Primary Menu

A menu assigned to the Primary Menu display location will show just below the site title.

Secondary Menu

A menu assigned to the Secondary Menu display location will show to the far right of the site title.

Mobile Menu

A menu assigned to the Mobile Menu display location will show only for mobile devices. Use this menu location to provide a more streamlined experience to mobile users, where screen real estate is scarce. If no menu is assigned to this location, the menu assigned to the Primary Menu location will be shown to mobile device users.

To learn more about menus, including creating them, adding items to a menu, deleting items and more, see the official WordPress Menu User Guide.

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We sure do! To view a demo of Themedd, visit our fictional eBook website, Success Stories.

Could I run a marketplace with Themedd?

Yes, Themedd works perfectly with  Frontend Submissions.

Why do some EDD extensions now look different?

Themes were designed to change how your website looks. In some instances, Themedd provides custom styling for some EDD extensions to provide an enhanced user experience.

Does Themedd support the Digital Marketplace Bundle?

Yes, all extensions in the Digital Marketplace Bundle will look great with Themedd.

Note: the Digital Marketplace Bundle has been discontinued and replaced with Passes. See Pricing for more information.

Can I use a page builder plugin with Themedd?

Yes, there shouldn’t be any issues with using a page builder plugin with Themedd.

Can I make custom changes to Themedd?

Absolutely! The best way to do this is from a child theme.

Can I contribute to Themedd?

Yes you can! Themedd is open source so you can contribute via GitHub.

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We strongly recommend using a child theme with Themedd. Read our
Themedd – Using a child theme article to find out how.

The below will show you how to install Themedd, without using a child theme:

1. Download Themedd to your computer. Click the download link after purchase (it’s free!) from the purchase confirmation page or from your purchase receipt email. You can also download Themedd from your account page after purchase.
2. In your WordPress admin, go to Appearance → Themes and click Add New from the top of the screen.
3. Click Upload Theme from the top of the screen.
4. Click Browse, select the zip file you downloaded in step 1 and click open. Lastly, click Install Now.
5. Click Activate to active Themedd.

Tip: Installing Themedd on a Multisite installation of WordPress? For step 2 above, go to My Sites → Network Admin → Themes.

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Activating your license key 

1. Locate your license key. This can be found from the purchase confirmation page or from your purchase receipt email after purchase. You can also find the license key on your account page.
2. Go to Appearance → Themedd License.
3. In the License Key input field, enter your license key.
4. Click Save License Key Changes.
5. Once the page refreshes, click Activate License.

Note: Please contact 
support if you have issues activating your license key.

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To recreate the price and purchase button provided automatically by Themedd:

1. Drag the Download Details widget provided by Easy Digital Downloads into the Download Sidebar.
2. Remove the Title.
3. Uncheck Show Title, Show Download Categories and Show Download Tags.
4. Click Save.

Themedd provides 2 additional widgets that should only be used in the download sidebar:

1. Themedd: Download Details
2. Themedd: Download Author

Themedd: Download Details

The
Themedd: Download Details widget displays information about the download. The widget’s options include:

Title
This allows you to set a title which will display above the widget

Show date published
This will display the date the download was published.

Show number of sales
This will display the number of sales a download has had.

Show categories
This will display the download’s categories.

Show tags
This will display the download’s tags.

Show version number
If the Software Licensing extension is activated, a Show version number option is added to the widget. This will display the version number of the download, set from the download’s edit screen.

Themedd: Download Author

The
Themedd: Download Author widget displays information about a download’s author. The widget’s options include:

Title
This allows you to set a title which will display above the widget

Show author avatar
This will display the download author’s avatar. This can be set from the user’s profile page in WordPress.

Show author name
This will display the download author’s name.

Show author signup date
This will display the download author’s signup date.

Show website
This will display the download author’s website. The website can be set from the user’s profile page in WordPress.

