{"id":8318,"date":"2016-10-02T23:59:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T23:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/doc\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2020-04-28T18:27:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:27:41","slug":"installation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Salient"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; top_margin=&#8221;40&#8243; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]After you&#8217;ve downloaded the main theme archive from ThemeForest you&#8217;ll see the following items inside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>salient.zip <\/strong>The actual files that you will need to upload into your WordPress setup<\/li>\n<li><strong>salient-user-guide.pdf <\/strong>Documentation files<\/li>\n<li><strong>salient-child-theme.zip <\/strong>An installable child theme. <a href=\"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/index.php\/child-theme\/\">Learn more about this here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Licensing (folder)<\/strong> Contains the general item license.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are two main ways in which you can install Salient into your WordPress setup.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. Through the WordPress admin dashboard<\/li>\n<li>2. Uploading through FTP (file transfer protocol)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Using The WordPress Admin Dashboard<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Head over to <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2. <\/strong>Click<strong> Install Themes\u00a0<\/strong>followed by the\u00a0<strong>Upload<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Locate\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>salient.zip file<\/strong> you extracted from the ThemeForest download archive and click the<strong> Install Now<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 4.<\/strong> Once you&#8217;ve installed the theme you must install the Salient WPBakery page builder plugin from the <strong>Appearance &gt; install plugins<\/strong> section in your admin panel. If you already have another version of WPBakery page builder active, deactivate it first. The other plugins Salient recommends in the install plugins section are optional. You read more about them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/index.php\/installing-plugins\/\">plugin installation\u00a0<\/a>section of the documentation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 5.<\/strong> You&#8217;re now ready to use Salient, begin <a href=\"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/index.php\/importing-demo-content\/\">importing demos<\/a> if you wish or you start configuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/index.php\/theme-options\/introduction\/\">theme options<\/a> and creating content!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h4>Troubleshooting Possible Errors<\/h4>\n<p>If you encounter the message <strong>&#8220;Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again.&#8221; <\/strong>or<strong> &#8220;The link you followed has expired&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>when attempting to install, this is most likely occurring because your server has a low maximum file size upload\/low maximum execution time set in the PHP settings. You must increase the following PHP settings to be greater than 28M (Any reputable hosting company will assist you with this quickly &amp; hassle free):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>upload_max_filesize &#8211; greater than 28M<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>post_max_size &#8211; greater than 28M<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>max_execution_time &#8211; greater than 100<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or you can upload the theme through FTP instead to bypass this all together.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; top_margin=&#8221;40&#8243; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Uploading through FTP<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Uncompress the salient.zip file from your ThemeForest download onto your computer<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> upload the extracted salient folder to <strong>\/wp-content\/themes\/ <\/strong>on your server<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow<\/strong> <strong>steps<\/strong> <strong>4<\/strong> and <strong>5<\/strong> from the U<strong>sing The WordPress Admin Dashboard<\/strong> from above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; top_margin=&#8221;40&#8243; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenectar.com\/docs\/salient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}