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How to Upload and Install a Wordpress Theme
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The popular content management program Wordpress utilizes two different user controlled, and often user created, features to help make your website unique. Both plugins and themes can be customized, tweaked and modified by anyone with basic computer programming knowledge. The result is a Wordpress site that is unique in the world and one that you’ll love calling your own. Here is a general guide on how to find, upload and install Wordpress themes. Even if you aren’t a computer expert, learning how to upload and install a Wordpress theme isn’t difficult and can be mastered by just about anyone in minutes. Make sure you read these instructions on how to upload and install a Wordpress theme completely before you get started.
Before you begin picking out your theme of choice, it is important to note that some themes may increase the vulnerability of Wordpress to hackers and to Internet worms and viruses. Having Wordpress as an open source program is a double edged sword. On one hand, open source software allows for anyone to create and add on to what is already a spectacular program, but that also means that software is being created by people who may not have the ability to defend their creations from attack. Always read the readme file that comes with any downloadable theme so you are aware of how to install it and how to protect your website from attack.
A Wordpress theme is often defined as a skin, but this definition is only partially correct. A skin only modifies how a website or program looks, with Wordpress, most themes actually change the way the content on your site is delivered, how it is separated and how it is read by visitors. Of course, different themes offer different functionality, so it is important that you understand what each particular theme you use is capable of.
Finding Wordpress themes is easy. There are a whole host of themes available directly from the Wordpress website, and you can find an almost limitless number of additional Wordpress themes through individual designers websites and through anyone that wanted to give designing their own theme a crack. Chances are, you’ll go through a series of themes before you decide on one you want to stick with.
Uploading a Wordpress theme is also very easy. Simply take the theme file that you have managed to download and, using an FTP client, create a new directory for your theme on your website. Once the directory exists, you can move the theme files into that directory. You then use the control panel to activate the theme if it is offered or you can use the Theme panel in Wordpress to choose which theme you want active.
It is important to note that since some themes are user-created and extremely complex, a good percentage of themes come with their own install instructions. This is why it is extremely important to read the “readme” file that comes with your theme. If the theme you’ve downloaded doesn’t come with a “readme” file, there are often install instructions available on the website you downloaded your theme from.
Now that you know how to upload and install a Wordpress theme, you can truly begin to create a unique and beautiful new website. Best of all, themes can be changed as frequently as you like, and since they are all free, there are limitless possibilities. Knowing how to upload and install a Wordpress theme is an important part of learning to use Wordpress.
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