# SweetDate documentation

> Set up SweetDate, the WordPress dating theme: install it, register it in the SweetDate Panel, import a demo, then configure profiles, search and memberships.

Source: https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/

SweetDate is a WordPress theme for dating communities, built on BuddyPress with member search, profile matching and paid memberships. See it live on the [SweetDate demo](https://sweetdate.seventhqueen.com/).

## Get started in 5 steps

1. [Install SweetDate and the SweetDate child theme](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/install-the-theme/) from **Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme**, then activate **SweetDate Child**. Check the [requirements](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-requirements/) of your hosting first.
2. The **SweetDate Panel** opens. You find it any time under **Appearance > SweetDate Panel**.
3. [Register SweetDate](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/register-your-theme/) with your ThemeForest purchase code on the **Dashboard** tab.
4. [Import a demo](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/importing-the-modern-demo/) (SweetDate, SweetDate Modern or SweetDate Travel) on the **Demo Data** tab. The import installs and activates the plugins that demo needs and adds the profile fields and member search forms.
5. Make it yours: logo, colors and layout in the **Sweetdate** theme options ([overview](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-options/)), then the BuddyPress and matching settings in [Set up SweetDate](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/install-theme-setup/).

Later: add or update plugins on the **Plugins** tab and keep SweetDate up to date ([updates](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-updates/)).

## What is in the ThemeForest download

In your ThemeForest **Downloads**, choose **All files & documentation**. You get the main files zip; unzip it on your computer. Inside:

- **WordPress** folder: `sweetdate.zip` (the theme) and `sweetdate-child.zip` (the child theme). These two zips are the ones you upload in **Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme**. Do not upload the main files zip itself.
- **Plugins** folder: The premium plugins that come with SweetDate, for manual installs. Normally you install and update them from the **Plugins** tab of the SweetDate Panel.
- **Licensing** folder: the license files. Your purchase code is in the separate **License certificate & purchase code** download.

## All SweetDate guides

### Getting started

- [Import a demo](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/importing-the-modern-demo/)
- [SweetDate requirements](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-requirements/)

### Installation and updates

- [Install SweetDate](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/install-the-theme/)
- [Update SweetDate and its plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-updates/)
- [Set up SweetDate](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/install-theme-setup/)

### Theme registration

- [Register SweetDate](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/register-your-theme/)

### Theme options

- [SweetDate theme options](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/theme-options/)

### Customizing the theme

- [Contact Page](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/contact-page/)
- [How to add Members Stats Section using Elementor](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-add-members-stats-section-using-elementor/)
- [How to Change the Search and Register Form Colors](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-change-the-search-and-register-form-colors/)
- [Pages and Menu](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/pages-and-menu/)
- [SweetDate child theme](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/introduction-to-the-child-theme/)

### Sidebars and widgets

- [Footer structure and widgets](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/footer-structure-and-widgets/)
- [Page Templates](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/page-templates/)
- [Widgets and sidebar](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/widgets-and-sidebar/)

### Shortcodes

- [SweetDate shortcodes](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/shortcodes/)

### Plugins

- [Bundled premium plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/bundled-plugins-activation-code/)
- [Extended features](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/extended-features/)
- [GEO My WP + Sweetdate: Add a map search and location](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/geo-my-wp-sweetdate-add-a-map-search-and-location/)
- [Memberships](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/memberships/)
- [Restrict website for non logged in members](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/restrict-website-for-non-logged-in-members/)
- [Revolution Slider plugin](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/revolution-slider-plugin/)
- [Woocommerce](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/woocommerce/)

### Translation

- [Translate SweetDate and its plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/translation/)

### Developer

- [Change "SIGN UP" URL at Modal Popup](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/change-sign-up-url-at-modal-popup/)
- [Free Females Only or Free Males Only Membership Paid Memberships Pro](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/free-females-only-or-free-males-only-membership-paid-memberships-pro/)
- [Full Width Profile Fields](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/full-width-profile-fields/)
- [How to add Profile Fields under Member Name at Members Directory](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-add-profile-fields-under-member-name-at-members-directory/)
- [How to Customize Women Online and Men Online Counters - WITHOUT ELEMENTOR](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-customize-women-online-and-men-online-counters-without-elementor/)
- [How to Delete the Link from the Website Logo](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-delete-the-link-from-the-website-logo/)
- [How to move Search form to the right side of the screen](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/how-to-move-search-form-to-the-right-side-of-the-screen/)
- [More Visible Discount Code Text (PMPRO Checkout)](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/more-visible-discount-code-text-pmpro-checkout/)
- [Search Results Show Wrong Gender - SOLUTION](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/search-results-show-wrong-gender-solution/)
- [SweetDate files and structure](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/files-and-structure/)

### Extras

- [GeoNames integration - City Autocomplete](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/geonames-integration-city-autocomplete/)
- [Missing Post Update Button on Buddypress ( Activity and Groups )](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/missing-post-update-button-on-buddypress-activity-and-groups/)
- [Post formats](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/post-formats/)

### Older versions

- [Search Form Setup for 3.0](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/search-form-setup-for-3-0/)
- [Updating to SweetDate 3.4](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/sweetdate/updating-to-sweetdate-3-4/)