Desperately Seeking Website to Look Like Theme Examples

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    desiralpesta · Member ·

    I am having such a hard time achieving anything that looks like the themes available once I preview them. For example, I chose the Edin theme and unlike the example, my text, once previewed is extremely large and the navigation bar is below my header, as opposed to at the top of the page. Additionally, I have found no place to add the floating text over the header, as the example has. Is this all stuff you have to upgrade to the $30 Customize option? I have spent hours trying to get my website to look anything like the these examples to no avail.

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    timethief · Member ·

    Have you consulted and used the detailed theme description at this link?
    http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/edin/
    The live demo site is here http://edindemo.wordpress.com/
    All relevant support docs linked to in the theme description page are here http://support.wordpres.com

    NOTE: WordPress.com sells custom design upgrades. They allow us to “preview” change that do not actually display on the blog unless we purchase the upgrade.

    If you have not purchased the custom design upgrade note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

    You do not need to load the design tools unless you have the Custom Design upgrade. All of these functions can be accessed from your dashboard – without loading the custom design tools – no upgrade required.
    Appearance > Header
    Appearance > Background
    Appearance > Theme Options (applicable only to some themes)
    Settings > Reading (set a static front page)
    Site Title and Tagline > Settings > General

    If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

    To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

    See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/

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