Purchasing a WordPress template from the Picalica store (practical experience)

There is no doubt that choosing a WordPress template is considered one of the most important decisions that a website owner must make when creating a new website. The appropriate template essentially contributes to obtaining a website with a professional appearance, fast and appropriate to the brand. If you are looking for a template for your website that supports the Arabic language 100%, the Picalica store for Arabic digital products provides you with that easily. In today's article, I explain to you my experience in purchasing a Woodpress template from the Picalica store step by step. I explain how I chose a suitable template, installed the template on my site and imported the template data, and how I contacted the template developer to learn more details about the template and obtained the necessary technical support from him.

What is the Picalica website? The Picalika website is an online store for buying and selling ready-made digital products of various kinds (such as designs, templates, add-ons, mobile applications, and documents). The website was first launched as an individual project in 2014, and was later purchased by Hassoub Technology Company, which specializes in developing web solutions and platforms, and added it to its product group. After Hassoub Company acquired the store, it redesigned it with a new look that is easy to use and compatible with the design of its other platforms, and expanded its scope of work to open a new opportunity for developers and creative designers in the Arab world to sell their products and achieve sustainable passive income through it.

On the other hand, the Picalica store provided customers with the opportunity to obtain digital products developed by Arab hands, at reasonable prices, and to obtain distinguished support from the owners of these products. When you browse the main page of the Picalica website and review the product classifications, you will find five main product classifications: web application templates, document designs, mobile applications, and under each main classification you will find a group of subcategories as shown in the following image. The prices of products in Picalica start from $10 and vary in price according to the type of product and according to the use license (personal or commercial). Picalica product prices can also be requested for paid custom developments and modifications when needed to customize the digital product that the customer wants to support with a feature that is not available in it in agreement with the product developer. The products provided by the store are characterized by quality and reliability, as the products are verified before they are accepted and published in the store, and it is ensured that the terms and policies of use are followed, aiming to provide Arabic products of high quality, constantly updated, and free of harmful codes.

The store - like other Hassoub platforms - is distinguished by guaranteeing the financial rights of both selling parties. The site acts as an intermediary between developers on the one hand and customers wishing to buy on the other hand, and follows a clear and specific pricing method that guarantees their rights. Search for a WordPress template on the Picalica website: You first need to create a new account by clicking on the New Account button or logging in to your account in Hassoub, and depositing an amount in your account balance so that you can communicate with the developer and make purchases from the store. You can search for any product you need according to the keyword in the search bar on the main page of the site, and click on the search button to display the corresponding products.

Or you can browse products according to classification, as we explained before, where you can choose between many product classifications, such as WordPress templates, WooCommerce templates, HTML templates, and other different classifications that help you find your product faster. For me, I was looking for a template for a WordPress website that talked about Turkish cuisine and Turkish food. The client wanted to create a blog that displays recipes from Turkish cuisine, and wanted to provide the feature of selling food through the site. The client wants to create the website in Arabic, but in the future he may make it in Turkish as well.

I logged into the site and chose the WordPress Templates category. I browsed the WordPress templates on the site, then browsed the WooCommerce templates to search for a template that suits the requirements of my desired site. In fact, I found several suitable templates, but I decided to purchase the following template (the Restaurantlian template - a WordPress template for online restaurants) because it suits the required site content on the one hand, and because the template design includes colors appropriate to the commercial identity of the required work. The Restaurantlian template, or Restaurantlian as described, is a professional WordPress template designed for online restaurants that publish their products and services. The template provides ready-made templates for many sections such as (About Us, Contact Us, Marketing Banners) that can be imported and used directly with the click of a button. It is also customizable to achieve the desired site appearance.

Things you should pay attention to on the template page When browsing any template in the Picalica store, you should pay attention to several things on the template page: 1- Template description The description section on the template page displays all the specifications and features of the template, and also displays a group of illustrative images that give you a general idea about the template’s appearance. Read the template specifications carefully to make sure it suits your requirements, and make sure that the template developer will add updates to the template from time to time. 2- Live preview of the template The live preview feature is a very important feature that you should try before purchasing the template. Through it, you can try the template on the Mubasher website, and make sure that it is designed the way you want, and that it loads quickly and is responsive to all screen sizes.

It should be noted here because you may not get exactly the same appearance of the site as the one on the trial preview site. The developer may use images for the preview purpose only to clarify and show the template’s appearance in a professional manner, but these images may be available for viewing only because they have copyrights, and in this case you must add your own images after you activate the template on your site. 3 Contact the developer You may need to contact the template developer if you have questions or inquiries about the template you want to purchase. You can do this by clicking the Contact button under the name of the template developer on the left of the template window.

For me, I needed to check some additional things about the template before purchasing, such as the possibility of the template supporting a multilingual website, the availability of technical support for the template in the event that I encounter problems installing it, and other things. So I contacted the developer to find out more details about it, and he was cooperative and quick to respond. 4 Check additional things about the template. You can check the availability of other things that will help you in making a purchasing decision, such as the number of times the template was purchased, and the ratings and opinions of previous customers who purchased the template. You can also visit the developer’s page on the Mustaqil platform to see a gallery of his work and the ratings of previous customers who dealt with him..

After you decide which template you would like to purchase, all you have to do is select the usage license you want, and click the Add Product to Cart button. A pop-up window will appear displaying a message (The product has been added to the cart) and suggesting that you go to the shopping cart or continue browsing the products. When you browse the cart, the products you have chosen will appear as follows. From here, you can withdraw from the purchase process by clicking on button 1 (Edit) and choosing Delete from cart. You can also click on button 2 (Payment) to complete the payment process. When you click on the payment button, the following page will appear to complete the payment process and show you the invoice details.

