You can find Post Type Builder tool under The7 Dashboard (fig. 1.1). It allows to create custom post types, as well as taxonomies for these post types (categories, tags, etc.). If you don’t see this section, please make sure The7 Elements plugin is active.

You can also find the built-in The7 post types (Portfolio, Team, etc.) here.

Click “Add New” in order to register a new post type (fig. 2):

Fill-in post type slug (link): the slugs should only contain alphanumeric, Latin characters. Then, you can enter singular and plural labels for the post type. Control position of the post type in the left side admin panel. Add an icon for this panel (fig. 3):

You can choose which standard boxes (Title, Featured Image, Excerpt, ) should be available for this post type under the “Supports” section.

Under the “Taxonomies” you can enable categories, tags, etc. for the post type. You may want to create a new unique taxonomy first. That’s why, please follow the “new one” link (fig. 4):

The new tab will allow you to register the taxonomy and assign it to the new post type (fig. 5):

If there is WPML plugin active at your website, and you added the WPML microwidget in your header in Theme Options -> Top Bar & Header -> Microwidgets, it’s time to configure its appearance.
To do so, please go to Theme Options -> WPML Flags (fig. 1.1):

Apply The7’s skin and click the link to go further (fig. 1.2):

You will be taken to the WPML’s settings – please enable this option (fig. 1.3):

Then click the Customize button that will appear. After that, you will see options of the switcher (fig. 1.4), and will be able to set it as you desire:

When editing some The7 demos, you may also notice that footer and header areas are managed as a separate Elementor section marked with yellow (fig. 1):

This is a footer/header template, it allows to create custom layout (which might be not available with theme tools) and edit it from one place: Dashboard -> Templates -> Theme Builder (fig. 2)

You can edit existing templates here and create new ones in accordance with Elementor documentation. Templates are available for header, footer, content area and archives.

You can adjust page settings by referring to the “gear” icon in the left bottom corner (fig. 1).

• General settings allow to change page name and status (public/private/draft), select featured image, hide page title and select page layout. Talking about the last one, you may find it helpful to use “Elementor Fullwidth” template in order to remove page sidebar and paddings.
• Page Header tab allows to decide whether to display page title and select Normal or Transparent header layout.
• Using the Sidebar settings, you can display the sidebar widget area on the right, left or hide it at all. If the sidebar is displayed, you can also select which widget area to show.
• Footer tab allows to hide or show the footer area and select a specific widget area.
• Finally, you can configure page top/bottom/right/left paddings in  Page Paddings tab. These values can be specified separately for desktops and mobiles.

Icon font manager allows you to upload custom icon from Icomoon. ie select required icons from icomoon.io and download the package. Then upload that zip file in The7 > Icon Manager (fig. 1):

Uploaded custom icons will be available in WP Bakery page builder icon selection field.

Also, if you don’t have Font Awesome imported yet, the theme will offer you to install one (fig. 2):

In case something going wrong with the theme, you can check The7 > Service Information screen (fig.1).

Don’t worry if you understand nothing 🙂 This information will be useful for our support engineers when they login. You can also copy this info into your support ticket with help of the appropriate button (fig. 2):

The7 allows to configure default post and page options (fig.1) for:

• header;
• sidebar;
• footer;
• page margins;
• post options (hide featured image, etc).

It can be done for both newly created posts and already existing ones.

Newly created posts

Firstly, you need to configure any post the way you want (for example, apply fancy title, set sidebar to the left). When it’s done, refer to “Settings Presets” tab and click “Save as default” (fig.2.1)

When it is saved, you will see appropriate pop-up message (fig. 2.2):

Starting from now, all newly created posts will have these settings you just have saved. Please consider that Default settings do not affect already existing posts.

Already existing posts

This tool also allows to create presets with specific options and apply these presets to any existing posts. Configure a post the way you want (for example, apply fancy title, set sidebar to the left). When it’s done, refer to “Settings Presets” tab and click “Create new” (fig.3.1):

Type-in title of the preset and click “OK” (fig. 3.2):

Save the preset (fig. 3.3) and wait for the confirmation pop-up:

Now, you can go to any other post, select this preset (fig. 3.4):

and click “Apply to this page” (fig. 3.5). That’s all!

