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First steps

This is the ordered path from a fresh install to a finished site. Follow it in sequence and you will have a branded, navigable, launch-ready website.
Before you begin on an existing site: back up first. Steps 2 and 3 change your front page settings and navigation.

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The path

1

Install the theme

Activate Vara SaaS from Appearance → Themes. Full instructions on Installation.
2

Run the setup wizard

Appearance → Vara SaaS Setup installs Elementor and creates four finished pages in one pass. This is the single biggest time saver — skip it only if you already have your own pages ready. See Setup wizard.
3

Set your identity

Site title, tagline, logo, and favicon. Five minutes, and the site stops looking like a demo. See Site identity.
4

Set your colors

Eleven color pickers. They propagate to Elementor’s global palette too, so one change brands your entire site. See Colors.
5

Set your typography

One font family and one base size. See Typography.
6

Choose your layout

Wide or boxed container, navbar arrangement, and whether the sidebar is on. See Layout and container.
7

Build your menu

Replace the demo pages with your own navigation. See Header and menus.
8

Write real content

Replace the placeholder copy on every imported page. The demo text describes a fictional product — see Demo pages.
9

Set up forms and SEO

Fix the contact form, then add an SEO plugin. See Contact Form 7 and SEO.
10

Work the launch checklist

The final pass before you point your domain at the site. See Launch checklist.

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If you already have a site

Skip step 2. Instead:
1

Activate the theme

Install it. Nothing is created automatically.
2

Assign your menu

Appearance → Menus → tick Primary Menu → Save Menu.
3

Set your reading settings

Settings → Reading → choose your front page and posts page.
4

Re-apply your branding

Colors, typography, logo, and footer — none of that carries over from another theme.
5

Check your widgets

Widget areas are theme-specific. See Sidebars and widgets.

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Order matters for two reasons

Your brand colors are injected into Elementor’s global palette. If you design pages first and set colors after, you will be re-styling widgets to match. Set colors early, then build.

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Time estimate

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Where the Customizer lives

Every theme setting is in one panel: Appearance → Customize → Vara SaaS The Customizer tour walks through all seven.

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Next

Site identity

Step 3 — logo, title, tagline, favicon.

Colors

Step 4 — brand your whole site in five minutes.

Launch checklist

Step 10 — everything to verify before you go live.