Flatter
Overview
Flatter is an elegant responsive child theme for Clipper and part of our “flat design” series themes that include FlatPress for ClassiPress, FlatPage for Vantage and FlatRoller for JobRoller. With minimal graphics the pages load much quicker which is just great for any website.
The look of coupon listing and single pages has been revamped to give them an ultra-modern feel. The homepage features options to enable grid view, tabbed view (choose categories or stores to display in the tabs), and full-width. The child theme comes with 11 colour schemes(!) and with dual navigation option that can be used to better manage your website. Not only that, there are practically just a couple of background images in the whole theme, which means and upgrade in look is firmly coupled with an upgrade in performance.
Moreover, it is possible to hide any widgets for mobile devices to improve load times and prevent the page from being too long, which is pretty much unique for any theme!
All in all, the child theme is a complete package for your successful WordPress powered coupon site – Flatter is better! Check out Flatter being (customised and) used in live environment on DomainPromo.com! , Dealhack Retailmenot Skin
Key Features:
- Fully responsive child theme
- Extended home page widgets (Latest coupons,Coupons by category, coupons by Tag, coupons by Type, Expiring coupons, Tabbed Widgets,Blog posts widget,…
- Elegant flat design with 11 colour schemes!
- Homepage options for grid view, tabbed view and full width page
- Force Open Affiliate Links: Make sure visitors never bypass your external/coupon affiliate links!
- Dual Navigation: Extra navigation area below header with mega menus for stores and categories!
- Choose between Responsive CSS menu or HTML Select menu for primary navigation!
- Display store thumbnail showcase on homepage!
- Display store and category mega menus in the primary navigation
- Different button colors for each coupon type
- Theme options page to manage the look and feel of the website
- Hide unwanted widgets on mobile devices!
- Compatible with Clipper 2.0.1
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is this child theme responsive?
Yes the theme is fully responsive - What is unique in this child theme?
We have completely refreshed the look from the default Clipper layout. The Flatter child theme layout is based on Flat Design, which practically means there are very few images used in the design, improving the performance on all devices. With the use of mobile phones for browsing websites ever increasing, the real icing on the cake comes in the form of the option to prevent each widget from displaying on mobile devices (not hiding it using CSS), which will keep the pages tidy and improve performance further - Do you plan to create more child themes along the same lines?
Yes, we subsequently launched FlatPress for ClassiPress, FlatPage for Vantage, and FlatRoller for JobRoller, so the customers can have consistent branding if they use more than one theme from AppThemes - How do I show more then 10 coupons on the homepage?
Open Settings → Reading page in your WP admin back end, and you can change the “Blog pages show at most” setting from 10 to another number, and that should reflect on your site. - How do I show grid view on the stores page?
Open taxonomy-stores.php file in wp-content/themes/flatter/ folder and find replace all instances of the following code:
<div class="box-holder">
with:
<div class="box-holder grid"> - How do I update the theme manually?
To update, you should extract the Zip file locally and overwrite the contents in the/wp-contents/themes/flatter/folder. I always rename the new version folder fromflattertoflatter-newon my computer and once it’s uploaded on the server, just quickly rename the older version fromflattertoflatter-oldand the new one fromflatter-newback toflatter. This way the switching takes the minimum amount of time and also you can roll back to the older version just in case the new one doesn’t work out.
Installation
- Extract zip in the /wp-content/themes/ directory.
- Activate the theme through the ‘Appearance’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Flatter Settings → General to setup overall site options.
- Go to appearance => widgets => customize flatter home page widgets
Support Policy
From February 2015, support will only be available via email from our email address support @ themebound ( remove spaces).
Before you email us, please make sure you have browsed/searched through product forum for the answer to your question, and have read through the Support FAQs below:
Support FAQs
- What kind of support is offered with a purchased product?
Your product purchase includes one year of access to premium support via email and one year or free updates. Beyond that, you will need to renew your subscription year on year for around 30% of the product price. Support covers issues such as bug fixes (if any) under normal operation, how to use basic product features, very basic WordPress help, and help with very basic theme customisaton. If you need more advanced modifications please consider hiring a developer to do it for you. - Will you provide help with small modifications?
If you need to do small modifications, you may get help from us as long as they are reasonable in number and nature. If you have a lot of such modifications, please consider paid developer help. - What kind of help would be unreasonable to ask?
