Bridge - Retina Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Responsive Retina AJAX/Parallax Theme


Welcome to Bridge - Retina Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Installing Bridge

Once you've downloaded the installation file on ThemeForest, extract it and locate a file called Bridge.zip. You can install the theme by using one of two installation methods:

  1. WordPress upload - This is probably the simplest way for most users. Here are the steps you need to take:
    1. Login to WordPress admin
    2. Go to admin panel > Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme
    3. Click on "Choose File" and select Bridge.zip
    4. Click on "Install Now"
  2. FTP upload - If you wish to install via FTP, here are the steps you need to take:
    1. Using FTP client, login to the server where your WordPress website is hosted
    2. Using FTP client, navigate to the /wp-content/themes/ directory under your WordPress website's root directory
    3. Using FTP client, upload the Bridge directory to themes directory on remote server

Once installation is complete, your Bridge theme will be ready to use. You should now see "Qode Options" appear in the WordPress admin panel.

Qode Options

You should also see a notification at the top of the screen that required plugins need to be installed. Please install and activate all of the required plugins, since they are necessary for the theme to function properly.

Great - you can now start building your site!

 
Important notice: Starting from the Bridge update 18.0, please make sure to install the "Bridge Core" plugin, since this plugin is of critical importance for proper theme functioning. This plugin includes core theme functionalities and custom post types that come with the theme (Portfolio, Testimonials, etc.), and without this plugin you will not be able to create any of these custom post types or the elements in the theme that require them. To achieve this, either navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and activate the “Bridge Core”, or alternatively go to Appearance > Install Plugins, and install and activate the “Bridge Core” from there. Additionally, after installing future Bridge theme updates, the “Bridge Core” plugin may require manual updating, which you can perform by locating the plugin in Plugins > Installed Plugins

 

If writing permissions aren't set for folders containing CSS and JS files on your server you will see a warning message at the top of theme options page. In order to remove that message, you need to change permissions for wp-content/themes/bridge/css and wp-content/themes/bridge/js folders and set them to 755. We recommend setting writing permissions in order to optimize your site performance. If you have any issues with this, please contact your hosting service provider. Alternatively, you can submit a ticket to https://helpcenter.qodeinteractive.com/ with FTP access fo your site, and we will take a look at it.

Theme Activation and Registration

In order to activate your copy of Bridge, you should input your purchase code and email address, and thus effectively register the theme. To do this, please navigate to Bridge Dashboard > Bridge Dashboard and input the required information there. 

You can obtain your purchase code by following these steps: 

Note that you are not required to separately register any of the plugins which came bundled with the theme. 

Please note that if you used your purchase code on one installation, you are required to Deregister in order to use the purchase code on a different installation. 

You should also make sure to activate and register your copy of the theme before proceeding to the demo import process. 

 

It is also a good practice to refer to the System Info section to see if your server resources match the theme requrements. Navigate to Bridge Dashboard > System Info and there you will find a general overview of your server configuration, as well as the theme information and an overview of all the active plugins. In System Information any parameters that do not meet the theme requirements will be shown in red, and you can also see the recommended values that you should set next to them. If you are unsure how to adjust the server resources, you can ask your hosting provider to perform this for you. 

Importing Demo Content

With the Bridge theme, you have the option to either start creating your site from scratch, or choosing to import one of the included demo sites to use as a starting point, and then modifying it to suit your needs. In this section we will explain how to do the latter.

If you plan on building an online shop with Bridge, you should install the WooCommerce plugin before importing the demo content. For more information on how to install WooCommerce, please read the WooCommerce section of this User Guide.
If you plan on using contact forms on your website, you should instal the Contact Form 7 plugin before importing the demo content so you recieve all the contact forms from our demo site. For more information on how to install Contact Form 7, please read the Contact Form 7 section of this User Guide.

Bridge comes with a one-click import module. To import one of the included demo sites, please follow these steps:

  1. Login to your WordPress admin panel
  2. Navigate to Bridge Dashboard > Import 
  3. From the Import dropdown menu, choose the demo site that you would like to import. Note that you can look up demos by typing in a keyword in the top left, and filter demos by various categories. 
  4. From the Import Type dropdown menu, choose what type of content you'd like to import:
    1. All - imports pages, content, widgets, and settings. We recommend this for users who would like to import a demo site exactly as it appears on our live demo.
    2. Content - imports only pages and their content. This option is recommended for users who would like to see how we've created our page layouts, but who want to keep their own settings in Bridge Core Options.
    3. Widgets - imports only widgets. This option is recommended for users who would only like to populate the theme’s widget areas with the widgets from their chosen demo. No other content is imported.
    4. Options - imports settings in Bridge Core Options only. This option is recommended for users who would like to achieve the same look and feel of their chosen demo site, but do not want to import any additional content.
  5. If you also wish to import media files (images, videos, sounds), make sure to set the Import attachments option to "Yes".
  6. Click on the Import button and wait for the import process to finish.

 

Please note that the images we use on our demo sites are copyrighted, and if you'd like to publish them on your site, you would need to purchase them separately. We bought most of our images on Shutterstock.

 

Note that Bridge also lets you use the Gutenberg plugin in tandem with our Qi Blocks for Gutenberg plugin. When importing the demo content, you can select demos built using the Qi Blocks for Gutenberg. For more information on all the blocks and options you get with this plugin, check out the Qi Blocks documentation.

The theme also is fully compatible with the Qi Addons for Elementor plugin, designed to take your Elementor-powered website making potential to new highs. 

 

If you wish to import the LayerSlider demo slider, you need to locate the xml export folder in the previously downloaded package from ThemeForest. Inside, you'll find the LayerSlider_Export.zip file. Next, go to LayerSlider from the WordPress admin panel and upload this file under the Import section.

Installing Woocommerce

If you plan on building an online shop with Bridge, please read the WooCommerce section of this user guide before importing the demo content.

Installing Contact Form 7

If you plan on using contact forms on your website, you should instal the Contact Form 7 plugin before importing the demo content so you recieve  the contact forms from your chosen demo site. For more information on how to install Contact Form 7, please read the Contact Form 7 section of this user guide.

Important for Listing Websites - Installing WP Job Manager 

If you plan on building a listing website with Bridge, please make sure to install the free WP Job Manager plugin before importing the demo content. You can install this plugin by navigating to Plugins from your WordPress dashboard, clicking on the Add New button at the top of the Plugin page, and then searching for the WP Job Manager plugin in the search field to the right of your screen.

After WP Job Manager has been installed, it needs to be configured. Plese refer to the following screenshot:

 

Please note that some of our listing demos might use the Regions for WP Job Manager plugin. This plugin is also free and can be installed the same way as the WP Job Manager Plugin (described above).

The WP Job Manager plugin offers a variety of paid addons for additional functionalities which users can purchase seperately. Unfortunately, these addons could not be included in our theme, because they are sold outside of the Envato market. In order to ensure you have all the functionalities visible in our Listing demos, we suggest purchasing the WP Job Manager - Job Tags and WP Job Manager - WooCommerce Paid Listings plugins.

With all of these plugins activated, you should configure the WP Job Manager plugin before you import demo content. Please refer to the screenshot below to see how the plugin needs to be configured:

 

Because these plugins are  not included in the Bridge theme package, the demo import won't set images for them. So, for example, you will have to set featured images for regions manually after you import the demo content:

Updating Bridge

Auto-Update Feature

You can now enable the Auto-Updating feature for Bridge. To do this, please first make sure that you have the Envato WordPress Toolkit plugin installed. If you haven't already installed this plugin, you should see a notification on the top of your Dashboard stating that some required plugins haven't been installed or activated. Install and activate all of the required plugins, including the Envato WordPress Toolkit.

After you have installed and activated the Envato WordPress Toolkit, please go to Envato Toolkit from your dashboard and enter your Marketplace Username and API Key. You can find your API Key by logging into your profile on Themeforest and navigating to Profile > Settings > API Keys. 

When you have entered your Marketplace Username and API Key and clicked Save Settings, a new tab will appear at the top of the screen named "Themes". Click on this tab to see all the themes you have purchased. If there is an update available for a theme, you will be notified here. To update your theme, just click on the "Update Automatically" link. 

Please note that each time you use the Auto-Update feature to update the theme, a backup file of the old version of the theme will be stored on your server in ".../wp-content/envato-backups".

Manual Update

You can update your theme manually by performing the following steps:

  1. Download the latest theme zip file from ThemeForest
  2. Extract it and locate bridge.zip
  3. Extract bridge.zip and locate the bridge folder
  4. Copy/Replace content of the bridge folder to the /wp-content/themes/bridge folder of your web site.

