With James Strang in the User / Admin track

Not everyone can afford to have a custom designed theme for their WordPress website. Often we have to resort to the themes that are available for free or cheap. But how do we avoid having the website look the same as everyone else’s who used the same theme?

I will show you how to take the most common WordPress.org themes and turn them into the unique look you want. Google Chrome or Firefox recommended. No coding knowledge is required, but you will learn some basic CSS.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Identify an item in the source code
• Add and edit the CSS files using the WordPress editor
• Create a basic child theme (optional)
• Change colours and sizes of display elements
• Insert their own graphics into a theme using CSS