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I would like to change the theme on my website. Is there a good way of doing this?

Hey Janice,

You BET you can... but DO keep your present theme until you are absolutely certain about a new one. As long as you don't delete your present theme it will retain all of your settings.

Here's Rob's tutorial to show you how to: And, here's a video to help you find any other awesome tutorial that have been shared here on WA: Hope you find this helpful.

Changing your theme is easy, WordPress backoffice appearance click on themes add new theme or can you also upload a new theme using a zip file. The challenge may be to find a theme that has all of the features you are looking for. You can want to look at a potential theme choice demo first. your theme name + demo.

After installing you may have some minor things to change but your content will not change. Appearance -> customize The header and footer are using where the changes are most noticed.

You might wish to make sure you back up your site content first too, Janice!

Jeff

Thanks - How do I do that?

There are plug-in for that, Janice just look in the menu at the different plug-ins! I think one that I hear alot about is Updraft, but there are several others too!

Jeff

Thank you - very helpful to know all this.

I have installed the updraft plugin and did a backup, thanks. How do I back up site content?

On the site? I think that goes in there too, Janice! You might do a post asking that question to the community at large to make sure though!

Jeff

You have some great answers in this thread, to which I'll add this you can do anything in Wordpress that you want simply by clicking and ticking a box and it won't break

This training Gives an example of what I am saying.

Remember that when you change your theme, you will have to update any analytics code from Google and Pinterest as they don't automatically do this.

Thanks Dave - I really do have a lot to learn still.

Well you are in the right place to do that and it's not really as complicated as it is made out

Go to your dashboard >> Appearance>> Themes. Then you can download and preview a lot of Themes.

Thank you - very helpful.

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Can I change the wordpress theme on my website?

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I would like to change the theme on my website. Is there a good way of doing this?

Hey Janice,

You BET you can... but DO keep your present theme until you are absolutely certain about a new one. As long as you don't delete your present theme it will retain all of your settings.

Here's Rob's tutorial to show you how to: And, here's a video to help you find any other awesome tutorial that have been shared here on WA: Hope you find this helpful.

Changing your theme is easy, WordPress backoffice appearance click on themes add new theme or can you also upload a new theme using a zip file. The challenge may be to find a theme that has all of the features you are looking for. You can want to look at a potential theme choice demo first. your theme name + demo.

After installing you may have some minor things to change but your content will not change. Appearance -> customize The header and footer are using where the changes are most noticed.

You might wish to make sure you back up your site content first too, Janice!

Jeff

Thanks - How do I do that?

There are plug-in for that, Janice just look in the menu at the different plug-ins! I think one that I hear alot about is Updraft, but there are several others too!

Jeff

Thank you - very helpful to know all this.

I have installed the updraft plugin and did a backup, thanks. How do I back up site content?

On the site? I think that goes in there too, Janice! You might do a post asking that question to the community at large to make sure though!

Jeff

You have some great answers in this thread, to which I'll add this you can do anything in Wordpress that you want simply by clicking and ticking a box and it won't break

This training Gives an example of what I am saying.

Remember that when you change your theme, you will have to update any analytics code from Google and Pinterest as they don't automatically do this.

Thanks Dave - I really do have a lot to learn still.

Well you are in the right place to do that and it's not really as complicated as it is made out

Go to your dashboard >> Appearance>> Themes. Then you can download and preview a lot of Themes.

Thank you - very helpful.

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Should I be deleting my posts in site content after they have been published in wordpress?

Hi

You have four icons bottom of each site content doc.

G when google index your post, bucket if you organize your posts in buckets, a publish sign and the trash can.

We do tend to keep ours, after the post is published you may click on the green button, and it takes you directly to where your post is.

They can also be back ups for whatever need or use in the future.

So I would keep them.

For future reference, if you edited a document in site content and published it, future edits has to be done in WordPress. Site content and WordPress work independently.

I'd place my images in a document in site content and publish it to my site. it will be added to my WordPress media library. Then delete the “temporary image” doc in site content so that it does not get indexed as well.

