1. Introduction
  2. Getting Started
    1. Installation
    2. Sample Data
  3. Theme/Plugin Update
  4. Theme Options
    1. General Settings
      1. Site Layout
      2. Site Logo
      3. Back To Top
      4. Site Preloader Option
      5. Site Header
      6. Topbar
      7. Search
      8. Page Header
      9. Site Footer
      10. Color Scheme
      11. Sidebar Settings
      12. Google API
      13. MailChimp API
      14. Performance
      15. Maintenance
    2. Car Dealer Templates
    3. Inventory Settings
      1. Inventory Page
      2. Detail Page
      3. Detail Page (Mobile)
      4. Currency Settings
      5. Vehicles Listing Filters
      6. Vehicle Compare
      7. CarGurus Settings
      8. Export Vehicle Detail
      9. VIN Vehicle Import
    4. Lead Forms
      1. Request More Info
      2. Make an Offer
      3. Schedule Test Drive
      4. Email To Friend
      5. Financial Form
      6. Trade-In Appraisal
      7. Request Price
      8. All Forms - Field Labels
    5. Front Submission
      1. General Settings
      2. Page Settings
      3. Dashboard Endpoints
      4. Add Car Form Sections
      5. Additional Attributes
      6. Wishlist
      7. Dealer Review
      8. Vehicle Views
      9. Advertise Item
      10. Listing Payment
      11. Seller Settings
    6. Page Layouts
      1. Blog Settings
      2. Archive Settings
      3. Single Post
      4. Team Page Settings
      5. Testimonials Settings
      6. 404 Page
    7. Woocommerce Settings
    8. Site Info/Social Sharing
      1. Site Contacts
      2. Social Profiles
      3. Social Sharing
    9. Custom Typography
    10. Custom CSS/JS
    11. Sample Data
    12. Team Page Template Setting
    13. FAQ Page Template Settings
  5. Custom Inventory Page
  6. Custom "Add Vehicle" Page
  7. Car Dealer Templates
  8. Front Submission
    1. FAQ
  9. Attributes
    1. Attributes Guide
  10. Addons
  11. Shortcodes/Widgets
    1. General
      1. 360° View (Inline)
      2. Add Vehicle Listing
      3. App Buttons
      4. Blog Posts 1
      5. Blog Posts 2
      6. Button
      7. Call To Action
      8. Clients
      9. Color Variant
      10. Counter
      11. Custom Filters
      12. Custom menu
      13. Dealers
      14. FAQ
      15. Feature Box
      16. Feature Box Container/Feature Box Slider
      17. Financing Calculator
      18. Hero Vehicle Info
      19. Hotspot
      20. Icon
      21. Image Slider
      22. Infobox
      23. List
      24. Mailchimp
      25. Multi tabs
      26. Newsletter
      27. Opening Hours
      28. Our Team
      29. Popup
      30. Pricing
      31. Quick Links
      32. Recent Posts
      33. Section Title
      34. Share
      35. Social Icons
      36. Space
      37. Testimonials
      38. Timeline
      39. Vehicles By Type
      40. Vehicle Showcase
      41. Vehicles Conditions Tabs
      42. Vehicles Search
      43. Verticular Multi Tabs
      44. Video
      45. Video Button
      46. Video Slider
    2. Vehicle Detail
      1. Vehicle 360° View (Button)
      2. Vehicle 360° View (Inline)
      3. Vehicle Attribute
      4. Vehicle Attributes
      5. Vehicle Breadcrumb
      6. Vehicle Buttons
      7. Vehicle Compare Button
      8. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
      9. Vehicle Gallery
      10. Vehicle Gallery (Wide)
      11. Vehicle Meta
      12. Vehicle Price
      13. Related Vehicles
      14. Vehicle Review Stamps
      15. Vehicle Seller Contact
      16. Vehicle Seller Email
      17. Vehicle Seller Info
      18. Vehicle Seller WhatsApp
      19. Vehicle Share
      20. Vehicle Short Description
      21. Vehicle Subtitle
      22. Vehicle Tabs
      23. Vehicle Title
      24. Vehicle Video Button
      25. Vehicle Wishlist Button
    3. Vehicle Listing
      1. Vehicle Listing
      2. Vehicle Listing Filters
      3. Vehicle Listing Price Filter
      4. Vehicle Listing Search
  12. Theme Translation
    1. Translate with Poedit
    2. Translate with Loco Translate
    3. Translate with WPML Plugin
  13. Extra
    1. Custom Sidebars
    2. VIN Decoder
    3. Vehicles Compare Functionality
    4. Financing Calculator
    5. Vehicles Category
    6. Website Optimization
    7. Vehicle Review Stamps
    8. Dealer Inquiry Forms
    9. Import Functionality
      1. WP All Import
      2. Vehicle CSV Import
    10. Export Functionality
    11. PDF Generator
    12. Pricing Packages Plan (with Subscriptio Plugin)
    13. Sell Vehicle
    14. CarGurus Rating Badges
    15. GDPR Compliance
    16. Browser Support
    17. Retina Display
    18. How to rate this item
    19. WooCommerce / Shop integration
    20. Plugins Documentation
    21. Image Size
    22. Google Analytics
    23. Car Dealer 3.7.0
  14. FAQs
    1. Got a Query?
    2. How do I contact support when support system down?
    3. How to add Custom Fields
    4. How to Remove Vehicle Attributes/Fields from Vehicle Details Page?
    5. WebManager Integration
    6. How to make sold vehicle page?
    7. How to edit footer contents?
    8. Unable to Import Sample Data
    9. How to Fix Outdated WooCommerce Templates?
    10. Getting Limit Error on Purchase Code Activation?
    11. How To Hide Out of Stock Products?
    12. Sample Data Look Different than Demo Pages?
    13. Enable WPBakery Page Builder in Posts and Custom Post Types?
    14. Missing style sheet error when installing the theme
    15. Unable to Save Page with WPBakery Page Builder
    16. Unable to use WP bakery page builder after WordPress update.
    17. Change the image of Sold Car?
    18. Translate car attributes in different language?
    19. Disable "Add Car" button from menu?
    20. How to change "Add Car" button text?
    21. Use Contact form 7 instead of Custom forms in Car detail page?
    22. Remove required field validation from Front End Car Submission form?
    23. Add/remove filters on the inventory page?
    24. Display Address and Phone number in the TopBar?
    25. Order the attributes on the car detail page?
    26. How to use "Pricing Plan" feature of Car Dealer theme?
    27. Why are all homepage demos not displayed until I install the default demo?
    28. Edit Inventory page with WpBakery/Elementor
    29. How to Fix a 403 Forbidden Error
    30. How to add a logo in the Make/Body Style attribute?
    31. Edit "Home Listing" Page
    32. Remove <p> Tag From Contact Form 7
    33. Inventory page title shows as "Inventory Archive"
    34. User Register Form Additional Fields
    35. WPALLIMPORT or ALLIMPORT common mistakes
    36. Video background issue
  15. Source & Credits
  16. Videos
  17. Downloads
  18. Changelog

