Build-A-Blog Workshop Day 7: Purchasing and Installing Your Theme
Author: Jim | Filed under: 30-Day BloggingHopefully you’ve done your homework, and have been checking out WordPress themes left and right. We had a productive day yesterday in looking around for a solution to skin our new WordPress blog, and it is high time we put it into use! Finalize your decision on which theme you are going to buy… and let’s put some money down!
Buying Your First WordPress Theme
First things first, if you went with a free premium theme (which is perfectly fine), you can skip past this paragraph. If, however, you are going to pay for it out of pocket to own your own license… here is a quick tip: be your own affiliate! Most theme resellers nowadays have links around their website to encourage affiliates to broker their themes so that they get more exposure. Usually, you will get anywhere from 30% to 65% of the proceeds… which may be a considerable amount of money depending on how pricey the theme is. While I won’t flat out promote you doing this, as many affiliates would rather have you pay sticker price for their theme, you can knock off a good amount of your bill ($10-$40) buy selling the theme to yourself, effectively, through your own affiliate link. Remember to always search for the best deal!
After some due diligence, I have decided to use a theme called “Transgravita” from my good friend ChiQ at MP Theme Designer for Jimvesting.com.
How to Install a WordPress Theme
We’ve spoken to the FTP uploading technique on the day that we installed WordPress, so check out that tutorial if you are a bit fuzzy on the details. For a WordPress theme, this process is very simple. All you need to do is upload the entire folder containing your theme to /wp-content/themes/ in your website. If you have and problems with doing it, check out this great tutorial for a more in-depth look.
Once the folder is uploaded, WordPress will begin to recognize it in your system. Log into your WordPress backend (e.g. “/wp-admin/”), and go to the “Appearance” tab. It is very self explanitory from here, and you just need to get to the “Themes” section and activate the theme that you like best. For me, I simply went and found “Transgravita” in the Themes section, activated it, and now my blog looks like a legitimate website! It really is that easy. 
-Jimvesting
NOTE: You can also use a plugin called “One Click” to install themes for you on the fly!
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wow! I did not know you can be a reseller on themes! seems like there is money to be made in so many different aspects when running a blog.
Wordpress is so easy
The themes at wpdesigner are quite cool and they are free too
I like her themes. BUt they have a problem. That are very similar between them. Maybe it is just her style but some originality would be good
Nice….but for the moment i prefer free themes…
I signed up for the ElegantThemes.com affiliate program. Got approved in minutes. Now to see if I get credit for the first sale….
Nice advice and great themes
Wow good information, i will recommend this blog to my colleague.
i personally think that the theme is one of the main ways to let the reader feel comfortable once visiting your website, and generally the more basic it is , the best it is
I agree with Hugo. Most of her theme look alike.
By the way Jim. Thanks for the plug in. I didn’t knew something like that existed.
Ya, Theme choosing for any blooger, is a very complicated matter.
James
i certainly agree because the themes are certainly unique and interesting in which i wouldn’t mind using them myself
i don’t see why you would considering they are free which means that they not really high quality designs
i do agree considering that many usually do have problems choosing the right blogging theme
it seems to be that many do use it which i guess makes it easy to use
you should also inform your friend to subscribe to the feed as well
wow that’s great for you considering many people aren’t very successful when it comes to affiliate marketing congrats to you buddy