You will see a Success message at the end of the process.

## Child Theme Installation

The child theme is a copy of theme that inherits all Livecast options and styling. Here you can customize the default styles and options to your wish. All you have to do is install child theme and activate it. After this you can edit out child theme files to your wish. Since this is independent from the parent theme, all the custom changes made to it will not be affected by future theme updates.

But as the name says, it is a child theme. So for it to work properly you MUST have installed the parent theme first. In the paragraph above you learned how to install theme.

Read below the steps to install and use a child theme:

You MUST have installed Livecast theme before using a child theme!

## How To Install Livecast child theme

Step 1 – The methods to install a theme are the same as the parent theme. You can import it via Wordpress or ftp.
Step 2 – You need to have downloaded the Full Theme Package from ThemeForest, in order to have the child theme folder. Unzip the master Livecast.zip file and then select only the livecast-child theme folder.
Step 3 – Zip and upload the extracted child theme folder to the `Wordpress > Themes > Add New` in your Wordpress dashboard. Or leave as it is and upload the folder into your `wp-content > themes` folder on the server. Make sure the folder name is -> Livecast-child.
Step 4 – Log in to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to `Appearance > Themes` and click the ‘Activate’ button, for the Livecast Child theme.

# Theme Options

We present you the new live customizer. Using this new feature you can change and see at the moment all your customization in the site and page, live. Make all the changes you want to pages and save them ONLY after you have finished all the work. To access the customizer go to your Appearance > Customize.

## Livecast Theme Options

Active Theme General Styling Layout Blog Podcast Shop Custom Types Site Identity Menus Widgets Homepage Settings

### Active Theme

Check out the current active theme in your site.

## General

Set up Responsive Layout, set on Smooth Scroll, add a Favicon, swipe ON Page comments, add a Back to Top button, 404 error message, page transitions, Custom Codes (css and html) and custom cursor options.

- Responsive Layout - switch on/off responsive layout of website
- Smooth Scroll - adding smooth scroll effect like MAC on windows devices too
- Back To Top - Adding a back-to-top button on the right-bottom corner
- Custom Mouse Cursor - Add Custom Mouse Cursor Effect with a bullet point cursor
- Preloader Effect - preloading effect on page loading.
- 404 Error Message - customize error message on the 404 page
- Custom CSS code - add custom css code
- Custom HTML code
- Instagram Feed Token

## Styling

The styling section covers most of all theme's styling options. From Primary color used for text, icons and links, current pagination to Heading, Blog, Portfolio, Buttons and much more.

Styling section is organized in 6 different sections. Let's check them one-by-one

### Colors

In this section you customize some default theme colors then you can modify other parts using Elementor Builder:

- Primary Accent Color - select from the palette the color you want to use as a primary color. The primary color is used for links(when on hover), icons, menu items (active ones), counter's icons etc.
- Border and Inputs - select from the palette the color you want to use for the borders across the site. An example are the contact form borders.
- Variouis Areas Links - Color for some dark link elements around the blog and other website links.
- Custom Cursor Color - necessary only when using Custom Cursor Design. Check General Theme Options

### Typography

In this section you can customize the font style and color for all available headings in the theme.

### Blog

In this section you style all text available at the blog page.

- Blog Entry Title - Change the font size, line height, variant, letter spacing, color of font.. etc, for the blog entry title in the blog page.
- Single Blog Title - Change the font size, line height, variant, letter spacing, color of font.. etc, for the single blog post title.
- Blog Read More - Change the font size, line height, variant, letter spacing, color of font.. etc, for the blog "Read more" string.
- Blog Overlay Color - select from the palette the color for the overlay effect when hovering the blog titles.

### Page Header

Modify Page header section colors

### Widgets

In this section you style the widgets typography.

- Widgets Typography - assign the font family, color, size etc, of widget content font.
- Sidebar Widget Title - select the color of widget title font.
- Distance between widgets - set up the distance of widgets from one another.
- Sidebar Search BG Color - select the color of search input fields.

Click Here To Watch The Video Tutorial

## Layout

The general website layout options. This can be overwrite from Blog Layout and from single page/post layouts.

