The hardest thing about changing themes is choosing one

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I decided it was time to change my theme. When I first started Wealthy Affiliate I picked any theme. I kept building my website according to the bootcamp steps and my site kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally, I realized I did not like the menu that the theme had and nothing could fix it because the type of menu was a theme feature.

The steps I did to change my theme:

  1. Backup my WordPress site by going to Dashboard, Tools, Export, All Content. Download Export File. The file was downloaded automatically to my computer for me to save in a safe place in case it didn’t work I could re-install it.
  2. Choose new Theme by going to Dashboard, Appearance, Themes, add new theme, activate theme.
  3. Check website in dashboard for any little changes that may want to make.

My website came out perfect and I realized the hardest thing about changing themes is choosing one.

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Hello Dee

I could not agree more about how hard it is to choose a theme for one's website,

I think we are meant to just choose a random one in the beginning, build it out a bit, and then see where the pro's and con's are,

then choose a theme that will suit our needs at that time. I change 3 times and am extremely happy with the current one, Codium Grid.

Excellent blog, thanks for sharing.

All the best
Gary

Yes, I am on my second theme, Twenty Sixteen. I like it so far but not 100% sure I am keeping it yet. A lot better than my previous theme for sure.

Darleen, thanks for the info about backing up your website, I wasn't aware of how to do this. My issue with changing my theme is that I REALLY want a Chihuahua based theme and I can't find one! I know there are sites where you can purchase theme pages, but I've done a bunch of Google searches and I can't seem to find one that focuses specifically on Chihuahuas. Lots of dog-themed pages. I know there are pay services you can use to create your own, but I haven't tried them yet. I need to get on that soon.

You can make any of these themes offered at WA into a Chihuahua website. You just need a couple of photos of Chihuahua's to upload for banners, or backgrounds, etc. I just checked at Pixabay.com where they have copyright free photos and they have the cutest Chihuahua pictures for download. Just do a search and you will find a bunch to choose from.

So true and thanks for sharing.

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