Show store name
If the Frontend Submissions extension is activated, a Show store name option is added to the widget. This will display the store name of the vendor.

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Tip: Using a child theme can speed up development time. As a bonus, you will learn a lot about WordPress theme development!

Installing the Themedd child theme

1. Download Themedd to your computer. Click the download link after purchase (it’s free!) from the purchase confirmation page or from your purchase receipt email. You can also download Themedd from your account page after purchase.
2. Download the Themedd child theme.
3. In your WordPress admin, go to Appearance → Themes and click Add New from the top of the screen.
4. Click Upload Theme from the top of the screen.
5. Click Browse, select the zip file you downloaded in step 1 and click open. Lastly, click Install Now.
6. Repeat step 5 and install the child theme you downloaded in step 2.
7. Click Activate to active the Themedd child theme.

Making changes to Themedd, from the child theme

PHP
All custom PHP functionality can be added to the functions.php file, inside the child theme.

CSS
All custom CSS styling can be added to the style.css file, inside the child theme.

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Note: If an extension for Easy Digital Downloads isn’t listed below it’s highly likely it works just fine with Themedd. Only extensions with an enhanced integration have been listed in this article. If you feel an extension does not play nicely with Themedd, let us know.

Frontend Submissions

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extensions/frontend-submissions

• 100% custom CSS styling (CSS file only loaded when extension is active)
• A unique single-vendor.php page template that can be overridden from a child theme
• Side by side login and registration forms
• Custom dashboard with vertical tabs
• Vendor contact form on the single vendor page; “Display Vendor Contact Form” option added to Appearance → Customize → Easy Digital Downloads

Software Licensing

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/software-licensing

• Dequeues the extension’s CSS styling for better performance; all styling is already handled by Themedd’s CSS

Cross-sell/Upsell

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/edd-cross-sell-and-upsell

• Dequeues the extension’s CSS styling for better performance; all styling is already handled by Themedd’s CSS
• HTML markup tweaks

Reviews

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/product-reviews

• 100% custom CSS styling; CSS file only loaded when extension is active
• Adds an extra HTML body class to help with Frontend Submissions compatibility

Commissions

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/extensions/commissions

• Custom CSS styling

Points and Rewards

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/points-rewards

• 100% custom CSS styling; CSS file only loaded when extension is active
• HTML markup tweaks

Recommended Products

https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/recommended-products

• Dequeues the extension’s CSS styling for better performance; all styling is already handled by Themedd’s CSS

AffiliateWP

https://affiliatewp.com

Themedd provides an enhanced integration for our sister product, AffiliateWP.

• 100% custom CSS styling; CSS styling only loaded when plugin is active
• Custom dashboard with vertical tabs
• Side by side login and registration forms

Subtitles

https://wordpress.org/plugins/subtitles

• Support for subtitles on downloads
• 100% custom CSS styling
• HTML markup tweaks

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Full Width

When assigned to a page, the main content will span the full width of the page and the sidebar will not be shown.

Note: Themedd’s default page layout also uses the full width of the page, but only when no widgets have been added to the sidebar. This makes the Full Width page template perfect for pages that should always be full width, regardless of any widgets being used.

Slim

When assigned to a page, the main content will appear slimmer and more readable. Like the Full Width page template, no sidebar will be shown.

Assigning a page template

1. In the WordPress admin, go to Pages and click on the page you would like to assign a page template to.
2. On the page’s edit screen, click the Template select menu inside the Page Attributes section. Then, click on the page template you would like to assign to the page.
3. Click Update to update the page. 

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The following sections will be available:

Site Identity

Logo
Use this setting to add a logo to your site. Your logo will appear just above the site title.

Site Title
Use this setting to configure your site’s title. If you do not want to show the site title along with your logo, uncheck the “Display Site Title and Tagline” setting.

Tagline
Use this setting to configure your site’s tagline.

Display Site Title and Tagline
Uncheck this option to hide the site title and tagline. This is useful when you’d like to add a logo which already includes the name of your website.