This is not an easy question to answer. We are here to ensure that the product you purchased works as intended by us and serves its purpose on your website. That means if it doesn’t work for you, we can step in and help you with it. However, it is when there are no issues with the functioning of the product and all you want is help with modification, that demands start getting unreasonable.
As mentioned before, we don’t mind helping with modifications, but we also expect you to have tried everything to do it yourself. In other words, we expect you to have tried all the settings in your theme, ensured that the issue relates to the product in question, searched through legacy product support forum, and looked around on Google for the answer to your questions before approaching us. Please bear in mind that one theme, one child theme and a few plugins can get you only so far, and you will probably need to make changes to the code of your website to add functionality, change design and personalise it. In case of too many modifications, we will politely ask you to seek paid help. - I am using one of your child themes. I am having an issue with it.
Please make sure the issue is really with the child theme by activating the parent theme and checking if the problem gets solved. Also please make sure you have tested all the settings in parent theme and child theme, sometimes the answer is right in there! Send us an email if the issue still persists. - I am using one of your child themes. I need help with customisation.
As a pre-requisite, you are going to need a basic understanding of HTML & CSS to start customising the layout and style of your theme. To dig deeper PHP knowledge, specifically to WordPress, will help as well. The WordPress Codex is a great place to start learning. For CSS changes related to text colour, background colour, fonts, etc, please consider using the Firebug extension. A simple Google search returns many good text/video tutorials. - Do you offer paid WordPress development services?
Yes we do depending on our work schedule. You can always run your requirements by us via email.
Change logs
6.1.6: (07/02/2022)
– Fixed Css issues
– Fixed js migration helper for wp 5.6
6.1.5: (18/09/2020)
– Fixed js migration helper for wp 5.5
6.1.4: (05/09/2020)
– Fixed theme options panel not appearing after wp5.5
6.1.3: (30/08/2020)
– Fixed expiring date field in the edit coupon.
6.1.2: (01/06/2020)
– Fixed sharer option for coupons
– Fixed dofollow links
6.1.1: (05/03/2020)
– Added sidebar home page layout
6.1.0: (25/02/2020)
– Fixed minor css bugs
6.0.9: ( 30/01/2020)
– Fixed number of ads options in widget (Latest coupons)
6.0.9: ( 21/01/2020)
– Fixed categories images bug
6.0.8: ( 16/01/2020)
– Fixed js bug
– Fixed Css small issues
-Enhanced responsiveness
6.0.7: ( 04/01/2020)
– Fixed js slider bug
-Fixed compatibility with clipper 2.0.6
– Fixed Css small issues
6.0.6: ( 04/01/2020)
– Fixed js slider bug
-Fixed compatibility with clipper 2.0.5
– Fixed Css small issues
6.0.5: ( 15/12/2019)
– Fixed php7 bugs
– Fixed Css small issues
6.0.4 : (12/12/2019)
– Fixed Enable coupon link option
– Fixed PHP 7 bugs
– Fixed css issues
6.0.3 : (10/12/2019)
– Fixed PHP 7 bugs
– Fixed css issues
– Improved responsiveness
6.0.2 : ( 19/11/2019)
– Fixed responsiveness issue
– Fixed coupons loop on search pages
– Fixed Featured coupons filter
– Added more features (Selected coupons widget)
– Fixed css bugs
6.0.1: (01/11/2019)
Fixed Random coupons widget
Fixed css bugs
Updated Import demo data
6.0.0: (26/10/2019) The theme is fully compatible with clipper 2.X New framework and appearance skin was implemented. Extended home page widgets were added (with lot of options within) Responsive enhanced CSS bugs fixed Compatible with couponjoy and coupon thumbnail Click to copy the coupon fixed Other fixes
5.0.3 (22/05/2018) FIXES: – Extras drop down on Share Coupon page
5.0.2 (22/05/2018) FIXES: – Full width page template
5.0.1 (09/02/2018) FIXES: – Full width page template – Coupon meta bar CSS
5.0.0 (01/01/2018) CHANGES: – Made compatible with Clipper 2.0.0.
4.0.1 (16/12/2016) CHANGES: – Made compatible with Clipper 1.6.4.
