IMPORTANT:  Before importing the demo content, please make sure that you have a “Parent”  theme activated, not a child one. Also, you must have the theme and all the required plugins updated.

To import the demo content, please go to Theme Options => Demo Importer. Use the “Import Demo” button to import the theme demo content. We have a progress bar to see the import process.

Updating your WordPress theme to the latest version is highly recommended, not only because it ensures you having all the latest features, but you’ll be up-to-date with any security patches.

Auto-Update:
If you want WordPress to handle theme updates automatically you need enable a special option in the Theme options > Product Activation > Enable Auto-update On/Off.

All the future theme updates will be available through Dashboard > Updates. You will also see a new version of the theme in Appearance > Themes. Click update theme.

Important: If you’ve modified the theme files code, all those changes will be lost because the old theme files will be overwritten with the new ones. That’s why we recommend using a child theme. How to use a child theme? Please read more here https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/

Uploading and Replacing the Existing Theme:
Before getting started you need to back up your database and your current theme. Since we’re replacing and updating theme files, there’s a chance something could go wrong so it’s better to keep it safe and have a backup.

While using this method “uploading and replacing an existing theme”, please don’t go to Appearance > Themes > Add New and try to upload a new version of a theme with the same name, it will fail and you’ll get an error message stating that the destination folder already exists. The reason for this error is due to the fact you can’t have two folders in your themes directory with identical names (obviously!)

Connect to your website via FTP or log into cPanel and delete the old theme (your website data and theme settings won’t be lost, don’t worry) and then upload or add a new version. Make sure that you’ve made a backup of the old version of your theme just in case something goes wrong.

After successful update, please log in to your WordPress dashboard and check if everything is ok. Newer versions of the plugins can be required, please update them either. If you have some questions or concerns, please contact us.

There are several ways to install WordPress theme, we recommend using FTP but you can choose other ways. Please read more about WordPress theme installation on the official website: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes

Upload via FTP:

Step 1 – Please unzip the installable zip file that you’ve downloaded (oswald.zip). In case, if you downloaded the main zip file “Oswald WP.zip”, please unzip it and use the installable one located in the following folder “Theme(v…)” ;
Step 2 – Upload “oswald” theme folder to the theme directory (wp-content/themes/) of your WordPress via FTP;
Step 3 – Log into your WordPress dashboard and activate “oswald” theme in Appearance => Themes section;
Step 4 – After successful theme activation you will be automatically redirected to the Oswald WordPress theme options panel;
Step 5 – At the top of WordPress dashboard, you will see a message ‘This theme requires the following plugins…’,  please install and activate those plugins.