Installation

Follow the steps below to get started with your Site Template:

  1. Unzip the downloaded zip file themeforest-xxxxx.zip folder
  2. Open folder named main-file
  3. Here you will find assets folders of all files
  4. You will need to Upload these files to your Web Server using FTP in order to use it on your Website.
  5. Make sure you upload the required files/folders listed below:
      - Followings are files and sub-folders saved in this folder
    • css - Extra Stylesheets Folder plus Main Stylesheet File
    • images - Images Folder
    • js - Javacripts Folder
    • .html extension files - main page template File
  6. You will need to Upload these files to your Web Server using FTP in order to use it on your Website and give the paths of files in .html extension files.
  7. You're now good to go..! Start adding your Content and show off your Brand New Beautiful Website in style.

HTML Structure

Foholic follows a simple coding structure. here is the sample:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

  <!-- All your metas will be here -->

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">

  <head>

  <!-- Your Stylesheets, Title -->
  ...

  </head>

  <body>

  <!-- The Preloader Before Site Load -->
  <div class="preloader">
    ....
  </div>

  <!-- Page Wrapper -->
  <div id="main-wrap">  

  <!-- start sidebar header -->
  <header>
    ...
  </header>

  <!-- start contents -->
  <section>
    <div class="container">
    ...
    </div>
  </section>

  <!-- Footer -->
  <footer>
    <div class="container">
    ...
  <!-- Copyrights -->
    </div>
  </footer>

  </div>

  <!-- Your All Scripts will be here ->
  ...

  </body>
</html>

Favicons

You can add a Favicon to your Website using the following code just bottom to the Stylesheet files links:

<link href="assets/images/logo/fav-icon.png" rel="icon">

Page Loading Transitions

You can show Interactive loaders to your Visitors while the Pages of your Website loads in the background & then Reveal show Interactive loaders to your Visitors while your Pages with CSS3 Transitions. Page Loading Transitions are enabled by default. To disable the Transition, you can simply remove .preloader Class just after the <body> Tag.

<div class="preloader">
  <div class="loader">
  ...
  </div>
</div>

Changing Fonts

Change your Fonts from Google Fonts Library directly if you plan to use a Google Font. You can find the Linking to the Font Files in the head tag

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jost:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&family=Montserrat:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

In order to change the Fonts, you will need to Edit the Above Links with your Custom Font, if you plan to use a Google Font or Remove it completely if you plan to use a Self Hosted font. Here is an Example for using Self Hosted Fonts.

By default, Foholic uses one Font namely: Jost and Montserrat from the Google Fonts Library

Website Optimization Tips

A Fast & Optimized Website has several factors which needs to be implemented in order to achieve the desired results. There are several Optimization Techniques available which will definitely affect your Website's Performance in a Positive Way & we want to share a few of them with you:

  • Image Compression & Optimization

    We tend to use Lots of Images on our Websites but we often do not make efforts to Compress & Optimize them. Remember, the Larger the Image, the more time it takes to download and therefore this slows your website loading times affecting User Experience. Your customer will leave your website if it does not load within 3-5 Seconds which adversely affects your Sales. Therefore, it is important to Resize, Optimize & Compress your Images before using it on your Website. Here are some Tips which might come handy in optimizing images:

    • Resize your Images: Resize your Images before using it on your Website. Do not just Download an Image & place it as it is in your Website's <img> Tag without resizing it. The size/resolution of the Image matters since it is not recommended to use an Image size of 1200px x 800px in a Content Size of 300px x 200px as this is unnecessary. Resize it to 300px x 200px
    • Image Formats: There are three common file types that are used for web images which are JPEG, GIF, & PNG. For images with a Flat Background use JPEG images, for images with a Transparent background use PNG images and for images with Animations use GIF images.
    • Compressing Images: Images Compression is important as it considerably reduces the size without losing the quality. There are several FREE Image Optimization Tools available to Download.
      For MAC use ImageOptim
      For Windows use Riot for compressing JPEG Images & PNG Gauntlet for PNG Images.
  • CSS & jQuery Minifications

    It is also recommended that you Combine & Minify all your CSS Files to a single CSS File & all Javascript Files to a single JS File since Minification reduces the size of the File and Combining the files helps in reducing the number of HTTP requests made to the server. This is also an Important Factor in increasing the speed of your website. There are several tools available online to Minify your CSS & JS Files. Our recommendations are:
    For CSS use CSS Minifier and For Javascript use Javascript Minifier.