Important F.A.Q.

1. Why can't I save my menu?

WordPress by default has a limited number of menu items. When you import our demo site, which contains a lot of menu items, you might not be able to save changes you make to a menu. You can fix this problem by contacting your hosting and asking them to add the following lines to php.ini file:

suhosin.post.max_vars = 5000
suhosin.request.max_vars = 5000
2. Why is there a smiley displayed on blank pages?

This problem is most likely related to JetPack and memory settings of your hosting. You can either disable JetPack or read what the JetPack developer wrote: Regarding the memory limit, please refer to the WordPress Codex section concerning this problem. Some sites that load many plugins alongside WordPress ultimately require a higher memory limit than WordPress defaults to, but since this is limited to specific hosts and configurations, it must be dealt with on an individual basis. You'll find the Codex article at: https://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors#Allowed_memory_size_exhausted

3. How do I optimize my site?

Please use this tool to investigate reasons for slow loading: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?hl=en

4. How to translate or rename default theme labels?

You can use the Codestyling localization plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/codestyling-localization/) to translate/rename all the theme's labels. Another solution is to edit the Theme folder/languages/en_US.po file directly in editor and manually edit labels you want to translate.

5. Why do I see a white screen when importing demo content?

If you get a white screen or some other error when trying to import our demo content, this probably happens because of the maximum execution time limit. You need to increase the maximum execution time (upload time) setting of your web server. The default maximum execution time on web servers is 30 seconds. Please increase it to 120 seconds. Possible ways of achieving this are:

Ask your hosting provider to take care of this for you.

Once you've installed Bridge, you can start building your site.

Setting Up the Header

One of the first things you might want to do is to set up the header area. This section contains the logo, menu, search bar, side area icon, and other optional widgets.

To set it up, go to Qode Options > Header from the admin panel. The settings you define here will be the default settings for all pages on your site. If you need help with any of the options, please refer to Qode Options in this user guide. Some options, such as the header skin and background color, can be overridden on the page level by going into the page's backend. For more information on how local page settings work, see Pages.

Now let's add a logo. Go to Qode Options > Logo from the admin panel and click the upload button next to the "Logo Image - normal" field. You should now have a visible logo in your header area.

Logo AdminLogo Front

Menu Creation

To create a menu, go to Appearance > Menus from the admin panel. Click on "Create a new menu." Enter a name for your menu, and then click on "Create Menu".

Every page that you've created up until now will be listed in the section on the left called Pages. Simply check the ones that you want added to the menu, and then click on the "Add to Menu" button. Once added, you can click and drag the menu items to rearrange them, or nest them one under the other.

Underneath the menu items, under the section Menu Settings, check "Top Navigation" and click "Save Menu" in order to activate the menu you've just created. You should now have a functional menu on your pages.

MenusTop Navigation

Menus on Site

Now let's set up the footer by going to Qode Options > Footer from the admin panel.

Footer Admin

The settings you define here will be the default settings for all pages on your site. Make sure that Show Footer Top and Show Footer Bottom are enabled. If you need help with any of the options here, please refer to Qode Options in this user guide.

Show Top/Bottom Footer - Admin

Show Top/Bottom Footer - Front

To add content to your footer, you need to activate widgets by going to Appearance > Widgets from the admin panel. On the right side of your page are widget areas for the footer, named Footer Column 1, Footer Column 2, Footer Column 3, and Footer Column 4. On the left side of your page are the available widgets. Simply drag the widget you'd like to one of the Footer Column widget areas on the right.

To add content to the footer bottom, add widgets to one of the Footer Bottom widget areas.

Widgets

Footer Widgets

General Look and Feel

Finally, let's set up the general look and feel of your site. If you'd like to keep the fonts and colors you see on the Bridge demo site, then you do not need to do anything more. Otherwise, go to Qode Options > General. Under Design Style, choose a default font family for your site, as well as the default content background color.

Now that you've set up some basic elements, you're ready to begin building your pages.

Building Pages

To create a new page, go to Pages > Add New from the admin panel. Enter a title for your page in the text field near the top of your screen. Then choose the "Full Width" template for your page in the section on the right called Page Attributes. This will allow you to have sections on your page that go across full width of the screen.

At the bottom section of your screen are local page settings. Any settings you define here will override the global settings you've set in Qode Options. It is generally a good practice to set up the look of your pages on a global level, and then override settings on a local level, if necessary. This will save you a lot of time, unlike if you were to set up every page locally.

Now let's start adding elements to your page. Make sure that you're in the backend editor. If the blue button on the top left says BACKEND EDITOR, click it to enable the Visual Composer. Once you're in backend, the button will say CLASSIC MODE. You can now click on "Add Element" and start building your page. You can read more about elements in the Custom Shortcodes section of this user guide.

Classic Editor ButtonBackend Editor Button

Finally, click the "Publish" button in the upper right section of the page. (If you made some changes on already published page, "Update" button will appear.

Publish Button

Additional Notes

Font Icon Packs

Please note that Bridge comes with two font icon packs: Font Awesome and Font Elegant. You can see an overview of all the available icons in both of these icon packs at the following links:

  1. Font Awesome: https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/
  2. Font Eleganthttps://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font

Blog Posts

To create a new blog post, go to Posts > Add New from the admin panel.

Add New Post

  1. Enter a title for your post in the text field near the top.
  2. Next, at the right side of your screen, in the section called Format, choose a format for your blog post.

Blog Post Format

Let's go over the possible options:

Now it's time to categorize this post.

  1. Under Format, in the section called Categories, select the categories that you wish to add this post to. Alternatively, if you'd like to create a new category, click on "+ Add New Category." A text field will unfold where you can enter a name for the category.
  2. Then click on "Add New Category".
  3. Once you've checked the categories where you want this post to go to, click the "Publish button".
  4. Under the Categories section are the Tags and Featured Image sections. Here you can add tags to your post, and upload an image to be displayed for this post on blog list pages, respectively.

Now that you've set up your blog post, let's go over the custom fields.

Note that most of them are the same custom fields you'll find when creating standard pages.

Qode General

Qode General

You can find the Layer Slider shortcode by going to WP admin panel > LayerSlider WP > All Sliders.

As for the Qode Slider, you can find it by going to WP admin panel > Qode Slider > Sliders.

Qode Post Layout

Qode Header

Qode Title

Qode Title

Qode Scroll Title Animations

Content Bottom

Qode Content Bottom

Qode Sidebar

Qode Sidebar

In case you don't want sidebar layout, your blog post will appear like this below:

No Sidebar Layout

Qode SEO

In order to improve your page ranking on search engines, you can fill out the following custom SEO fields:

 

Qode SEO

News Reactions

You can also create news reactions for your posts. Reactions let users express their feelings about each of your posts and are displayed at the bottom of each single post. To create a new reaction:

  1. Navigate to Posts > News Reactions from your WP admin panel.
  2. Input a name, slug, and description for your reaction.
  3. Upload a reaction image.
  4. Click the "Add New News Reaction" button.

Blog Lists

You may choose the way your Blog post List will show to visitors (list of all posts with pagination)

In WP admin > Pages find dropdown list "Templates" on the right and choose one of the options

You can access Qode Options from the WordPress admin panel. The settings found here are applied globally and will affect all pages of the site. However, note that many of these options can be overridden locally by applying settings on individual pages or on shortcode elements.

General

This section allows you to set up general settings for your site that will affect its look and functionality. The Design Style section has options for setting fonts, colors, and layout. The Settings section has options for page transitions, animations, scrolling, and more. The Custom Code and SEO sections are where users can add their custom code and SEO settings.

Qode Options - General

Design Style
Settings
Custom Code
SEO
Google Maps

This is where you can upload your website logos. If your pages use different header styles, you might want different logos to be displayed in different circumstances. In addition, if using a sticky header, you might want a simplified version of your logo to appear on the sticky. This is the place where you can upload and manage all your logo images.

Qode Options - Logo

Sizing

The logos displayed on your page are limited in size by header height. For example, if your logo is 100 pixels in height and your header is 90 pixels high, the logo will slightly shrink in size in order to fit into the header area. The same principle applies to logos that appear on sticky; they are limited by sticky section height.

Retina

To make your logos retina ready, upload ones that are twice as high as the header. For example, a header of 90 pixels in height would require a logo that's 180 pixels high. This principle applies to all logos you upload.

Note that you can set your own header and sticky section heights by going to Qode Options > Header.