4.0 (09/08/2016) FIXES: – Bumped version to 4.0 to prevent auto-update issues with another theme called Flatter
1.4.5 (11/02/2016) FIXES: – Made expiry date field optional in the front end forms NEW: – Made compatible with Clipper 1.6.3
1.4.4 (21/11/2015) FIXES: – Notice appearing on menu screen on admin panel – Scroll bar appearing on coupon popup after clicking copy button CHANGES: – Improved method that handles homepage tabs
1.4.3 (15/10/2015) FIXES: – Fixed notice appearing on homepage in non-tabbed view – Fixed CSS issue with “Email Coupon” form – Fixed CSS issue with Promotion button and tooltip – Fixed CSS issue with search box in Safari browser
1.4.2 (30/09/2015) FIXES: – Fixed description showing in grid view if single coupon links were disabled CHANGES: – Changed coupon CTA box to use template instead of function – Removed unused functions
1.4.1 (26/09/2015) FIXES: – Fixed homepage pagination in normal (non-tabbed) view – Fixed description showing in grid view if single coupon links were disabled – Fixed “top” link showing out of place when pagination does not display in grid mode CHANGES: – Changed minimum requirement for Clipper to 1.6
1.4.0 (18/09/2015) FIXES: – Fixed “My Orders” page throwing error – Fixed menu icon not showing on mobile devices – Fixed font icon issues on single coupon page – Other CSS fixes CHANGES: – Button hover mechanism to become colour agnostic NEW: – Grid view for the homepage – Tabbed layout mechanism for the homepage using navigation menus – Full-width option for the homepage – Minimum Clipper requirement notice added to admin back end
1.3.1 (26/08/2015) FIXES: – Homepage comment box popup not appearing properly on mobile devices – Loop box height issues on mobile devices CHANGES: – Made compatible with WordPress 4.3 and Clipper 1.6.1 – Enqueued Google font instead of using CSS @import NEW: – Added support for new password generator introduced in WordPress 4.3
1.3.0 (01/05/2015) FIXES: – Escaped output of function add_query_arg() to prevent XSS security vulnerability – Fixed image responsiveness in coupon list view – Fixed homepage pagination links – Fixed store thumbnails not opening on iOS browsers – Fixed a host of CSS bugs – Fixed compatibility issues with Ad Scroller plugin – Fixed notice on Hide on Mobile checkbox in widgets CHANGES: – Combined loop codes for all archive views – Replaced theme screenshot image – Changed filenames in /includes/ folder – Cleaned up admin options page NEW: – Made Flatter compatible with Clipper 1.6 – Added wide screen layout option – Added options to restrict numbers, hide empty instances of and order categories and stores in mega menu – Added option to hide category / tags section from a coupon archive view – Disabled core stylesheets automatically when child theme is active
1.2.4 Fixed CSS issues Removed legacy code Fixed displaying of expired coupon info on search result page Amended header tags to make it more SEO friendly on the blog
1.2.3 Fixed bug causing the expiry date to show twice and other styling issues
1.2.2 Made compatible with Clipper 1.5.1 Added option to force open affiliate link Removed the redundant “Popup Solution” to use the new solution in Clipper
1.2.1 Added Popup Solution to fix the Chrome Blank Page issue with Clipper 1.5 mentioned here. Fixed CSS Bugs Improved options with homepage store thumbnail showcase and store/category mega menus
1.2.0 Major Update: Added 10 more colour schemes Added “Dual Navigation (DN)” mode to add extra navigation Added mega menus for stores and categories in DN mode Added store thumbnail showcase on the homepage Fixed CSS bugs
1.1.0 Made fully compatible with Clipper 1.5
1.0.0Initial release version (at the time of Clipper 1.4)
Comments (665)
Hi,
I have taken flatter child them and when i try to activate it, it is giving following error
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare clpr_blog_post_meta() (previously declared in /home2/cwelly/public_html/wp-content/themes/flatter/includes/functions.php:255) in /home2/cwelly/public_html/wp-content/themes/clipper/includes/actions.php on line 153
can you please give a solution for this.
I am not able to reach you with the following maild id,
info@themebound.com
We are waiting for your reply…
Hi,
please let me know where i have to change
footer_copyright_text.
and one more can i rename clipper folder to my website name.
You can change that text on footer.php
and about renaming the folder of clipper, yes you can do it, but make sure you change the flatter/style.css , on the top lines you find this one
template: clipper;
change that clipper too.
one more thing, you will not receive update of clipper automatically.
Cheers
Hi Sir,
Home page is not showing coupons when i choose “Displays the homepage in a tabbed view. ” in homepage flatter settings.
more over it is showing only stores.
Hi Purna,
Thank you for using our theme.
can you please send or post your url?
