Vilan Corporate, Shop & Forum WordPress Theme Overview
Vilan is a WordPress theme that brings together three kinds of website in one design: a corporate site, an online shop and a community forum. Its style is flat and straightforward, built mainly around blue and dark grey, with custom modules intended to simplify content creation for business pages, product listings and discussion areas.
The theme is made by disgogo and is built on Bootstrap, using Visual Composer as its page builder and Revolution Slider for sliders. For selling, it supports two platforms: WooCommerce, which runs inside WordPress, and Ecwid, a hosted store that can be embedded on the site. The forum side uses bbPress, and the one-click demo install also loads the WooCommerce and bbPress plugin settings.
Beyond the shop, Vilan offers 12 portfolio templates in one to four columns, team and testimonial templates, a built-in contact form and 11 custom widgets. Page headers can include a description, social sharing, breadcrumbs, an image or a slideshow, and the site can use a stretched or boxed layout with full control over colours, fonts and backgrounds.
Key Features of Vilan Corporate, Shop & Forum WordPress Theme
- Support for both WooCommerce and Ecwid e-commerce platforms
- Forum support through bbPress, with plugin settings included in the demo import
- Catalog mode that turns off buying so the shop acts as a product catalogue
- Show or hide product titles, prices, add-to-cart buttons, tabs, upsells and related products
- Shortcodes for featured and sale products
- Visual Composer page builder and Revolution Slider
- 12 portfolio templates in classic, filterable and sidebar styles
- Team and testimonial templates, 11 custom widgets and a built-in contact form
- Stretched and boxed layouts with unlimited colours and Google Fonts
- Translation support via WPML or a .po language file, theme option import and export, PSD files and child theme support
Who Vilan Corporate, Shop & Forum WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Vilan suits Canadian small and mid-sized businesses that want a corporate website with a modest online store and a place for customers to talk, for example a software or equipment company running a support forum, or a service firm selling a few products alongside its portfolio. The catalog mode also helps businesses that want to display products without taking orders online.
The Ecwid option may appeal to merchants who already use Ecwid on social channels and want the same store on their website. Organizations that value a community forum, such as associations or product user groups, can use the bbPress integration, while agencies and consultants can make use of the portfolio and team templates.
Important Notes About Vilan Corporate, Shop & Forum WordPress Theme
Vilan is licensed from disgogo for one site. Its last listed release is version 2.7 from December 2017, so it has not been updated for recent WordPress, WooCommerce or PHP versions. AppiAppi tests it on a staging site first and will recommend a more current alternative if compatibility issues appear.
Ecwid is a separate hosted service with its own plans, and bbPress, Visual Composer (now WPBakery) and Revolution Slider are separate plugins. The vendor advises backing up theme options before updating, and demo images are not included.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
When you have chosen Vilan and purchased it from the vendor, AppiAppi verifies compatibility, installs the theme and imports the demo content. We then add your branding, company pages, portfolio and team details, set up either WooCommerce or Ecwid for your products, and configure the forum structure and moderation settings.
After launch, AppiAppi supports the site with AI-assisted SEO and content for service pages and product listings, uploads new products, and manages theme and plugin updates. We can also respond to customer inquiries and help process orders, with ongoing management scaled to your subscription plan.
Original design by disgogo. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source