Header

This section allows you to set up the header area. The first choice to make is whether you'd like to have a top menu or left menu navigation. You can then optionally enable a search bar, side area, header top area, and/or fullscreen menu. Each of these can be customized with text styles, colors, and content alignment.

Furthermore, each hierarchy level in menus can separately be customized. For example, if a menu contains About > Our Staff > John Doe, then About is considered 1st level, Our Staff is 2nd level, and John Doe is 3rd level.

Header Position

Qode Options - Header Admin

Qode Options - Header Front

Switch to Left Menu - Choose "Yes" if you want to use a left menu for main navigation. This menu stays fixed in place and will not scroll when viewers scroll down the page.

Header
Menus
Qode Search
Side Area
Fullscreen Menu
Header Top

Header Top Admin

Header Top - Front

Mobile Menu
Header Button Icons (Search Bar, Side Area, and Fullscreen Icon)

Header Button Icons - Admin

Header Button Icons - Front

Language Switcher

This section is only available when the WPML Multilingual Plugin has been installed, and you can use it to style the WPML Language Switcher.

This section allows you to set up the footer area. There are two footer sections that can either be hidden or shown: the footer top and footer bottom. The footer top can be split into columns and is appropriate for placing widgets, such as menus, images, and social icons. The footer bottom is a simple section at the bottom of the page and is meant for placing copyright text. Both footer "Widgets."

Title

This section allows you to set up the title area. You can animate it, define colors or images, add breadcrumbs, and more. For styling the title font, see Fonts.

Title
Breadcrumbs
Title Scroll Animations

In this section you can define animations for your page title area and all the separate elements of the title area.

Fonts

This section allows you to set up font properties for different elements on your site, which is essential for achieving a consistent design.

Headings
Headings Responsive (Tablet Portrait View)

Here you can set up responsive styles for headings (H1-H6), when viewed on tablet portrait view. 

Headings Responsive (Mobile Devices)

Here you can set up responsive styles for headings (H1-H6), when viewed on mobile devices. 

Text
Header & Menu
Page Title
Page Subtitle
Footer
Portfolio
Breadcrumbs

Elements

This section allows you to set up properties for different elements (shortcodes). Note that these settings can be overridden locally in shortcode options when adding elements to your page.

Separators
Buttons

Define styles for the default, white, small, large, and extra large buttons.

Message Boxes
Blockquotes
Social Icons
Testimonials
Counters
Horizontal Progress Bars
Pie Charts
Tabs
Tags
Process
Input Fields
Highlights
Toggle Accordion
Back to Top Button
Slider Navigation Interface

In this section you can define the size, position, and styles for navigation buttons in the Qode Slider, Carousel Sliders, Flex Sliders, as well as styles for bullet navigation.

Masonry Gallery

This section allows you to define masonry gallery item styles for every item size (Square Big, Square Small, Rectangle Portrait, and Rectangle Landscape). For each of these sizes, you can edit the following:

Full Screen Section
Button V2
Accordions
Typography
Accordion Color Styles
Advanced Pricing Tables
Advanced Tabs
Comparative Features Table
Numbered Process
Pricing Calculator
Report Sheet
Testimonial Carousel
Video Box

Restaurant

Working Hours

Here you can define your restaurant's working hours for each day of the week.

Sidebar

This section allows you to set up global styles for the sidebar.

Widget Styles

Qode Slider

Here you can set up your slider buttons style and slider height for smaller screens. For more information on creating a slider, see the Qode Slider section of this user guide.

General Style
Buttons Style
Buttons V2 Style
Custom Cursor Navigation

You can upload custom cursors for the slider and set the size of the clickable area for left and right slider navigation.

Page

Blog

This section allows you to set up blog pages.

Blog List pages are ones that display multiple blog items using one of the predefined blog layout templates. Each of these templates can separately be customized.

Note: In the documentation, when referring to "Masonry," we are referring to all Blog Masonry types of blog templates.

Blog Single pages are those that display a single blog post.

Blog List
Blog Large Image Style

The Text in Box field refers to individual blog posts' accompanying text. Choose "Yes" if you want this block of text to have a different background color from the page content color, giving it a boxed effect.

Blog Small Image Style

The Text in Box field refers to individual blog posts' accompanying text. Choose "Yes" if you want this block of text to have a different background color from the page content color, giving it a boxed effect.

Masonry Style
Masonry Gallery Style
Gallery Style
Chequered Style
Blog Large Image Simple Style
Blog Large Image With Dividers Style
Blog Vertical Loop
Masonry - Date in Image Style
Pinterest Style
Blog Single
Quote / Link
Blog Slider
Blog Carousel Slider Style
Blog Simple Slider Style
Pagination Style

Portfolio

This section allows you to set up page properties when displaying a single portfolio project.

Portfolio Single Project
Portfolio List
Thin Plus Only Hover

Listing

Archive
Single
Maps
Terms and Conditions

 

Membership

General
Enable Social Login
Terms and Conditions

Tours

Payment
PayPal
Settings
Search Page
Reviews
Admin Booking Email

Albums

Events

Show Comments - Set this option to "Yes" to display comments on event single pages.
Show Pagination  - Set this option to "Yes" if you would like to show pagination on event single pages.
Event Single Slug - If you wish to use a different Single Event slug, input the slug you would like to use here (Note: After entering slug, navigate to Settings -> Permalinks and click "Save" in order for changes to take effect).

Course

Course Archive

 

Course Single

 

Vertical Split Slider

 

Social

This section allows you to manage social sharing on your site. You can select which social networks to enable, what elements of your site can be shared, and upload social share icons.

Social Sharing
Show Social Share
Instagram
Twitter

404 Error Page

Here you can set up the "404" page viewers see when an error occurs.

Contact Page

This section allows you to manage the contact page. You can display a Google map with up to 5 different addresses pinned on it. Additionally, you can enable a contact form and an optional title area above it.

Contact Page
Google Map Settings
Upper Section Settings
Contact Form Settings

Parallax

This section contains options for parallax images used on your site.

Content Bottom

This section allows you to set up the content bottom area, which appears right above the footer. In order to fill it with content, choose a custom widget area to display. For example, you might want a Call to Action widget to appear here. For more information on this, see "Widgets."

Visual Composer

This section allows you to control Visual Composer settings.

Performance

This section allows you to enable/disable certain features which may have an impact on the overall website performance. You can choose which features (JQuery scripts, icon packs, and third party scripts loading types) you wish to enable/disable according to your specific needs.

Contact Form 7

Here you can create up to 3 different custom styles that can later be applied to forms you create via the Contact Form 7 shortcode.
 
When referring to form elements, we are referring to text input fields, text areas, and select lists. When viewers click on a particular element, that element is in "focus;" you can stylize it differently from the rest to make it stand out. 

WooCommerce

Here you can define styles for your WooCommerce Shop pages.

Product List
Product Single
Cart Page
Product List - Elegant
Dropdown Cart

Maintenance Mode

This section allows you to set a single page for visitors to see while your site is under construction. While Maintenance Mode is enabled, they will see this page no matter what section of your site they try to access. However, note that all pages will still be visible to you while you are logged into admin.

Import/Export Options

You can use this panel to export and import your theme options. Please note that if you import theme options, your current options will be rewriten.

  • Export - Copy the code from this field and save it to a textual file to export your options. Save that textual file somewhere so you can later use it to import options if necessary.
  • Import - To import options, just paste the code you previously saved from the "Export" field into this field, and then click the "Import" button.

Reset

When creating a new page, one of the first things you might want to do is to assign an appropriate template for it. To do this, go inside the page backend and locate the section on the right called Page Attributes. Bridge comes with a variety of templates to choose from:

Page Attribute

Now that you've chosen a template, let's go over the custom fields.

Please note that any settings you save here will override the global settings you've set in Qode Options. It is generally a good practice to set up the look of your pages on a global level, and then override settings on a local level, if necessary.

This will save you a lot of time, unlike if you were to set up every page locally.

Qode General

Qode Header

Qode Footer

Qode Title

Qode Scroll Title Animations

Qode Content Bottom

Qode Blog

Qode Sidebar

Qode SEO Fields

In order to improve your page ranking on search engines, you can fill out the following custom SEO fields:

Full Screen Sections

Since this page template is quite specific, we will cover its features now:

Note: This template currently doesn't support Ajax, and so you would need to have Ajax disabled for this page in order for it to display properly (for information on how to disable Ajax, see Qode Options > General > Settings of this user guide). However, we plan on implementing Ajax in future theme updates.
 

