PluginID’s The Blogging Blueprint- A Practical Application Guide. Part 4: Theme’s Are Mean!

20th January, 2010 at 18:40 | Posted in Blog Development, Technology | Comments Off
Tags: Creating a Blog Business, Ebook Benefits, PluginID, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes

Ok so theme’s themselves aren’t mean. The coders who create them are. So good they are at their work they making deciding on just one an impossible task! No, really, folks! Thanks. Thanks a million for being so helpful (& not) at exactly the same time; you are appreciated!

Glen Allsopp, in his Blogging Blueprint ebook does a great job of talking up Thesis …

If you’re interested in a premium theme that is both user friendly (no CSS / HTML knowledge required) and looks awesome then I recommend Thesis.

Thesis is the result when Brian Clark, a top 100 Blogger and Chris Pearson, one of the most sought after WordPress Designers, come together. Thesis has grown massively in popularity for two main reasons. It is very easy to tweak and change so that your site looks unique and it is also highly optimised for Search Engine’s right out of the box.

It includes great features such as:
• An extra admin page in your WordPress Dashboard
• A one-click option to change between a 1,2 and 3 column layout
• Easily change the header of your site via the Admin panel
• It is already highly optimised for search engines to help you get maximum traffic

They are worth spending money on, unfortunately for me, it’s money I simply don’t have right now and it also defeats the purpose of learning css/html. Perhaps I’m insane for wanting to understand coding but then again, doesn’t insanity depend on how you view sanity?

In the end I’ve decided to go with a free theme that WordPress offers on their free themes directory!

I say that so lightly, as though it was the easiest decision in the world but let me tell you, there are over 1100 themes to choose from! The one I chose probably doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that I’d like but it does look pretty bloody good and I think that’s grounds for applause {insert: loud stadium cheering}.

Just when I thought I’d have to pull out some hair to figure out how to install the new theme I find it’s done before I can count to ten. And this is why I love WordPress! It’s as easy as going to Appearance/ Add New Themes/ Upload/ … and if Bob’s not your uncle then you can easily go to the WordPress theme page to figure out what you need to do.

With this new theme installed now (quick check it out!) I will begin the tweaking I want to do on the font and the widgets, which is a funny word for the stuff on the right hand side.

I really do have to wonder, is it going to get difficult soon? For so long I put off beginning because I was afraid of what I didn’t know. It just goes to show doesn’t it, fear really is just fear. Everything else is a matter of footsteps.

Have you had a similar experience, that is, not starting something because you’re afraid and then surprised at the ease?

Missed the Beginning?

• Part 1: Getting the Blog Ball Rolling
• Part 2: Setting up a Hosting Service
• Part 3: WordPress & All that Jazz