Thank you for your response and for the helpful information.


You're very welcome.

I still use Site content Janice and I don't delete the posts that I write there. In fact, it has been counting my words since I started here and it amuses me to see I'm up to 300,000 words so far.

It won't cause you any problems, so leave them there.
Lily

Thank you. I can see the benefits of keeping them now.

You won't need it until you do! Trust me :)

Hi Janice, I don't use Site Content for much but, if I did, I'd certainly keep the copy there because it might be useful for a backup copy at some time.
:-)
Richard

I probably won't use it in future. Just developed the habit of writing my blogs in site content following the training, although I do like the idea of keeping a back-up copy.

Well Janice,
I know this was not what you are asking about,,, just in case it's useful ...
Because I do some work (research and outlines) on iPhone and editing on PC I use a (free) third party App for all my work, Whatever I do on iPhone shows up on PC and vice versa, When I've edited I copy the final version into my WP dashboard.
That way when I can't get to my PC but have time with iPhone I can still do some work. And after I've copied into WP I've always got a backup copy.
:-)
Richard

View Sitecontent as a way to publish your posts in an easy way. Wordpress can look intimidating at first. It's goal is to help you publish posts. So, after you publish, SiteContent can do nothing else.

SiteContent is a launch pad. And I agree with Joe that it doesn't matter to leave there all the posts you have launched.

Thank you for the explanation. I wanted to make sure that I hadn't caused any confusion or problems with seo by keeping them.

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Do you delete posts in site content?

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Should I be deleting my posts in site content after they have been published in wordpress?

Hi

You have four icons bottom of each site content doc.

G when google index your post, bucket if you organize your posts in buckets, a publish sign and the trash can.

We do tend to keep ours, after the post is published you may click on the green button, and it takes you directly to where your post is.

They can also be back ups for whatever need or use in the future.

So I would keep them.

For future reference, if you edited a document in site content and published it, future edits has to be done in WordPress. Site content and WordPress work independently.

I'd place my images in a document in site content and publish it to my site. it will be added to my WordPress media library. Then delete the “temporary image” doc in site content so that it does not get indexed as well.

Thank you for your response and for the helpful information.


You're very welcome.

I still use Site content Janice and I don't delete the posts that I write there. In fact, it has been counting my words since I started here and it amuses me to see I'm up to 300,000 words so far.

It won't cause you any problems, so leave them there.
Lily

Thank you. I can see the benefits of keeping them now.

You won't need it until you do! Trust me :)

Hi Janice, I don't use Site Content for much but, if I did, I'd certainly keep the copy there because it might be useful for a backup copy at some time.
:-)
Richard

I probably won't use it in future. Just developed the habit of writing my blogs in site content following the training, although I do like the idea of keeping a back-up copy.

Well Janice,
I know this was not what you are asking about,,, just in case it's useful ...
Because I do some work (research and outlines) on iPhone and editing on PC I use a (free) third party App for all my work, Whatever I do on iPhone shows up on PC and vice versa, When I've edited I copy the final version into my WP dashboard.
That way when I can't get to my PC but have time with iPhone I can still do some work. And after I've copied into WP I've always got a backup copy.
:-)
Richard

View Sitecontent as a way to publish your posts in an easy way. Wordpress can look intimidating at first. It's goal is to help you publish posts. So, after you publish, SiteContent can do nothing else.

SiteContent is a launch pad. And I agree with Joe that it doesn't matter to leave there all the posts you have launched.

Thank you for the explanation. I wanted to make sure that I hadn't caused any confusion or problems with seo by keeping them.

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My wordpress site looks very bland and the header is very white. There is also a long gap before you get to the 1st blog and you have to scroll down to find it.
So my que

Trish gives a good answer for where you are on your Journey Janice

Thank you for your support.