  • Fast Web Hosting Servers

    A lot depends on your Web Hosting Servers, so it is recommended that you choose a Hosting Company/Server that provides a Reliable & a Fast Hosting Service. You can check out some recommended Hosting Services here: http://themeforest.net/get_hosting.

Header

You can choose the headers while creating your Pages. Default Header with a Transparent Background while turns Stickey after a little scrolling &,you can make header without stickey effect for this just remove the #header from the header tag. Simply follow the structure below to create the header:


  <!-- Start sidebar header -->
  <header class="foholic-fixed-sidebar sidebar-right" id="header">
    <div class="header-container">
      <div class="menu-wrap">
      ...
      </div>
    </div>
  </header>

Menu Styles

Default Menu Style which aligns to the right, You can use the Menu just as

  <-- for Mobile toggle menu use code below -->
  <div class="mobile_header">
    <div class="inn-sub-header">
    ...
    </div>
  </div>

Components

Slider Structure

Foholic refer a simple slider structure.

<!-- Slider Structure -->
  <section class="foholic_slider slider-style" id="home">
    <div class="swiper-container">
      <div class="swiper-wrapper">
        <div class="swiper-slide">
          ...
        </div>

        <div class="swiper-slide">
          ...
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

Tabs Structure

Foholic use bootstrap tabs but when you use a slider in tabs, you should add menu_nav to the tab's wrapper.

 
<!-- Tabs navs -->
<div class="col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6">
  <nav class="menu_nav">
    <div class="food_menu_item nav nav-tabs" id="nav-tab" role="tablist">
      <button class="navs-tabs active" id="nav-starter-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#nav-starters" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="nav-starters" aria-selected="true">
      starters
      </button>
      ...
    </div>  
  </nav>

  <!-- Tabs content -->
  <div class="menu_content tab-content" id="nav-tabContent">
    <div class="menu-visible tab-pane fade show active" id="nav-starters" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-starter-tab">
      <div class="menu_wrappe">
        ...
      </div>
      ...
    </div>  
  </div>
</div>

Location Structure

Foholic refer a simple Location structure.

 
<section class="foholic-location text-center" id="contact">
  <div class="container">
  ...
    <iframe>
    ...
    </iframe>
  </div>
</section>

Use Blog Modal

 
<!-- modal button -->
<div class="col-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4">
  <div class="blog-item">
  ...
    <div class="blog-wrapper">
      ...
      <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="reade_more_btn" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#staticBackdrop">
        Read More
      </a>
    </div>
    ...
  </div>  
</div>

<!-- Blog modal structure -->
<div class="modal fade blog-modal" id="staticBackdrop" tabindex="-2" aria-hidden="true">
  <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered">
  ...
    <div class="modal-body">
      <div class="modal_blog_popup">
      ...
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Background Shape Structure

Foholic follows a simple coding structure for set the Background Image.For set the background shape you need to check the custom.css file where you find background-shape source code.Simply change the path of your shape and you get the shape in your background section.

 
<!-- Background Shape -->
<div class="slider_shape_img1">
  <img src="assets/images/svg/shape-img1.svg" alt="shape-img1 img">
</div>

Use Video Modal

use your own videos into the video-section video tag

 
<div class="modal fade video_modal" id="exampleModal" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
...
  <div class="modal-content">
    <div class="modal-header">
    ...
    </div>
    <div class="modal-body">
      <video>
      ..
      </video>
    </div>  
  </div>
</div>

Columns & Grid

Bootstrap Grid

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Helper Classes

We have created some really useful helper classes for you. Here are a few of them:

  • position-relative & h-100 & w-100 - Width, height, position helper
  • d-none & d-block & d-flex - Display helper
  • text-left & text-center & text-right - Text align helper
  • .foholic_button - make the buttons designs.
  • .food_video & .foholic_reservation & .footer-area - set the background image.
  • .dark_head - set the title design use of .dark_head class
  • .slider_shape_img1 & .slider_shape_img2 & .footer-area .background-shape1 img & .footer-area .background-shape2 img - set the background shapes.
  • justify-content-center & justify-content-start & justify-content-end & justify-content-between & align-items-start & align-items-center & align-items-end & flex-column & flex-wrap & flex-1 - Flex helper
  • overflow-hidden - Overflow helper
  • text-uppercase & text-capitalize & text-normal - Text transform helper

Slider Types & their Options

Foholic includes Sliders are mentioned as follows:

Introduction

Foholic boasts of a many handy features which are quite powerful, flexible, functional & easy to use. Setting up features is very easy & Self Explanatory. Here is the List of features included :

  • Sections
  • Container
  • Columns
  • Animations
  • Buttons
  • Scrolling
  • Header
  • background Shapes
  • Swiper Carousels
  • Counter
  • Slider-Content
  • Heading Style
  • Hover Effects
  • Media Embeds
  • Responsive
  • form-control
  • Reservation-form
  • Font Awesome Icon
  • Tabs
  • Toggle
  • Blog
  • Location

Each of the above mentioned features are easily extendable, flexible & easy to use. You can find the sample codes in their respective files. We are explaining a few of them for your Reference.

Animations

Scroll to reveal Animations are latest in the Trends. You can do them too with Bistro. You can use animations on any element you want. Here is the Sample Code:

  .mobile_header.sticky {
    animation: smoothScroll 1s forwards;
  }

  @keyframes smoothScroll {
      0% {
          transform: translateY(-40px);
      }
      100% {
          transform: translateY(0px);
      }
  }

Slider Animation

  .home-slider .slideshow.slick-active .slide-img{
    animation: cssAnimation 8s 1 ease-in-out forwards;
  }

  @keyframes cssAnimation {
    from {
      -webkit-transform: scale(1) translate(0px);
    }
    to {
      -webkit-transform: scale(1.1) translate(0px);
    }
  }

Rotate text Animation

  .round-text > img {
    animation-name: spin;
  }

  @keyframes spin {
    from {
        transform:rotate(360deg);
    }
    to {
        transform:rotate(0deg);
    }
  }
<div class="wow fadeInDown" ></div>

You can also use delays for your Animations:

<div data-wow-duration="500ms" data-wow-delay="300ms"></div>

Note: Delay Duration is in milliseconds.

Here is the list of the Animation Types you can use:

  • bounce
  • flash
  • pulse
  • rubberBand
  • shake
  • swing
  • tada
  • wobble
  • bounceIn
  • bounceInDown
  • bounceInLeft
  • bounceInRight
  • bounceInUp
  • bounceOut
  • bounceOutDown
  • bounceOutLeft
  • bounceOutRight
  • bounceOutUp
  • fadeIn
  • fadeInDown
  • fadeInDownBig
  • fadeInLeft
  • fadeInLeftBig
  • fadeInRight
  • fadeInRightBig
  • fadeInUp
  • fadeInUpBig
  • fadeOut
  • fadeOutDown
  • fadeOutDownBig
  • fadeOutLeft
  • fadeOutLeftBig
  • fadeOutRight
  • fadeOutRightBig
  • fadeOutUp
  • fadeOutUpBig
  • flip
  • flipInX
  • flipInY
  • flipOutX
  • flipOutY
  • lightSpeedIn
  • lightSpeedOut
  • rotateIn
  • rotateInDownLeft
  • rotateInDownRight
  • rotateInUpLeft
  • rotateInUpRight
  • rotateOut
  • rotateOutDownLeft
  • rotateOutDownRight
  • rotateOutUpLeft
  • rotateOutUpRight
  • hinge
  • rollIn
  • rollOut
  • zoomIn
  • zoomInDown
  • zoomInLeft
  • zoomInRight
  • zoomInUp
  • zoomOut
  • zoomOutDown
  • zoomOutLeft
  • zoomOutRight
  • zoomOutUp

CSS & Fonts