- All Pages Layout - Specify the default page layout for all your site. After, you can choose to setup a custom page layout for each page.
- Boxed Layout - Switch on to transform website to boxed layout
- Site Container Width - Specify a default site container width, after you can choose to
- Inner Content Distance Top / Bottom - Used on default pages to specify the content distance from Page Header

## Blog

All Blog Styles and options. Select one of the blog styles that you want to use as a default template. Overwrite the default all pages layout option, set a custom layout for blog

## Podcast

All Podcast Styles and options. Select one of the podcast styles that you want to use as a default template. Overwrite the default all pages layout option, set a custom layout for podcast

## Site Identity

Set a title and tag line to present your website.

## Custom Types

Configure here all Portfolio Page and single portfolio items options.

## Menus

In this section you will find a list of all availbale menus. Click on the menu to add, remove and customize menu item's. Scroll below to assign a menu to your site.

You can also customize menu's in Wordpress deafult Appearance -> Menus!
How to Add a Page To Menu Video Tutorial

## Widgets

This section is responsible for the widgets. Select the area you want to add or remove widgets from and after clicking on it, you will be able to see all of it's current widgets. Customize them to your wish.

## Static Front Page

Similar to your old default Wordpress Static page, this section specifies whither you will be using your post's page as a home page or a static page.

## Image Sizes

Images are an important part of a website. They make it flattering and eye-catching if presented in the right dimensions and resolution. In this Options Section you can define all image sizes of site. Leave the width and height empty to display the full image. Leave empty the height attribute to disable the crop.

To find the option go to `Appearance > Codeless Custom Image Sizes`.

### General

Image Resizing - Codeless Theme has the ability to create only the needed thumbnails. For ex, if you add a blog featured image, it will not create automatically all image sizes, it will create only the blog featured image size. Disable this feature if you use CDN. If you disable this feature you need to regenerate thumbnails.

Add Custom Size - Here you can add a new id for a custom image size. You can edit width, height after Save. The new size will be shown at Other Section. After setting the new image size you can use it over your web-page.

### Blog

Blog Entry - Used as default for all blog images.

Blog Entry Small - Used for Blog Grid and Carousels, News, Media, Alternate.

Blog Post - Used for Blog Grid and Carousels, News, Media, Alternate.

Width: Specify the width of the image

Height: Specify the height of the image

Crop Location: Crop is the action where wordpress forcefully resizes the image you upload to the specified dimensions. Select one of the drop down option to specify the position where the crop should start. Leave default of you do not want to crop images.

### Portfolio

Portfolio Entry - Used as default for all portfolio grid.

### Team

Team Entry - Used as default for all team members.

# Create Blog Posts

You can create blog posts by clicking here:

It will take you to blog post creation screen where you can put all your data and can publish your post. Once you put all your data like title, content, tags, categories and featured image you can publish it to go live

# Blog Page Setup

You can create blog pages in two ways. One doing the WordPress way and the other one is to create with elementor builder.

# WordPress Way

This is default WordPress way to show your blog posts on your desired page, just go to `Settings > Reading` and then chose your page like shown below

Once done just click on Save Changes button and your selected page will show blog posts for your website.

# Create Blog Page With Elementor

If you want to give some different blog page layout than default layout you can chose this option. Create a page using elementor name it anything you want and then use your desired blog element like shown below:

Simply drag any of your desired layout from left side box as shown in red color in above screenshot and release it on right side of the content area. I'll be chosing Post Grid here to show you how it looks:

Once you droped element chose options as per your own need and once you are done just publish your page. And finally chose your page as blog page like we did in our WordPress way. Then your page will show your chosen layout.

# Podcast Settings

Livecast theme comes with built in podcast post type and shows taxonomy so you can list your podcasta based on shows. Also there are 5 different podcast layouts and one shows layouts.

# Create Podcast Post

You can create podcast posts by clicking on Add New link like shown below

Then it will take you to podcast creation page put all your details and click on publish button:

# Create Page using elementor

Once your podcasts are created then you can create podcast pages by using elementor page builder and there are different elements available

Drag your desired element on the right side of elementor content area like shown below

Just click and drag your desired element and paste inside the elementor content area and once you are done just choose options as per your own needs and click on publish page as shown below:

This way you can create your podcast pages and it totally depends on the options you have selected.

Also there are shows element, carousel element and featured podcast element all works in same way the difference will be only in options and layout/design.

