[Chicken Feed] Part 2: Selecting a blog design theme & intro to plugins

By The Backpackr on Tuesday, 2 of September, 2008 at 11:35 am

Now that you’ve got your blog installed, what do you do next?

You don’t want your blog to look like a plain Jane one, so get cracking, and select a happening design theme, download it and install. Here’s an introductory chat about themes and plugins.

This clip does not cover the process of installing themes, but here’s a video clip by Steve Dougherty that illustrates in step-by-step form how to do it.


As for installing plugins, you could take a look at a step-by-step guide I’ve written on how to do so. It’s really dead easy.

Alright, have fun exploring WordPress even further!

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2 Comments

Comment by Jon

Made Wednesday, 3 of September, 2008 at 1:40 pm

Look what i’ve found. some nice themes

http://www.themelab.com/

also

smashingmagazine.com , plenty of really beautiful themes.

Comment by Kevin Thomas

Made Thursday, 11 of September, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Hey Alex, nice blog! Hope you’re keeping well.
Kevin Thomas

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