Car Dealer Templates

In the Car Dealer v4.0.0, we introduced Car Dealer Templates. With Car Dealer Templates, you can create and design your custom templates (hereinafter referred to as “Builder Templates“) by drag-and-dropping elements with Elementor and WPBakery page builders. And you can use these templates to display the vehicle pages that are displayed using theme templates (hereinafter referred to as “Theme Template“).

Currently, two layouts are available in the Car Dealer Templates, and many more coming soon.

  1. Vehicle Detail
  2. Vehicle Detail (Mobile)

Table of Contents

Requirements

To use the Car Dealer Templates, the theme and plugins must be updated as per the below list. For updating the theme and plugins, please refer to the theme update documentation.

  1. Car Dealer theme: 4.0.0 or greater
  2. Car Dealer – Helper Library plugin: 4.0.0 or greater
  3. Other bundled plugins: Latest (Optional, but recommended to avoid any conflict/error)

Create Template

To create a new template follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Admin Panel > Vehicle Inventory > Templates.
  2. Click on “Add New” button.
  1. In the opened popup, select Template Type and enter Template Name.
  1. When Template Type is selected, it will display predefined templates as per the template type selection.
Vehicle Detail Templates
Vehicle Detail (Mobile) Templates

Important Note:
If no predefined template is selected, a blank template will be created, which you can design as desired.

  1. Once template is created, it will redirect you to the template editor, where you can design layout as per your requirement and can publish it.

Using “Builder Template”

Once the theme and plugins are updated and the system is ready, configure the settings (mentioned below) to use the builder templates.

There are two ways to use templates, first, by default in all vehicles, and second, in some specific vehicles.

1. All Vehicles

In this way, you can use templates by default in all vehicles. For this follow the below steps.

  1. First of all create template(s) and design layout as per your requirements. Refer Create Template section to create templates.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page and set below options
    1. Vehicle Template Type: Select “Builder Template”.
    2. Hide Page Header: Select “Yes” to hide the page header when “Vehicle Template Type” is set to “Builder Template”.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page (Mobile) and set below options
    1. Vehicle Template Type: Select “Builder Template”.
    2. Hide Page Header: Select “Yes” to hide the page header when “Vehicle Template Type” is set to “Builder Template”.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Car Dealer Templates and set below options
    1. Vehicle Detail: Select a vehicle detail template for desktop view.
    2. Vehicle Detail (Mobile): Select a vehicle detail template for mobile view.

