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Starter Templates with Other Themes

Starter Templates are initially designed with the Astra theme. They inherit global properties like typography, color, logo, menu, layout, button from Astra customizer.

While importing a template when you click on the 『Import Template』 button, you will see a popup that gives the option to install and activate the Astra theme. Choosing this option will automatically add the Astra theme.

In case, you skip this option and continue importing template with the current theme (other than Astra) you might notice a few changes in template. In this case template will inherit styling from current theme customizer that might have different colors, typography, and other layouts.

This article lists all the possible changes that you might see if you import a starter template with another theme than Astra.

1. Site logo missing/ Change in Site Tagline – Astra customizer provides an option to add a logo and site tagline. This might be missing when the template imported with another theme. 2. Colors & Typography – You might see colors and typography applied from an existing theme. 3. Few icons in Header – Astra allows adding extra menu item like search icon, button, cart icon, etc. This might be missing with another theme. 4. Page Title – Astra does not display site title unless it』s chosen intentionally. With another theme, you might see them displayed. 5. Button Style – Global button stylings with color and border are set from Astra. You might see different button styles. 6. Spacing – Some of the themes apply static spacing to page builder sections. So padding and the margin between the sections might look different. 7. Background Color – Overall background color for the site can be set from the Astra. This will change according to the different themes. 8. Background Color on Sections – Background color for each section. It will appear above the site background color. 9. Transparent Header will be replaced by Theme header – Astra theme customizer gives option to set transparent header. With other themes, this will be replaced by a normal theme header. 10. Blog page – Astra manages the layout of the blog archive and single blog page. With other themes, content width might look different. 11. Footer widgets – Astra allows inbuild footer widgets with number fo columns. So with other themes, you might see these missing.

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How to Add Download Archive Pages to the Menu When Using Astra with EDD?

Easy Digital Downloads plugin allows adding Download Archive pages like Download Categories and Download Tags to the menu.

Below are the steps that show how to add these archive pages to the menu –

Step 1 – From the WordPress dashboard navigate to Appearance > Menus.

Step 2 – Make sure Download Categories and Download Tags options are enabled form the Screen Options.

Step 3 – Choose and add required archive pages from the list. Save the menu.

Note: Make sure each category and tag is assigned to at least one Download. Then only they will appear on the above list.

Astra Options that won』t work with AMP

As we know AMP does not allow JS to render on mobile devices. It also restricts the CSS size to 50 KB. Some advanced options from Astra theme and Astra Pro needs JS and extra CSS to work. With the restriction of JS and CSS, some Astra options will not work when AMP is enabled.

Though some Astra options will not work on AMP pages, switching to AMP with these options will not break anything on your website. These features will be replaced by alternative options from the Astra itself.

Below is the list for the Astra Pro addons that will not work with AMP –

Above and Below Header – If above/below header is designed with Astra Pro』s Header Sections addon then it will not appear on AMP pages.

Sticky Header – Header designed with Astra Pro』s Sticky Header addon will not work on AMP pages as it needs JS to work.Scroll To Top – If you have enabled Astra Pro』s Scroll To Top addon, it will not display on AMP pages.Mega Menu – The feature offered by Astra Pro』s Nav Menu addon will not work on AMP pages. All menu items will display as a normal drop-down. Template added from the page builder will not display, instead of the template a menu item text will display.Custom Layouts – Layouts designed with page builder in Custom Layouts addon will display without any style. If page builder used is not supported by AMP then only content from the layout will display and AMP will skip the style. So it is recommended to disable custom layout on AMP. You can find a setting on individual Custom Layout (Screenshot).

Apart from the above, some options from other Astra Pro addons will not work. They are as follows –

Search Style – Advanced search styles like Full-screen, Header cover search, the Search box will not work on AMP pages. Only slideMenu Style for Mobile Header – Astra Pro』s Mobile Header addon provide options for Menu Style – Flyout, Full-Screen, No Toggle style. These styles will not work on AMP pages. Instead of these styles, a simple drop-down menu will display.Toggle Button Style and color – For Mobile header, Toggle Button styles like outline, minimal and Toggle Button Color will not work. Instead of this a default Fill style will be applied with theme base color.Infinite Scroll on blog/archive page – Astra Pro』s Blog pro addon offers pagination option. If you select Infinite Scroll for blog/archive page, it will not work on AMP pages as it needs JS. Instead of the infinite scroll, pagination will be replaced with numbers.

EDD – Easy Digital Downloads Module Overview

This is a premium feature available with Astra Pro Addon plugin. To use this Pro feature, you need to have the Astra theme along with the Astra Pro Addon installed on your website. Also, make sure that you have the Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated.

We have seen the EDD integration with Free Astra theme.

Easy Digital Downloads Addon gives powerful and exclusive styling options for your EDD store. You can make your store all the more stylish with minimal efforts and simple customization settings.

