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  prisonerslemma · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 5:23 pm

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  Hi there,

  I want to setup a math blog. To this end, I want math to render properly on the page. But it seems with the current theme I have, all formal things like definitions and stuff get way too big to look visually appealing. I was wondering if I could instead get a simple theme for the entire blog — like the one at say https://terrytao.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 5:29 pm

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  The site you indicate is using a very old retired theme. Themes are retired when they no longer support all wordpress.COM features. They can only be used on sites that have used them previously. The recommendation is to select another theme.

  To browse 80 Free White + Two Columns WordPress Themes click this link https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/two-columns+white/?sort=free

  Switching themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

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  prisonerslemma · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 5:33 pm

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  Hey Timethief,

  Thanks a lot. Your suggestion was really useful and helped me a ton. Thanks for being awesome!

  -Akash

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2016 at 5:40 pm

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  You’re welcome and thanks so much for your kind words. They are appreciated. :)