Blog themes

Finding a blog theme to fit your personality is fun. There are hundreds available just by logging in to your control panel. You can change your theme at any time so you can blog now and your blog entries will be updated as you change your theme. however, you might like to have a theme that we haven’t uploaded yet. You can begin by looking for a theme here. Once you find your theme we have to upload it to our site. 

When you find a theme put your request in the comments below or email Susan using the contact form. Include the theme name and URL so we can upload it to our site. You’ll be able to change it from your admin panel.

Once you are familiar with how WordPress works, it’s time to get creative and start customizing. You can do whatever you want, adding and subtracting, perfecting and scrambling your site at will. The amount of effort you put into the site is now up to you. You can work with the two WordPress Themes that came with the installation, or seek out another Theme that better meets your needs. You can totally customize all the links and information, or get serious and completely re-design the entire site to do whatever you want. You have the basics, the rest is up to your imagination.

Finding a WordPress Theme
Look for one that better suits the look you desire on your site.
Customizing the Look
When you are ready to plunge into the code, you can customize the look and layout of the site through CSS and modifing the Themes (or create your own).
Enhance Your Site with Plugins
Plugins add function and sometimes fun to your site. There are hundreds of different plugins from adding custom links like related articles to your sidebar to adding weather reports.

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WordPress Themes

There are hundreds of WordPress Themes to choose from. All do basically the same thing but graphically present the information in a myriad of ways. Choose a few that look interesting to you, and meet your audience’s needs and your desires, and then test drive them following the test drive instructions above. Click through the whole site, the categories and archives as well as the individual posts to see how the Theme handles each one. The look may be nice on the front page, but if it handles things in a way you don’t like on the single post, then you will have to dig into the code and make changes. Not ready for that, try another theme.

If you run into problems, check out the Codex’s Troubleshooting Themes article.

WordPress Plugins

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Plugin Panel

WordPress Plugins are also known as add-ons or extensions. They are software scripts that add functions and events to your website. They cover the gamut from up-to-date weather reports to simple organization of your posts and categories. Plugins are designed by volunteer contributors and enthusiasts who like challenges and problem solving. They are usually fairly simple to install through the WordPress Admin Plugin panel, just follow the instructions provided by the plugin author. Remember, these are free and non-essential. If you have any problems with plugins, contact the plugin author’s website or plugin source first, then search the Internet for help with that specific plugin, and if you haven’t found a solution, then visit the WordPress forums for more help.

Above and Beyond the Basics

What you do from here is up to you, but here are a few places to take that first step beyond the basics:

March 16, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging Tips 

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3 Responses to “Blog themes”

  1. abba12 on March 17th, 2009

    Hi

    Is there a way to subscribe via RSS to Aussie Homeschool Blog without subscribing to every blog that is hosted by AHB? I subscribed today but am receiving updates from this as well as two users that have just begun blogs I’m guessing hosted by you but aren’t actually on this blog.

  2. admin on March 17th, 2009

    Hi,
    I’m working on that…it’s not designed that way so I’ll have to hack the code somehow…but I am working on it. I know just what you mean.

  3. Susan on September 10th, 2009

    Yes, there is a way *but*…

    It is the responsbility of each blog owner to set up their feed and publish their feeds. The feature is there and available but again, is the sole responsbility of blog owners.

    If you did want to sub to a particular feed, you could try commenting that particular blog and asking them to publish their feed.

    Then if they need to, they can contact Site Admin for help or assistance in setting it up.

    Hope this helps,
    Susan (aka Admin)

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