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Nir Benita
Courses Plus Student 3,905 PointsUber Noob
Hey guys!
I have been putting off starting a blog for a long time because I was obssesed with developing my own theme, making the learning curve to steep - I gave up several times.
So I decided to find a theme I'm happy with and just start blogging!!! :)
First two questions (Many more to come):
//1 I download this theme - It was part of an awesome bundle someone linked to on the TTH Fan Facebook page the other day.
It came with two themes - "quickstart" and "theme". Can anyone assume based on past experience, what's the difference between the two?
//2 While I am VERY happy with the theme, there are a couple of things I would still like to edit. How would about editing the content of these items? Do I need to edit the PHP files and then upload via FTP?
I watched the How to Make a WordPress Blog, but the answer was not there. Am I right to assume that it is more like building a custom theme? Using the theme I downloaded as a start?
Thanks and I await your reply :) Nir Benita
Edit: I found out that the "Sample Page" is actually the menu, which I now know how to edit.
Nir Benita
Courses Plus Student 3,905 PointsThanks! I will probably do just that! :)
2 Answers
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project ReviewerQuestion #1:
From past experience, the quick-start theme is just that. Probably a theme with a lot of things already preset. The full theme may give you more of a bare bones look, but with more options to customize. Just try both of them out! =)
Question #2:
You can edit files in the editor which is in Appearance -> Editor I believe. Warning... back up your files, this was the biggest mistake I made when I was starting. This may mean that downloading and editing the file may be your best bet. There is no ctrl + z once you hit that save button.
Hope that clarifies some things, if you have any more questions feel free to ask as I've had a few years worth of experience with Wordpress.
Nir Benita
Courses Plus Student 3,905 PointsThanks Ernest! However, in question 2, I was referring to the contents of the HTML, not the looks. Thanks again! :D
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project ReviewerSorry! Once you said HTML, I immediately thought of the editor. The content in WP is usually referred to itself by just that name "the content". You can change the content on any page or post by editing it. Which I'm sure you figured out already.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherHi!
First of all you should really really really create a child theme. You can check out this tutorial on [How to Build a WordPress Photography Child Theme tutorial](How to Build a WordPress Photography Child Theme). The reason for this as jason tropf pointed out is that if you ever update the theme it will overwrite all your changes.
The logo and the bottom text widget should be editable from either the theme settings page in the admin area for the logo (I am assuming there is one) or the widgets area for the About section in the footer.
Hope this helps!
jason tropf
3,319 PointsHey Zac, Love your classes! The link to your tut is broken, it doesn't come up in search either. Searching these awesome classes could use a little attention, just sayin lol. I love this site, it's incredible for the price, I'm floored.
Nir Benita
Courses Plus Student 3,905 PointsHey Jason! You can find it here
Edit: You can indeed replace the logo from the theme settings (Thanks!), however, the widgets section has no mention of the Footer's content. I'll keep digging :D
Edit 2: Adding a widget to the Footer will actually replace the existing content! Great success ^^
jason tropf
3,319 Pointsjason tropf
3,319 PointsHey Nir, I would be careful editing the files within the site and uploading the changed files to your server because if the theme gets an update in the future it might break. You are better off creating a child theme and uploading that to the server. The child theme allows you to keep the original theme in tact and references changes in the external files of the child theme for the changes. Then make all the changes you want and updates won't ever effect you. Badass bundle price!