If you still have any confusion or query don't hesitate to reach us through our support forum.

# Livecast Page Builder

You can elementor page builder to add content to your site using Livecast theme.

- Elementor Builder

Theme's main builder is Elementor Builder. All it's demo's are build with Elementor Builder.

## Revolution Slider

Add Revolution Slider as an element and start to edit.

Revolution Slider Options
After adding revolution slider as an element, you should choose a pre-created one or create a new slider. See the image above. When clicking on the Select Slider option, you will be redirected to backend editor, where you can start to create a revolution slider or edit the existing.
For more detailed information about revolution slider, go to go to Revolution Slider.

## Layer Slider

Add Layer Slider as an element everywhere you want and customize it in a few seconds.

Layer Slider Options
After adding layer slider as an element, you should choose a pre-created one or create a new slider. Like shown on the image above, you will be redirected to backend editor, where you can create and edit the layer slider.
For more detailed information about layer slider, go to go to Layer Slider.

# Sliders

Sliders are a powerful elements of every website, they are used to display important content to catch the users attention. Livecast includes 3 sliders: Revolution Slider, Layer Slider, Fusion Slider. We also include other slider types for pages/posts and carousels. Each slider can be used on any page or post and has its own set of unique options. below are listed the sliders options and the instructions how to use them.

- How to add a slider
- Importing demo sliders
- Revolution Slider
- Layer Slider
- How to update premium sliders
- Purchase code for sliders
- Other sliders

## How to add a slider

Sliders can be added in any part of the site, as elements. Search them at the list of builder elements. See the below screenshot:

The available options for slider are the same as for any element: Edit slider options, Clone slider, delete slider and drag and drop it anywhere is site.

## Importing demo sliders

Except for Codeless Slider which is incorporated in theme, the other sliders (Revolution Slider) dummy data can be imported right after theme activation at Theme Setup. You can import slider dummy data any time manually at Revolution Slider (or Layer Slider) panel options. The slider dummy data filer are included in theme package (the one you download from Themeforest) at "slider_dummy_data" folder.

### How To Import Revolution Slider sliders

The Revolution Slider allows you to easily export/import your slides. It's always a good idea to backup your slides so you can easily import them again if you ever need to.

- Step 1 - Go the the Revolution Slider menu tab in your WordPress Admin, and click the Import Slider button.
- Step 2 - Choose the .ZIP file of the slider you'd like to import. The slider dummy data are included in theme package at folder 'slider_dummy_data'.
- Step 3 - Click the Import Slider button, and wait for it to finish uploading.
- Step 4 - Once it's finished uploading, you will now see your imported slider in the list of Revolution Sliders available.

## Revolution Slider

Livecast includes the most popular and best seller Slider Revolution Created By ThemePunch. This slider is a beautifully animated slider that is 100% responsive and has some amazing options. Here we have outlined the most important features and instructions but you can find the full slider documentation at the official plugins page.

Revolution Slider Documentation Purchase Plugin For Auto Updates
We have included a copy of the plugin in our theme. To receive auto updates of the plugin you must purchase it separately.

### How To Create A New Slider Revolution Slider

Step 1 – Click on the 'Slider Revolution' menu on your WP admin main navigation. At slider panel, click the 'New Slider' button.
Step 2 – Select the content source type from the 1st section called 'Content Source'. Read the Revolution Slider Documentation for more info about content source types.
Step 3 – Insert a slider name and alias from the 2nd section called 'Slider Title & Shortcode'. The alias text will generate a shortcode that can be used in the editing field of pages or posts.
Step 4 – Select a layout at 'Select a Slider Type' section and each type will have its own settings. If you've selected a Slider Type, you can also choose to load a preset from that Slider Type.
Step 5 – Set the layout and resolution settings at 'Slide Layout' section. Here, you can set different heights and widths for your slider when viewed on different mobile screens or viewports.
Step 6 – On the right side panel, you'll find many more options you can set for you slider, such as General, Layout & Visual, Navigation, etc.
Step 7 – If you have finished setting the options, click the button 'Save Settings' at the very bottom of the page, or the green save icon on the top of the screen.