Quick Steps on How to Style EDD Store Page Using the EDD ModuleStep 1: Make sure you have the Astra Pro Addon and Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated. How to Install Astra Pro Addon plugin?Step 2: Activate the Easy Digital Downloads module from the Astra Options under the WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Astra OptionsStep 3: Visit customizer [ Appearance > Customize > Easy Digital Downloads ] to edit module settings

Once you activate the Addon, settings will be available in the customizer under Appearance > Customize > Easy Digital Downloads.

Following are available settings –

GeneralProduct ArchiveSingle ProductCheckout Page

More Customization options –

Colors & Background options for EDDTypography options for EDD

Related Articles –1. How to Disable EDD Inbuilt Styling?2. How to Add Download Archive Page to Menu?3. How to Add EDD Cart in Header?4. Easy Digital Downloads Mini Cart Shortcode

How to Update Astra Theme Manually?

You get an update notification in the WordPress backend under the Dashboard > Updates tab. From this page, you can update Astra with one click. WordPress checks for updates every 48 hours. If you have not get the notification to update, here is how you can safely update any theme or plugin.

Step 1: Install the Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades plugin.Step 2: Download the zip file of the Astra theme here.Step 3: Upload the downloaded zip as installing a theme.Step 4: If you are Astra Pro user, download the zip file of the plugin from our store.Step 5: Upload the downloaded zip as installing a plugin.

Note – 『Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades』 is a plugin that is developed to help manually update any plugins or themes easily. Installing theme or plugin with this won』t lose any data on your website.

We always recommend backup. It only takes less than 10 minutes.

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How to Update the Plugin Manually from WordPress Backend?

How to Disable the White Label Settings Permanently?

Astra Pro allows you to white label the theme as well as plugin and show it as your own. You can read our white label settings article to know more.

Normally, the white label settings can be hidden by checking the respective box on the settings page. But, if your customer deactivates & activates the plugin then those settings are visible again.

To avoid this and for adding extra security layer you can hide the White Label settings completely by declaring below constant in the wp-config.php file at the root of your WordPress installation.

define( 'WP_ASTRA_WHITE_LABEL', true );

Once this is done, the White label settings will be hidden forever.

How to Enable Astra Comment Box on Custom Post Types?

Do you notice the default Comment Box and need to change it to Astra』s Comment Box on Custom Post Type?

Astra provides a filter using which you can replace the default Comments Box with the Astra』s Comment Box.

add_filter( 'astra_comment_form_all_post_type_support', '__return_true' );

You will need to add this filter to the Child theme』s functions.php.

Default Comment box –

Updated Comment box using the above-mentioned filter –

Note: If you are unable to find the Comments box on your Custom Post Types, you will need to enable it from the Types if using Custom Post Types plugin. Also here』s an article to help you locate this feature.

How to Disable EDD Inbuilt Styling?

Astra is integrated with the Easy Digital Downloads plugin. That means Astra provides styling for EDD pages to enhance the look. While EDD plugin provides a default styling as well.

You need to turn off these default styling to enable styling from Astra theme. Below are the steps that show how to disable EDD inbuilt styling –

Step 1 – From the WordPress dashboard navigate to Downloads > Settings and open a Style tab.

Step 2 – Tick the checkbox for Disable Styles option. Save the changes.

This will allow Astra to enable styling to EDD pages.

Configure AMP Plugin

AMP plugin needs to be installed in order to enable AMP for your web pages. Read about Astra-AMP Integration. After installing the plugin we recommend you follow the AMP』s Wizard to configure AMP.

Or you can choose from the below settings and that would be all –

From WordPress dashboard navigate to AMP > Settings. Below are the global settings that are recommended with the Astra theme –

Template Mode – Transitional: Enable this option. It will create a non-AMP and AMP versions of your content.Advanced Settings – Supported Templates: Disable the first option ( Serve all templates as AMP ) so it will give you a particular post type choice. Select post types where you wish to have AMP.

Apart from the above global settings, you can enable/disable AMP on particular pages/posts.

Edit the page. In the right sidebar, you can see a toggle button to enable/disable AMP.If page builder is used to designing a page or post, it is recommended to turn off the AMP.

Single Product – EDD Module Options

This is a premium feature available with Astra Pro Addon plugin. To use this Pro feature, you need to have the Astra theme along with the Astra Pro Addon installed on your website.

Also, make sure that you have the Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated.

Read about the module here. And make sure that the Easy Digital Downloads Module is activated from Astra Options under the Appearance.

You can find the settings under Appearance > Customize > Easy Digital Downloads > Single Product.

Below are the options that will work on the single product page – Customize > Easy Digital Downloads > Single Product

Disable Product Navigation: Remove the navigation from the bottom of the single product page.Disable Add To Cart Button: Remove the Add To Cart button from the bottom of the single product page.

Colors

You can set the Colors for the Product Title, Price Color, and Content Color.

Typography

You can set the Typography for the Product Content from here.