How to install a theme
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I wouldn’t mind the lack of CSS editing if there were a couple more options to make the themes a little more personal… like different colours and such. Back when Diary-X still lived (may it rest in peace) there was a nifty little customizing option where you could edit fonts, colours, and general stuff without too much hassle.
But I’ve only just arrived here (due to previously mentioned loss of DX) so I’ll stick around and see what pops up. I have the best of faith in people who know more than I do. ^_^b
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A few themes now have color/header selections, and there will be more as themes are added over time.
Do you really want a specific theme? Go create one and submit it. Whining won’t make one magically appear. As it stands now, you can just get your ideas and information out there for free without the hassle of setting up a single thing.
But really, it’s WordPress. Free WordPress. It’s new and constantly being improved. If it’s this great already, how fabulous will it be in a year’s time? Think about it.
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Really great themes being introduced on a regular basis. But wait, my favorite Blix theme is no longer one of the options. How can I bring back the old theme if it is replaced?
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Blix is still in my presentation panel. Maybe they took it offline for a bit to do some bugfixing?
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Ok, here is a question for you. Is Robert Scoble at scobleizer.wordpress.com really using WordPress.com or his blog being hosted by someone else?
It looks like it is WordPress.com but he has a custom theme which is not something that WordPress.com allows you to do.
I would like to take my current theme and customize it a bit to make it more user friendly. Should I get it WordPress hosted somewhere to do this?
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He is using WP.com as are a few “chosen few” that they are allowed to customize their theme.
Mostly because they have had a large hand in the development of WP (Lorelle is an example), I have never seen an explanation why Scoble gets the priviledge but I suspect it was because of his “star power” and potential to attract others to WP.com.
And yes if you insist on some customization of a chosen theme your only option at this point is to switch to WP.org.
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Lorelle’s blog is Regulus, isn’t it? Scoble’s the only one I know of with a unique theme, and that’s because he’s an A-lister who brings in traffic and publicity so he can dictate his own terms. If he hadn’t been allowed to keep his template I very much doubt he’d have moved here.
All we non-special users can console ourselves with is the fact that Scoble’s layout sucks ;)
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I just think that there could at least be an option in the header and side-bar editing menus where we could paste in a url from an image we want put up on our header and side-bar, with them advising the max size (760×200 pixels, for the header, for example)allowed.
I realy want to swap blogger for wordpress, but my blog has gotta have my own touch. Please think about my idea!
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The way wordpress.com works is that everything apart from your info/settings/data (this includes the pages, themes, CSS, etc) is shared.
It takes up less space by sharing the static files (php/images/css/etc).
The guys are working on ways to make things more dynamic (widgets/etc) – but it means hand crafting each of the templates so they support it and work well. If you checkout the posts on themes and widgets by Matt – he’s asking people to incorporate the new tags to make it easier to implement here. With luck – people will listen, want the kudos, etc and start to make themes that are more wordpress.com friendly.
If there is a theme you like – post it in the ideas forum and if enough poeple agree – then it might get implemented. Otherwise – it’s gonna be just you that wants it.
Alternatively – why not make your own theme that contains the friendly tags – show it to people, get them to rave about it and maybe your theme will be implemented.
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