No true blogger is satisfied with a generic theme design. Here's how you can re-theme your blog in 4 easy steps.
WHAT'S A THEME?
A theme is the design of your blog - colors, fonts, layout, etc. All blogs have a "default" theme. For WordPress, it looks like this:
FIND A NEW THEME
Whatever blog engine you use, there's a community of developers offering free or low cost themes. For WordPress, you can search over 1,000 themes with the WP Theme Viewer.
For Realtor® Mike Jaquish, we downloaded a theme called Tarski.
Tarski is an elegant, bullet-proof theme that was built to be customized. We replaced the picture, customized a few design elements and got this:
RE-THEME YOUR BLOG
Here's how to give your blog a new look:
- Find some new themes online.
- Download them to your computer.
- Upload them to your server (in WP, wp-content/themes)
- Surf up your blog and log in to the admin panel. In WP 2.5 or greater, navigate to the Design tab (in earlier versions, navigate to “Presentation”). You’ll see thumbnails of all the themes you have uploaded. Click on the theme you fancy.
Presto! Your blog has a new theme!
REPLACE YOUR HEADER
Some themes include a picture in the header. To really jazz up your presentation, you can replace the header picture with one of your own design.
Find the header picture you want to replace. It’s usually in folder labeled “images” inside the theme directory. Sometimes the appropriate file is labeled “header,” other times not. Just have a quick look at the files in the images directory and the header picture should be self-evident.
Load up the header picture in any imaging program such as Photoshop or Fireworks. Design a new header to your own liking, but don’t change the overall dimensions of the picture.
Upload the new header to the appropriate directory on your server replacing the old header (use the same file name).
Shazamm! Your new header is now active.
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