Hi. I am from Russia. Letters to your support do not reach. Help solve the problem associated with the theme Flatter. After I activebuy child theme I have expired coupons disappear from categories. Displayed only on the stores page. My site https://gocupons.ru E-mail vebmasterrr@yandex.ru
Hi, did you try to activate clipper and see if the same issue appears or not?
if you still experience the bug , can you please send admin access by email?
Cheers
hello ,
today I purchase the Theme and I was installing the “flatter.zip” file, and it was not installed, i got the following errors:
This theme requires a parent theme. Checking if it is installed…
The parent theme could not be found. You will need to install the parent theme, clipper, before you can use this child theme.
Please help me out this ASASP..
thanks
Satya
Hi satya,
Thank you for purchasing our theme.
you need to install clipper theme first, then activate flatter theme.
Flatter is a child theme for clipper, it requires its parent to power up the features and functions of the website.
Best regards
Hi, I have purchase Flatter child theme for clipper. I have install Clipper theme first and install flatter theme. but its working. please suggest how to activate theme.
Hi, I have purchase Flatter child theme for clipper. I have install Clipper theme first and install flatter theme. but its not working. please suggest how to activate theme.
its showing error when i am going to activate flatter theme “The site is experiencing technical difficulties. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.
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Hi couponmitr,
is it still not working for you?
if so, email the creds so I can look into it and fix it immediately
Cheers
We are preparing a massive full-features update for Flatter.
It will be up to download in 7 days
Waiting for the update. How much time it will take?
In 3 days top, we already started on it and almost got it done, we will finish it by tomorrow and t hen we test the full update for another 24 hours then release it.
New stuff, widgets and functions , revslider and more , lot of stuff are being implemented.
Cheers
Still waiting
Hi Navdeep,
a very big upgrade is being made, we release it this week.
lot of widgets have been added and new functions.
Best regards
Can we use the flatter them on multiple sites?
Hi Nasreen,
Thank you for your comment.
Yes you can install it on multiple sites
Cheers
Hello,
Should I have to purchase flatter theme or both flatter and clipper theme. And, the cost of the theme is $39 or i have to pay separately for clipper and flatter theme.
Hi Rajesh,
Flatter theme is a child theme for clipper theme, it needs any version of clipper to be installed previously.
We are going to release a new upgrade for flatter this week, it will contain lot of changes and features.
please send your url so we can help you better
Cheers
Hi Guys,
There is a new version of Flatter 6.0.0, check out the new demo here (Still Beta)
https://demos.themebound.com/flatter-pro/
Lot of widgets have been added. and couponjoy/couponthumbnail were added to the theme.
Let me know what do you think .
Cheers
When I visit the menu Flatter -> import demo data
I got this error “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.”
Please advice
Hi Paulkirk,
We are going to release an update today fixing that and adding more demos data.
Just a side note, you are using Flatter Pro already, with all those new features mentioned on the changelogs, but anytime you can upgrade to the Extended version which include premium plugins, premium widgets like:
Retailmenot widget for the featured ads,
Couponjoy plugin included, https://marketplace.appthemes.com/plugins/couponjoy/
Couponthumbnail included https://themebound.com/shop/coupon-thumbnails-plugin-clipper/
Revslider pro version includedhttps://revolution.themepunch.com/
Tabbed widgets plugin pro, like retailmenot is included
Mobile first vesion included
Click to copy coupon + widgetized popup area.
And many more. you find all under Flatter theme options panel.
You can expect the aove bug to be fixed today with new enhancements. We are building a theme that builds business.
Cheers
Hi Mohsin,
can you explain what are the difference between flater and flater pro.
I have bought Flatter Pro 6.0.2, but didn’t have access to the options you mentioned above.
thanks.
Hi again.
Your support already responded to my request .
I think, it will be better that you have a page where you explain the power of all the options included in the pro version.
thanks.
Hi Mourad, Thanks for the heads up.
I will create a page to show the difference and to clear up all the confusion.
Regards
Im not getting any replies on my email so il try it here….
I purchased both clipper and flatter but I cant find my license key?
Also the homepage is messed up when i activate flatter.
I clicked on “cant find your license key” but my email was not recognized…
Please reply
Is the pro version the paid version?
I also dont understand it. I just purchased it from the website, did not see anything about the pro version?
hi @cruxxi,
Please read my comment above , I replied with more details the difference between Flatter and Flatter Pro
Not working. Need a license key…
Hi mrton,
there is a little misunderstanding about the Pro version.I will write a status doc about that to clear up any misleading or misunderstanding.
