{"id":168,"date":"2018-04-02T15:14:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/?p=168"},"modified":"2019-10-24T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:03:55","slug":"wordpress-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/uncategorized\/wordpress-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to WordPress, customizing the look of your site is simple and straightforward. When you install WordPress, the default (or pre-set) theme is called\u00a0Twenty Seventeen<\/strong>\u00a0(as of WordPress version 4.8). It is a very customizable theme.<\/p>\n

You can find\u00a0general information about Twenty Seventeen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to Twenty Seventeen, you’ll have other themes available to you. (What themes you have depends upon if you did a default WordPress installation, or if you installed a special package.) If Twenty Seventeen doesn’t meet your needs, you can activate another theme on your site or install a completely new one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Activating Themes<\/h1>\n
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  1. \n
    Start at your site’s\u00a0Dashboard<\/strong>.
    \n\"Screenshot<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to\u00a0Appearance > Themes<\/strong>.
    \n\"screen<\/li>\n
  3. You will see thumbnail images representing each of the themes that you currently have available on your site. Simply mouse over any one of them, and click the\u00a0Activate<\/strong>\u00a0link.
    \n\"screen<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s all you need to do to change the look of your site with a new theme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Installing Themes<\/h1>\n
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    If none of the themes that were provided when you installed WordPress are what you’re looking for, you can always search for and install other themes from the WordPress Theme Repository.<\/p>\n

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    1. Navigate to\u00a0Appearance > Themes<\/strong>.
      \n\"screen<\/li>\n
    2. Installing new themes is quite simple. You start by going to the\u00a0Add New<\/strong>\u00a0Button.
      \n\"Screen<\/li>\n
    3. The initial page is the Search Theme page, and it’s not visually helpful. You can check a few filter boxes to see what comes up, but there is a more visual way. Click the\u00a0Featured<\/strong>\u00a0link at the top and you’ll get visual (screenshot) examples of other themes you can install. You can also click Newest<\/strong> or Recently Updated<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Under the thumbnail picture of each theme (when you hover your mouse over the theme) are three choices –\u00a0Install<\/strong>,\u00a0Preview<\/strong>, and\u00a0Details & Preview<\/strong>. Those choices should be pretty self-explanatory so click\u00a0Install<\/strong>\u00a0to add a new theme to your site.
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    5. After you install the theme, it is still not active on your site. You will need to\u00a0Activate<\/strong>\u00a0it to use it.
      \n\"Activate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Once activated, your site will be using the new theme. Visit your site’s homepage to view your new theme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When it comes to WordPress, customizing the look of your site is simple and straightforward. When you install WordPress, the default (or pre-set) theme is called\u00a0Twenty Seventeen\u00a0(as of WordPress version 4.8). It is a very customizable theme. You can find\u00a0general information about Twenty Seventeen here. In addition to Twenty Seventeen, you’ll have other themes available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}