Do you want to display the Builder Template in specific vehicles, while displaying the Builder Template in all vehicles using the above method?

You can do this by following all the steps in the “All Vehicles” method, steps #5, and #6 in the “Specific Vehicle” method.

2. Specific Vehicles

In this way, you can use templates in some specific vehicles. For this follow the below steps.

  1. First of all create template(s) and design layout as per your requirements. Refer Create Template section to create templates.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page and set below options
    1. Vehicle Template Type: Select “Builder Template”.
    2. Hide Page Header: Select “Yes” to hide the page header when “Vehicle Template Type” is set to “Builder Template”.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page (Mobile) and set below options
    1. Vehicle Template Type: Select “Builder Template”.
    2. Hide Page Header: Select “Yes” to hide the page header when “Vehicle Template Type” is set to “Builder Template”.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Car Dealer Templates and unset/clear below options
    1. Vehicle Detail: Unset/clear selection.
    2. Vehicle Detail (Mobile): Unset/clear selection.
  1. Then, go to Admin Panel > Vehicle Inventory > All Vehicles, select a vehicle in which you want to use a template.
  2. Go to Car Dealer Templates metabox and select a template in the Desktop Template and Mobile Template fields.

Note that you can set the Desktop Template and Mobile Template fields individually too. It means if you want to set the template only on the desktop only, then select the template in the desktop field and leave the mobile field as default. Then, it will display the theme template in the mobile view. And, you can reverse the settings for the mobile template.

Using “Theme Template”

If you want to continue using the theme’s built-in template, please do the following settings.

  1. Go to Theme Options > Car Dealer Templates and unset/clear below options
    1. Vehicle Detail: Unset/clear selection.
    2. Vehicle Detail (Mobile): Unset/clear selection.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page and select “Theme Template“in the Vehicle Template Type field.
  1. Go to Theme Options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page (Mobile) and select “Theme Template” in the Vehicle Template Type field.

Elements (WPBakery Shortcodes/Elementor Widgets)

In the Car Dealer Templates, we have provided the following elements to display the vehicle data/content on the vehicle detail page.

ElementDescription
Vehicle AttributeAdd single vehicle attribute with various formatting options.
Vehicle AttributesAdd vehicle attributes to the page content. You can manage the attribute list using the theme option in Theme options > Inventory Settings > Detail Page > Detail Attributes.
Vehicle BreadcrumbAdd breadcrumb to the page content. There are no settings are available in this element. You can manage breadcrumb in the Breadcrumb NavXT settings.
Vehicle ButtonsAdd vehicle action buttons (e.g., Request More Info, Make an Offer, Schedule Test Drive, Email to a Friend, Financial Form, Trade-In Appraisal, PDF Brochure, Print, and Buy Online) to the page content.
Vehicle Compare ButtonAdd a vehicle compare button to the page content.
Vehicle Fuel EfficiencyAdd a vehicle fuel efficiency section to the page content.
Vehicle GalleryAdd an image gallery (carousel) to the page content.
Vehicle Gallery (Wide)Add an image gallery (carousel) to the page content. This gallery will display the carousel in wide view.
Vehicle MetaAdd vehicle meta field with various formatting options.
Vehicle PriceAdd vehicle price to the page content.
Related VehiclesAdd a related vehicle carousel to the page content.
Vehicle Review StampsAdd vehicle review stamps to the page content.
Vehicle ShareAdd a vehicle share link to the page content.
Vehicle Short DescriptionAdd a short description to the page content.
Vehicle SubtitleAdd vehicle sub-title to the page content.
Vehicle TabsAdd vehicle tabs (e.g. Overview, Features & Options, Technical Specifications, General Information, and Location.) to the page content. Note that the built-in tabs depend on the content so that they will appear according to the data.
Vehicle TitleAdd the vehicle title to the page content.
Vehicle Video ButtonAdd a vehicle video button to the page content.
Vehicle Wishlist ButtonAdd a vehicle Wishlist button in the page content.
Vehicle Seller ContactWith this element, you can display a Contact Form 7 form for the vehicle dealer/seller.
Vehicle Seller EmailWith this element, you can display the vehicle dealer/seller email address in the vehicle content.
Vehicle Seller WhatsAppWith this element, you can display a WhatsApp button for the vehicle dealer/seller.
Vehicle Seller InfoWith this element, you can display vehicle dealer/seller informations.
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