Your welcome

Hey Janice,

Went to your profile in hope of finding you Follow me on section had been completed, to include the website you are referring to here, so that I could learn which theme you are working with. If you are using GeneratePress, you will be amazed at how easy the developer has made his theme to tweak to our own preferences.

However, you can always Google search using the name of your theme, to tweak any theme, as many other users may have already asked the developer for the same changes you have.

Be aware that you MAY need to create a child theme if your changes are numerous. A child theme will assure your changes remain each time you update the theme itself. Hope you find this helpful.

Good amswer Trish

Hi Trish. Thank you for taking the time out to answer my question and for the excellent response and for the resources. It is so good to get such informative answers. I am looking forward to taking my site to the next level.

Also don't forget that a white or whiteish background makes the text stand out more

When you customize the site, you can select color or image for the BODY.
Your content is contained and sits within the body.

When you color the background, you will need to whiten the contained area, so you can read the text...

Have fun!

Rudy

Thanks. I will enjoy making my site look more appealing.

Awesome. Let is know I'd you have any problems or concerns!

Rudy

Yes, both can be changed within your theme. Lula gave you a good link to use for information.

Thank you for your response.

Thank you so much for the link. I am at the stage now where I need to make my website look more engaging.

You're welcome, let me know how you get on.

Awesome share Lula.

Thank you Lula. Really appreciate your input.

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Can you have a background colour on wordpress?

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My wordpress site looks very bland and the header is very white. There is also a long gap before you get to the 1st blog and you have to scroll down to find it.
So my que

Trish gives a good answer for where you are on your Journey Janice

Thank you for your support.

Your welcome

Hey Janice,

Went to your profile in hope of finding you Follow me on section had been completed, to include the website you are referring to here, so that I could learn which theme you are working with. If you are using GeneratePress, you will be amazed at how easy the developer has made his theme to tweak to our own preferences.

However, you can always Google search using the name of your theme, to tweak any theme, as many other users may have already asked the developer for the same changes you have.

Be aware that you MAY need to create a child theme if your changes are numerous. A child theme will assure your changes remain each time you update the theme itself. Hope you find this helpful.

Good amswer Trish

Hi Trish. Thank you for taking the time out to answer my question and for the excellent response and for the resources. It is so good to get such informative answers. I am looking forward to taking my site to the next level.

Also don't forget that a white or whiteish background makes the text stand out more

When you customize the site, you can select color or image for the BODY.
Your content is contained and sits within the body.

When you color the background, you will need to whiten the contained area, so you can read the text...

Have fun!

Rudy

Thanks. I will enjoy making my site look more appealing.

Awesome. Let is know I'd you have any problems or concerns!

Rudy

Yes, both can be changed within your theme. Lula gave you a good link to use for information.

Thank you for your response.

Thank you so much for the link. I am at the stage now where I need to make my website look more engaging.

You're welcome, let me know how you get on.

Awesome share Lula.

Thank you Lula. Really appreciate your input.

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I just wanted to check if it is ok to use the images on the company website that show the product I am reviewing on my wordpress site.

First, you must be a member of their affiliate program to do so.

Once you are in their program, usually they will give you guidelines on what images you can use. For example, Etsy allows approved affiliates to use their images, but other merchants may not.

Often you will find approved images within the merchant's datafeed.

Thank you for your response. I will make sure that I check what is and what is not allowable when I use images as I can see that this is something that can differ depending on the merchant.

Hey Janice,

If you want to use Amazon images, you may find the following tutorial helpful: If you find a Clickbank product you want to be an affiliate of, what you could do is Insert their images from THEIR URL. This way you are NOT breaking any copyright laws, and you will have the image you want to display on your website.

However, DO keep tabs on that post as the owner of the product you are using their images like that MAY stop your ability to use their images.

If they stop that then your site will display a broken graphic image, and you will want to fix that a.s.a.p.

To keep a close watch on broken links, you may find the following blog post helpful: Hope this helps you.

Thank you for this valuable information. I appreciate the time taken to respond to my question. Very informative and helpful.

Hi - no, all images have to be copyright free unless you have written permission to use them.

