Welcome to our documentation on Customizing Academy Starter templates for your WordPress LMS website! Academy Starter is a popular LMS website template that provides a solid foundation for building your eLearning site. With this template, you can easily create a functional and visually appealing website.

Customize Academy Starter templates allow you to personalize your eLearning site and make it unique to your brand. You have the flexibility to modify various elements, such as the site logo, header, footer, and more. By customizing these components, you can create a website that aligns with your specific requirements and reflects your branding.

In this documentation, we will guide you through the process of customize the Academy Starter templates. You’ll learn how to make changes to the site logo, header, footer, and other aspects, ensuring that your eLearning website stands out and effectively represents your brand.

Let’s dive into the step-by-step instructions and unleash the full potential of how to customize Academy Starter templates for your eLearning site customization!

Some Benefits of Using Academy Starter Templates #

• Time-saving: Using Academy Starter Templates allows you to create an entire eLearning site within minutes. You don’t have to build everything from scratch, as the templates come with pre-built sections such as headers, banners, categories, featured courses, and more.

• Easy installation: The plugin can be easily installed in your WordPress site. Just go to Plugins > Add New, search for “Academy Starter Templates,” and click the install button. Once installed, activate the plugin and start exploring the available templates.

• Variety of templates: Academy Starter Templates offers a library of unique templates for different purposes, including LMS, Marketplace, and Instructor templates. You can select the template that suits your needs and launch your eLearning site with just a few clicks.

• Integration with Academy LMS: Academy Starter Templates is designed to work seamlessly with the Academy LMS plugin, which is a next-generation LMS plugin for WordPress. By adding the addon on top of Academy LMS, you can efficiently operate a perfectly functioning eLearning site.

• Customization options: The templates are compatible with Elementor Page Builder, allowing you to further customize and personalize your eLearning site. You can easily modify the templates to match your branding and design preferences.

• SEO optimization: The Academy Starter Templates are optimized for search engines, helping your eLearning site to rank higher in search results and attract more organic traffic.

• Expandability: While initially providing three templates, the developers are continuously working on updates and adding more templates to the library. This ensures that you have access to a growing collection of options for your eLearning site.

By using Academy Starter Templates, you can benefit from a quick and convenient way to create a professional-looking eLearning site without the need for extensive design and development work.

Manually Import Demo Content #

Demo content is always imported automatically, sometimes it didn’t work for server timeout issues. But, you can easily fix it manually. To manually import demo content into your Academy Starter Template, follow these refined steps for a smoother process:

1. Download the Academy Starter Templates Plugin: Begin by visiting WordPress.org and downloading the Academy Starter Templates Plugin file.

2. Unzip the Downloaded File: After downloading, unzip the file. Navigate to the academy-starter-templates > demo-data directory. Within this folder, locate the XML file intended for demo content importation. It’s advisable to attach this demo XML file in the documentation for user convenience.

3. Accessing the WordPress Dashboard: Log into your WordPress dashboard and select the Tools > Import option from the menu to proceed.

4. Run the WordPress Importer: Scroll down to find the WordPress importer option. If it’s not visible, you may need to install the WordPress Importer first by clicking Run Importer. Once installed, the option will become visible.

5. Import the Demo Content: At this stage, upload the previously located XML file from the demo-data folder. After uploading, refresh your website to see the changes.

By following these steps, you can efficiently import demo content into your Academy Starter Template, enhancing the setup process for your educational platform.

Let’s Start Customize Academy Starter Templates #

Prerequisites #

Before we begin, make sure you have the Academy LMS and Academy Starter Templates plugins installed and activated. We are referring you to this documentation to learn how to import templates from Academy Starter templates.

Customizing the Header Section: Logo #

To customize the header sections Logo, click on “Appearance“, then “Header and Footer Builder” in your WordPress dashboard. 

From here, to change your logo, click Edit with Elementor from beside Header.

Now, by clicking on the Academy LMS logo option, you will find an option where you can choose your logo to upload.

After uploading your logo, you can customize it as per your need from style and Advanced section.

Customizing the Homepage And Other Pages #

To customize the Hhomepage, find the MarketPlace page in the Pages section and then click on “Edit with Elementor.“

This will open up Elementor, a popular page builder plugin, where you can make changes to the homepage.

Customize the sections, add or remove content, and style them according to your preferences.

In the same way, with Edit with Elementor, you can add or remove any content you want from any page that you have and has been created with Academy Starter Templates.

Customizing The Footer #

To customize the Footer sections, click on “Appearance,” then “Header and Footer Builder,” then click on Edit with Elementor beside the Footer option.

Now the footer that was created with the Academy Starter template is what you will find. From here, you can edit, remove, or replace anything regarding your preference.

Add Or Remove Menus #

In WordPress, you can add or remove menus from the dashboard using the following steps:

From the left sidebar, find and click on “Appearance.” This will expand the menu. From there, click on “Menus“.

Add Menus #

On the left side of the menu screen, you’ll see a list of menu items (pages, posts, custom links, etc.). Check the items you want to add to your menu and click the “Add to Menu” button.

Drag and drop the menu items to arrange them in the desired order.

Remove Menus #

If you have multiple menus, choose the one you want to remove. Expand the menu item, and you’ll see a “Remove” link. Click this link to remove the item from the menu.

Click Save Menu at the end after adding, removing, or replacing any menu.

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