Liberty Documentation

In order to install this child theme, you must first purchase a membership to Elegant Themes and download the Divi theme package.

This version of Liberty has been fully tested with WordPress 5.1.1 and Divi 3.21.2. Some features or elements may not be compatible with previous versions. Please ensure that you’ve downloaded the latest version of Divi.

INSTALLING CHILD THEME

INSTALLING DEMO CONTENT

LIBERTY THEME OPTIONS

THEME CUSTOMIZER OPTIONS

FOOTER INJECTOR

POPUP MAKER

SUPPORT

CHANGELOG

Step 1: Install Divi Theme

Once you’ve downloaded the Divi theme package, login to your WordPress website and go to Appearance > Themes.
Find and upload the Divi parent theme and activate it. Next click on the Add New Theme.

Step 2: Install and activate Liberty

Click on Upload Theme.

Click on Choose file.

In the downloaded package find and select Liberty.zip file, then click on the Install Now button. 

Completing the upload, you will need to activate the theme by clicking on the Activate button.

Step 3: Activate your product

To activate your product and get updates please go to Settings > Liberty Activation and enter your API Key.

To see your API Keys please login to your account.

Step 4: Installing plugins

Liberty theme requires 2 plugins:

On the next screen select all plugins, choose Install from dropdown menu and click Apply.

After plugins are installed successfully you should see this screen.

Step 5: Permalinks setup (optional)

For SEO purposes, it is good practice to change Permalinks Settings to “Post name”.

Go to Settings > Permalinks, select “Post name” and click Save Changes.

Step 1: Now you will need to install the library and all theme settings which allows you to have your site just like the demo version.

Go to Appearance > Import Data Demo, and click on the Import Demo Data button.

Note: This may take even several minutes, depends of internet connection speed. Please be patient.

1 General

Read More Blog Button Text – change default “Read More” button text
Switch to Mobile Menu – set screen size when the website should switch to mobile menu
Fixed Header on Mobiles – enable fixed header on mobiles

Mobile Nav Background Color – select color
Mobile Nav Text Color – select color

Select Footer Layout – select footer layout from the layouts saved in Divi Library
Select Error 404 Page Layout – select 404 page from the layouts saved in the Divi Library

Read More Button Text – specifies text displayed on blog module button.
Show Previous/Next Post Navigation – enable Prev/Next post navigation on single post pages
Show Related Articles on Single Post – enable related articles section on single post page
Related Articles Title – change heading text for related articles section
Show Ghost Header when Divi Builder disabled – enable Ghost Header on archive/category pages

2 Theme Colors

Liberty theme allows you to change color scheme in just a few clicks. You can change main accent color, drak background color and light elements color. 

3 Social

Social tab allows us to add more social networks to our website.

4 Preloader

Set preloader for your website in no time. Liberty theme has 12 ready-to-use preloaders. You can also upload your own preloader, change preloader effect and fadeout speed.

Preloader – Enabled/Disabled
Preloader Size – define preloader size: width and height
Preloader Images – select preloader image
Preloader Image Uploader – you can upload your own preloader/gif image
Preloader background color – define background color for preloader
Preloader Effects – define effect FadeOut/SlideUp
Preloader Fadeout speed – define speed of preloader fadeout effect

1 Liberty Colors

Theme colors can be easily changed in Theme Customizer.

2 Liberty Navigation

Navigation settings allow us to change fixed menu logo, set menu underline width and change menu underline color.

3 Ghost Header

Ghost Header is another custom option. It allows to customize 2nd header and display it on specific pages like category pages, archive pages…

Divi/Theme Customizer/Ghost Header

4 Liberty Fonts

Liberty Fonts tab allows us to change font weight gloablly. Here we can also set secondary font and weight.

4 Liberty Popup

The Popup Maker which is built-in in the Liberty theme is an awesome feature that allows you to create unlimited popup layouts using Divi Builder. In Liberty Customizer we can customize popup background color and close button colors. You can learn more about Popup Maker here.

5 Menu Button

Menu Button is one of the most wanted feature in premium Divi themes. With Liberty we can easily add button to our Divi menu and customize it to fit our needs. We can display button first or last. We can tweak button colors, font, size and add hover effect.