To create a new portfolio item, go to:

  1. Portfolio > Add New from the admin panel.
  2. Enter a title for your portfolio item in the text field near the top.
  3. Next, let's categorize this item. At the right side of your screen, in the section called Portfolio Categories, select the categories that you wish to add this item to. Alternatively, if you'd like to create a new category, click on "+ Add New Portfolio Category." A text field will unfold where you can enter a name for the category.
  4. Then click on "Add New Portfolio Category".
  5. Once you've checked the categories where you want this item to go to, click the "Publish" button.

Under the Portfolio Categories section are the Attributes, Featured Image, and Portfolio Tags sections. In Attributes, you can type in the order in which you'd like this portfolio item to appear in portfolio lists. In Featured Image, you can upload an image to be displayed for this item on portfolio lists. And in Portfolio Tags, you can enter tags for this item.

Now that you've set up your portfolio item, let's go over the custom fields.

Note that most of them are the same custom fields you'll find when creating standard pages.

Qode SEO Fields

In order to improve your page ranking on search engines, you can fill out the following custom SEO fields:

Qode General

Qode Portfolio General

Qode Portfolio Images (multiple upload)

This section allows you to upload multiple images at once:

Upload Portfolio Images

  1. Click the "Upload" button.
  2. Fill your gallery with images. You can do this by simply dragging and dropping them into the window.
  3. Alternatively, click on "Add to Gallery" on the left, and select files from your media library to add.
  4. Once added to the gallery, you can write captions for the images and reorder them by clicking and dragging.
  5. Click the "Update gallery" button.

Qode Portfolio Images/Videos (single upload)

This section is legacy from the old Bridge framework and is meant for uploading single files. The advantage of using this method is that you can upload videos and images, whereas in multiple upload, only images can be used.

Upload Single Portfolio Images/Videos

Note that you can combine both (single and multiple) upload methods.

Qode Additional Portfolio Sidebar Items

If you wish to add another item to your portfolio sidebar, you can do so here.

Portfolio Item

Qode Header

Qode Title

Qode Scroll Title Animations

Qode Content Bottom

Qode Sidebar

The Qode slider gives you a powerful way to create some amazing sliders. It's easy to create, edit, and delete sliders using our custom interface.

Creating a Slider

To create a new slider, go to Qode Slider > Add New Slide from the admin panel. Enter a title for your slide in the text field near the top. Next, the following fields are available for you to edit:

Qode Slide Type

Slider Type - Admin

Qode Slide Image

Slider Type - Front

Overlay Image

If you wish to use an overlay (pattern) over the slide image, upload it here. This image will be repeated to cover the entire slide area.

Enable Image Animation

Set this option to "Yes" if you would like to enable a motion (zoom) animation on the image. Then simply choose the animation you would like to use in the "Animation Type" field.

Qode Slide Video
Qode Slide General
Qode Slide Graphic
Qode Slide SVG
Qode Slide Title
Qode Slide Subtitle
Qode Slide Text
Qode Slide Buttons
Qode Slide Content Positioning
Qode Slide Scroll Animations
This section allows you to set up animations for slide content. Leaving the fields empty will result in the default fade-out animation. If you set "Animate Whole Slide Content Group at Once on Scroll", all the slide content will be animated simulataneously and the options you set will apply for each part of the slide content. If you set this field to "No" You will be able to enable a scrolling animation for each item in the slide content separately and create separate scroll animations.
Please note that you must fill out both start and end point animation fields in order for the animation to work.

Now it's time to add this slide to a slider. At the right side of your screen, in the section called Sliders, select the sliders that you wish to add this item to. Alternatively, if you'd like to create a new slider, click on "+ Add New Slider." A text field will unfold where you can enter a name for the slider. Then click on Add New Slider.

In the section underneath, called Attributes, you can type in the order in which you'd like this slide to appear in the slider. For example, enter "1" if you want this slide to be the first one to appear.

Once done, click the "Publish" button.

Using Your Slider

Finally, to display your slider on a page, copy its generated shortcode string and paste in into the appropriate custom field in the page backend. You can find the shortcode string by navigating to Qode Slider > Sliders from the admin panel. In the page backend, under Qode General, there's a field called "Layer Slider or Qode Slider Shortcode." Paste your shortcode here.

Slider Shortcode - Admin

It should look something like this:

[qode_slider slider='home-slider' auto_start='true' animation_type='slide' slide_animation='6000' height='' responsive_height='yes' background_color='' anchor='']

You can modify some sections of this code in order to achieve different effects.

Finishing Touches

You can further edit your slider by going to Qode Slider > Sliders from the admin panel and clicking on your slider of choice.

Breakpoint Coefficients and Breakpoint Sets

The Qode Slider provides two sets of breakpoints which you can choose from. You can view these breakpoint sets by going to Qode Slider > Sliders where all the breakpoints and default coefficients are listed, and you can choose which set you would like to use by changing the value of the “responsive_breakpoints” attribute in the slider shortcode (this attribute takes the values “set1”, or “set2”).
 
After you have chosen which set of breakpoints you would like to use, you can then set breakpoint coefficients for each element in the slider which contains some text (Title, Subtitle, Text, and Button). These breakpoint coefficients control the responsiveness of the text in your slider. The breakpoint coefficient can be any number between 0 and 1 (1 meaning that the text stays in its originally set size).
 
The size of the text is calculated by taking the original text size you set, and multiplying it with the coefficient. The result will be rounded to the nearest whole number and this will become your new text size.
 
For example, if you set your slider text size to 12px and are using the first set of breakpoints (set1) and the default coefficient values, then your text will stay at 12px inside the first two breakpoints (which have a default coefficient of 1, so 12 x 1 = 12). At the third breakpoint (between 1200px and 900px, according to set1), your text will shrink to 10px since the default coefficient is 0.8 (12 x 0.8 = 9.6, which is rounded to 10), at the fourth breakpoint (between 900px and 650px, according to set1), your text will shrink to 8px since the default coefficient is 0.7 (12 x 0.7 = 8.4, which is rounded to 8), etc.

Testimonials are a great way to show potential customers what others are saying about your business.

To create a testimonial, go to Testimonials > Add New from the admin panel. Enter a title for your testimonial in the text field near the top.

Add New Testimonial

Qode Testimonials

Next, there are a few fields to fill in:

Now it's time to categorize the testimonial. At the right side of your screen, in the section called Testimonials Categories, select the categories that you wish to add this testimonial to. Alternatively, if you'd like to create a new category, click on "+ Add New Testimonials Category". A text field will unfold where you can enter a name for the category. Then click on "Add New Testimonials Category".

Underneath the category section is the Featured Image section, where you can optionally upload an image to be displayed with the testimonial. Once done, click the "Publish" button.

Finally, to display your testimonial on a page, go into the backend of that page and click on the "Add Element button". Now choose one of the following shortcodes:

Testimonials

Testimonials Masonry

You can use this shortcode to display your testimonials in a masonry layout. Please note that this shortcode can only display eight testimonials at a time.

The Restaurant Menu is an attractive way to present your cafe or restaurant menu.

To create a Restaurant Menu item, go to Restaurant Menu > Add New Restaurant Menu Item from the admin panel. Enter a title for your restaurant menu item in the text field near the top of the screen.

You can use the following fields to edit your restaurant menu item:

Restaurant Menu Item Settings

 

You can now assign your restaurant menu item to a category. On the right side of the screen you will see a section named "Restaurant Menu Category." Here you can select the category that you wish to add this item to. If you would like to add a new category, click on the “+ Add New Restaurant Menu Category” link and a text field will appear in which you can enter a name for your new category. Then click on “Add New Restaurant Menu Category”. 
 
Underneath the Categories section is the Featured Image section. Here you can set an image for your restaurant menu item.
 
After you have uploaded an image, click the “Publish” button.
 
Finally, in order to display your restaurant menu items on a page, go to that page from the backend and click the “Add Elements” button, and from the elements menu select "Restaurant Menu List".
 

You can now edit how your items will display by filling out the following fields:

General
Query and Layout Options

In this section of the User Guide, we will discuss how to create Listing Items and how to display them on your pages.

Important for Listing Websites - Installing WP Job Manager 

If you plan on building a listing website with Bridge, please make sure to install the free WP Job Manager plugin before importing the demo content. You can install this plugin by navigating to Plugins from your WordPress dashboard, clicking on the Add New button at the top of the Plugin page, and then searching for the WP Job Manager plugin in the search field to the right of your screen.