Site Icon
Use this setting to add a site icon.

Colors

Themedd has a variety of color options to help match your brand. The color options have been split up into the following sections:

• General (6 color options)
• Header (21 color options)
• Footer (6 color options)
• Mobile Devices (8 color options)

Theme Options

Full Width Layout
This will allow you to switch between a typical “boxed” or full width” layout.

Display Excerpts
Show either excerpts or the full content on post listings.

Header Search
This displays a search box in the site header and mobile menu. By default, the search box will search everything. If Easy Digital Downloads is installed and active, and the Restrict Header Search setting is enabled, the header search will be restricted to searching downloads only.

Easy Digital Downloads

This section will only show once Easy Digital Downloads has been activated.

Restrict Header Search
Enabling this setting restricts the header search (see Theme Options above) to only downloads. When the search results are displayed, the user will see a grid of downloads rather than the typical search results listing.

Distraction Free Checkout
Enabling this setting provides a distraction free experience for your customers at checkout. It does this by removing any header menus, footer widgets and sidebars.

Display Vendor Contact Form
This setting is only be shown when Frontend Submissions is installed and activated. Enabling this setting will display a vendor contact form on the single vendor page so customers can get in touch with the vendor.

Display Cart Icon
Hide or show the cart icon that appears in the site header.

Item Quantity and Cart Total
Choose to display only the item quantity, cart total, item quantity and cart total, or nothing at all.

Custom Post Type Archive Title
By default, Easy Digital Downloads shows a listing of downloads on your site’s /downloads page. This setting allows you to configure the title for this page. If you have disabled the custom post type archive page, this setting will not be visible.

Header Image

Use this section to add a header image to your website.

Background Image

Use this section to add a background image to your website. To set a background color, visit the
Colors → General section.

Menus

Use this section to configure your menus. Themedd has 3 menu locations:

Mobile Menu
The mobile menu shows when your website is viewed on mobile devices such as a phone or tablet. It will also show when the browser’s window width is reduced to a width best represented by a mobile device.

By default, the mobile menu will use any menu items assigned to the
Primary Menu location. You can however created your own mobile menu, assign to the Mobile Menu location, and only those menu items will show for mobile devices.

Primary Menu
Create a menu and assign it to the Primary Menu location to build your main site navigation.

Secondary Menu
Create a menu and assign it to the Secondary Menu location to build your secondary site navigation. This will appear in the site’s header.

Widgets

Use this section to add widgets to the various sidebars available.

Static Front Page

Use this section to set a static front page and the posts page.

Additional CSS

Use this section to add additional CSS to your site.

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themedd-demo-content.xml

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The EDD checkout page will show a sidebar if you have any widgets assigned to the sidebar widget location. To remove the sidebar, assign either the Full Width or Slim page template to your EDD checkout page.

Distraction Free Checkout

The Distraction Free Checkout option simplifies the EDD checkout page, removing any distractions such as header menus, footer widgets (if set), and sidebars. This improves the customer’s checkout experience and helps to lower cart abandonment. The site title (and logo if set) will still be linked to your site’s homepage so the customer can find their way back.

To enable Distraction Free Checkout:

1. From within the WordPress admin, go to Appearance → Customize → Easy Digital Downloads
2. Enable the Distraction Free Checkout checkbox
3. Click Save & Publish

Tip: You can use the Slim page template in conjunction with Distraction Free Checkout to make your checkout “slimmer”. Slim checkout pages have been known to improve conversions. Consider A/B testing your site’s checkout page to see if this helps increase sales.

Empty cart

When a customer’s cart is empty, Distraction Free Checkout will be automatically disabled. This is done intentionally so a customer can navigate around your site and find products to add to their cart. Once a product has been added to the cart and they navigate to checkout again, Distraction Free Checkout will be enabled.

Showing products to the customer when the cart is empty

Use the Empty Cart plugin to show products to the customer when their cart is empty.