The version you purchased on appthemes is the same as per the demo shows . it includes flatter theme with all the functions and options.. once you login to the dashboard, click on ” use free license ” and you’ll get it the same as you purchased.
The Flatter pro version is : Flatter + couponjoy plugin + coupon filters plugin + coupons widgets + coupon thumbnail + Extended coupons filter widgets + Mobile first version + Tabbed widgets plugin . the flatter pro requires a license that anyone can get for less than $4/month to get the whole package ( theme and plugins). if you are fine with flatter theme only, so you won’t need any key
I hope it’s clear now.
Hi Mohsin.
Flatter is not compatible with PHP version 7.2 and above (7.3 and 7.4)
he throws errors : Warning: Use of undefined constant APP_TD …….
Have you a plan to update the theme.
thanks
Have you any plan to update before this date,
Hi Mourad,
I am going to release a new patch update today, the APP_TD is the language text domain for clipper and all appthemes.I am going to get rid of that and use flatter one.
I tested the theme on php 7.4, it seems to work fine for me, but if you got any error, paste them here so I can track the files.. just because flatter uses other plugins and maybe one of them is making this conflict.
Cheers
I for the support a list of errors, but didn’t respond.
I deleted the theme.
If you want this is some of the errors :
Warning: Use of undefined constant APP_TD – assumed ‘APP_TD’ (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in wp-content/themes/flatter/includes/theme-sidebar.php
Warning: Use of undefined constant flatter – assumed ‘flatter’ (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /themes/flatter/includes/theme-functions.php on line 725
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 5946
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at wp-content/themes/flatter/includes/theme-sidebar.php:102) in /wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1252
Flatter theme has been updated, no issue appeared anymore for php7 compatibility.
Cheers
Hi Mohsin.
I have upgraded to the Pro version.
I have still some PHP and JS errors with my site.
Please update, 2 other updates have been released the last 3 days .
Best regards
Hi Mohsin
I want to purchase flatter latest version and i am using clipper 2.0.6 version . Is the flatter is compatible to latest clipper version and wordpress version 5.3.2 ?
Hi voucher, please update the theme to 6.0.7, your will get all fixed
Cheers
Hi mohsin,
Even with 6.0.7, I still have PHP errors:
Warning: Parameter 2 to qtranxf_postsFilter() expected to be a reference, value given in /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php on line 288
Why you don’t delete this plugin, I solve this for ever.
Hi Mourad,
we are working to avoid that plugin.You can delete it for now ify ou don’t have a multi languages website.
We are going to use an updated on like loco or wpml.
I bought a theme, but they didn’t give me the API code!
Hi Alex,
You don’t need the key, it works like that
The key is only for Flatter Pro users. Flatter pro includes flatter + premium plugins, and the theme you purchased from appthemes doesn’t need any extra plugin to work like the demo, unless if you want to powerup your coupons website with more premium plugins.
Hi,
I have purchased a flatter theme but when activating the theme then getting license key error. from where I can get the licence key.
Hi summer3636
Thank you for purchasing my theme.
You can skip that step, you don’t need any key for the theme you just purchased.
You purchased Flatter theme from appthemes, it’s the fully-features theme, the same like the demo.. the key license is for Flatter Pro which is the bundle of Flatter theme (that you purchased ) + Couponjoy + Coupon filters + coupon thumbnails + Retailmenot skin + revolution slider + Home page widgets + tabbed widgets ( for home page).. and more
All these are premium plugins that they can be purchased separately from appthemes marketplace, but we added them to a bundle, named it Flatter Pro (more than $200 Value) for $29 only You can get them all in addition of their updates.
I am going to create a page on my website to explain the key license and all these features.
For now, your theme is the same as the demo, the same as per the product page.
Let me know how I can help You better.
Best regards
Oops… we couldn’t find your email address in the system, are you sure it’s the right address?
How to get the license key?
Hi
You don’t need that key, it’s required for people who purchased Flatter Pro, which is the bundle of Flatter + All my clipper premium plugins (Couponjoy, Couponfilter,coupons tabs, Mobile first, retailmenot skins,revslider pro+ other options. I have set the whole bundle for only $29.
you can click skip or use free version which is the version you purchased from appthemes (Flatter theme), btw I can’t change the word “Free”.
I hope It’s clear now.
Cheers
I am not able to edit the coupon expiry date. I am using the Flatter Pro version.
I have made the support ticket. But no one responds to that support ticket.
Hi ,
I have replied you by email.