After WP Job Manager has been installed, it needs to be configured. Plese refer to the following screenshot:

 

Please note that some of our listing demos might use the Regions for WP Job Manager plugin. This plugin is also free and can be installed the same way as the WP Job Manager Plugin (described above).

The WP Job Manager plugin offers a variety of paid addons for additional functionalities which users can purchase seperately. Unfortunately, these addons could not be included in our theme, because they are sold outside of the Envato market. In order to ensure you have all the functionalities visible in our Listing demos, we suggest purchasing the WP Job Manager - Job Tags and WP Job Manager - WooCommerce Paid Listings plugins.

With all of these plugins activated, you should configure the WP Job Manager plugin before you import demo content. Please refer to the screenshot below to see how the plugin needs to be configured:

 

Because these plugins are  not included in the Bridge theme package, the demo import won't set images for them. So, for example, you will have to set featured images for regions manually after you import the demo content:

 

Creating Listing Items

To create a Listing Item, please navigate to Listings > Add New from your WordPress admin panel, and enter a title for this listing in the field at the top of the screen.

In the Featured Image section to the right of the screen you can upload an image that will be displayed for this listing in Listing Lists and Listing Sliders.

Now you can start adding specfic information about the Listing Item in the Listing Data section. Let's go through all the available options for each Listing Item:

Listing Data

 

Qode Listing Meta Box

Creating Listing Types

To create a new listing type, please navigate to Listings > Listing Types from your WordPress admin panel. In the "Name" field, input a name for the Listing Type, and then click the "Add New Listing Type" button.

Now the new listing type will appear in the section on the right side of the screen. If you would like to add custom fields and amenities to this listing type, click the "Edit" link below the listing type name.

Creating Custom Fields for Listing Types

In the "Custom Field Creator" section you can create custom fields which will be displayed on items that are set to that specific item type (e.g. if you would like a field called "Additional Services" for a specific type of item, you can create that field there and then define the additional services for each item of that type on the single listing item page). 

You can choose the type of custom field you would like to create. For "Text" and "Textarea" custom fields, you can define a title and default value. For "Select" custom fields, you can add a title and the options you would like to dipslay in the dropdown selection field. For "Checkbox" custom fields you can only define a title.

Creating Amenities for Listing Types

To create amenties for a listing type, click on the "Add Amenity" link at the bottom of the page (while editing that Listing Type). Now you can input a title for the Amenitiy and choose an icon pack to use and specific icon to display for that amenity. Each amenity you create will be displayed in the "Listing Type Amenities" section on all Listing Items set to that specific listing type. From there, you can choose which amenities will be displayed on that specific Listing Item.

Creating Listing Categories

To create a new listing category, please navigate to Listings > Listing Categories from your WordPress admin panel. In the "Name" field, input a name for the Listing Category, and then click the "Add New Listing Type" button.

You can choose an icon pack to use and icon to display for each specific category. Please note that you should also choose a listing type under which this category will be available (in the "Choose Listing Type" field).

Additionally, you can set a featured image for each category, and choose a type of gallery to use as well as choose a size for the images in the gallery.

If you ever want to change any of these settings, you just need to click the "Edit" link below the listing category name in the section on the right side of the screen.

To add a listing to a category, navigate to the Listing Item single page from the backend and choose your desired category in the Listing Type Categories section.

Displaying Your Listing Items on Your Website Pages

You can use several shortcodes to display your listing items on your website. The Listing List shortcode displays a list of your listing items. The Listing Slider shortcode displays your listing items in a slider layout. The Listing Categories shortcode displays a list of your listing categories. The Listing Search and Listing Advanced Search shortcodes let users search through your listings. 

For a detailed overview of each of these shortcodes and their respective options, please refer to the Custom Shortcodes section of this User Guide.

In this section of the User Guide we will discuss the creation of Tour Items, Destinations, Review Criteria, and Tour Attribute Items, as well as how to display tours and destinations on your website pages.

Tour Items

To create a new tour item: 

  1. Navigate to Qode Tour > Add New Tour Item from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Enter a title for your tour item in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. On the right side of the screen you will see a section named Tours Categories. Here you can select the categories that you would like to add this tour item to. If you would like to create a new category, click on the + Add New Category link. A text field will appear in which you can enter a category name, and then click Add New Category.
  4. Once you have checked the categories you would like to add your tour item to, click the Publish button.

Beneath the Tours Categories section are the Tour Attributes, Post Attributes and Featured Image sections. In the Tour Attributes section, you can add tour attributes to this tour. In the Attributes section, you can set the order in which you would like this tour item to appear in tour lists. In the Featured Image section, you can set an image to be displayed for this item on tour lists.

Now that you have created your first tour item, let’s go over the available options and custom fields for tour items.

Qode Tour Booking

Here you can add booking periods for the tour. You can define the start and end date of the tour, add departure times that users can book, and choose which days the tour is active. In the "Tickets" field you should enter the number of tickets available, and in the "Price" field you can enter a special tour price for that booking period.

Qode Info Section
Masonry List Settings
Qode Tour Plan
Qode Location Section
Qode Gallery Section
Qode Review Section
Qode Custom Sections

You can use the custom sections to add custom made sections to tour single items. Just set the "Show Custom Section" button to "Yes" and input a title and content for the custom section.

The rest of the options for Tours are the same as on default pages. You can refer to the Pages section of this User Guide for a detailed overview of these options.

Review Criteria

In the Review Critera panel (Qode Tour > Review Criteria), you can create criteria by which users can review your tours (e..g Accomodation, Food, etc.). To add a review criterion, just input the name of that criterion in the "Name" field, and click the "Add New Review Criterion" button. Users will be able to review your tour by each review criterion you add.

Attributes Items

In the Attributes Items panel (Qode Tour > Tour Attributes), you can create attributes which you can then add to your tour single pages. To add a new attribute, just input the name of that attribute in the "Name" field, and click the "Add New Tour Attribute" button. 

Booking

You can use the Booking panel (Qode Tours > Booking) to view all the bookings that your customers have made, and manage the status of each booking.

Adding Tour Listings to Your Pages

You can display tours on your pages using one of the following shortcodes: Tour List and Tour Carousel. You can also use the Tours Filter shortcode to add an advanced search form that filters through your tour items.

You can find out more about each of these shortcodes in the Custom Shortcodes section of this User Guide.

Destination Items

To create a new destination item: 

  1. Navigate to Qode Destination > Add New Destination Item from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Enter a title for your destination item in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. Click the Publish button.

On the right side of the screen are the Attributes and Featured Image sections. In the Attributes section, you can set the order in which you would like this destination item to appear in destinations lists. In the Featured Image section, you can set an image to be displayed for this item on destinations lists.

You can add content to your destination items the same way you would add content to your pages or blog posts.

Most of the options for Destinations are the same as the custom fields you'll find when creating standard pages. You can refer to the Pages section of this User Guide for a detailed overview of these options.

Adding Destination Listings to Your Pages

You can display destinations on your pages using the Destinations Grid shortcode.

You can find out more about this shortcode in the Custom Shortcodes section of this User Guide.

Qode Music Plugin is a great way to showcase albums, songs, as well as upcoming shows and events in a captivating and comprehensive way.

In this section of the User Guide we will discuss the creation of Album Items and Event Items, as well as how to display albums and events on your website pages.

To activate the Qode Music Plugin, navigate to Plugins from your WordPress Dashboard, find the Qode Music Plugin in the list and click the "Activate" link.

Album Items

To create a new album item: 
  1. Navigate to Albums > Add new from your WordPress admin panel. 
  2. Enter a title for your album item in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. On the right side of the screen you will see three sections named Labels, Genres, and Artists. You can use these three sections to categorize your album. 
  4. Once you have set up the categories you would like to add your album to, click the Publish button.

Beneath the Labels, Genres, and Artists sections are the Attributes, and Featured Image sections. In the Attributes section, you can set the order in which you would like this album item to appear in album lists. In the Featured Image section, you can set an image to be displayed for this album (like a cover image).

 
Now that you have set up your first album item, let’s go over the available custom fields for album items.
 