You can also remove a certain template by clicking “Delete” button.

How to edit multiple posts in a single click?

If you need to apply settings preset to numerous posts, try using “Bulk Action”. Go to posts list and select “Edit” (fig. 4.1):

Bulk options screen will appear. Select required preset (fig. 4.2) and click “Update”.

You can import pre-made websites via The7 > Pre-made Websites interface. It allows to import an entire demo website or a certain page from this demo (fig. 1):

Full Site Import

You can find all our demo websites here and import one of them using the “Full Site” tab interface (fig. 2):

In case you are missing some plugin, which is required for this website functioning, the interface will offer you to install these plugins. It will also allow you to decide whether you want to import:

• entire content (meaning menus, front page settings, etc.);
• theme settings;
• download images and other attachments;
• import Revolution slider.

Useful tips: 
If you are testing different demos and going to remove demo content later, it would be wise to create a new user and assign demo content to it (fig. 3). Later, you can filter demo content by author and remove it or delete the user along with demo content.

To avoid timeout issue while importing demo, import one at a time, i.e. first import the contents, then the attachments, sliders etc.

If you faced problems importing demo content, make sure that your php.ini settings are not less than:
max_execution_time = 240
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 64M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
You can contact your hosting company for more details and assistance on it.

When the import has been completed, “Remove content” button shows up (fig. 4). It allows to remove the demo content, including Theme Options. In case you have imported multiple demos (Demo 1, Demo 2, Demo 3), you’ll need to remove them in the opposite order (Demo 3, Demo 2, Demo1).

You can also use “Keep content” button in order to make the imported content permanent.

Single Page Import

If you want to import some specific single page from a pre-made website, simply copy-paste its URL into the appropriate field of the Single Page interface (fig. 5) and click “Import”. Please consider, this interface is meant to be used for importing pages only.

If you want to import specific post from The7 custom post types (portfolio, album, etc.), please refer to “Full Site” tab, “Want to import a particular page(s)?” select whether you want to import portfolio, album or something else (fig. 6) and select the specific post by its title. Finally, click “Import post”.

WPBakery Page Builder

Please refer to WPBakery Page Builder > Design Settings and click “Save”.

 

GO Pricing Tables demo content

Find GO Pricing Tables demo inside theme ZIP pack, /Pre-made Websites Resources/ folder and select demo content you need. For example, Go_pricing_tables-main.txt for the Main demo.

Follow Dashboard > GO Pricing > Import & Export, select action: Import, select demo file and import.

You can find all available PSD and other graphical resources from our demos here.

Registration

First section of The7 Dashboard represents registration tab (fig.1), which also includes links to bundled plugins installation, demo content import, etc.

System Status

The next section is System Status (fig. 2). In case of any problems with the web-site, it may point out the most widespread issues like wrong install location (the theme is stored in a folder different from /dt-the7/), lack of server memory, unavailable ZIP module (when server is not able to unpack ZIP archives), etc.

Settings

The biggest section is “Settings” tab, which is divided into three subsections. It starts with general settings (fig. 3), which allow to:

• run database automatically after theme update;
• enable Mega Menu features;
• send critical alerts to admin’s email.

Legacy Features

It contains check-boxes (fig. 4) for such old The7 features as:

• displaying Theme Options in Dashboard side menu;
• “The7 row” – enable a bunch of old settings for a row in WPBakery Page Builder;
• displaying an icon picker in Dashboard topbar menu;
• enabling “Overlapping Headers” layout in Page Header settings;
• support of old version of FontAwesome icon font in case you use icons from FontAwesome ver.4 across the website.

So, if you are new to The7 theme, just disregard this section. If you are old The7 fan and wonder where Overlapping header is gone, these check-boxes are made for you.

The7 Post Types and Elements

This section is available only if you are using The7 custom post types (fig. 5) from The7 Elements plugin. It allows to disable post types you don’t need and, in result, make WP Dashboard work a little bit faster.

Bonus

If there is something wrong with your copy of the theme, you may want to re-install it. The simplest way is to use The7 Re-installer plugin. When this plugin is active, you can find appropriate button (fig. 6) in the bottom of the screen. Just make a click!