WordPress Theme
Web Site Templates
There are so many themes available at no charge
for your WordPress blog that it can be overwhelming to choose.
In almost all theme indexes you can narrow down your choices
by choosing:
- how many columns you want
- your basic color scheme
- fixed or fluid width
- if plugins are required
- if it's widget ready
- if it has an options page
- if it has rounded corners
- if the sidebar is on the left or right
Check any of these options to narrow your search
but if you don't know what you want you can leave the options
unchecked and every theme in that category will be displayed.
If you're starting your blog from scratch, just pick the theme
you like the best.
If you've a WordPress blog and are changing themes
you need to look for a compatible theme unless you're willing
to make it compatible. If you know some basic HTML or PHP it isn't
difficult to make your new theme compatible with the old. If your
new theme has the same features as your old theme you won't need
to do much.
Let's talk about columns first. You can choose
from 1-column, 2-column, 3-column, and 4-column themes. If you
want people to be able to subscribe to your blog or see a list
of your pages or almost anything other than a post, you need at
least two columns. This will provide you with the main posting
area and a sidebar as well as the header and footer. If you want
to incorporate a lot of 'stuff' in your blog page you might want
a 3 or 4 column theme. This is particularly good if you are going
to put AdSense on your blog.
There is a wide array of colors to choose from
and I don't usually specify a certain color unless I absolutely
know the color scheme I want. You'll get many ideas by seeing
many color schemes.
When you've made your decision about your search
criteria you'll usually see a button marked 'Show' or 'Go'. Click
that button and your themes will appear with a thumbnail of the
theme. These are difficult to see but you'ill get an overall idea
of what it will look like. Now you can go through the themes and
if there is one that you want to see, just click on the 'Test
Drive' button. This will make the theme a full page so you can
see exactly what it looks like.
When you find your theme click on download to
download them to your computer. There will generally be instructions
on where to put the various components of your theme when you
upload it to your site.
After your theme is uploaded go to your blog's
admin area and click on 'Presentation'. Your current theme will
be listed first and the other themes you've available will be
listed after that. Simply click on the theme you want an it will
become your current theme.
Choosing your WordPress theme is the most difficult
part of the entire process because there are so many to see. Installing
it and making it your current theme are as simple as can be.
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http://www.wpguru.com
where you can learn everything you always wanted to know about
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