Warning: Today I want you to change your thinking and know building a website is very very easy.
In my first article I outlined three steps in owning a decent website. If you did not have a chance of reading that article, you can access it by clicking Easy way to build a website-Part 1.
I hope by now you have decided the Domain name, Hosting provider and you have downloaded the WordPress to the site of the hosting provider.
If this is the first time that you are reading this, don’t feel left out, you can still try it out and then you can catch up with the steps below.
One of the first things that people see when they visit your website is the appearance. Appearance involves the: Theme, fonts, colours and the overall design.
Themes
WordPress comes with default theme called Default WordPress theme. The first time you complete setting up WordPress it will look like the image below.
If you are like me, you may want a different appearance/theme. WordPress is very good at offering variety. You will not be disappointed for using wordpress.
WordPress offers over 1000 free themes to choose from. This is a pool of all designs you can imagine of. This pool offers already designed themes so you don’t have to start from scratch. You can find all wordpress themes by clicking here
This site is designed with Atahualpa Theme which I have modified myself to suit my taste. Atahualpa theme has been downloaded over 7000 times. This makes it one of the most popular theme. If you follow Kenyan Pundit her blog is designed by WordPress using Atahualpa theme.
Themes are actually dependent on what you like. They are democratic, not controlled and no restriction.
Another brownie point of WordPress themes is that you can change the theme associated with your website at any time.
Below are some of the website/blogs that are designed with wordpress. From these website it shows that there is a wide variety to choose from.
2. Apricot tea
3. Kineda
Steps of installing a new WordPress theme. These steps are valid only when using Bluehost as the hosting provider.
- Search for your favourite theme on WordPress website by clicking here.
- Download and save the theme in your hard-disk
- Log in to your hosting provider.
- Scroll down and open file manager.
- Click and open wp-content
- Click and open themes
- Click upload on the bar menu and select where you saved the theme file and download it.
- Right click the uploaded theme file and extract it by unzipping it.
- You are now done. Log in to your website, click on appearance, select the new Theme and activate.
- Viola, your site has a new look. Clap for yourself
Question:
……Joshua, yeah the web host u were talkin abt (Bluehost) in ur blog. is it yours. if not how long have been dealin with them. their pricing is pretty fair. K
Answer
……No, Bluehost is not mine. I have used them for 2 years now and I am happy with their service. There are several web hosting services out there. WordPress organisation recommends the web hosts in this link
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