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• License Key
• Child Theme
• Customizer
• Page Templates
• Easy Digital Downloads
• Frontend Submissions
• Widgets
• Plugin Support

Vendd is a full-featured marketplace theme designed for use with Easy Digital Downloads, supporting extensions, and other handy WordPress plugins. However, it is flexible enough to stand on its own as a simple theme for any type of content.

In this doc, we will go over the basics of how to get Vendd up and running as well as tips for getting the most out of its features. This is not a technical guide.

Installation & Activation

To get started, download Vendd to your computer in zip file format. You should have received a download link on the purchase confirmation page after making your purchase and in your purchase receipt email. You can also download Vendd from 
your account page.

Once you have Vendd on your computer in a zip file (Ex.vendd-v1.0.zip), navigate to Appearance > Themes in your WordPress dashboard and click the “Add New” button at the top of the page. At the top of the next page, click the “Upload Theme” button and you will be directed to a page where you can search for the Vendd zip file on your computer.

Browse your computer and select to upload the file as-is. Follow the on-screen process and when given the opportunity, select to activate your new theme.

Now that Vendd is installed and activated, you can view the front end of your website to see it in action. However, there are a few things you may want to set up in your dashboard. Let’s cover that information.

Activate Your License Key

The most important thing to do is activate your license key.
Please note that Vendd is fully functional whether you activate your license key or not. However, you will not receive dashboard updates for the theme unless you activate your license key.

Navigate to Appearance > Vendd License. There you will find the form to enter your license key and activate it. Your license key was provided to you on the purchase confirmation page after your purchase and also in the purchase receipt email. Again, you can also find your license key on your EDD account page.

Enter your license key into the text field and click the “Save License Key Changes” button. This will save your license to the database. Now you can click the “Activate License” button to activate your license.

Once your license is activated, you’re all set to receive dashboard updates when new versions of Vendd are pushed out.

Note: Please contact support if you have issues activating your license key.

Activate Your Child Theme

This step is not required. However, we highly recommend that you install a child theme before making any adjustments to your new Vendd install.

Child themes are designed to protect your theme customizations from theme author updates while inheriting all of the parent theme (Vendd) functionality. Because child themes are treated as actual themes themselves, if you begin to set up menus, widgets, customizer settings, etc. in your parent theme, those customizations will be lost when you do choose to activate a child theme.
It’s best to activate a child theme first.

Navigate to Appearance > Vendd License in your WordPress dashboard and beneath the license key area, you will find instructions for how to create your own child theme. Follow the directions and activate your child theme.

Note: This section will disappear once you have a child theme installed and activated.

Vendd Customizer

Besides the license key form, all of Vendd’s settings are built into the WordPress Customizer.

To start making customizations, navigate to Appearance > Customize in your WordPress dashboard. This is a great place to handle most of your theme customizations.

By default, the following sections should appear in the sidebar of the customizer (depending on what other tools you have installed on your site, you may see more sections):

• Site Title (Logo) & Tagline
• Vendd Design
• Content Options
• Navigation Menus
• Static Front Page

If you have Easy Digital Downloads activated, you will also see a section titled “Easy Digital Downloads.” Likewise, if you have Frontend Submissions activated, you will see a section called “EDD Frontend Submissions.”

We will not discuss the “Navigation Menus” and “Static Front Page” sections as they are default WordPress functionality.

Site Title (Logo) & Tagline

This is a modified version of WordPress’ default section for editing your site’s title and tagline. Vendd makes slight adjustments based on the theme’s capabilities.

In this section, you can still edit your site title and tagline. You can also choose to upload a site logo which will automatically replace your site title text and link to your site home URL. With a site logo uploaded, you may no longer need your tagline to display. You can check the setting to remove the tagline and it will no longer display.

Vendd Design

Primary Design Color

The bulk of Vendd’s design is created using one color called the “Primary Design Color.” In this section, you can set your primary design color to be whatever you’d like.

