Need help with selecting a fitting theme

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  thisguyknowssports · Member · May 4, 2011 at 2:25 pm

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  Most of the options for themes I have previewed give off an “intellectual” vibe more so than the “guy’s guy” vibe that I am aiming for. I currently have what I feel suits it best out of all the option given, but I may just have to design my own from top to bottom. Advice and/or opinions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · May 4, 2011 at 3:56 pm

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  I may just have to design my own from top to bottom.

  The only themes we can use of wordpress.com free hosted blogs are found on your Dashboard here > Appearance > Themes

  You can view the themes in the Themes Showcase which is a live demo site and has feature filters you can use. http://theme.wordpress.com/

  We cannot add themes at wordpress.COM, we are limited to the themes found in the dashboard under appearance > themes. Themes found on the internet are for self-hosted wordpress blogs using the software from wordpress.ORG.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you have CSS editing experience, you can get the paid custom CSS upgrade and renew it annually. It will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but it does not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to wordpress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes here at wordpress.COM.

  There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

  Since there is no official Staff support for the CSS upgrade, and precious little Volunteer support, I recommend that you don’t buy the upgrade unless you have at least moderate understanding of HTML and CSS because you must be prepared to do the work on your own.

  If you are considering purchasing the upgrade, you can go to Appearance > Edit CSS. There wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try before you buy.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/

  If you do purchase the upgrade be sure to read this article before starting your editing > http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/if-you-have-the-wp-com-css-upgrade/