To Change Or Modified WordPress Template?
Sometimes, were not happy with our template. Should we change it or modified it instead? I haven’t tried changing my template just like anydone does if they’re not contented anymore with their template. Let’s face the fact the template we are using is a plus factor on blogging. I’m not a guru on html codes but I understand the basics for now. Here’s the screenshot of my default template, Freedom Green is a modified and widgetized version by Tina Silva on Frank Helmschrott’s ‘Freedom blue 2.0′. Also modified from the version by Eyoung.
Personally, I won’t used this wordpress template if its not modified by Courtney Tuttle to be search engine friendly.
Since its already search engine modified and I’m using All-In-One SEO Pack plugin, I’m working on the layout design and careful on my editing. The first thing I want to change was my header. I don’t know much on photoshop, it just so happen that I’ve found a template that’s almost similar with the black and green navigation header. Its longer and wider image, from that image, I started learning editing image using photoshop. This is the one I’m currently using, the orange and black combination.
Noticed my header? It was personally made by my friend Marikenya. I really love the abstract on the right side and the mobile ebook image on the left, it blends with my layout and my blog content. Nah, let me rephrase that, the banner gave life to my blog. LOL! I’ve changed other things from this template such as post title color, sidebar title color, sidebar title background color, image on the sidebar list and the dropdown blogroll. Images were always in gif format for speedy loading.
Basically, I don’t want to change my template but modified it that suits my taste. Yes, its time consuming but modifiying your own wordpress template made your blog unique. Its sort of achievement when you accomplished the look you want. I still have things in mind to do here and that cannot be done in one sitting.
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Aw.. I want a banner too.. but what does a banner do on a blog that has my name as its domain name?
I wanted to change the domain to something techie, but it’s kinda too late..guess I have to live with it
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A banner can give colors to your blog, sort of a trademark. Imagine this blog without header, it looks dull. You can have a banner and give the impresion that its a techie blog. You’re right, too late to change your domain unless you want to start from scratch again.
I don’t think I have a banner, my purple face is my banner I think.
I am not that skilled in PHP, CSS thingie yet though I have some basic understanding of html which allowed me to edit N. Design Studios’ theme into what I am using now.
Colin King @ http://www.ageeksjourney.com/ has a 8 series (not sure if it is finished yet) of How to make a WordPress theme and perhaps I will look up that when I have the time.
So many things on the to-do list! O_O
Guess I am suffering some form of Entre-Fatigue right now. -_-
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Really? I want to learn how to make one but I should learn how to optimized a wordpress template to be search engine friendly first. Whew! Blogging is not that easy, same here, many things on my to-do list.
I felt really proud after I modified my template. The original was quite dark, which I don’t think suited the theme of the site at all. Fiddling with it was a bit awkward, but it’s interesting to learn new (programming) languages.
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Hi, Solomon. Thank God that when I’ve upgrade to wordpress version 2.5, I don’t have to change my template. I agree that learning new (programming) language is interesting aside from blogging stuff.