No, that’s the worst…
Pick another theme: http://themes.wordpress.net
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v2006
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Thanks..why is it the worst and are you saying any other theme is better?
I haven’t seen any wide agreement on the best “minimal” (empty) theme to customize. If you are decent with code and really want a blank theme, you can read a tutorial (sorry I don’t have the link) that tells how to make your own theme from scratch.
Otherwise look around the link Moshu gave, and find a theme that starts off the closest to what you want, and start editing it.
I disagree with the idea the default theme is the “worst”. There are FAR more complicated themes than that. But Kubrick (the default) is notoriously tricky and has a few quirks that make traditional answers not apply. However it isn’t impossible to edit, in fact it isn’t very hard at all. When I was new on WP, I immediately hacked the heck out of the default, before anyone told me it was a challenge.
The main reasons Kubrick is considered tricky are: Kubrick uses image files for the background instead of pure CSS; and some of the CSS style is in the Header (header.php I think) near the top, and not in the CSS stylesheet (style.css I think), which is unusual. Once you know that, Kubrick is easy to edit like any other theme. Go for it.
Hope this helps
there are “empty” themes here you can customize to your hearts content.
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v2006
(@v2006)
Thanks…Is the Misty theme fine to use?
One other quick question:
The second step of installation gave me a directory of files instead of taking me to admin
Please advise
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v2006
(@v2006)
I found the answer to my second question..
Add this to your .htaccess file
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
Mandigo! I love this theme. It has a theme options tab which lets you set very many layout options. It also lets you change the colors.