6. WHAT IS A THEME?
WP needs a theme in order to work.
WP comes with two default themes:
• Twenty Eleven
• Twenty Twelve
7. WHAT IS A THEME?
Set of files that creates the
Layout
Look and feel
Styling
Format of content
[ Framing ]
of your website.
8. WHAT IS A THEME?
Set of Files that Create a Specific Look with
Headers
Navigation Menus
Sliders
Content - Pages or Posts
Sidebars with Widgets
Footers
9. WHAT IS A THEME?
• Blog Style
• Magazine
• Portfolio
• Business
• Grid
• One Page Scrolling
10. THERE ARE . . .
1,616 Free WordPress Themes
wordpress.org/extend/themes
(includes reviews)
WordPress is Open Source
12. PREMIUM THEMES
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial
You are not buying the theme.
You are buying:
• Service and Support
• Access to Documentation
• Community of Users
• Themes are Kept Up to Date
14. CHOOSING A THEME
WordPress needs a theme to run.
Comes with two default themes:
• Twenty Eleven
• Twenty Twelve
15. CHOOSING A THEME
You can choose from within
WordPress’s Theme Admin.
Or
http://wordpress.org/extend/theme
s/
Or
http://wordpress.org/extend/theme
s/commercial
20. CHOOSE A THEME:
with a child theme
or create a child theme
or make changes in a custom CSS
file.
This keeps your customizations from being
overwritten when your theme gets
upgraded.
21. CHOOSE A THEME WITH:
Built-in User Defined Options
without coding
( It is good to get to know a simple theme files structure to learn to
make changed to code yourself. But at first if you don’t know CSS the
theme options to change fonts, colors, type and other things can be
helpful.)
22. CHOOSE A THEME WITH:
Built-in User
Defined Options,
Without Coding
This
24. CHOOSE A THEME:
Canvas: Plain Theme with User Options.
Canvas with magazine style Customized Canvas
25. CHOOSE A THEME WITH:
Design elements you like
a) Corporate looking styling boxy, with gradients
b) Artsy or feminine with rounded corners
c) The sidebar elements with backgrounds or headings
a certain way
d) The posts with backgrounds or boxes or meta data
in a specific style
e) Minimalist, open with cool typography
28. CHOOSE A THEME WITH:
The parts you need in all the
right places.
a) front page static or blog-style or combo
b) text logo or header container
c) the navigation above or below header
d) full slider, magazine slider or none
e) the number and configuration of sidebars
42. WHERE TO START?
STUDIOPRESS SERENITY THEME
Serenity Child Theme demo
43. WHERE TO START?
ON THE GO THEME - HIGHLY
DESIGNED
http://theindie-pendent.com
44. WHERE TO START?
ON THE GO THEME – HIGHLY DESIGNED
On the Go Theme demo by Elegant Themes
45. WHERE TO START?
DESIGN SKILLS NEEDED
On the Go Theme demo http://theindie-pendent.com
46. CHOOSE A THEME:
3 Plain Themes with Lots of Options
• Canvas by Woo Themes
(has slider options for business)
• Prose Child Theme by Studio Press
( has a nice clean look)
48. CHOOSE A THEME:
Artists / Photographers/ Architects
• Simplicity by Woo Themes
(a lot of Woo goodies)
• Photocrati
( has a lot of user options for styles)