### How To Add Slides To Your Slider

Step 1 – Go to the Slider Revolution menu on your WP admin main menu navigation and select the Slider you'd like to add slides to from the Slider Revolution section.
Step 2 – Click the 'Add Slide' button and select the type of slide you'd like to add. It will create a new blank slide.
Step 3 – You can change the title of your new slide by clicking the name field. Enter your new name, then click the pencil icon right beside it to save your new slider name.
Step 4 – Find these tabs and choose the options you want: Main Background, General Settings, Thumbnail, Slide Animation, Link & SEO, etc. We won't go into detail on what each option in these tabs do, you can check the Revolution Slider documentation for more info.
Step 5 – Below the page is the Slide Editor. To add a new layer, hover over the blue 'Add Layer' button on the top left side and select which type of layer you’d like to add. You can add a Text/HTML layer, an Image layer, a Video layer, a Button layer, a Shape layer, etc.
Step 6 – Once you add a layer, You can customize it further by using the tabs on top of the canvas. These tabs are the Style tab, Animation tab, Loop tab, Visibility tab, Behavior tab, etc.
Step 7– Once finished, click the green save icon on the upper right part of the screen. Repeat this process for any new slides you'd like to create.

### How to add Revolution Slider in pages

It's very easy to add revolution slider in every part of the page using Visual Builder. You can find it at the list of elements. Revolution Slider element has the same options as all the elements, it can be deleted, cloned, moved with drag and drop anywhere on page.

## Layer Slider

Livecast includes the popular Layer Slider Created By Kreatura. It is slider for creating image galleries, content sliders, and slideshows with must-see effects, even from your WordPress posts and pages. Below we have described how to cerate a slider with Layer Slider and how to add it on page. For more info about Layer Slider please read the Layer Slider documentation.

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### How To Create A New Layer Slider

Step 1 – Click on 'Layer Slider' menu on your WP Admin main navigation, then click the 'Add New' button on the top of the page, give the slider a name, then click 'Add Slider' to add it to the list.
Step 2 – The 'Slider Settings' tab will open and allow you to set the general settings for your slider: the width, height, responsive, full width, and more.
Step 4 – Once you are done, click 'Save Changes' to save the slider. Next you can add slides, see the information below.

### How To Add Slides To Your Slider

Step 1 – Open the Slider you'd like to add slides to, then click on the 'Slides' tab at the top of the page.
Step 2 – The first slide will already be created. Add a background image for the slide, set thumbnails, transitions, links and more in the Slide Options box above the Slider Preview window.
Step 3 – Each slide you create can have multiple layers added to it. The layers show up below the slider preview window. Click 'Add New' to create a new layer. An editing section will display once clicked.
Step 4 – Click the 'Enter Preview' button to view a preview of the slider and layers.
Step 5 – When finished, click the 'Save Changes' to save it.
Step 6 – Add more slides by clicking the '+' icon.

## How to update the premium sliders

When you purchase Livecast theme (any other theme) that bundles Revolution Slider and Layer Slider you get to use these Sliders with the theme. However, your purchase of Livecast does not give you an individual license for the Revolution Slider and Layer Slider to use or download as you wish. Due to license rules, we can only issue new plugin updates when we issue new theme updates. So anytime Livecast is updated, the latest plugin for the Revolution Slider and Layer Slider will be included. This is according to the licensing rules enforced by Envato, and is something out of our control and must abide by. We ensure that the included plugin updates don't have any critical bugs, or conflict with our own update.

### How to get auto plugin updates

Due to the license rules, the only way to get automatic plugin updates is to purchase the plugins individually through CodeCanyon. Doing this provides you with a regular license for the plugin and a purchase code that can be used for Automatic Plugin Updates.

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## Purchase code for sliders

The Livecast purchase code cannot be used to register the Revolution Slider or Layer Slider

When purchasing Livecast, you'll be provided with a unique Purchase Code that you can use to receive auto-updates, theme support and demo installation. The purchase code you receive can only be used for the Livecast theme, not for the included 3rd party plugins. The 3rd party plugins that come with Livecast can still be used and used as the plugin advertises, however since they are bundled with the theme they can only be used on your Livecast site, and do not come with their own individual purchase code that allows you to receive premium support/features from the individual plugin author. We provide support for the plugins included in our theme.

