These are the most important advantages you gain using Catalyst. It comes with an easy and intuitive series of 3 design panels. If you are a coder, you can insert your custom code as well.

The internet is littered with WordPress themes - both premium and free. There are even themes made for WordPress specifically for designer, those are made to be edited and tinkered with. One such theme that comes to mind is Thesis. Others are just for regular bloggers and site designers to pimp their site with.

To have access to your FTP, you need to have a username as well as a password. Your web host provides you with this information. These details also enable you to access your website directory. FTP client is what you need before you can start off. FileZilla is the client for Windows. The newly obtained FTP software ought to be installed after which a new connection should be opened. Then enter the address given by the web host.

hello88 bar When you find a Plugin you want, just click "Install" on that specific plugin page, and it will automatically download, unzip, and upload it to the right Plugin directory on your blog. After it finished its upload, simply go to the backoffice area of your blog to "activate" the plugin.

hello 88 Quick Note: Make sure your theme supports the version of WordPress that you're running. Some themes might only work with a later version of WordPress (2.0+) but you might still be on an older version of the blog software.

Go over to the remote server on the right of the FTP and open the public_html folder, which contains your root document files. If you have installed your new wordpress theme on your domain, then you would see the wordpress files and folders and also the "theme" folder where the new wordpress theme should go.

hello8 vina When you buy from StudioPress, you need to buy the Genesis theme and then choose a child theme. Genesis is the parent, and then the color scheme, layout, and design is dictated by the child theme you choose. This may seem odd if you're new to WordPress, but it actually makes for much easier website creation. You can also much more easily switch the design of your site without losing any of your work (unless you spent a lot of time actually changing the CSS of a child theme).

The next step in learning how to change theme in WordPress is installing the theme you chose. Most likely the them you selected came in a zip file, which was downloaded to your computer. If so, all you have to do is log in to WordPress and navigate to the theme section, which can be found under appearance. You will then want to select the add a theme option.