Skip to Main Content
WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide
book

WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Jessica Neuman Beck, Matt Beck
November 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
288 pages
6h 19m
English
Peachpit Press
Content preview from WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide

8. Customizing Your WordPress Theme

One great aspect of WordPress is that you can make it look pretty much however you want it to. You’re not limited to a blog-style theme; in fact, many sites use WordPress as a back end without the reader even knowing.

In this chapter, we’ll show you how to choose the right theme and give you a peek at the theme editor, which allows you to tweak and edit any theme to your heart’s content.

Choosing Your Theme

Your theme will dictate the appearance of your site, including the color scheme, typography, background images, and layout. Some themes even add functionality to your site. For example, you can embed the code for a Flickr badge or automatically import Delicious links. A plethora of free themes is available ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition

WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition

Jessica Neuman Beck, Matt Beck
WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide

WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide

Maria Langer, Miraz Jordan
Using WordPress

Using WordPress

Tris Hussey

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780321684240Purchase book