Magic

Template Installation

TemplateMonster theme is built as a WordPress theme, so you need to have WordPress engine installed first. If you have not installed it yet, please refer to the WordPress Installation section.

WordPress Installation

Download the required WordPress version. You can check which release is required on the template preview page in the requirements list. Make sure you download the correct version.

You can download the WordPress platform on the official WordPress.org website: Download WordPress. If you need another release, follow this link: WordPress versions archive. Once the platform is downloaded, you’ll need to unpack the files. You can use any file archiver that supports ZIP format to unpack the ZIP file.

These tutorials will show you how to unpack the archived files, if you have Windows OS (using WinZip) and if you have MAC OS (using StuffitExpander):

Once the WordPress platform files and folders are unpacked, you need to upload them to the hosting server.

Upload the files and folders to the server into the PUBLIC_HTML or WWW directory.

If you can’t find the PUBLIC_HTML or WWW directory on your hosting server, contact your hosting provider and find out where you should upload the website files to.

You can also take a look at these tutorials that give detailed information on how to upload the files to a hosting server:

Next, you need to create a database for the WordPress platform.

You can create it using the database management tool in the hosting cpanel (usually it is PhpMyAdmin). With the help of phpMyAdmin you can create a new database in 3 simple steps (check the slides below):

Click the Database button at the top navigation menu to see the list of databases.

Enter database name in the Create new database field.

Click the Create button.

You will see the new database in the list now. Click on its name to access it.

If you face any difficulties while creating the database, contact your hosting provider for tech support.

You can also check the following tutorials:

Enter the WordPress directory path into the browser address bar and click Enter. WordPress installation will begin.

Creating the Configuration File

WordPress installation screen will inform you that the configuration file is missing. Click Create Configuration File to create it.

Database Details

Please note that the prefix of WordPress database tables should be wp_.

You need to enter the WordPress database connection details here.

Website Details

You need to enter the next details:

website name;
administrator login and password;
website e-mail.

Click Install WordPress.

If you have entered the correct details, you will see a successful installation message and the WordPress dashboard access button.

You can also take a look at these video tutorials:

Manual Installation

Now you can proceed to theme installation: theme_name.zip.Follow the steps listed below:

1. Extract the template package.

2. Navigate to the Appearance > Themes section at the admin panel of the site and open the theme folder.

3. Locate the archive named as theme-name.zip and install the theme by pressing Install Now.

4. Next please press on Activate link.

Cherry Wizard Installation

After theme activation you will get a notice which offers you to install TM Wizard plugin. To continue plugins and demo contents installation with TM Wizard just hit Begin installing plugin link. You will be transfered to the page where you can select the needed plugins.

Then please click on Install link.

After TM Wizard plugin has been successfully installed and activated click on Return to the Dashboard link

Plugins Installation

After installation and activation TM Wizard plugin you will get a notice which offers you to continue the plugins and demo contents installation with TM Wizard. Then click on START INSTALL on the top of the page to start installation of the recommended plugins.

On the Wizard Home page you can check if your server configurations meet WordPress minimal requirements. If any doesnt't meet you can continue the installation process, but it will take more time and can drive to bugs.

If your server configurations meet WordPress minimal requirements please click on NEXT link.

Then you have to select the skin and click on SELECT SKIN link. Also you can view demo.

If you want to fill the website with your content and optimally install it use Lite Install.
The full version of the template will be suitable for you if you need its COMPLETE functionality, without additional settings. It contains more images and pages of the specific plugins content; some skins contain more plugins. Make a sure you need Full version. If you have opted for Full Install version, please click on Full Install.

PAY ATTENTION!
If your server configurations don't meet the WordPress minimal requirements and you couldn't install Full Version, try Lite one.

Green Install Plugin box means the installation process has been successfully completed.

Red Install Plugin box means the installation process hasn't been completed. Press on Details link you will see where is the problem and please refer to TemplateMonster Support department.

After plugins installation you will get a notice which offers to append demo content to your existing content or completely rewrite it.
When you have taken the option please click on START.

If you select Replace my existing content with demo content your whole content will be completely and irreversibly deleted!

If you select Replace my existing content with demo content you will have to enter your password to confirm and start content replacing and importing sample data will start.

On this step TM Wizard plugin regenerates thumbnails for all imported images. This process may take some minutes.

Import is finished. TM Wizard plugin offers you to select options VIEW YOUR SITE or CUSTOMIZE YOUR THEME.

Upload via FTP

To use this method, you need to have access to your WordPress site files on FTP through the File Manager of your hosting control panel or an FTP client like Filezilla, CuteFTP, Total Commander, etc.

Unzip the theme-name.zip files to any folder on your hard drive (first, right-click each of the .zip files, select Unzip to… theme-name respectively, so you get the one folder called theme-name).
Upload the theme-name folder to the /wp-content/themes/ directory on your FTP server.
Log in to your WordPress admin panel (add /wp-admin after your domain name in the browser address bar).
Go to the menu Appearance > Themes .
Under the Available Themes section find theme-name and activate it by clicking the Activate button.

Manual sample data installation

For installing the sample data manualy please follow the instructions listed below.

Open the theme/manual_install folder of your downloaded template package.
Upload the uploads folder to the wp-content directory of your WordPress installation, accept folder(s) replacement. Please note that your images may be replaced with sample images.
Open the theme-name.sql file that is located in the theme/manual_install folder in any text editor (preferably Sublime Text or Notepad) and replace all instances of your_website_url_here with your website URL in the entire document using the Find and Replace tool (hit Ctrl+H hot keys to open this window). E.g.: http://www.mywebsite.com. Please, make sure that you do not have the forward slash / sign at the end of the address and the url starts with http://www. Save your changes and close the file.
Open the theme-name.sql file that is located in the theme/manual_install folder in any text editor (preferably Sublime Text or Notepad) and replace all instances of your_website_url_here with your website URL in the entire document using the Find and Replace tool (hit Ctrl+H hot keys to open this window). E.g.: http://www.mywebsite.com. Please, make sure that you do not have the forward slash / sign at the end of the address and the url starts with http://www. Save your changes and close the file.

Now you can import the dump file with the phpMyAdmin tool or some other database management tool.

ATTENTION: Importing the SQL file to your database will overwrite your existing content and website settings. DO NOT import the SQL file if you want to keep the existing content.

NOTE: Always back up your database before performing any modifications.

Open your WordPress database using a database management tool. Usually, the database tool is called PhpMyadmin.
Go to the Import tab and import the .sql file.

Go to Settings > Permalinks .
Click the Save Changes button.
Refresh your home page. That’s it, the template has been installed with demo sample content.

Manual Update

Manually replacing your current version of Magic with an updated version is as easy as 1-2-6! First off, you’ll need to download the updated version of the theme, which includes both the main theme and the child theme (which serves as a backup for all the custom changes you make to your styles etc).

Afterwards you’ll need to backup some of the settings, just in case:
Afterwards proceed to the Appearance > Themes, switch to any other default Wordpress theme as your current one, and be sure to delete the Magic theme from that list.
Returning now to the ZIP file of the updated version of the theme that you’ve downloaded previously, be sure to follow the following steps:
After installing this updated Magic theme anew, proceed to update the Plugins, by going to the sidebar on your left > Updates.
Then tick all the checkboxes for the listed plugins and click the Update All button at the top.

Now you’ll need to import back those settings which you’ve exported in a previous step.
Following that, to save your custom styles, locate the main Magic backup folder on your web server (1.2 in the list of steps) > Styles.CSS file > and copy those parts of the code that you’ve changed there into the Styles.CSS file that’s located in the new folder of an updated Magic version.