If you have joined the affiliate program that promotes that product, they will usually supply images for you to use.

Oh thanks. I used the website ones as they were better images but will delete them now and use the ones from Amazon.

And remember, as regards Amazon, you can only use the one image they supply you with through the Site Stripe bar. You can't copy and paste any other images from the product page.

Really good to know. Don't want to get off to a bad start.

Oooh. I didn't know that. I don't think that I have used more images, but its certainly likely so I am going to have to make some quick changes.
Thanks for the heads up/reminder

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Can I use images from website when reviewing their product?

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I just wanted to check if it is ok to use the images on the company website that show the product I am reviewing on my wordpress site.

First, you must be a member of their affiliate program to do so.

Once you are in their program, usually they will give you guidelines on what images you can use. For example, Etsy allows approved affiliates to use their images, but other merchants may not.

Often you will find approved images within the merchant's datafeed.

Thank you for your response. I will make sure that I check what is and what is not allowable when I use images as I can see that this is something that can differ depending on the merchant.

Hey Janice,

If you want to use Amazon images, you may find the following tutorial helpful: If you find a Clickbank product you want to be an affiliate of, what you could do is Insert their images from THEIR URL. This way you are NOT breaking any copyright laws, and you will have the image you want to display on your website.

However, DO keep tabs on that post as the owner of the product you are using their images like that MAY stop your ability to use their images.

If they stop that then your site will display a broken graphic image, and you will want to fix that a.s.a.p.

To keep a close watch on broken links, you may find the following blog post helpful: Hope this helps you.

Thank you for this valuable information. I appreciate the time taken to respond to my question. Very informative and helpful.

Hi - no, all images have to be copyright free unless you have written permission to use them.

If you have joined the affiliate program that promotes that product, they will usually supply images for you to use.

Oh thanks. I used the website ones as they were better images but will delete them now and use the ones from Amazon.

And remember, as regards Amazon, you can only use the one image they supply you with through the Site Stripe bar. You can't copy and paste any other images from the product page.

Really good to know. Don't want to get off to a bad start.

Oooh. I didn't know that. I don't think that I have used more images, but its certainly likely so I am going to have to make some quick changes.
Thanks for the heads up/reminder

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When I type in my domain name in google it comes up with another site with exactly the same name as my domain name for a facebook group. However, the facebook group does not h

Maybe you'll want to create a different FB page name and highlight certain keywords with your website URL for your readers to learn more. May this help you friend. All the best!

Thank you for the advice. I have just created my FB page and given it a different name, not too disimilar to my website name.

Hi - as far as I am aware, Facebook won't allow two pages to have the same name. You can use a different name and still associate it with your website.

Thank you Diane. I will use a different name which actually I think will be better. Sorted!!

Hi it is preferable to have same however you can get creative.

Yes, I will use a different name on FB. I think it will be better than using my domain name anyway. Thanks

If your domain is a siterubix subdomain you may look for a different name under a dot com that you can synchronize with your social media platform accounts

And you are so very welcome.

It is a dot.com. It was siterubix initially.

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I have a question about my domain name?

I have a question about my domain name?

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When I type in my domain name in google it comes up with another site with exactly the same name as my domain name for a facebook group. However, the facebook group does not h

Maybe you'll want to create a different FB page name and highlight certain keywords with your website URL for your readers to learn more. May this help you friend. All the best!

Thank you for the advice. I have just created my FB page and given it a different name, not too disimilar to my website name.

Hi - as far as I am aware, Facebook won't allow two pages to have the same name. You can use a different name and still associate it with your website.

Thank you Diane. I will use a different name which actually I think will be better. Sorted!!

Hi it is preferable to have same however you can get creative.

Yes, I will use a different name on FB. I think it will be better than using my domain name anyway. Thanks

If your domain is a siterubix subdomain you may look for a different name under a dot com that you can synchronize with your social media platform accounts

And you are so very welcome.

It is a dot.com. It was siterubix initially.

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