Last week we completed our discussion of plugins and we are nearly ready to start to create great content and launch our Wordpress website. But there is one major consideration left to deal with; look and feel.
Luckily, there are plenty of free themes available for download that can be further modified to meet your needs. The best place to start is at the Wordpress themes directory.
Another alternative is to start with blank theme templates and match the look and feel to an existing website. While this requires some knowledge of CSS, it is not too difficult once you understand how to change elements. I use a Mac application called CSSEdit to work with the existing website CSS file and TextEdit to edit the blank template file. You can check out my handiwork at the new Israeli Wine Direct blog.
The last option is to purchase a commercial theme. There are many sources for these but the only two I’ve worked with are Brian Gardner Media and Solostream. Both offer great looking themes with extended features for $50-80. Brian also has several very nice free themes like my current favorite “Revolution Blog.” Once you have your theme in place, you are ready to create your page and blog content.
Next week I’ll cover categories and tags which determines your site’s taxonomy.
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