Day 5 - Customizing Your New Blog

great.

Finding a Kickass Design For Your Blog

the way it does today, in fact, I know of people who have spent

thousands of dollars on their blog theme.

But I have since learned of a way of getting a really cool looking

site at a fraction of the cost and effort.

There is a company called WooThemes that have premium themes that

you can install onto your blog to make it look awesome.

If I had to go back and do it all again, I would definitely use them.

Yes, there are some fr ee themes out there, but often they are not

worth the hassle. What's more, they often look generic, don't have

premium features built-in, and can lead to problems later down the road.

The WooThemes themes not only look superb, but they are built to be

powerful and easy to use. So go and check them out.

Uploading Your WooThemes Theme

Ok, well now we need to install it, so here goes:

You can make this process a lot easier by using an FTP (File

Transfer Protocol) application.

If you use a Windows PC, then I recommend CoreFTP, you can grab a

free copy of this here: CoreFTP Download

If you have a Mac, then I use a program called "Transmit" which is

approx $17.00 Download Transmit Here

Download Fetch Here

The goal here is to transfer your WooTheme files that you have

downloaded onto your computer, and transfer them to your

Open your third party FTP program, look for an option like

"connect" or "accounts" and fill in the required details.

In most cases you will need the following information:

Server: e.g DeanHunt.com

Username: e.g deano

Password: e.g password123

Next, locate your theme folder from your computer via the FTP

program, and transfer it to the themes folder on your server.

This is likely to be found via:

Public_html - Wp-content - Themes

So drag the theme folder to the themes folder, and await

confirmation that it has uploaded (transferred) the theme to your

server.

Once you have done this, login to your Wordpress Admin

(yourdomain.com/admin) and click Appearance and you will see your

theme, click it and a preview will open up and then in the top

right corner is a button saying 'Activate', click it and your theme

will now work!

Done!