Welcome To GOSOLAR

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Theme Documentation - Header

Header Options & Setup

GOSOLAR currently offers 10 different Header Types, each with its own unique design and set of options. There are several options to customize the header, as well as the content within it. Follow the steps to setup the header and its options.

Setup the Header

Navigate to Theme Options > Header to access the header options. You will see 5 sections; Header Type, and Header Top Bar, Sliding bar, Styling, Main Menu, Secondary Menu. See below for information and screenshot on what each section contains.

  • Header - You can enable Cart, Search Form, Social Links, Sticky Header, Header Layout ( Fullwidth or Boxed ) from this Header tab.
  • Header Type - You can choose Types, Transparent, Skin, Slider Position from the header type options. The Header Types are listed out below.
    1. Header 01
    2. Header 02
    3. Header 03
    4. Header 04
  • Header Top bar - You can Enable/Disable menu options, Welcome Message, Phone Number, Email Address.
  • Sliding Bar - You can Enable/Disable Sliding Bar options, Disable Sliding Bar on Mobile, Choose Sliding Bar Columns.
  • Styling - Styling options allows you to choose the spacing for header.
  • Main Menu - You can choose Menu Type, Menu Height, Sticky Menu Height, Dropdown menu width.
  • Secondary Menu - You can Enable/disable Secondary menu options and its position.

Header

Header Top Bar

Sliding Bar

Styling

Main Menu

Secondary Menu

Setting Up The Menu

For the main menu settings, GOSOLAR supports custom WordPress menus, with multiple levels of dropdown. You can assign a menu in 4 areas Primary Menu, Primary Right Menu, Top Menu, Footer Menu. These menu locations can have a custom menu assigned. Once a menu is created and assigned to the location, it will show up on the site.

Menu Locations

  • Primary Menu - This is the Main Menu that shows in the Header area.
  • Primary Right Menu - This is the Right Menu shows in header type Header Centered Logo and Header Centered Logo 2.
  • Top Menu - This is show in Top bar and other locations.
  • Footer Menu - This is the bottom Menu that can be assigned in footer.

Setup New Menu

  • To setup new menu, Navigate to Appearance > Menus section of your admin sidebar.
  • Click the Create A New Menu link and enter the name then click the Create Menu button.
  • Select one of your created pages on the left hand side and click the Add to Menu button.
  • To add a custom menu item, enter a custom name and link into the Links box.
  • You can use drag and drop functionality to manage your menus.
  • To Create a dropdown menu, you can simply drag a menu item below and slightly to the right of another menu item, and it will be under a main menu and create a dropdown section.
  • Once you setting up your menu, assign the menu to any one of the 4 locations which is shown at the bottom of the page in the Menu Settings.
  • After setting up the menu, click the Save Button.
  • Below screenshot shows that how to set up the menu with various options and categories.

Mega Menu

GOSOLAR has a mega menu that can be enabled under the main menu. You can set 1-4 columns and having custom column width settings. You can set icons/images next to menu items and more. Please follow the steps that how to set the mega menu.

Setup One Page Menu

GOSOLAR used one page menu for all demos, Please follow the steps that how to set up one page menu.

  • In your backend editor, click on VC Row Settings icon, the box will open and scroll down to see the Row Id.
  • In that field, enter the section id like this #section-(your section name), for example the section is About means, the id should be like this #section-about.
  • Likewise create a row id like above for all the section in that page. Refer screenshot.
  • Navigate to Appearance > Menus section of your admin sidebar.
  • Select the menu from dropdown or create a new menu to setup one page menu.
  • Find a Custom Link tab and you need to enter the created section Id in that URL field. For example you have created the section id like this #section-about. Same Id should be given in that URL and enter the field name like About or whatever you can give the field name and click on add to menu button and save the changes.
  • Likewise add menu from custom link with exact URL for all the sections in that page. The Id which is given in the page section and custom link should be same.

Create A Mega Menu

  • Navigate to Appearance > Menus section of your admin sidebar.
  • Select the Create a New Menu link to create a new menu, or choose the Select a menu to edit option that you already have an menu.
  • The Mega Menus are available only for top level navigations items only in "Main Menu" area.
  • Click the Arrow icon next to any First Parent Level menu item. Then click enable the Mega Menu option.
  • Set the number of columns to display the columns for the mega menu.
  • Menu item have a glyphicons Ex: glyphicon-search, and font awesome icon, use fa- in the name. Ex: fa-times.
  • After set up Mega Menu, assign the menu to the Main Menu location in the Theme Locations at the bottom of the page and click Save button.

Page Title Bar

The Page Title Bar is comes under the menu/header and contains the page title text, breadcrumbs or search box. GOSOLAR has various options to customize the page title bar. Read the below steps to setup page title bar.

Setup The Page Title Bar

  • Open up an individual page or post in your WordPress admin.
  • You can find Page Title Bar under Page Options.
  • GOSOLAR has options that you can customize the page title bar for page options and post options.
  • You can show or hide the page title bar and page title. Below showing some options.
  • Page Title Bar Type - This option contains Default and Mini Title Bar.
  • Page Title Bar Skin - This option contains Light and Dark skin.
  • Page Title Alignment - You can align the title bar in Left, Center and Right.
  • Choose custom background options or color, set parallax effect, enable video background and change the height of the page title bar.
  • All options having several custom options to select for it. These options will take effect for the individual page or post.