1. Creating Websites With WordPress
CS 49 – Week 3: Themes!

2. Agenda
Themes
Modifying Themes with CSS, HTML, and PHP

3. What’s a Theme?
To a certain extent, themes let you "skin" your site. But, it is more than just a "skin."
Skinning your site implies that only the design is changed.
WordPress Themes can provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website.
A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a site.
These files are called template files. A Theme modifies the way the site is displayed, without modifying the underlying software.
Themes may include customized template files, image files (*.jpg, *.gif), style sheets (*.css), custom Pages, as well as any necessary code files (*.php).

4. Obtaining Themes You can obtain themes in a number of ways:
From within your Dashboard: Appearance > Themes > Install Themes > Search
From 3rd party vendors

5. Installing a Theme To install a theme: Log into your site as an admin.
In the Dashboard, go to Appearance>Themes.
Click Install Themes.
If you’re searching for a theme, locate it; if you have already downloaded a theme, click Upload and then upload the theme.
Click Install Now.
To activate, click Activate.

6. Modifying Themes Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
If your theme allows editing in the Dashboard, click Customize/Menus/Header/Background/Footer to edit within WordPress
Dashboard > Appearance > Editor
Click the appropriate PHP/CSS file
Edit the PHP or CSS accordingly
Using Chrome’s and Firefox’s “Inspect Element” can help you figure out what needs to be changed.