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WordPress Fans: Template Color Makeover, The Easy Steps!

  

   You  will get to the point in your WordPress Blogging Journey ; where you  need to have a major Makeover (or a Re-Do, Redux for the techies) for the colors in your blog , but you are afraid of breaking your blog….Do not know HOW… etc

And while some of WordPress skins come with options to change the way your theme looks, most of them do not!  Thanks to the built-in theme editing features for WordPress ;  it easier than you think!

 

  Here are your Easy steps: Step One: Plan ahead

Take a good  look at your current template and make a Need-To-Do  list of what you like to change in it, starting with the most important .

Step Two: Get your tools ready

Do not worry, the only tool you will need here is Absolute Color Picker: a small, Free program that shows  the screen colors in numbers, and you are going to use a nifty features here where you click –and-hold on any color on your screen; and color picker will give you the number for that color down to a single pixel! or type in any color number in a small window and SEE it on the screen.

Step Three: Back up your Data Base!!!!!

Use WordPress Database Backup Plugin or any other way you are familiar with, but: Do not skip on this one! Even though we are not doing anything with WP files itself;  make it a habit to backup every time you change anything  in WordPress.

Step Four: Let’s Go
  • Open your blog home page in your browser.
  • Open Absolute Color Picker : Choose Palettes tab in ACP and Windows from the Drop down Menu and you are set.
  • Open your Admin Panel in WordPress, and set it up so you can see all three on your screen at the same time.

Click on “Editor” tab under “Appearance” on your Dashboard, Edit Themes will open with Stylesheet (style.css) already there.

You are going to hunt for anything that says: Color in it, and under any section in your stylesheet; usually with “#” followed by numbers and letters,  for an example: ” color: #b85b5a”, and ACP makes it easy to hunt because you can enter any color number you see on your stylesheet; and it will show you that color under ”Picker Active X”.   Example Your blog Background is Black, and you want to change it to Red: > Look at ACP for black square and click on it, you will see 000000, search for background color # in” body { “ section in the stylesheet ;  it should be : 000000, > click on Red  square  in ACP and the number should be: FF0000 > Change (do not be scared) 000000 into FF0000 in your stylesheet. > Click on update file on the bottom of Edit Theme screen, Presto!  When you refresh your blog homepage; RED is all over the background!

Do not stop at your blog background color, you now have the power to change any color you do not like: Footer  is in playful Pink( FF9FFF)…here come the Blue (007FFF) instead ! All you need to know is the color number.

Spring is in the Air, Go ahead and splash your blog with your favorite colors; it is your own corner of the Blogsphere after all! Hint:

You really missed your colors up, just upload your theme style.css file again, all the changes you made will be gone, and you can start over!

 



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WordPress Fans: Time for Advanced Plugins?

Do not let the name scares you off, if you can follow simple instructions, copy-and-paste, you can Plug-and-Play (or in this case: Plug – and – Post, Plug – and- Blog)  those  plugins.

Most of those plugins are Back-End so you will see them working in your Admin Panel, and your vistors will notice the difference on your blog!

 

 

Here they are in no particular order:

TinyMCE Advanced

The Description:

This plugin adds 16 plugins to TinyMCE, WordPress’ wysiwyg editor: Advanced hr, Advanced Image, Advanced Link, Context Menu, Emotions (Smilies), Full Screen, IESpell, Layer, Media, Nonbreaking, Print, Search and Replace, Style, Table, Visual Characters and XHTML Extras. Together these plugins can add over 40 new buttons to the toolbar, which is now two rows plus one hidden row.

The Effect:

Makes writing a post easier, just through in the Kitchen Sink; no kidding..Drag and drop buttons onto the toolbars, or get rid of that button you do not use! You can use the Visual view and visit the HTML View less often!

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WP Super Cache

The Description:

WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin for WordPress. It generates html files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts. By using this plugin you will speed up your WordPress blog significantly.

The Effect:

Makes WordPress Faster, and who would say no to that!

Plugin Home Page

Google Analyticator

The Description:

Google Analyticator easily adds Google Analytics tracking support to a WordPress-powered blog. It supports all of the tracking mechanisms that Google Anayltics supports such as external link tracking, download tracking, tracking without counting administrative users, and any other advanced tracking the user wishes to add. Google Analyticator works with a majority of themes as long as these themes provide the proper plugin hooks.

The Effect:

You need this one if you use Google Analytics for tracking your traffic, insert the tracking code in your pages footer…faster loading time!

Plugin Home Page
 

StatPressCN

Do not use Google Analytics? no problem: The Description:

Used for post visits stats, also can be shown on Homepage or Archive, supported for function of related post, post’s hotness, etc…

The Effect: Track visits, Page Views, Feeds and a lot more…think of it as Google Analytics gone WordPress!
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AdSense Manager

The Description:

AdSense Manager is a WordPress plugin for managing AdSense ads on your blog. It generates code automatically and allows positioning with Widgets. supports AdSense, AdBrite, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Adroll, Commission Junction, CrispAds, ShoppingAds, Yahoo!PN and WidgetBucks.

The Effect: Insert Ad codes  anywhere you like!
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WP Security Scan

The Description: Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions: -passwords -file permissions -database security -version hiding -WordPress admin protection/security The Effect: More secure WordPress, less hackers and less work since you would know which files to change permissions on!
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All in One Video Pack

The Description:

This is not just another video embed tool – it includes every functionality you might need for video and rich-media, including playing, uploading and editing.

The Effect: video solution to your blog, your visitors can now leave a Video Comment!
Plugin Home Page
 I would say it again: - Backup your Data Base first. - Download, Upload the Unzipped files and activate the Plugin - If it gave you headache; deactivate it! And make sure you read the instructions and follow them carefully, we are talking ADVANCED here!


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