# The Corporate WordPress Theme #
Corporate was built for small to mid-sized businesses, and its feature set is one your company will love: beautiful testimonials, stunning and fully-responsive page headers, multiple navigation menus for information-rich websites, and a variety of page templates to give your team total control over your site’s layout. All these elements and more make Corporate the right choice for your online brand. Hop over to the theme demo [1] to learn more.
## Recipe ##
Take the following steps in order to make your website look and feel exactly like the Corporate demo site:
- Download and install WordPress [1].
- Purchase and install Corporate.
- Download and install the custom colors plugin for Corporate [2].
- Download and install the Jetpack plugin [3].
- Visit the Corporate documentation [4] and pay special attention to the step-by-step setup guide [5] and the documentation on the featured content slider [6].
[1] https://wordpress.org
[2] https://github.com/professionalthemes/corporate-custom-colors/tree/master/releases
[3] http://jetpack.me
[4] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/
[5] https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/corporate/support/
[6] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/page-templates/show-off-your-best-with-featured-content/
[2] https://github.com/professionalthemes/corporate-custom-colors/tree/master/releases
[3] http://jetpack.me
[4] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/
[5] https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/corporate/support/
[6] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/page-templates/show-off-your-best-with-featured-content/
## Featured Images ##
Corporate is a theme that's designed to allow you show off your images. You may have been using another theme before switching to Corporate or you may have had a lot of images uploaded to your WordPress media library [1] before activating Corporate on your site. If this is the case, then please download and install the Regenerate Thumbnails [2] plugin. This is an essential step towards making sure that your website loads images at a sensible size and also ensures that any old images that you've uploaded into your site before activating the theme are accounted for. You will find Corporate's recommended media settings on the demo site [3].
[1] https://en.support.wordpress.com/media/
[2] https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
[3] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/images/#recommended
[2] https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
[3] https://corporatethemedemo.wordpress.com/docs/images/#recommended
## Theme Installation ##
The Corporate theme is delivered to you as a ZIP file, which WordPress is able to recognize and install.
- In order to install the theme into your website, go to Appearance → Themes from within your WordPress Dashboard and then click on the Add New button next to Themes [1].
- Next to the Add Themes page title you will see a button that says Upload Theme [2]; click on that, choose your theme's ZIP file, and then click on Install Now [3].
- After completing these steps, you are now able to either Activate or Live Preview your new theme [4].
[1] https://cloudup.com/c4pzzP3OTQX
[2] https://cloudup.com/cTqtmkTysvK
[3] https://cloudup.com/c4qrgVLOS3N
[4] https://cloudup.com/c_l4OyHqCih/f
[2] https://cloudup.com/cTqtmkTysvK
[3] https://cloudup.com/c4qrgVLOS3N
[4] https://cloudup.com/c_l4OyHqCih/f
## Plugin Installation ##
The Corporate custom colors plugin is delivered to you as a ZIP file, which WordPress is able to recognize and install.
- In order to install the plugin into your website, go to Plugins → Add New from within your WordPress Dashboard and then click on the Add New button next to Plugins [1].
- Next to the Add Plugins page title you will see a button that says Upload Plugin [2]; click on that, choose the plugin ZIP file, and then click on Install Now [3].
- After completing these steps, you are now able to customize the colors of Corporate [4].
[1] https://cloudup.com/cZefZiafKns
[2] https://cloudup.com/cDwCgDF81nt
[3] https://cloudup.com/cGJ7XJYaKNb
[4] https://cloudup.com/cRb9Ns9Nf3a
[2] https://cloudup.com/cDwCgDF81nt
[3] https://cloudup.com/cGJ7XJYaKNb
[4] https://cloudup.com/cRb9Ns9Nf3a
## Theme Version ##
The current version of Corporate is 1.0.1. The current stable version of WordPress [1] as of this theme version is 4.4. All Professional Themes themes support the current stable version of WordPress at the time of their release, as well as two prior versions of WordPress, which is in line with its core development philosophy.
## Jetpack Plugin ##
Corporate uses Jetpack [1] to assist with customer testimonials handling, featured content, portfolios, infinite scroll, and image optimization, to name a few features. We highly recommend that in order to get the most out of your website with Corporate you install Jetpack. It was built to bring the power of WordPress.com to self-hosted WordPress installations, and it will make your self-hosted installation of Corporate shine just like it does on WordPress.com.
## Documentation and Support ##
Documentation for Corporate can be found on its demo site [1]. Support will be provided directly through Creative Market. If you have any pre-sale questions feel free to contact us [2].
## Browser Support ##
This version of Corporate supports the following browsers:
- Apple Safari [1]
- Google Chrome [2]
- Firefox [3]
- Internet Explorer (9+) [4]
- Opera [5]
[1] http://www.apple.com/safari/
[2] http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
[3] http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/identity/firefox/channels/
[4] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/download-ie
[5] http://opera.com/
[2] http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
[3] http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/identity/firefox/channels/
[4] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/download-ie
[5] http://opera.com/
## Updates ##
### [1.0.1] December 10th, 2015 ###
- Patch: Update author link and theme footer to reflect that the Professional Themes site is now fully secured via SSL.
- Patch: Rename "Theme" to "Theme Options" in Customizer for better clarity.
- Patch: Featured Content was in a very awkward position. If someone chooses the FC slider template then FC should be shown as the first thing on the page, at the top above everything else.
- Patch: When the FC slider is in slideshow mode, do not put a white fade against the background images.
- Patch: Remove overly aggressive auto-hyphenation from theme.
### [1.0.0] ###
- Initial Release: Corporate was released on WordPress.com [1] on September 12th, 2015, and Creative Market on September 29th, 2015 [2].
[1] https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/corporate/
[2] https://creativemarket.com/professionalthemes/382762-Corporate-WordPress-Theme
[2] https://creativemarket.com/professionalthemes/382762-Corporate-WordPress-Theme
## Versioning ##
Corporate uses Semantic Versioning [1], which states that given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
- MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
- MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
- PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
Most of the updates for this theme will be in the form of bug fixes and minor enhancements.
## Professional Themes ##
Professional Themes is an open-source software company that specializes in online solutions for small businesses. We help customers build beautiful websites. Visit our website [1] to learn more
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