Themes and customization

  • inf4m0us

    (@inf4m0us)


    17 years, 4 months ago

    I’m new to the blogging world and would like to learn how to create my blog correctly. I just installed WP and with that I have two themes, Default and Classic.

    Question, if I wanted to change the header image in these themes would I be able to? I tried and when I pressed “Update file” the text just changed back into it’s original state. I’m probably missing out on another step or two, or a few, but WP doesn’t fully explain (or I just don’t understand) what I need to do to successfully customize something on my own. Any help is appreciated.

    If it is impossible to edit the theme, does that mean I have to create an entire new theme by myself? With all the little files included? I want my blog to be unique with different images and color than the theme provided. I have experience with web development which includes html and the use of dreamweaver. After trying to read WP’s help and guide pages I just have myself more confused as to what to look for and what to change.

    Again, any help is appreciated. Thank you.

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    17 years, 4 months ago

    1. You can edit any template file in a theme – just don’t do it with the online editor! The reason: to make those file editable online, you need to change the permissions to 666, which means you leave it wide open for hacking.

    The correct way to do it: on your computer in a plain text editor (after making a backup copy) and then upload the file(s) to your server via FTP.

    2. Try to get other themes: scroll up > Extend > Themes

    Some reading:
    Templates
    Stepping_Into_Templates
    Theme_Development

    scottkr

    (@scottkr)

    17 years, 4 months ago

    I am using the default theme but I just downloaded a different theme and installed it to the directory it is supposed to go to. Then I went into the settings area of the admin, saw a drop down to choose another one, I did then I refresh my browser and the default theme is still there. not sure what’s wrong.

    Thread Starter inf4m0us

    (@inf4m0us)

    17 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for the replies, ‘you can’t edit themes using the online editor’, haha, that would be very useful information.

    Scott: I wanted to edit a part of a theme, not change the theme itself.

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