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title: Apollo Instructions
description: "[Apollo is a full site editing WordPress theme](https://vivathemes.com/wordpress-theme/apollo/) suitable for business and personal websites. ### Theme installation Unzip file ***apollo_unzip_first.zip*** that you downloaded from us and install ***apollo.zip*** file. [Read more how to install a theme *→ *](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/how-to-install-a-wordpress-theme/) ### Required plugins [JVM rich text icons:](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jvm-rich-text-icons/) This plugin…"
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updated: "2022-09-09"
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# Apollo Instructions

[Apollo is a full site editing WordPress theme](https://vivathemes.com/wordpress-theme/apollo/) suitable for business and personal websites.

### Theme installation

Unzip file ***apollo_unzip_first.zip*** that you downloaded from us and install ***apollo.zip*** file. [Read more how to install a theme *→ *](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/how-to-install-a-wordpress-theme/)

### Required plugins

[JVM rich text icons:](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jvm-rich-text-icons/) This plugin is used to add inline icons to rich text fields like: paragraphs, headings, lists or buttons anywhere in the Gutenberg block editor. 

[Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/): This plugin is required to create a contact form. The theme includes styling for this plugin.

***Please install these plugins before importing the demo content.***

### Making theme look like demo

Inside the package you will find a file named ***apollo.WordPress.xml*** that you can use to import the demo content. [Read more how to make theme look like the demo *→*](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/making-theme-look-like-the-demo/)

### Editing theme elements

Apollo is a full site editing theme, thus you can edit most element from the front end. In your Dashboard go to *Appearance → Editor* and there you can select and edit any element you like, change their color, font etc.

### Front page configuration

The front page of the website uses a **Page with large header** template.  [Learn how to display a static page in front *→*](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/display-a-static-page-in-the-front-of-your-website/)

You can edit the header section from the visual editor as explained above. To remove the animated elements, select the whole header and from the Advanced block options delete the '**animatedheader**' class.

![Apollo header](https://vivathemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/apolloheader.jpg)

Apollo comes with a set of pre-designed patterns to enable you to display content in an attractive way. [Learn how to add block patterns *→*](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/add-block-patterns-to-any-page-or-post/)

The available patterns are:

**Services pattern:**This pattern displays a set of services in three columns with header using icons.

**Featured portfolio:** This pattern displays a column of text in the left with title and button and two images in the right. Combined with an animated background.

**Partners:** This pattern displays logos of your partners or clients in four columns.

**Team members:**This pattern displays profiles of your team members using images text and their social media accounts.

- *All these patterns are grouped under the Apollo patterns section when you select patterns. Use any of these patterns in any page you like, as many times as you want.*

### Animated blocks

Apollo enables you to animate any block when entering the screen using css3 animations by adding classes. [Learn how to add animations *→*](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/add-css3-animation-to-a-block/)

### Page templates

- **Page Large Header**: Page with large header to display in front.
- **Default:** Page with small header for interior pages.
- **Blank:** Empty page to unleash your own creativity

[Learn how to change page templates *→*](https://vivathemes.com/knowledge-base/changing-page-templates-in-wordpress-pages/)

If you need more help regarding this theme, please [contact us](https://vivathemes.com/contact/).