How to change a theme?

  • Jamie

    (@gingerbreadnewslady)


    14 years, 11 months ago

    I want to use the Modern Notebook theme and have it loaded, but I want to change it. I’m using my site as a static Web page instead of a blog. I don’t know CSS, which is a big part of the problem. I’m also being told I don’t have permission to change the code.

    Here’s the changes I’m wanting to make: I want to take the red link buttons OFF the top of the page and perhaps move them to the side in place of the regular links column. I have so many links that the red blocks are hiding the notebook aspect and look all jumbled.

    What do I need to do?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    You can either edit your CSS online or you can edit the file(s) on your own machine and them upload the amended files(s) to the theme’s folder.

    If you prefer the former approach, you will need to chmod (change the file permissions on) the wp-content/themes folder to 766. If that doesn’t work, try 767 or, as a last resort, 777.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    Thread Starter Jamie

    (@gingerbreadnewslady)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    My other problem is I simply don’t know how to change my CSS code. What I mean is, I don’t know what to change it to in order to create the effect I want. Where do I go for that?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    If you want to move links from one part of the page to another, you’ll need to edit 1 or more of your theme’s template files as well. Only when those changes have been made can you start to amend the CSS.

    Thread Starter Jamie

    (@gingerbreadnewslady)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    I understand that I need to edit the template files, but I don’t know how to edit them. I don’t know CSS code.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    The template files use PHP – not CSS. You may need to employ a developer to carry out the changes for you.

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