Spectrum – Multi-Trade Construction Business Theme

Someone looking for a roofer does not type "builder"

A building company may do roofs, paint, fit kitchens and install windows. From the inside it is one company. From the outside, the person with a leak looks for a roofer, and the one who wants a new bathroom looks for someone who does bathrooms. A home page about construction in general makes that person guess whether their job is yours.

Your customer hires a trade, and your site has to introduce itself with that trade. Spectrum, by CMSSuperHeroes, is a WordPress theme built for the construction industry that packs the major trades into one install: with the one-click install you select the industry and start from a demo aimed at it.

Trades with their own demo

• Building and joinery: construction, joinery, windows and conservatories.
• Installations: electrician and plumber.
• Finishes: painting and decorating, flooring, interior design, kitchens and bathrooms.
• Outdoors: landscape gardening and roofing companies.
• Services: skip and plant hire.
• Online sales: a tools and supplies shop, and a building supplies shop.

What the pages are built with

• Included plugins: Slider Revolution, Visual Composer and Essential Grid.
• Own elements: CMS Heading, CMS Button, CMS Angle, client carousel, counters, progress bars, pie chart and Google Map.
• Content: posts, team, testimonials, clients and portfolio, with unlimited portfolio and blog layouts.
• Structure: boxed or full-width layout, global or per page, and unlimited sidebars on the left, on the right or hidden.
• Header: top bar, sticky header and header fixed to the left or right.
• Compatibility: Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, WPML and Polylang.

What the demo leaves in your hands

The photos. The sample images in the demos are for presentation only and are not included. Gather your own images before publishing.

The order of settings. Spectrum works on two levels: Theme Options for the whole site and Page Options for each page, with General, Body, Header, Page Title, Footer, Template and Angle groups. If you customize a page, that page uses its own setup and whatever Theme Options defines no longer applies to it. When a global change does not show on a page, check its Page Options first.

The business functions. Among its features there is no quote calculator or site-visit booking. Requests arrive through the forms you create with Contact Form 7.

If you offer several trades, per-page settings let you prepare a separate page for each one. That is your own combination: test it with your content.

Server ready and demo running

The server needs a memory_limit of 256 MB or more, a max_execution_time of 120 seconds or more, a max_input_vars of at least 4000 (6000 recommended) and upload limits of 64 MB or more. It also needs mod_rewrite, GD, cURL, OpenSSL and allow_url_fopen.

The one-click import follows this order:

1. Upload the theme under Appearance, Themes, Add New, Upload Theme, and activate it.
2. Click "Begin installing plugins", install the plugins in bulk and activate them.
3. Go to Tool, Install Demo, click Install and, when it finishes, Save Changes.
4. Import ess_grid.json, found in inc/demo-data/construction, from Ess. Grid, Import/Export.
5. Open Tools, Force Regenerate Thumbnails and regenerate all thumbnails.
6. Under Settings, Reading, choose a static page as the front page.

Three construction themes with a different starting point

If you are looking for staff as well as customers, Chade brings quote request and careers pages. If your business is renting out equipment with dates, rates and stock, Antek is built for that, with daily, weekly and monthly rates. For a builder focused on projects, services and track record, BildPress has that orientation.

Answers for choosing calmly

Can I build a multilingual site?

It is compatible with WPML and Polylang. You need to install one of those plugins separately.

Does it work for selling online?

Yes, with WooCommerce. Two demos are shop oriented: tools and supplies, and building supplies.

What are pages edited with?

Visual Composer, also called WPBakery Page Builder, which comes included along with the theme's own elements.

Is there help for learning to use it?

The theme includes documentation and video tutorials.