Completely re-vamp the look of your Thesis Theme blog by changing just one file. All the themes featured in this video use Thesis Theme and are only one file different to one another. That’s why thesis by diythemes has become the go-to wordpress theme for people who take their blog seriously.
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Hi guys,
I started a new blog on wordpress that I want to use on my existing site. I want the blog to match the look and feel of the site that I have up and running already. Does anyone know of a SIMPLE step by step tutorial that can show me how to do this?
Thanks
Here’s one of the best tutorials on creating a wordpress theme. It’s simple to follow and shows step by step.
http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/
Hope this helps!
I’m about to build a wordpress blog, and i’m wanting to copy someones theme that they have on their wordpress blog.
I know there are programs you can use to simply copy websites to you computer (like WinHTTrack)
How can I best copy someones wordpress theme that they are using?
For example…. I want to copy this one:
http://mattbrett.com
Because Wordpress pages are generated using PHP and a database and aren’t static HTML pages, copying someone’s design is actually quite a chore which will require a functional knowledge of PHP.
Many, many wordpress themes are free, but there is nothing stopping someone from making his or her own theme and not sharing it. mattbrett.com is the website of a professional graphic designer, and part of his business involves selling website layouts – the customers get a site which is unique to them (instead of being one of the many, many wordpress sites using the same 4-5 themes).
It looks like he took the freely available http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/1-column/7/back-in-black-11/ theme and heavily, heavily modified it. I’m basing this on viewing the generated HTML source on the homepage by right-clicking on a free area of the page and selecting "View Source" (specific name varies per browser). You can look through the HTML and see him calling the "back-in-black" style sheet. Maybe he’s just using the same name as the existing theme, but it looks like it’s probably where he started.
You can look through the HTML source to see how the formatting works, how it’s organized, and you can look at the .CSS files to see the style info (colors, fonts, etc., etc.), but you can’t just import them into the Wordpress theme editor in the Admin area of your blog. Assuming an import would work (it probably wouldn’t), you’d see his page with his entries because your theme is just displaying static HTML, not grabbing content from your database and generating pages.
Look through the "header" or "Main Index Template" theme page, and you’ll see it’s a lot more than just plain html – you’ll see a bunch of "<? php" tags – this is PHP code. If you’re decent with PHP and CSS (and some javascript) and understand how "the loop" in Wordpress works, you could eventually make a site which looks like his, but that’s a lot of pre-requisites.
And, though this isn’t popular among the open-source crowds, he has every right to claim copyright on his design (he spent his time and his livelihood depends on successful web design). I doubt anyone would care if you had a site which was just a copy of his layout, but I would say it’s not the best place to start, especially because he might be the only expert on that design, and it’s highly doubtful he would help you out. But, if you use on of the many free Wordpress themes which can be downloaded as an official "theme" .zip file with PHP files, CSS, etc., you’ll find people willing to help you online if you run into any options trying to customize it for your site.
My recommendation: Look through the many free Wordpress themes at http://themes.wordpress.net/. Find one you like, read a little about CSS, then tweak the design until it gives the look you want. Turning the generated HTML from the mattbrett.com page into functional PHP will be more work than you probably want to deal with, especially considering how many good, free themes are available.
My new wordpress has no widgets , when i go to my dashboard, Appearance, widgets. This message appear to me : The theme you are currently using isn’t widget-aware, meaning that it has no sidebars that you are able to change. ( any suggestion ) ??
Not all wordpress themes are widget ready.
This means that it is possible to download and install one of these themes, which is your case.
You have 2 ways to solve your problem:
1. the easy, lazy way: go to http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ and find another theme. This is the Wordpress themes repository, all themes are verified by Wordpress guys. All the themes listed here are fully optimized for widgets.
There are lots more websites to download themes from but I can’t guarantee they are widget ready themes
2. the "wordpress expert" way: start coding your theme so that it becomes widget ready
I’ve created a mock layout in photoshop of how I want the layout to my wordpress site (it’s for a DJ).
How can I assure that this theme will work in the actual blog? How do I install it and will it restrict any plug-ins?
How to start a blog
Learn how to create a blog. This article walks you through the basics of choosing a blog system, setting up your blog, getting traffic to your blog, and making money from your blog.
Read the full article here:
http://www.elated.com/articles/start-a-blog/
Some Themes: http://smashapps.blogspot.com/2009/06/20-most-elegant-free-blogger-templates.html
Tips: http://smashapps.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-10-important-tips-for-beginner.html
Top 10 Template Generators for Blogs and Websites: http://mashable.com/2007/11/18/10-template-generators/
Blogger Template Generator: http://gosublogger.com/2008/02/blogger-template-generator/
Wordpress Blog Template Generator: http://www.teknobites.com/2007/11/02/wordpress-blog-template-generator/
How to add Social Networking Buttons Below Every Post: http://bloggerstop.net/2008/12/how-to-add-social-networking-buttons-to.html
How to Make wordpress themes (video): http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/
How to Move a Wordpress Blog to a New Domain?: http://www.selaplana.com/2009/01/16/how-to-move-a-wordpress-blog-to-a-new-domain/
Gallifrey Image Gallery WordPress Plugin: http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2009/07/gallifrey-image-gallery-wordpress-plugin/
http://hubpages.com/hub/affiliate-theme-review Affiliate Theme is a newly designed wordpress Theme from Unique Blog Designs. What makes it unique is the fact that it allows any affiliate marketer to create good looking landing pages without having to touch a single line of code. All customization is done from within the Wordpress Control Panel and layouts and colors of your pages can be changed on the fly. Affiliate Theme also comes with pre-made headers graphics which makes it easy to use with a wide variety of popular niches like Acai, Diet, Dating, Ringtones and More
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I have been hearing a lot about how wordpress themes are not very optimized for the search engines, and came across a blog post mentioning that it was the best out there. Anybody have experience using the Thesis Theme for wordpress?
It’s a very attractive, very flexible theme. It will, however, cost you some money: $87, last I heard. (Which is not much more than I spent on Movable Type before switching to WordPress, come to think of it.)
There is an SEO plugin for WP which is supposed to be able to do the optimization on any theme whatsoever, but I haven’t tried it.
I downloaded a theme for my wordpress blog. Now, I want to be able to use it, but can’t seem to figure out how to do so. Can someone please help.
wordpress themes usually come in ZIP or RAR files.
Unzip the file, which will give you a new folder with bunch of folders and files in it. Place the entire folder inside the WP-Contents\Themes folder.
Then log in to your WP Control Panel, choose Design, and click the layout’s example image.
That’s all there is to most themes.
Sometimes, other actions are required, but these are usually listed on the page where you downloaded the theme from.
I am not using icewarp, try to use Easy php from http://easyphp.org/index.php , it acts like a real webhost so you can run your wordpress locally and test your wordpress themes and plugin in your windows.
themeophilia.com wordpress Videos: Install A WordPress Theme will cover a brief overview on how to upload and install your new wordpress theme into the proper web directory via FTP.
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