If you are newbie blogger than after purchasing your top level domain and webhosting you need to install WordPress in just 10 steps.
You can also install WordPress with just one click of a button if your
webhost gives you cPanel. After installing WordPress you need to do 10 essential WordPress settings. Than you should learn and install plugins in WordPress
so that you make your blog more SEO friendly and full of features. Now
its time for you to learn how to install theme on your WordPress blog so
that you make it more professional and unique.
Where to find Themes.
First of all you need theme so that you install it in your blog. Now there are lots of free and premium themes available on internet so its very difficult to mention some of them but you can choose between top 10 best free WordPress themes from here. Also you can find free themes from WordPressthemesgallery, Freewpthemes and premium themes from Thesis themes.
Download the Theme.
After you find your free or premium theme its time for you to download a copy of your theme. Before downloading the theme make sure that you have seen the preview of it. Also make sure that downloaded file is in Zip format and don’t unzip the file as we upload it in the form of zip file.
How to Install Theme.
Click on Appearance Tab on the left side of the Admin panel of your WordPress blog and than click on Themes link. Here you will see page with another tab named as Install Themes, just click on it. Now again you will see five options Search, Upload, Feature, Newest and Recently Updated. Click on Upload button in order to upload the file.
Now click on Browse button and search for your theme file on present on your computer hard-disk. After you find it select it and click OK button. After that again click on Install Now button and theme installation will be started. After some time it will display a message saying that your theme is installed. But wait it still not activated. Click on Activate Now button to activate the theme and refresh your blog home page to see the effect.
Set Options or Customize Theme.
Many themes now a days come with various options to set so that everyone customize there blog theme according to there liking. If you have successful install the theme than you will see its options in the Appearance tab. Most of the time these options are changing the background of your blog theme, logo changing, your theme colors etc. But if your theme have no options to set than you can also customize its files by editing its CSS code present in the Editor Tab.
Almost all themes gives you the ability to change and edit sidebar so that you totally customize it to your liking. You can very easily add widgets by going to Appearance >> Widgets and than drag and drop various widgets on the sidebar so that it appear on run time.
Where to find Themes.
First of all you need theme so that you install it in your blog. Now there are lots of free and premium themes available on internet so its very difficult to mention some of them but you can choose between top 10 best free WordPress themes from here. Also you can find free themes from WordPressthemesgallery, Freewpthemes and premium themes from Thesis themes.
Download the Theme.
After you find your free or premium theme its time for you to download a copy of your theme. Before downloading the theme make sure that you have seen the preview of it. Also make sure that downloaded file is in Zip format and don’t unzip the file as we upload it in the form of zip file.
How to Install Theme.
Click on Appearance Tab on the left side of the Admin panel of your WordPress blog and than click on Themes link. Here you will see page with another tab named as Install Themes, just click on it. Now again you will see five options Search, Upload, Feature, Newest and Recently Updated. Click on Upload button in order to upload the file.
Now click on Browse button and search for your theme file on present on your computer hard-disk. After you find it select it and click OK button. After that again click on Install Now button and theme installation will be started. After some time it will display a message saying that your theme is installed. But wait it still not activated. Click on Activate Now button to activate the theme and refresh your blog home page to see the effect.
Set Options or Customize Theme.
Many themes now a days come with various options to set so that everyone customize there blog theme according to there liking. If you have successful install the theme than you will see its options in the Appearance tab. Most of the time these options are changing the background of your blog theme, logo changing, your theme colors etc. But if your theme have no options to set than you can also customize its files by editing its CSS code present in the Editor Tab.
Almost all themes gives you the ability to change and edit sidebar so that you totally customize it to your liking. You can very easily add widgets by going to Appearance >> Widgets and than drag and drop various widgets on the sidebar so that it appear on run time.