Title: How To Create A Template/Background?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How To Create A Template/Background?

 *  [afiovino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afiovino/)
 * (@afiovino)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/)
 * Hello,
 * I was wondering how to create a custom background or template for my WordPress
   blog. I wasn’t sure if there was certain software that most bloggers are using
   or a plugin?
 * Thanks,
 * Andrew

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 *  [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804226)
 * By custom template do you mean the overall theme or for one type of post?
 *  Thread Starter [afiovino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afiovino/)
 * (@afiovino)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804232)
 * I mean the overall theme for the website.
 * I have seen many templates out there, but I do not want to change the theme.
 * I was wondering how to possibly create my own custom template for WordPress?
 *  [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804242)
 * If you create a new theme, you will need to change it. Perhaps I am just not 
   understanding.
 * You could edit all the files in your theme folder to fine tune it to your specifications.
   Depending on how well you know HTML and CSS, you could come up with something
   completely unrecognizable from the original – in a good way!
 * Your theme folder is located in wp-content/wp-themes and has the same name as
   your current theme. These files are editable via a program like Notepad or Textpad
   and if you change the permissions (chmod) you can edit them directly from the
   WP dashboard.
 *  Thread Starter [afiovino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afiovino/)
 * (@afiovino)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804243)
 * Is there anyway to create a background of my own, and then upload it to the theme
   editor.
 * I don’t want to change the theme, I want to change the background. I’m just wondering
   if there is software or a program I can use to do so.
 *  [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * (@ladycrow)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804247)
 * You can create your own background, upload it to the theme directory and change
   a relatively small amount of code without having to redo the entire theme but
   there will still be some editing. You can’t just upload it to the editor.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ladycrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladycrow/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-create-a-templatebackground/#post-804247)
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