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In this video series we will learn how to install WordPress themes. We will be using themes to customize the overall look, feel and functionality of our new WordPress business website. There are over a thousand free schemes to choose from at Wordress.org. Fortunately you can easily preview these to see how they’ll look on your site.
First we’ll be downloading and installing a free WordPress Theme. We’ll get it organized in the correct file structure and work with FileZilla to upload the theme to our site. Next we’ll activate our new WordPress theme. Themes can be activated and deactivated very easily and we’ll explore the customization options available once the theme is activated.
While there are lots of free WordPress themes, we’ll be using the premium one called Thesis. Thesis is the most powerful, easiest to customize theme on the market, which is why we’ll be using it for the remainder of these lessons. We recommend and use Thesis for a variety of reasons.
- You can customize the colors and appearance of your website quite easily without knowing HTML and CSS.
- Thesis is very flexible in its layout – there are a number of column options and it has an easy facility for adding images and video.
- Thesis also comes with its own search engine optimization settings.
- Finally, Thesis has substantial support in the form of a user guide, video tutorials, articles and very active support forums.
We now offer tutorials on the Genesis theme framework as well. If you need help deciding which theme is the best for you to use for your website, watch our Comparison of Thesis 1.84 and Genesis 1.8 seminar.
In this lesson you will learn to:
Find Free WordPress Themes – Watch the Video- Start at WordPress.org
- Preview Any Theme Available
- Search for different styles
- Download and Install a Free Theme – Watch the Video
- Download free WordPress Themes
- Look at the support available
- Upload the new theme to our site
- Switch Between Themes -Watch the Video
- Find the available themes using the dashboard
- Activate
- Preview the customization options
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