A Custom Blog Install… Now That’s A Horse Of A Different Color!

A custom blog install is the best way to make your blog stand out from the rest. If you’ve never thought about learning a few little tricks that will “personify” your WordPress Theme you may want to reconsider. Here are a few examples where I’ve taken a standard WordPress Theme, made a few little tweaks and viola! Something completely new and refreshing!

The below screen capture is a custom install I just finished up for Kenneth Yu, The Puppet Master. He wanted me to install a theme called Thesis and when I installed it I nearly spit coffee all over my computer screen; it was so plain and boring and if left alone would look like every other plain, boring blog out there using a non-customized Thesis Theme.

Pretty boring huh?

Now here is what Kenneth Yu’s blog looks like after I did my magic. I’m sure you’ll agree it looks MUCH better, has a more personable feeling to it and certainly doesn’t look like every blog using the Thesis Theme!…

(If You’d Like To Check Out Kenneth’s Blog Go To SalvationSystem.com/blog)

Don’t worry, I’m not going to simply show you how much better a customized blog install looks and then tell you to have a great day. The following screen captures will show you how to locate the code within the stylesheet and customize the background color of your blog so go ahead and login into your WordPress blog and let’s get started…

1. Once you’re logged in click the “Design” tab in the upper left hand corner…
2. Under the design tab click “Theme Editor”…
3. Now scroll your computer screen all the way down to the bottom…

(Click The Link Highlighted In Light Blue)

The stylesheet is where you’ll make all of your custom changes so click it so we can continue and then check out the following screen capture to see where you can add the new color code.

(If The Background Code Isn’t There Just Add It… That’s What It Says In Red)

I hope this post has been educational and helpful! Please stop by again when I post about adding headers to a regular WordPress Theme… But realize that the process will be completely different with other themes. So if you have any questions about the theme YOUR using, simply leave a comment and I’ll reply to it and help ya out! The good news is once you get an eye for the stylesheet you’ll be able to customize any WordPress Theme!

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