Uploading a theme to Word Press

Uploading a theme to Word Press

There are literally thousands of free Word Press themes available. So do some Google searches for free word press themes and download some you like to your desktop.
It is probably a good idea to create a folder on your desktop and call it Word Press themes.

So you have your Word Press blog up and running with the default theme in place and it does look kind of minimal so you have decided to change it to this really nice theme that you found and downloaded for free.

Unlike Word Press plugins, Word Press themes must be uploaded to your web host. Here is a simple step by step instruction for uploading your theme to Host Gator. Host Gator operates off a cPanel so presumably any host with a cPanel operation will be similar.

1. Log into your hosting account.
2. Scroll down to files and click file manager.
3. Pick the domain name for your blog and press go in Web Root (public_html/www).
4. Double click on the folder before the domain name of your choice.
5. Double click on the folder before wp-content.
6. Double click on the folder before themes.
7. From the top menu press upload, this is a folder with the green down pointing arrow.
8. On the page that opens up press browse.
9. On the choose file menu that opens up navigate to desktop, then find your folder called Word Press themes. Click it to highlight it and press open.
10. Click on the file you wish to upload to highlight it and press open. Note the file to be uploaded should be in Zip format.
11. When the upload is complete press the back prompt.
12. Click on the folder before the Zip file you have just uploaded.
13. From the top menu press extract.
14. Press extract files on the pop up window.
15. Press close.

The theme is now uploaded to your web host.

Next to change the appearance of your blog you must:

1. Log into your blog control panel.
2. In the left hand menu click on appearances.
3. Select the theme you just uploaded and click on it.
4. In the top right hand corner of the pop up window click activate.
5. Check your blog and your new theme should be in place.

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