Note that most of them are the same custom fields you'll find when creating standard pages.
Qode Album
  • Album Type - Choose a layout for the album.
  • Album Skin - Choose a skin for the album.
  • Release Date - Choose a release date for the album.
  • People - Here you can input the names of people that worked on the album.
  • Latest Video Link - Enter a link to your latest video.
  • Back to Link - Enter the link to the page you would like the user to go when they click on the "back to" button.
Qode Tracks
Here you can upload the audio tracks for the album. You can set the following options for each track:
 
  • Audio File - Upload an audio file.
  • Title - Input the title of the track.
  • Buy Link - If the track is available for purchase, you can enter a link to the page where it can be bought.
  • Free Download - Set this option to "Yes" if you would like the track to be freely downloadable.
  • Video Link - If there is an accompanying video for this track, you can enter the video link here.
  • Lyrics - You can add song lyrics here.
Qode Reviews
Here you can add reviews for your album. You can set the following options for each review:
  • Review Author - Enter the name of the review author.
  • Review Title - Enter the review text.
Qode Store
Here you can add links to various store platforms that allow you to sell you work online. You can set the following options for each store link:
  • Store - Choose a store.
  • Store Link - Input the link to your song in the store.
Displaying Your Albums

You can display your albums on your website using one of the album shortcodes: Album List, Album Player, and Album. You can find more information on these shortcodes and the options available for each one in the Custom Shortcodes section of this user guide. 

Event Items

To create a new event item: 

  1. Navigate to Events > Add new from your WordPress admin panel. 
  2. Enter a title for your event item in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. On the right side of the screen you will see a section named Event Types. You can use this section to categorize your event. 
  4. Once you have set up the categories you would like to add your event to, click the Publish button.

Beneath the Events Type section are the Attributes, and Featured Image sections. In the Attributes section, you can set the order in which you would like this event item to appear in event lists. In the Featured Image section, you can set an image to be displayed for this event.

 
Now that you have set up your first event item, let’s go over the available custom fields for event items.
 
Note that most of them are the same custom fields you'll find when creating standard pages.
Qode Event

Displaying Your Events

You can display your events on your website using the Events List shortcode. You can find more information on this shortcodes and the options available for it in the Custom Shortcodes section of this user guide.  

In this section of the User Guide we will discuss how to use the Learning Management System, as well as how to add instructors and create courses, lessons, questions, and quizzes.

In order to enable purchasing of courses via WooCommerce, you need to navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout and disable the "Enable Guest Checkout" option.
In order to enable user registration, you need to navigate to Settings and enable the "Anyone can register" option.

Adding Instructors

To add an instructor to your Learning Management System:

  1. Navigate to Qode Instructor > Add new from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Enter the Instructors name in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. Now to publish the item, click the Publish button.

On the right side of the screen are the Instructor Categories, and Featured Image sections. In the Instructor Categories section, you can assign the instructor to a category. In the Featured Image section, you can set an image to be displayed for this instructor.

Now that you have set up your first Instructor, let’s go over the available custom fields for Instructors (please note that we won't go through all the custom fields, since most of them are the same as on regular pages. We will only cover the Instructor specific custom fields here):

Qode Instructor Info

Creating Lessons

To create lessons:

  1. Navigate to Qode LMS > Qode Lessons from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen.
  3. Enter a title for the lesson in the text field near the top of the page.
  4. Now to publish the item, click the Publish button.

You can add content to the lesson the same way you add content to your pages and blog posts.

Now you can set up your lesson using the following fields (please note that we won't go through all the custom fields, since most of them are the same as on regular pages. We will only cover the Lesson specific custom fields here):

Qode Lesson Settings

Creating Quizzes

To create quizzes, you first need to create questions for the quizzes. To start creating questions:

  1. Navigate to Qode LMS > Qode Questions from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen.
  3. Enter a title for the question in the text field near the top of the page.
  4. Now to publish the item, click the Publish button.

Now you can set up your question using the following fields:

Qode Question Settings

After you have set up all of your questions, you can start creating quizzes. To create a quiz:

  1. Navigate to Qode LMS > Qode Quizzes from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen.
  3. Enter a title for the question in the text field near the top of the page.
  4. Now to publish the item, click the Publish button.

Now you can use the following fields to set up your quiz:

Qode Quiz Questions

Here you can add questions to your quiz. To add a question, click the "Add Question" button and then choose the question you would like to add.

Qode Quiz Settings

Creating Courses

Now that you have set everything up, you can create your first course. To create a course: 

  1. Navigate to Qode LMS > Add new Course from your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Enter the name of the course in the text field near the top of the page.
  3. Now to publish the item, click the Publish button.

You can input a description of the course in the content field near the top of the screen. Anything you input here will be displayed in the Description tab of the course. 

Now you can set up the course using the following fields (please note that we won't go through all the custom fields, since most of them are the same as on regular pages. We will only cover the Course specific custom fields here):

Qode Course Settings
Qode Course Curriculum

In this section you can create the curriculum for your course by creating sections in which you can add your previously created lessons and quizzes.

The Qode Membership Plugin lets you add a login and registration form to your website, allowing users to create their own accounts and log in from the front-end of your site. You also have the option of letting users log in via their Facebook and Google+ accounts. 

Activating the Qode Membership Plugin

To activate the Qode Membership Plugin, navigate to Plugins from your WordPress Dashboard, find the Qode Membership Plugin in the list and click the "Activate" link.

Using the Qode Membership Plugin

Once you have activated the Qode Membership Plugin, you can start using it by navigating to Appearance > Widgets from your WodPress Dashboard and placing the Qode Login widget into a widget area of your chocice. 

The Login icon will now appear in that widget area on the front-end of your website. When they click on the log in icon, users will be able to choose whether they would like to register a new account or log in.

Enabling Log In via Social Networks

If you would like to let users log in via their Facebook and Google+ profiles, please navigate to Qode Options > Social from your WordPress Dashboard and set the "Enable Social Login" option to "Yes".

When you set this option to "Yes", two new fields will appear for enabling Facebook and Google. In order to enable logging in via these networks, you need to create apps for each of the networks and input the App ID and Client ID in the designated fields (which will appear after you enable each of the networks). To learn how to create a Facebook app and find you App ID, please view this link. To learn how to create a Google app and find your Client ID, please view this link.

Widgets are easy to manage and can be incredibly useful to have on your site.

For Bridge, we've developed custom widgets and widget areas to give you even more functionality. You can also create multiple custom sidebars.

Widgets

 

Widget Areas

To start creating your menu, go to Appearance > Menus from the admin panel.

Admin Menus

At the upper left corner you'll see 2 tabs: Edit Menus and Manage Locations.

Admin Edit Menus Manage Locations

In Manage Locations, you can assign menus to two different locations: top navigation and fullscreen navigation. If using the Sticky Divided header type, you'll see two other locations: "left top navigation" and "right top navigation" (these locations apply to that specific header type).

Note that you must assign your menu to a location in order for it to be visible.

Now let's go to Edit Menus. At the bottom of the page, in the section Menu Settings, you're also able to assign the current menu to a location.

When creating a menu, you can click on the little triangle on each menu item in order to open up a list of editable settings.

Triangle in Menu

Let's go over them:

Wide Menu

 

Wide Menu Dropdown

Anchors (One Page Site Functionality)

You can add anchors to menu items in order to scroll to the element on the page. In order to do that, you need to perform the following steps:

  1. You need to set anchor ID(s) while editing the page. You can do that by editing properties of the Row element in Visual Composer. In the "Anchor ID" field, simply type in the name of the anchor. You can type any text without empty spaces.

    Edit Row

    Add Anchor ID

  2. You can repeat step 1 for several rows of the page.
  3. Now you can edit the menu. In Appearance > Menus, find the page containing the anchors and drag multiple instances of it to the menu.
  4. Edit each menu item and type in the anchor ID in the "Anchor" field.

    Anchor in Menu

Add New Element in Shortcodes

Qode Elements (shortcodes) in VC

Accordions

Qode Accordion

When you have added the Accordion element to your page, you can start adding Accordion Tabs inside it, and setting the following options for each one:

General
Content Design

Now you can add content inside the Accordion Tab.

You can use this shortcode to create an advanced image gallery.

Row

Row is container element to which you can add other elements (shortcodes). This element can be full width or in grid. With CSS Animation you can set entering animation for this element and with Transition Delay you can set delay for chosen CSS Animation. Anchor ID is used in our anchor functionality. You can add row ID which can be referenced in main menu Anchor ID field.

Separator

Separators

Separator with Text

Separator with Icon

Empty Space

Tabs

 

Horizontal Left

 

Tabs Horizontal Left

 

Tabs boxed

 

Tabs Boxed

Tabs vertical left

Tabs Vertical Left

Highlights

Highlights

Portfolio List

Portfolio Lists enable you to present your portfolio on a page.

Portfolio Slider

The Portfolio Slider enables you to organize your portfolio items as an interactive slideshow which viewers can navigate through.