Full Site Background Color

Vendd also allows you to adjust the background of your site, the area that displays outside of the main page area. By editing the “Full Site Background Color,” you can set your site background to a solid color of your choosing.

Full Site Background Image

If you would like to use a background image, you can upload an image through the “Full Site Background Image” setting. Take note that if you use a background image, unless it is transparent, this will appear to override your background color setting.

Enable Parallax Background Effect

If you opt to use the site background image, you can check the “Enable Parallax Background Effect” setting to give the main page area the appearance of moving at a different speed than the background image as you scroll the page.

Content Options

This is where you start getting into the content structure of your site.

Display Post Excerpts

On your main blog page, you have the option of showing full post content or post excerpts. For excerpts, check the “Display Post Excerpts” setting.

Excerpt & More Link Text

When using post excerpts or truncating full posts with WordPress’ “more tag,” a link to the full article will display. Use the “Excerpt & More Link Text” field to edit the text for that link.

Show Featured Images in Post Listings

Still on the main blog page, you have the option to display featured images uploaded to your individual posts. To do so, make sure the “Show Featured Images in Post Listings” setting is checked.
These images will be cropped into a square if you are displaying post excerpts.

Show Featured Images on Single Posts

You can choose whether or not you want to display the same featured images on individual posts with the “Show Featured Images on Single Posts” setting.

Enable Comments on Standard Pages

Moving on to WordPress Pages, they’re typically not a place for conversation. However, if you’d like to allow comments on pages, check the “Enable Comments on Standard Pages” setting. Take note that comments can be disabled from the Edit Page screen and this setting
will not reverse that.

Show Search in Main Menu

Checking this box will add a search form to the very last line item in your Main Menu. The search form will expand only when in focus to save space. It will be expanded by default an actual search results page in order to display the given search query and allow for easy editing.

Use Advanced Search Results

By default, Vendd will display search results in much the same manner as it display the blog feed. The Advanced Search Results template will logically separate products, posts, and pages in order to make the search results easier to understand. The downloads themselves will display exactly as the [downloads] shortcode does.

Information Bar Text

At the very top of most pages on your site, there is an area called the “Information Bar.” This area supports a single level menu as well as an area for general text. Use the “Information Bar Text” field to control the text displayed in this area.

Footer Credits & Copyright

Lastly, you may edit the footer text on your site using the “Footer Credits & Copyright” field. If you do not enter any information into this area, it will display your site title, tagline, and a copyright date by default.

Easy Digital Downloads

Show Comments on Downloads

EDD single download pages do not typically support comment functionality. While Vendd adds this functionality, you can choose wwhetherhere or not to add download comment support using the “Show Comments on Downloads” setting.

Show Categories/Tags on Downloads grid

In various pages on your site, you may be using the [downloads] shortcode to display a grid layout of your products. Vendd enhances the product display by also showing download category and tag information for each product. Using the “Show Categories/Tags on Downloads grid” setting, you can choose whether or not to show this information.

EDD Button Color

While you have already chosen a primary design color for your site, that setting does not control the color of EDD buttons. Instead, you can do so using the “EDD Button Color” setting. This color picker works alongside EDD’s button color settings found at Downloads -> Settings -> Styles in your WordPress dashboard. By default, EDD’s settings are used. You may simply override those limited settings using the color picker in the customizer.

Store Front Title

When creating a new page in WordPress, there is a setting called “Template” in the “Page Attributes” section on the edit screen. From there, you can select to use the “EDD Downloads” page template on all pages where you are using the [downloads] shortcode. When you choose to use that template, your downloads display grid will include a customizable page headline. Use the “Store Front Title” field to customize this headline.

Empty Cart Title, Text, and Downloads Count

Your EDD site must have a checkout page to function properly. However, when a user’s checkout cart is empty, default content will display. You can control the display of this content with the “Empty Cart Title,” “Empty Cart Text,” and “Empty Cart Downloads Count” settings.

