# Minimal Requirements

If you’re planning to build a website using WordPress, you must first ensure your hosting provider meets WP’s requirements.

### Database

1. MySQL 5.0 or higher

### PHP

1. PHP 5.2.4 or higher
2. PHP5 GD library installed
3. Notices & Warnings are turned off
4. Enabled mod_rewrite in Apache for clean URLs
5. Memory limit set up at least 64MB
6. Upload_max_filesize at least 10MB

### Upload the theme zip folder from admin area

1. Log in to your WordPress admin area.
2. Browse to Appearance > Themes.
3. Click on ‘Add New’.
4. Click ‘Upload’.
5. Browse and select the theme zip file to ‘Upload’.

### Upload Via FTP

1. WordPress files can also be uploaded manually via FTP.
2. Upload the files to /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
3. Login to your WordPress admin area to change the theme.
4. Check out the guide on WordPress.org here.

## Activation

### Theme

1. Navigate into admin “Appearance - Themes”
2. Activate theme

## Demo Content

You will find following three files in Demo folder of theme:

1. demo-content.xml
2. redux_options_demo.json
3. widgets-demo.wie

### Import instructions for demo-content.xml

You need to install "WordPress Importer" plugin in order to import theme demo content.

### Import instructions for widgets-demo.wie

You need to install "Widget Importer & Exporter" plugin in order to import widgets.

### Import instructions for redux_options_demo.json

You need to open this file and copy all the content and paste into textarea as shown below:

### Set up home page

After installing demo content you can setup front page as shown below: