Appointway WordPress Theme – Complete Tutorial

By Deep Wadhwa Our Bestseller: WordPress Themes

In the following article, a complete documentation for the new released Appointway WordPress themeis explained. At the end of the reading this one, you will be able to know about the following in the theme:

What is Appointway Theme? How to install Appointway Themes? How to upload logos, favicon on the website? How to activate the slider on the home page? How to use home page feature area? How to use home page feature sidebar? How to change the theme style? How to add Social Icons on the website? How to book appointments? How to customize Appointment form?

Let’s discuss the above topics one by one.

What is Appointway theme?

An Appointway theme is a WordPresstheme which is very simple and effective for appointment booking. Through Appointway theme, the clients can directly book their appointments through your website. See the live previewof the theme.

The Appointway theme is very simple and easy to use and any business professional can create his website without any difficulty. It requires a single click installation and your website will be ready within no time.

How to install Appointway Theme?

Before installing the Appointway theme on your website make sure that:

You have a web server installed on your machine. You have installed WordPress on your Web site. You have purchased the Appointway theme from InkThemes.com

Installing the theme is very simple and easy. It will hardly take a minute. Just follow the process given below:

Go to your WordPress Dashboard. Choose “Appearance” option. Select the “Install Themes” option. Click on “Upload” option. Click on “Choose file” button. Now select the zip file of Appointway and upload it. Click on “Install Now” button.

After installing the theme click on “Activate” option. This will activate the theme on your website. For the first time the theme will look like this:

Note
: After activating the theme you need to install and activate the Ink Appointway plugin. Then it will show the Appointment form on the website. Initially the Appointment form appears as blank.

Installing the plugin Go to your Dashboard and click on “Begin installing plugin option”.

On the next page click on “Install” option.

After installing the plugin click on “Return to the Dashboard” option.

Now if you visit your website, you will see that the Appointment is activated on the website.

How to upload logo, favicon and background image on the website?

Uploading logo, favicon and background image on the website is very simple. Moreover, you can mention the contact details on the website, contact number for tap to call feature, add Google tracking code and turn on the front as on or off. Just go to your Dashboard and do the following steps:

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> General Settings

After uploading the logos, favicon and images, click on “Save All Changes” button.

How to activate the slider on the home page?

In the slider, you can show maximum of seven images whereas minimum would be one. You can activate the slider on the home page by performing the following steps given below. Moreover, you can also set the links for the images to redirect the user to any pages.

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> Slider Setting

Click on “Upload Image” button and upload the images which you want to show on slider.

Note
: The recommended size for the slider images is 694px wide x 345px height.

After uploading the images in the slider, the “Play and Pause” button will be activated in the slider which will allow the user to play and pause the images in the slider.

How to use home page feature area?

In home page feature area, you can add headings and sub-headings for your business on the website. Try to make headings as punch lines so that it will attract most of the visitors.

In the 3 column feature area, you can showcase your services with decent images and with short descriptions of the services.

Moreover, in the Testimonial settings, you can write about your business and share this with the visitors. You can also upload your testimonial image and mention your name in the Testimonial Link Text.

There is also an option of advertising your sponsors. For this you can upload the images of your sponsors in the home page bottom section providing the links for the images.

Follow the procedure given below and make changes to your website.

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> Home Page Feature Area

Adding Heading & Sub headings on the website.

After making these changes your website will appear as

Using 3 column feature area.

After making these changes your website will appear as:

Adding Testimonial heading and description.

After making these changes your website will appear as:

Using home page bottom feature section.

After making these changes your website will appear as:

How to use home page feature sidebar?

In the home page sidebar, you can show the opening and closing time of your services. You can mention the address details and can show a map for your business location.

Follow the procedure and make changes to these settings.

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> Home Page Feature Sidebar

After making the following changes you website will appear as:

How to change the theme style?

There are various styling options available in the theme. You can change the style of theme through the following procedure.

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> Styling Options

Moreover, you can also add your own CSS code here for any customization.

How to add Social Icons on the website

Social icons are useful for a website. There are various social icons available in the theme. The social icons will be displayed in the footer. You can use them through the following procedure.

Dashboard
–> Appearance
–> Theme Options
–> Social Icons

How to book appointments?

Once you activate the Ink Appointment plugin, the appointment form will appear on the website. This will allow the users to book the appointments directly from the website. There are also various payment options available in the theme. Follow the steps and create your appointment services.

Dashboard
–> Appointments
–> Create Appointments

After creating multiple services and settings their prices, you can add their date slot and time slot.

Note:
After creating the multiple services, you have to add date slot and time slot for individual services.

Adding the date slot for the services.

Adding the time slot for the services.

You can also mention the interval time of your services for individual days that will automatically define the time slots in between the opening time and closing time of the services.

Note
:- You can do multiple booking for a particular time slot. It depends on your requirement.

How to customize Appointment form

You can set the heading of the appointment form, mode of payment, mail ID on which you want to receive payments, etc. Follow the steps given below and set the appointment form as per your desire.

Dashboard
–> Appointments
–> Settings

Managing the currency mode

There are various currency options available for receiving the payments. You can choose your mode of currency from the available currency list which is supported by your country.

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