You can only register the Layer & Revolution Slider plugins if you have purchased them individually from CodeCanyon. The status of the plugins state that the site is not authorized to receive updates, this is no cause for alarm. Rest assured that these messages can be ignored and that with every new version of Livecast we release, we always make sure to include the latest available versions of the plugins that come bundled with the theme.

## Other Sliders

Aside from the amazing Premium Sliders included in theme, Livecast also features various other slider types such as Portfolio and Blog Post Slider, Image Carousels, WooCommerce Featured Products Slider, and finally, the WooCommerce Products Slider. Continue reading below to learn more about our other Slider types.

# Plugins

## Plugin Installation

Livecast requires one essential plugin to operate. This is the Codeless Builder plugin. Codeless Builder is a plugin created and developed from Codeless team, so you won't be restricted from any feature or security issue from not being able to update on your own. Like ususally happens with other included plugins developed from other authors. Livecast also comes with two premium plugins; the Revolution Slider, and the Layer Slider. We also recommend several plugins that we use for various demos that only need to be installed prior to importing a demo which uses one or more of these plugins. All these plugins can be accessed via `Livecast > Plugins` folder.

### List of the included plugins:

- REVOLUTION SLIDER 5.4 - Slider Revolution is an innovative, responsive WordPress Slider Plugin that displays your content the beautiful way
- VISUAL COMPOSER 5.1 - Livecast works also with Visual Composer plugin. The plugin its included within the theme.
- ENVATO TOOLKIT - The Envato WordPress Toolkit plugin lets you view your ThemeForest purchases within the WordPress dashboard
- CONTACT FORM 7 - Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form.
- WOOCOMMERCE - The most customizable eCommerce platform for building your online business
- WPML TRANSLATE - WPML makes it easy to build multilingual sites and run them. It’s powerful enough for corporate sites, yet simple for blogs.
- ILIGHT BOX - iLightBox allows you to easily create the most beautiful overlay windows using the jQuery Javascript library.
- LIVE PHOTO - Live photo can be added for the first time in a WordPress theme. Livecast have integrated the Apple api to make it simple

## How to install plugins

### How to update plugins using Envato Toolkit or Envato Market plugin

These two plugins are created both by Envato and serve for the same purpose. They help you take track of the available updates of theme and all the plugins you have purchased from Envato. You can update them by one click. The later one is a follow up of the first plugin and will also replace Envato Toolkit in a near future. So we strongly suggest to install Envato Market plugin.

Step 1 – Go to Envato Toolkit plugin option panel:
Step 2 – Enter your Envato Username and Secret API key. To generate an API key, select Settings from the Envato account dropdown, then navigate to the API Keys tab. Multiple API keys can be generated so it is recommended to use one per application.
Step 3 – Back in Wordpress, Click 'Save Settings'.
Step 4 – There will appear a new tab 'Themes'. Find Livecast theme there and click update. Then wait some seconds.
Step 5 – Last, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins that have a new version and need to be updated. Follow the on screen steps.

To use the Envato Market plugin, follow this tutorial.

### Common errors

- The included premium plugins won't install: If you get the "Plugin install, not successful. Source file not found" error, than make sure you are installing plugins from the parent theme. In case you are already working on a child theme, just switch back to parent for the time being. Install included plugins and switch back to child theme. If the 'Update' button on the included Premium plugins (Revolution Slider and Layer Slider) is grayed out, this is because you have to register your purchase via Token Registration first. Once you’ve registered your purchase successfully, you’ll be able to activate and update these plugins.

- When i activate the plugins, the site crashes: This may be due to your server's PHP configuration limits and will require that these configurations limits be increased. For most, these limits can be increased without having to contact your hosting provider. However, in rare cases some hosts can restrict manual intervention and that will require you to contact your hosting provider to increase the limits for you. Consult your host provider on how to update the PHP configuration limits.

- HOW DO I UPDATE THE PREMIUM SLIDERS? Livecast does include updates for our premium slider plugins (Revolution Slider and Layer Slider) however, this does not mean that you will receive an individual license for these Premium Sliders. Due to Envato's licensing rules, we can only issue updates for these plugins when we issue a theme update. This also ensures that we fully test the plugin to make sure there are no critical bugs that will conflict with our own update. But you can not update it on your own terms with this type of license. If you want to buy a license by yourself this is allowed, but we thought that this isn’t needed because the version included works perfectly. You are free to make the choice that best fits your needs.

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