A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of another theme, called the parent theme. Child themes allow you to modify, or add to the functionality of that parent theme. —WordPress Codex: Child Themes
Outlet is a child theme for Storefront, the official WooCommerce theme. If provides a modern design, perfect for the tech industry.
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Outlet adds a new menu location titled ‘Homepage’. This allows you to create a custom menu to be displayed along side the homepage content.
The homepage menu
This menu is managed in the same way as any other WordPress menu. More at: WordPress Menu.
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There are no specific image size requirements for Outlet, but we provided the images sizes use on our demo for reference.
Catalog Images: 500 x 500 px
Single Product Image: 800 x 800 px
Product Thumbnails: 180 x 180 px
WooCommerce Product Image settings are found at Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Images. More at: Managing Product Images.
More information on WooCommerce image sizes can be found at:
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It’s possible to import WooCommerce Dummy Data to populate your site with demo products as a starting point.
Note: We do not supply the exact images you see in our Outlet demo due to copyright restrictions. The WooCommerce Dummy Data instead comes with our own unique unrestricted images that we can redistribute within product import data.
Note: We are unable to provide support for customizations under our Support Policy. If you are unfamiliar with code and templates and resolving potential conflicts, contact a WooExpert.
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Outlet applies some specific styles to elements like buttons and the header layout, so these settings are removed from the designer to avoid confusion.
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They are the three first top level (parent) categories as arranged on the product categories screen in your dashboard. You can drag and drop categories there to rearrange.
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If you don’t want to display content simply don’t add any. To hide the title you can use this plugin which gives you the ability to hide the page title on any page across your site. Alternatively, use the Homepage Control plugin to toggle the display of this component.
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A lot of WordPress tutorials will recommend inserting code snippets into a child themes functions.php file. This is to ensure that you’re always able to update the parent theme without losing your changes. As Outlet is already a child theme, you aren’t able to do this.
Any changes you add to Outlet’s functions.php file will be lost when you perform an update. Instead, it is recommended that you add any code snippets to a customization plugin. We’ve created a plugin you can use to do this. Download Theme Customizations.