Portfolio Slider

Parallax Layers

You can use this shortcode to create an image composed of separate layers that follow the movement of the mouse.

Counter

Counters are great for communicating information in the form of numbers.

Counters

Cover Boxes

Cover Boxes allow you to give a preview of your content in an interactive way, inviting viewers to follow the links and read more.

Cover Boxes

Icon List Item

They allow you to make lists using icons, rather than numbers or bullets.

Call to Action

Call to Actions allow you to display bold messages on your page, inviting viewers to follow a link.

Call to Action

Blockquote

They're a great way to make a section of text stand out on your page.

Blockquotes

Button

Buttons are a widely used element on the web and can be used for a multiple of purposes.

Buttons

General
Design Options

Image With Text

This shortcode allows you to quickly add an image with text on your page.

Image with Icon and Text

With this shortcode you can add an image with icon and text to your pages.

Message

They allow you to display hints, warnings, or any other messages that you wish to communicate to your viewers.

Message Boxes

Numbered Process

You can use this shortcode to display your work or creative process.

When you have set up your Numbered Process shortcode, you can start adding Numbered Process Items inside it and setting the following options for each one:

General
Design Group

Pie Chart

They are great for communicating information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Pie Chart

Pie Chart With Icon

They are great for communicating information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Pie Chart - Icon

Pie Chart 2 (Pie)

They are great for communicating information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Pie Chart

Pie Chart 3 (Doughnut)

They are great for communicating information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Pie Chart

Progress Bar - Horizontal

They are great for communicating a large amount of information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Progress Bar - Horizontal

Progress Bar - Vertical

They are great for communicating a large amount of information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Progress Bar - Vertical

Progress Bar - Icon

They are great for communicating a large amount of information in a visual and easy to understand manner.

Progress Bar - Icon

Line Graph

If you wish to present your information in a more mathematical way, the Line Graph is a great choice.

Linegraphs

Qode Pricing Tables

They're a great way to present your business' pricing packages.

Pricing Tables

Once you've added the Pricing Table holder, you can add pricing table elements inside it, and edit the following fields:

Social Share

Social Share enables your viewers to share your page via social networks.

Please note that you must have social sharing enabled in Qode Options in order for this to take effect.

Custom Font

If you need to use text styling that's not in one of the predefined heading or paragraph styles, you can do this by using the Custom Font shortcode.

Dropcaps

Dropcap

List - Ordered

Lists are a great way to organize information and present it to potential customers.

Lists

List - Unordered

Lists are a great way to organize information and present it to potential customers.

Icon

Widely used on the web, icons are great for communicating all sorts of information.

Icons

Social Icons

Want to invite your viewers to follow you on social networks? Social Icons will make this easy.

Lists

Icon With Text

This shortcode allows you to easily add icons with text to your page.

Icon with Text

Latest Posts

This shortcode allows you to display your latest blog posts on a page.

Latest Posts 2

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your blog posts on any page on your website.

General
Design Options

Blog Masonry

This shortcode allows you to display your latest blog posts in masonry style.

Image With Text Over

Image With Text Over allows you to display interactive images.

Image with text over

Image Hover

Image Hover allows you to display interactive images.

Team

This shortcode allows you to easily present your team.

Team

Service Table

They're a great way to present the services your business offers.

Service Tables

Qode Clients

This shortcode allows you to quickly make a display of your clients.

Once you've added the Qode Clients holder, you can add elements inside it, and edit the following fields:

Animated Icons with Text

The icons flip and text is revealed once viewers hover over the icons.

Once you've added the Animated Icons with Text holder, you can add elements inside it, and edit the following fields:

Qode Process Holder

This is a great way to let potential customers find out more about what your business does, and how it does it.

Process

Once you've added the Qode Process Holder, you can add process items inside it, and edit the following fields:

Qode Pricing List

This shortcode allows you to easily present your prices.

Pricing List

Once you've added the Qode Pricing List holder, you can add Pricing List Items inside it, and edit the following fields:

Advanced Pricing List

You can use this shortcode to create an advanced pricing list.

General
Style

Qode Elements Holder

The Qode Elements Holder allows you to display any combination of elements in an organized column structure.

Qode Elements Holder

Once you've added the Qode Elements Holder, you can add Elements Holder Items, and edit the following fields:

Now that you've added the element holder item, you can add any element from the list of shortcodes.

Qode Image Slider

The Qode Image Slider is a great way to showcase your images. 

Countdown

The Countdown shortcode allows you to present a timer on your page which counts down to some event of your choice. 

Qode Vertical Split Slider

The Qode Vertical Split Slider is a modern and impressive slider that can take your presentation to a whole new level. For an example of it, see the following Bridge demo: https://demo.qodeinteractive.com/bridge48/.
 
Once you've added the Qode Vertical Split Slider shortcode, click on the cross inside it and add the Left Sliding Panel and Right Sliding Panel. These panels act as placeholders for content that will go inside the slider. 
 
Next, click on the cross inside the panels to add Slide Content Items. There are several options here that you can edit:
 
Background Color - Choose a background color for the Slide Content Item.
Background Image - Alternatively,  you can upload an image to be displayed in the background.
Padding Left/Right - You can enter padding amount to be applied to the left and right sides (example: "25px").
Content Alignment -  Choose from left, right, or centered content alignment.
 
Now that you've added Slide Content Items, you can add any element from the list of shortcodes. Content in each Item will be vertically centered.
Note: For optimal results, make sure that the left and right panels have the same number of Slide Content Items. This is needed in order for content to align properly.

Blog Slider

Qode Google Map

Qode Animation Holder

You can use this element to animate other shortcodes. To do this, simply place the shortcode you would like to animate into the Animation Holder.

Qode Video Box

Product List - Elegant

General
Design Options

Product List - Masonry

You can use this shortcode to display shop items in a masonry layout.

General
Design Options

Product List - Pinterest

You can use this shortcode to display shop items in a pinterest style layout.

General
Design Options

Qode Horizontal Marquee

You can use the Horizontal Marquee element to create a interactive presentation that can contain any shortcode.

After you have set up the Horizontal Marquee element, you can start adding Horizontal Marquee items into it, and setting the following options:

Now you can add any other shortcode into the Horizontal Marquee item. 

Qode Preview Slider

You can use this shortcode to create a slider in which each slide displays a main image, and a preview image that is set in a frame. After you have added the Preview Slider to your page, you can start adding Preview Slider Items into it. Each Preview Slider Item functions as a slide, and you can set the following options for each one:

Qode In-Device Slider

After you have set up the in-device slider, you can add in-device slider items to it and set the following options for each one:

Qode Content Slider

You can use this shortcode to create a slider that can contain any other shortcode or content inside it.

After you have set up the Content Slider, you can add Content Slider Items into it. Each Content Slider Item is a separate slide in the slider, and you can add any shortcode into it.

Qode Twitter Feed

You can use this widget to display your Twitter feed anywhere on your pages. To do this, you first need to go to Qode Options > Social, and click the Connect with Twitter button.

General
Design Options

Banner

You can use this shortcode to create a promotional banner.

Text Marquee

You can use this shortcode to create a section with text that scrolls across the screen from left to right.

Expanding Images

You can use this shortcode to create an image gallery with one hero image and up to 8 surrounding images, which have an expanding animation when the shortcode comes into the viewport.

General

In the Inner Side Images and Outer Side Images tabs, you can upload the remaining images you would like to display around the hero image, and add a link to each of these images. 

Cards Slider Holder

You can use this shortcode to create a slider with tabbed cards. Each card can display its own set of slides. After you have created a Cards Slider Holder, you can start adding Cards Slider shortcodes into it and setting the following options for each one:

Item Showcase

You can use this shortcode to create a showcase for a product or other item. The shortcode consists of a central image, and surrounding icons with text that can be used to describe the central image and provide more information about it.

After you have added the Item Showcase shortcode, you can start adding Item Showcase List Items to it and setting the following options:

Crossfade Images

You can use this shortcode to create an image that fades into another image when hovered on.

General
Design Options

Gradient Icon With Text

You can use this shortcode to create a stylized icon with text. On hover, the icon will switch from a solid color to a gradient.

General
Icon Settings
Text Settings

 Button V2

You can use this shortcode to create a stylized button.

General
Design Options
Advanced Options

Call to Action Section

You can use this shortcode to create a section with a background image, title, text, and call to action.

General
Design Options
Advanced Options

Sliding Image Holder

Use this shortcode to create a section with a background image that slides from the right to the left.

