subject: To Produce A Graphical Interface With An Underlying Unifying Design For A Weblog [print this page] A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that works together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying Unifying design for a weblog. These files are CALLED template files. A Theme modifies the way the site is displayed, without modifying the underlying software. Themes may include Customized template files, image files. For an Introduction to template files, see Stepping into Templates.
Let's say you write a lot about cheese and gadgets. Through the use of the WordPress Loop and template files, you can customize your Cheese category posts to look Different from your Gadgets category posts. With this powerful control over what Different pages and categories look like on your site, you are limited only by your imagination. For information on How to Use Different Themes for different categories or posts, see The Loop in Action and Category Templates.
Fundamentally, the WordPress Theme system is a way to "skin" your weblog. Yet, it is more than just a "skin." Skinning your site implantation that only the design is changed. WordPress Themes Can Provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website
Get New Themes
The WordPress Theme Directory is the official site for WordPress Themes Which Have Been Inspected and checked, and are free for downloading. The site features the Ability to search by type and style, and offers a Demonstration of the page view elements of the theme.
Using Themes
Supplies a default WordPress theme (WordPress theme Twenty Eleven) in ITS distribution for your initial use. You can switch between Themes using the admin panel. That you add themes to the theme directory will Appear in the Administration Panels> Design> Themes as additional selections.
Adding New Themes
Appearance Panel
There are many Themes available for download that will work with your WordPress installation.
If the theme you are installing That Provides instructions, no sure to read through and follow the Instructions for Those Successful installation of the theme. It is recommended That Theme Developers Provide installation instructions for their own Themes, Themes Because Can Provide special optional functionality that may a require more steps than the basic installation steps Covered here. If your Theme does not work after volgende provided any instructions, please contact the theme author for help.
Adding New Themes using the Administration Panel
Themes you can download directly to your blog by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.
Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
Select Install Themes
Use the sub-menu or the search or filter options to locate a Theme you would like to use.
Click on the Preview link to preview the theme or the Install link to upload the theme to your blog.
Use the Upload link in the top sub-menu to upload a zipped copy of a Theme That You Have Previously downloaded to your machine.
Adding New cPanel theme by using
If your host offers the cPanel control panel, and the theme files are in a. Zip or. Tar.gz archive follows under these instructions. Note: This assumes the theme you download is a compressed (zipped) file and the files in the zip file are in. Their 'named' folder.
Download the theme zip file to your local machine.
Once you've navigated to the Themes folder in panel File Manager, click on Upload file (s) and upload the zip file That you saved in Step first
Once the zip file is uploaded, click on the zipped file name in panel, then in the panel to the right, click on Extract File Contents, And that will not zip file uncompressed.
Follow the Instructions Below for Selecting the new Theme.
Manually Adding New Themes (FTP)
To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow under these basic steps:
Download the theme archive and extract the files it contains. You may need to preserve the directory structure in the archive under these when extracting files. Follow the guidelines your Theme provided by the author.
Using an FTP client to access your host web server, create a directory to Save Your Theme in the wp-content/themes directory provided by WordPress. For example, a Theme named Test Should Be in wp-content/themes/test. Your Theme may provide this directory as part of the archive.
Upload the theme files to the new directory on your host server.
Follow the Instructions Below for Selecting the new Theme.
Selecting the Active Theme
to select a Theme for your site:
Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel.
Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
From the Available Themes section, click on the theme title (or Theme screenshot) for the theme you wish to activate.
A preview of the theme will not show.
To activate the theme click the Activate "Theme Name" link in the top right.
Your selection immediately should become active.
Note: If the theme preview is blank, do not activate the new Theme without investigating further Top. Your site may not be displayed correctly, otherwise.
Creating Themes
If you are interested in creating your own Themes for distribution, or learning more about the architecture of Themes, please review the documentation Regarding Theme Development.