Note: This section will only appear if Easy Digital Downloads is installed and activated.

EDD Frontend Submissions

FES Dashboard Title

The main focus area for Frontend Submissions is the vendor dashboard which you should already have configured as you are using the extension. The dashboard page format is shared by all vendors but you can customize the title of the dashboard instead of using the name of the actual WordPress Page. To do so, use the “FES Dashboard Title” field.

Show contact form on Vendor template

When FES is activated, download items will display vendor information on both the downloads grid display as well as the single download page. This information will link to the appropriate vendor’s store profile where all of his or her products will display. At the bottom of this page there is a contact form that customers can use to contact the vendors directly. Choose whether or not to show this form with the “Show contact form on Vendor template” setting.

General Customizer Information

As mentioned previously, these settings are specific to the active theme. So it’s best to adjust these settings with a child theme activated.

Some settings are self-explanatory while others are a little more difficult to understand. Where necessary, the setting labels will be immediately followed by a question mark [?] that will reveal a setting description when clicked. View these descriptions to understand more about a particular setting like what it is used for or what HTML tags it will allow.

Note: This section will only appear if Frontend Submissions is installed and activated.

Vendd Page Templates

As mentioned previously, there is a setting titled “Template” underneath the “Page Attributes” section on the page edit screen in your WordPress dashboard. This setting is used to control what front-end theme template any given page will use.

Vendd comes with three default page templates that can be selected at any time. 

Full-width Page

Landing Page

This template is designed to limit distractions by narrowing the overall width of the design, removing all menus and the Information Bar, and not supporting sidebars. The Landing Page template is perfect for pages that are meant to serve one purpose only.

Focus Page

This template is a mix between the aforementioned templates. The overall site structure will display full-width and support a full header and footer. However, the content area is narrowed down and centered much like the Landing Page template. It does not support a sidebar. This template is perfect for login/registration forms and the like.

When Easy Digital Downloads Is Activated

When EDD is activated, more page templates will appear in the Template setting. While they are optional, it is recommended that you use them appropriately.

EDD Checkout

When you activated EDD for the first time, a checkout page was created for you with the [download_checkout] shortcode in the content. The shortcode works just fine in a regular page. However, switching that page to the EDD Checkout page template will narrow and center the checkout page content and reduce distractions so that your customers are more likely to complete their order.

EDD Downloads

EDD’s [downloads] shortcode will display your products wherever you place it as long as shortcodes are accepted. However, a grid layout of products does not always look nice everywhere. The EDD Downloads template is built to improve the display of the downloads grid and also utilizes custom settings mentioned in the Customizer section.

EDD Members

This template should be applied to a page that is
not created when EDD is activated. The purpose of this template is to display information useful to your previous customizers, like download history and a profile editor. Create a new page and set its template to EDD Members to create a members area that only logged in users will be able to view. No shortcodes are necessary because they are already built into the template.

EDD Purchase Confirmation

This template is where customers are redirected after they have completed a purchase. When you activated EDD for the first time, this page was created for you with the [edd_receipt] shortcode in the content. This shortcode works just fine in a regular page. However, switching that page to the EDD Purchase Confirmation page template will remove all unnecessary information so that your customers are focused on their purchase details.

EDD Purchase History

When you activated EDD for the first time, this page was created for you with the [purchase_history] shortcode in the content. This shortcode works just fine in a regular page. However, switching that page to the EDD Purchase History page template will remove all other content from the page and center the content.

EDD Transaction Failed

When you activated EDD for the first time, this page was created for you with content in it explaining to the customer that his or her transaction has failed. You may use the EDD Transaction Failed page template to minimize distractions and help the customer understand what should be done next.

When Frontend Submissions Is Activated

When FES is activated, more page templates will appear in the Template setting. While they are optional, it is highly recommended that you use them appropriately.