After you have set up the Sliding Image Holder, you can start adding content inside it.

Info Card

You can use this shortcode to create an informative card element.

Info Card with Icon

You can use this shortcode to create an informative card element with an icon.

General
Icon Style

Elliptical Slider

You can use this shortcode to create a stylized slider displaying an image on one side and a curved section with a background color on the other. You can add content in to the curved section.

After you have set up the Elliptical Slider, you can start adding Elliptical Slides inside it and setting the following options for each one:

Now you can add content into the slide.

Specification List

You can use this shortcode to create a list of specifications for a product.

Pricing Calculator

You can use this shortcode to create an element listing your products or services which users can use to calculate the total price of the products or services they are interested in.

General
Style

Comparative Features Table

You can use this element to create a table of your services that allows the user to comapre the features each service offers.

Advanced Tabs

You can use this shortcode to display certain content in tabs.

After you have set up the advanced tabs shortcode, you can start adding individual Advanced Tabs inside it and setting the following options for each one:

Now you can add any shortcode inside the tab.

You can use this shortcode to display your blog posts in a carousel.

General
Build Query
Style

Advanced Call to Action

You can use this shortcode to create a call to action that displays an icon and text in the middle of the call to action bar, and which can have a gradient effect and gradient animation.

General
Design Options
Advanced Options

Restaurant Menu List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your restaurant menu items.

General
Query and Layout Options

Restaurant Timeline

You can use this shortcode to create a stylized timeline.

Reservation Form

You can use this shortcode to add a reservation form powered by OpenTable to you website. 

Working Hours

You can use this shortcode to display your business's working hours. To set up your working hours, please navigate to Qode Options -> Restaurant.

Listing List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your listing items.

Listing Slider

You can use this shortcode to display your listing items in a slider.

General
Slider

Listing Categories

You can use this shortcode to display your listing categories.

Listing Regions

You can use this shortcode to display your listing regions.

You can use this shortcode to create a search field for your listings.

You can use this shortcode to create an advanced search section for your listings.

Listing Banner 

You can use this shortcode to create a banner specifically stylized to fit in with listing layouts.

Listing Blog List 

You can use this shortcode to create a blog list specifically stylized to fit in with listing layouts.

Listing Testimonials

You can use this shortcode to display your testimonials in a layout specifically stylized to fit in with listing layouts.

Layout 1

You can use this shortcode to display your posts in a certain layout.

General
Post Item
Pagination

Layout 2

You can use this shortcode to display your posts in a certain layout.

General
Post Item
Pagination

Layout 3

You can use this shortcode to display your posts in a certain layout.

General
Post Item
Pagination

Post Carousel 1

You can use this shortcode to display your posts in a carousel layout.

General
Post Item
Navigation

Post Slider 1

You can use this shortcode to display your posts in a slider layout.

General
Post Item

Video Layout 1

You can use this shortcode to display your video posts in a certain layout. Please note that this shortcode will only display video posts.

General
Post Item
Pagination

Video Layout 2

You can use this shortcode to display your video posts in a certain layout. Please note that this shortcode will only display video posts.

General
Post Item
Pagination

Report Sheet

You can use this shortcode to create a report sheet.

Multi-Device Showcase

You can use this shortcode to create a section populated with devices that contain sliding images. Please note that you can only add one Multi-Device Showcase per page.

General
Laptop Slider

Here you can add images to the laptop device slider. For each item you can add an image and a link for that image to lead to.

Tablet Slider

Here you can add images to the tablet device slider. For each item you can add an image and a link for that image to lead to.

Phone Slider

Here you can add images to the phone device slider. For each item you can add an image and a link for that image to lead to.

Additional Images

Here you can add images for the remaning devices in the showcase. These images will not be in a slider.

Layout and Behavior

Vertical Separator

Interest Rate Calculator

You can use this shortcode to display a calculator for the interest rates. 

General:
Style

Split Scrolling Section

You can use this shortcode to add a captivating two-panel section to any of the pages of your website. The left panel consists of a fixed image, while the right panel can be scrolled through independently. You can add Split Scrolling Section Items to both left fixed and the right scrolling panel and set up the following options for each of them: 

Tours List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your Tour items.

General
Query Options

You can use this shortcode to display your tour items in a carousel slider.

General
Query Options

Tours Type List

You can use this shortcode to display types of tours in a list.

Tours Filter

You can use this shortcode to create an advanced search form for filtering and finding tours and destinations.

Destinations Grid

You can use this shortcode to display a grid preview of your destinations.

General
Query Options

You can use this shortcode to create a carousel displaying your top tour reviews.

Events List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your events. 
Design Options
Query and Layout Options

Album 

You can use this shortcode to display an album.
 

Album Player

You can use this shortcode to display an album player.
 

Albums List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your albums.
General
Query and Layout Options

Course Features

You can use this shortcode to display the key features of a single course.

Course List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your courses.

General
Content Layout
Additional Features

Course Slider

You can use this shortcode to display your courses in a slider layout.

General
Content Layout
Slider Settings

You can use this shortcode to display an advanced search form for courses on your website.

General
Button Style

Course Table

You can use this shortcode to present a list of your courses in a table layout.

General
Content Layout

Instructor

You can use this shortcode to showcase a single instructor.

Instructor List

You can use this shortcode to display a list of your instructors.

General
Content Layout

Instructor Slider

General
Content Layout

Comparison Slider

You can use this shortcode to create an interactive element that lets users easily switch between a "before" and "after" image.

Bridge comes with WooCommerce integration, which allows you to build an online shop. For more information on installing and configuring WooCommerce, please visit this page:

https://docs.woothemes.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/getting-started/

In order to setup WooCommerce with our theme, please perform the following steps:

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New from the admin panel.
  2. Type "WooCommerce" in the search field.
  3. Locate "WooCommerce - excelling eCommerce" in the search results and click on "Install Now".

    Add New PluginInstall WooCommerce Plugin

  4. Once installation is complete, click on "Activate Plugin".
  5. You will see a notice saying "Welcome to WooCommerce � You're almost ready to start selling :)". If you plan on importing Bridge demo content, click on "Skip Setup". Otherwise, click "Install Pages".
  6. If importing the demo content, you should first set the product image sizes in order to achieve the same look that we did. Go to WooCommerce > Settings and click the "Products" tab. Under the section Product Image Sizes, enter the same values that we did:

    WooCommerce Products Image Sizes

    Note: if you wish to modify these sizes at a later date, you may need to regenerate thumbnails in order for it to take effect. This can be done with the following plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/.
  7. See Importing Demo Content instructions in the Getting Started section of this user guide and perform the process explained there.
  8. Go into the backend of your shop page. This can either be a custom page you've created, or the shop page from the demo site that you've imported. Under Page Attributes, choose the WooCommerce template.

    Choose Woo Page Template

 

Single Product

 

Choose Woo Page Template

 

Shop with Sidebar

 

Shop With Sidebar

QODE Wishlist for WooCommerce

If you wish to utilize the wishlist functionality for your products, we suggest installing and activating the QODE Wishlist for WooCommerce plugin. The theme is fully compatible with this plugin and it will show up as recommended with the theme.

Once the plugin is activated, the options for setting up the wishlist features will become available. You should navigate to Qode Plugins For WooCommerce > Wishlist to adjust the wishlist feature on your website to your liking. You can check out the plugin documentation file here.

Bridge makes it possible to create forms for various purposes with the help of Contact Form 7.

In order to setup Contact Form 7, please perform the following steps: 

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New from the admin panel.
  2. Type "Contact Form 7" in the search field.
  3. Locate "Contact Form 7" in the search results and click on "Install Now".

    Add New PluginContact Form 7 Plugin

  4. Once installation is complete, click on "Activate Plugin".

Now when you use Visual Composer, you will see a new shortcode in the list of shortcodes - the Contact Form 7.

Contact Form 7 Shortcode

Click on this shortcode to add your form. There are several fields to fill in:

Note: For more information on defining Contact Form styles, see Qode Options > Contact Form 7.
You can read more about the Contact Form 7 plugin at https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/.

3rd Party Integration

If you wish to integrate a newsletter sending service, you need to additionally install a plugin called "Forms: 3rd-Party Integration." You can check out the link to their site here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/forms-3rdparty-integration/.

Contact Form 7 Shortcode

 
Once you've completed the installation process and activated this plugin, navigate to Contact > 3rdparty Services from the admin panel in order to set options. For more information on setting it up, check out the following link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/forms-3rdparty-integration/screenshots/.