Frequently Asked Question

1. How could we upgrade to Pro Theme?

1. Download  Pro Theme via, https://afthemes.com/products/category/pro/
2. Go to your WordPress website dashboard
3. Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload and select the Zip file you recently downloaded.
4. Click on Install and Activate it.
5. Go to Appearance -> Theme License
6. Paste your theme license key into the License Key field, which you get in your mail after purchasing the Theme
7. Click on Save Changes

You can always use the support forum in case you faced any problems while installing the theme.

2. How could we add widgets on the Frontpage? / I can’t add widgets on the front page as in the demo?

To add widgets on the Frontpage you must set your Homepage to A Static Page. You could select the page in 2 different ways:

• Go to your Setting option of the Dashboard
• Click on the Reading Option
• You can find Your Homepage Display please set it to A Static Page and Create a Home and Blog Page
• Go back to the Dashboard and Click on the Widgets present in Appearance
• Now add Widgets to the Frontpage Content

OR

• Go to the Appearance Option of the Dashboard
• Click on the Customizer
• You could find the Homepage Option there
• Please set Homepage Display to A Static Page and Create a Home and Blog Page
• Go back to the Customizer and click on the Widgets
• Now add Widgets to the Frontpage Content

3. How could we import the demo for the Theme?

Importing a demo for our Theme is simple, you could import the demo just with a click from AF Companion.

4. How could we change the Date format?

You could change the Date Format in Darknews, Enternews, Newsever, Newsium, and Newsphere Theme by following the process below:

• Go to the Appearance Option of the Dashboard
• Click on the Customizer
• Click on the Theme Options
• You could find the Date option there from where you could change the Date Format

You could change the Date Format in Covernews and Magnitude Theme by following the process below:

• Go to the Appearance Option of the Dashboard
• Click on the Customizer
• Click on the Theme Options
• You could find Global Setting Option where you could change the Date Format

5. How to create Social Menu?

You could follow the below steps to add a social menu:

• Go to the Customizer Option of the Appearance
• Click on the menu and create a Social Menu 
• Then click on Add item and add a custom link with the social link you want
• Enable the Social Menu Option of Menu Location  

6. Why Feature Image is not loading in Frontpage of the site?

This version has an optimized way of fetching your posts’ featured images using WP lazy loading. The default feature has been implemented from WordPress 5.5+ versions for a fast browsing experience for your website users/visitors.
Would you please check and confirm the following things and test if they will work for you?

• Clear server cache if any
• Clear/Purge plugin cache if any
• Clear/Purge browser cache or check that on private mode

7. Why my category can’t be selected in the widgets?

Please check once if the categories content any post or not by following the process below:

Dashboard > Post > Categories and please check all the category content posts.

8. How could we renew and upgrade the license key?

You could follow the steps below 

1. Loggin to the link https://afthemes.com/account/
2. click on the license of the user dashboard
3. Select the relevant license to open its detail panel 
4. Then click on the renew option of opened licensed details panel 

You can always use the support forum in case you faced any problem