Thread: Changing the look and feel

While it is possible to manually edit configuration files to change the look of a blog, a far easier option is to turn to one of the themes available. These work in much the same way as plug-ins and widgets they just need to be uploaded to the relevant folder (or 'directory', as they're often referred to) and activated. The Wordpress Theme Viewer on the Wordpress site is a good a place to start see.

Like many other theme-download sites, here it is possible to home in on a particular style of theme by indicating how many columns are required, where sidebars should be located, whether themes are widget enabled (ie, can handle widgets a definite bonus), what colours are wanted and much more. After locating something suitable, download the theme, extract the files and then upload them to the

wp-content/themes folder of your Wordpress installation, being careful to preserve the folder structure and ensuring the theme is uploaded to its own folder within 'themes'. After the transfer, head to the administration section of the blog and click the Presentation link. A preview of all available themes should be displayed -click the one you want and it will be immediately activated. Click the 'View site' link to check how everything looks. There is no limit, except web space availability, to the number of themes that can be installed, but obviously only one can be active at a time. Having several installed makes it easy to change your blog's look with a few mouse clicks.