This tutorial is for people who have purchased Fintech prior to version 1.2 and do not have the Projects page as part of their demo data.
1. First, update Fintech to version 1.2.0 or above.
This step is only required if you do not see a Projects area in your WordPress dashboard.
We have an update guide right here if you need to do this first.
Tools > Import - 'WordPress'
Install the importer plugin if necessary
Then, import the xml file at the bottom of this page. Download it first then browse to it and click import.
3. Then, go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save.
4. Next, enable Visual Composer for the Projects post type. This can be done in Visual Composer > Role Manager
Under Post types select Custom from the dropdown and ensure project is ticked. Save this.
5. Create a new page called Projects and assign it the 'Projects landing' template.
This is a container page which will hold our projects.
6. Next go to Projects > Categories and create a couple if none already exist. We'll allocate a project to one or more of these so that they can be filtered.
7. Finally go to Projects and review an example one from the demo data. Ensure that you assign it a Category and a Featured Image - this is what appears on the landing page.
TIP 1 - Duplicate an existing Project
If you have lots of projects it might be easier to duplicate an existing one and edit that rather than starting from scratch. I like the Clone Posts plugin which does this.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/clone-posts/
TIP 2 - Re-order the Projects
This plugin is very handy for quick re-ordering:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/