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Category Archives: WP Themes Checklist
Theme Graphics Bake Them Remake Them
Graphics are the little touches that make your theme special Graphics is another place you can really change the look and feel of a blog theme. In case you didn’t know you can replace or tweak those graphics used to … Continue reading
Posted in WP Themes Checklist Tagged Add new tag, background images, graphic files, image header, theme background, theme image files 2 Comments
Theme CSS Style Sheet
Where the Magic Happens Learning how to work with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is like learning to drive a stick shift. If you can edit and modify CSS style sheets you can drive anything. If I find a theme that … Continue reading
Posted in WP Themes Checklist Tagged Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, header tags, page source, Wordpress Themes 9 Comments
Modifying The Theme Header File
Header Branding I know some people are really into “Branding” and it is all the rage these past few years. When I first heard the term living in Tucson I thought they were talking about cows and roundups. I think … Continue reading
Posted in WP Themes Checklist Tagged blog header, header images, links in header, meta tags in header, Title Tags Leave a comment
The Theme Footer Where The Sneaky Stuff Resides
The place to start when picking a new theme is at the bottom. One of the most overlooked elements of a theme is the footer. The footer is one of the first files I check when selecting a theme. It is a common practice for the footer to be the location for Copyright, the theme’s name and a link to the creator of the theme. The WP version is often included in the text. Continue reading
Posted in WP Themes Checklist Tagged blackhat SEO, clean bottom, sponsored links, Theme footer, view source, Wordpress Theme Editor 4 Comments
Getting our Theme Tweaking Workshop Ready
One thing I’ve learned over the years it is get the proper tools to do the job right. Setting up a good workshop for Tweaking Themes is a great idea and worth the investment in time to setup. If your blog is a business blog you especially want to take this step to assure you aren’t in danger flowing away your blog while making changes to it. The workshop is safe. You can make changes, corrections, additions and if you accidentally blow up the blog all you have to do is clear a little smoke and start over. Continue reading
Posted in WP Themes Checklist Tagged avoid duplicate content, blog theme workshop, copy mysql database, css styles, php, test database 6 Comments