How to download avada theme from themeforest and deploy it to server and virtual host

How to get from Themeforest downloads the avada theme and deploys it to the server virtual host Up? This is the question Lao Wei received from several classmates. Avada theme is the theme with the largest sales volume in the themeforest market at present. Many novices/Xiaobai don't know how to download and install it, so Lao Wei shares this tutorial to help friends who buy the avada theme download the avada theme from themeforest as soon as possible and deploy it to the server virtual host to start the journey of building a website.

Buy avada theme from themeforest

Click me directly The official website of themeforest, if you don't buy avada theme, you should buy one from this website. In terms of price, it is much more expensive to buy a theme at home than it is to buy a theme abroad according to the exchange rate. This theme is a one-time payment for lifetime use. Compared with other themes, it is quite cost-effective. Get the registration key after paying.

Please refer to How to purchase wordpress theme in themeforest 。

Download avada theme from themeforest

Log in to the backstage of themeforest website, as shown in the figure below. Find the theme you bought and click Download. There are two options

• All files&documentation: all avada topics and documents, 267M;
• Instable wordpress file only: only avada theme file 8M;

Old Wei suggested downloading the 267M compressed package, because there are avada theme and Avada Child theme (also called sub theme) in the compressed package. Later, we need to use the Avada Child theme when building a website. In that small package, there is only avada theme, which can be used for testing. It is not recommended for official website establishment.

This download process is also applicable to other purchased wordpress themes.

Extract to obtain avada theme and Avada Child theme

There are many files in the 267M compressed package. We just need the avada theme directory in the figure below, which contains the avada theme compressed package and the Avada Child compressed package.

Upload avada theme to server/virtual host

The prerequisite is that you have installed the wordpress program on the server and virtual host.

Next, upload the compressed packages of these two themes to the/wp content/themes/directory of the server for decompression. Go to the background of wordpress to see these two themes. We just need to enable the avada child theme. In the future, any changes we make to the avada theme will be saved to the subtheme. Even if the avada theme is upgraded, the previous changes will not be affected.

There are many ways to upload topics:

• WordPress background>Theme>Upload theme. This method is not recommended if the theme is large or the server network is blocked;
• Ftp software upload is convenient and fast, and offline will continue to upload from the breakpoint. Both the virtual host and server can be used;

Extended reading: Baota SSH terminal integrates SSH connection and SFTP upload and download

The pagoda panel has its own SSH terminal and the function of uploading and decompressing files, which can be used instead of SSH client and SFTP software

Installation and Use Tutorial of WinSCP-SFTP Management Transport Software

• If you use the server+pagoda panel, upload files directly. This is the most convenient.

As shown in the following figure, enable the avada child theme.

This part and Avada Theme Installation Tutorial _ How to Deploy Avada Theme to Wordpress Program There are some repetitions. If you don't understand it, you can go to that article and read it.

Lao Wei's summary

Download avada theme from themeforest and deploy it to the server host The process of uploading is not complicated. The error prone step is that if the theme is uploaded in the background of WordPress, it is easy to be disconnected for network reasons. Therefore, it is better to choose ftp software or pagoda panel for uploading, which is applicable to virtual hosts and servers.