Invent – Education Course College WordPress Theme Overview
Invent is a WordPress theme aimed at schools, colleges and universities that need a well-organized public website. Its structure is based on how real institutions present programs, faculty, departments and campus news.
The theme is developed by LiveMesh and sold on ThemeForest. Shortcodes, widgets and custom post types live in companion plugins (Livemesh Invent Shortcodes and Livemesh Theme Addons), and pages are built with the SiteOrigin page builder plus 30+ theme-specific elements.
The vendor notes it can also serve agencies and small businesses. For online teaching, Invent includes styling and templates for LearnDash, a separately sold LMS plugin, so lessons can sit alongside the main school website.
Key Features of Invent – Education Course College WordPress Theme
- Custom post types for courses, staff, departments, news, testimonials, pricing plans, galleries and sliders, each with its own admin screen
- SiteOrigin page builder integration with 30+ theme-specific elements, plus support for additional premium widgets from LiveMesh’s SiteOrigin add-on
- Custom LearnDash styling, sidebars and page templates for course content (LearnDash licence purchased separately)
- Carousel and listing shortcodes that can place courses, faculty, departments or news anywhere on the site
- Shortcode builder with a form-based interface and inline help for more than 60 shortcodes
- Page sections that can be composed into single-page or multi-page layouts, with smooth scrolling for in-page menu links
- Parallax and video backgrounds, animated statistics, boxed or wide layouts and a 1180px twelve-column grid
- Portfolio and gallery templates with filtering, lazy loading and paginated category archives
- Support for The Events Calendar, WooCommerce and WPML, with translation files and a child theme included
- Options panel with 200+ settings, a Custom CSS field, 500+ Google Fonts and a large retina icon set
Who Invent – Education Course College WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Invent suits Canadian private schools, independent colleges, career and vocational training centres, tutoring academies and university departments that need to publish a lot of structured information. Course, staff and department entries link to one another, so visitors can move from a program to its instructors and department.
Continuing-education providers mixing in-person classes and online modules can add LearnDash so both share one design, while The Events Calendar covers open houses and application deadlines.
Important Notes About Invent – Education Course College WordPress Theme
The most recent version listed is 5.8 (July 2024), stated as compatible with WordPress 6.6, so current WordPress and PHP compatibility should be verified before purchase. Version 5.0 removed the Nivo and Flex top-slider options, so older feature lists may not match. A regular licence covers one site, and demo photos belong to Flickr contributors.
Colleges and career schools that issue diplomas or certificates in Canada are regulated provincially, and any site that collects applicant or student details must protect that personal information. Where paid courses are sold, a clear refund and cancellation policy under provincial consumer rules is needed. The school owner is responsible for meeting these requirements.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
You choose Invent and purchase the licence on ThemeForest; LiveMesh remains the developer and handles theme support. AppiAppi installs the theme and its companion plugins, then replaces the demo with your institution’s branding, programs, course entries, faculty profiles, departments and news. If you run online classes, we connect LearnDash and set up enrolment, and we build the admission enquiry and contact forms.
After launch, AppiAppi manages the site on an ongoing basis: we add new courses, events and announcements, apply WordPress, theme and plugin updates, and respond to enquiries from prospective students. We also provide AI-assisted SEO and content support for program pages and local search, matched to your subscription plan.
Original design by LiveMesh. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source