Theme Documentation
Installation and setup for Executive and Landscape
Installing a Theme
- Download the ZIP: executive.zip or landscape.zip. Do not unzip it.
- In WordPress go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
- Choose the ZIP, click Install Now, then Activate.
If the upload fails with "The link you followed has expired", your host's upload limit is too low – ask your host to raise upload_max_filesize, or unzip the theme and upload the folder to wp-content/themes/ via SFTP.
Executive Setup
Homepage
- Create a page called "Home", choose the Homepage Template under Page Attributes / Template, add a short introduction and a featured image (used in the hero area), and publish.
- Create an empty page called "Blog" and publish it.
- Under Settings → Reading, select "A static page" and set Home as the homepage and Blog as the posts page.
- Under Appearance → Customize → Theme Options, choose the three featured pages (and the optional secondary page) shown on the homepage. Featured images are used for each featured page.
Menus
Executive has three menu locations: Main Menu, Social Menu (add custom links to your social profiles; icons are added automatically) and Footer Menu. Assign them under Appearance → Menus or in the Customizer.
Portfolio
The portfolio templates use the Jetpack Portfolio custom post type. Install Jetpack, enable Portfolios under Jetpack → Settings → Writing → Custom content types, then create a page with the Portfolio template.
Other options
- Logo: Appearance → Customize → Site Identity.
- Header image: Appearance → Customize → Header Image.
- Footer credit text: Appearance → Customize (Footer Copyright setting).
- Extra layouts: the Full Width and Modular page templates.
Landscape Setup
Homepage
- Create a page called "Home" with the Homepage Template. A single paragraph describing your site works best.
- Create an empty page called "Blog".
- Under Settings → Reading, set Home as the homepage and Blog as the posts page.
- Under Appearance → Customize → Landscape Options, choose the three featured pages. Give each a featured image.
Social links
Go to Appearance → Menus, create a menu called "social", tick the Social theme location and add custom links to your profiles.
Header image
Replace the default header image under Appearance → Customize → Header Image.
Customising Safely with a Child Theme
Theme updates overwrite files inside the theme folder. Put custom CSS in Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS, or create a child theme: a folder such as executive-child with a style.css containing Template: executive in its header and a functions.php that enqueues the parent stylesheet.
Need Help?
Check the readme.txt / README.md inside the ZIP, browse the developer blog, or contact us.