FES Dashboard

When you activated FES for the first time, a page was created for you with the [fes_vendor_dashboard] shortcode in the content. This is the dashboard area that all vendors will use.

This template is responsible for the designed display of the FES dashboard. When the dashboard is placed in a regular WordPress page, it can be difficult for vendors to navigate. This template structures the dashboard in a manner that improves navigation and styling.

Again, it is highly recommended that the [fes_vendor_dashboard] shortcode is only used in pages that use the FES Dashboard page template.

FES Vendor

As mentioned previously, vendor information will display in the downloads grid as well as the single download page when FES is activated in order to indicate which vendor created the product. This introduces links to the vendor’s profile page and that is where the FES Vendor page template should be used.

The vendor profile utilizes the [downloads] shortcode just like your store front. So the FES Vendor template improves the display of the downloads grid. It also adds additional content specific to the vendor including his or her avatar, profile biography, and a contact form (if the Customizer setting is checked).

Without this page template activated, only the downloads grid will show with no vendor information or contact form. In the event the vendor page is displayed and no specific vendor is targeted in the URL, it will still show the downloads grid but will not show the additional content.

Vendd Widgets

By default, Vendd will output content in the sidebar of single product pages. This output will look just like widgets, though they are not widgets. If you choose not to add any widgets to the
Download Sidebar widgetized area, the default output will display automatically.

In the event you add one or more widgets to the Download Sidebar widgetized area, all default output will be removed and you are now in full control of the single product page sidebars. This is handy if you want to reorganize the content in your sidebar, or even add and remove content.

Each of the sections in the default output can be replicated with actual widgets. Below you will find each default section and its

Purchase Form

By default, Vendd will prevent the standard purchase button from displaying below the product description’s and instead, display it in the sidebar.

That said, if you add custom widgets to the sidebar, meaning you have now removed the default display of the purchase button, please remember to add the purchase form back so that your users can make purchases. The most direct way to do this is using the
Download Details widget.

When you use the
Download Details widget to output a new purchase form, keep in mind that the widget has additional settings so you will want to customize those to your liking. This widget is native to Easy Digital Downloads and is not specific to Vendd.

Author Information & Download Details

Vendd comes with two built-in widgets that serve a very specific purpose. They are specific to single download pages and should only be used in the “Download Sidebar” widgetized area.

These widgets are exact replicas of the default content shown on single download sidebars. The widgets simply exist so that if you decide to add widgets to the download sidebar, as mentioned above, you can still have the same content but arranged in a way that better fits your needs. Likewise, you can add widgets to the mix or remove widgets.

Vendd: Download Author Widget 

The Download Author Widget displays information about a product’s author. The widget’s options include a title field and checkbox toggling of the author’s avatar, name, author-since date, and personal links. Simply toggle the checkboxes to show or hide this information on the front-end.

Vendd: Download Details Widget 

The Download Details Widget displays information about the product itself. The widget’s options include a title field and checkbox toggling of the product’s publish date, sales count, categories, and tags.

If the Software Licensing extension is activate, you also have two more options for showing whether or not the product is licensed and what its version number is.

Downloads Cart

You can use the Downloads Cart widget to output a store cart for the user. This widget is native to Easy Digital Downloads and is not specific to Vendd.

Plugin Support

Vendd is designed to support additional plugins by default. While
Vendd is not limited to the following plugins, it has been enhanced specifically to support:

• Frontend Submissions – adds page templates and styling
• EDD Software Licensing – adds license information to single download page sidebar
• EDD Variable Pricing Descriptions – adds styles for description display
• Subtitles – adds styles for entry subtitle output
• EDD Cross-sell and Upsell – adds styles for product displays
• EDD Product Reviews – adds review styles and template support
• Kolakube Email Forms – adds styles for email sign up
• Ninja Forms – adds styles for form elements

As time goes on, more plugins may be added to the list so check back with each update.

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