All you have to do is click on the button to complete the payment process, after which a page will appear to you bearing the order number and showing two buttons, the first is download, which clicks on it to download the product to your device, and the second is an evaluation button to evaluate the product you downloaded after trying it and verifying its performance. The template will then be downloaded to your computer in the form of a zip file. The template includes four items inside it: A Demo content folder to import the demo content of the template.

The Documentation folder includes complete documentation on how to use the template. The main template file is in a compressed zip file. The child template file is in a compressed zip file.

That's all. The purchase and download process was completed successfully from the Picalica store. In the following paragraphs, I will explain how I installed and used this template on a WordPress website. Steps to install the Picalica template on the WordPress site. The template is installed on the WordPress site through the following steps. The first step: Install and activate the template. You must log in to the admin control panel of your WordPress site, and choose the Appearance tab.< قوالب< أضف جديد بعد ذلك اضغط على زر رفع قالب أعلى النافذة وفي النافذة التالية انقر فوق زر اختيار ملف وحدد موقع الملف المضغوط zip الخاص بالقالب وهو في حالتنا الملف (restaurantlian.zip) لرفع القالب على الموقع، ثم انقرعلى زر التنصيب الآن كي يتم تنصيب القالب من الملف المرفوع. بعد اكتمال عملية التنصيب انقر فوق الرابط تفعيل لتفعيله في الموقع اقرأ المزيد: ثلاث طرق سهلة لتركيب قالب ووردبريس الخطوة الثانية: تثبيت وتفعيل الإضافات الضرورية للقالب بعد تفعيل القالب ستظهر لك رسالة في الأعلى كما هو مبين في الصورة التالية، ومفادها هذا القالب يتطلب تنصيب مجموعة من الإضافات الداعمة له، انقر فوق الرابط Begin installing plugins لتثبيت هذه الإضافات ستظهر لك قائمة الإضافات التي يحتاجها القالب كما في الصورة التالية (منها ما هو ضروري Required لعمل القالب ومنها ما هو مفضل Recommended) اختر الإضافات التي تريد تثبيتها واختر من القائمة المنسدلة الأمر install، ثم انقر فوق زر تطبيق لتثبيت هذه الإضافات بعد أن يتم تثبيت كافة الإضافات اللازمة في الموقع، عليك تفعيل هذه الإضافات من خلال اختيار الأمر Activate من القائمة المنسدلة الاي ستظهر في النافذة السابقة والنقر فوق زر تطبيق .

Step Three: Import the demo content of the template. The next step is to import the demo or demo content of the template, and modify it according to the requirements of the client’s site. To import the demo, go back to the site control panel and choose templates< القوالب المحفوظة ثم انقر فوق زر Import Template With Images كما يلي الآن انقر فوق زر اختيار ملف وحدد الملف المضغوط homepage_load_elementor_template.zip الموجود في المجلد Demo ضمن مجلد القالب، ثم انقر فوق الزر Import Now لتتم إضافة هذا القالب لمجموعة القوالب المحفوظة. عد الآن للوحة تحكم الموقع واختر أدوات< استيراد< ومن قسم WordPress انقر فوق رابط التنصيب الآن انتظر لحين انتهاء التنصيب ثم انقر فوق رابط تشغيل المستورد لتظهر لك النافذة الموضحة في الصورة التالية، قم بالنقر فوق زر اختيار ملف وحدد موقع الملف WordPress-demo-content.xml في المجلد Demo ضمن مجلد القالب ثم انقر فوق زر ارفع الملف واستورده في نافذة الاستيراد التالية حدد هل تريد استيراد كاتب المحتوى الأساسي لموقعك، أو إنشاء مستخدم جديد مع اسم دخول خاص به، أو إسناد التدوينات إلى مستخدم موجود (اخترت هنا إضافة أدمن موقعي ككاتب للمحتوى المستورد) وقم كذلك بتفعيل خيار تنزيل واستيراد الملفات المرفقة، وانقر فوق زر إرسال للبدء بالاستيراد بعد اكتمال الاستيراد انتقل للوحة التحكم واستعرض المقالات والصفحات والمنتجات، وستلاحظ أنه قد تم إضافة محتوى جديد لموقعك، وتم تعيين أدمن الموقع ككاتب لهذا المحتوى.

Fourth step: Change the home page of the site. The last step is to change the home page of the site with the page provided by the template, and modify its content to be consistent with the content that we want to publish on the actual site. Go to Control Panel< الإعدادات < القراءة ومن قسم إعدادات القراءة حدد خيار تعرض صفحتك الرئيسية صفحة ثابتة . ومن القائمة المنسدلة الصفحة الرئيسية اختر الصفحة homepage default لتكون كصفحة أولى لموقعك وانقر فوق حفظ التغييرات أسفل صفحة الإعدادت.

Now click on the name of the site and choose from the drop-down menu the command Visit Site. The site will appear as shown in the following image. All we have to do now is click on the Edit with Elementor option to edit and modify the site by adding page building to Elementor easily through drag and drop and make it according to the requirements of our site. After modifying and customizing the template, customizing the navigation menu, and adding products, pages, and the rest of the necessary site elements, the shape of my website specializing in Turkish cuisine became as shown in the following image, and the template seemed completely appropriate to the content and nature of the site. Customizing the Picalica template Read also: Learn how to create a professional web page in WordPress in more than one way Explaining how to modify a WordPress template in 5 different ways Conclusion Here ends this article in which I explained my entire experience in purchasing a WordPress template from the Picalica digital products store and showed it from It includes all the steps I followed to accomplish the task, starting with searching for a suitable template within the store, through purchasing the template and installing it on my site, and ending with importing the demo content of the template and completely customizing it. If you have any questions or inquiries about one of these steps, please let me know in the comments section below the article.