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thesacredpath on "How to Customize a theme?"

thesacredpath — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:52:25 +0000

Here are two general getting started links for WordPress.com.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/get-started/
http://learn.wordpress.com/

For customizing a site, take a look at these links to get you started.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/customize-my-site/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

If you have the Custom Design upgrade, you can use a great selection of Typekit fonts, and can customize the look of your site via CSS.

charleslayton on "How to Customize a theme?"

charleslayton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:04:15 +0000

I also want to know how to change my header, and my header photo. I am new to this, and finding this very difficult to work with.

anees2013 on "How to Customize a theme?"

anees2013 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:35:55 +0000

Hii,

I am new to WordPress. I have a default twentytwelve theme. I want to customize it according to my requirements and design and color.

I am a PHP develope but first time I am working on WP. Please suggest me some training videos/books/blogs ets...

Thanks,

designsimply on "Change Menu Style Confit Theme"

designsimply — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:13:13 +0000

This is something you can check with a consultant about to see if it's possible for them to make the change you want. If you're interested in hiring some help, check out this request form to see if it's something they can work with you to do:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/customize-my-site/request-theme-customization/

thesacredpath on "Change Menu Style Confit Theme"

thesacredpath — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:05:21 +0000

What you are wanting to do would be very difficult, if not impossible. To do "accordion menus" you need javascript or AJAX scripting, and we cannot use javascript or script here for security reasons.

timethief on "Change Menu Style Confit Theme"

timethief — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:44:16 +0000

Have your purchased the annually renewable custom design upgrade?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

dokholliday89 on "Change Menu Style Confit Theme"

dokholliday89 — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:46:27 +0000

Please help! I have no idea about code!
I'm using the Confit theme and would like to change the style of my navigation menu.
Currently sub-menu items pull out on rollover, I would like that when the "WORK" button is clicked the sub menu items simply appear underneath and indented by 10px or so.
Thank you!

krimsly on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

krimsly — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:23:57 +0000

Yes, that makes sense, thanks!

sixhours on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

sixhours — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:07:15 +0000

The Custom Design upgrade is included in the Pro Bundle, which also includes a domain name, VideoPress, and extra storage space.

You can buy Custom Design on its own if you don't need the other features. This page might break it out in a clearer way:
http://store.wordpress.com/

Custom CSS is part of Custom Design, so you would only need to purchase Custom Design to be able to modify a theme's CSS on your site.

Hope that made sense. :)

krimsly on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

krimsly — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:57:18 +0000

Hi @sixhours,

Thanks for your response. WordPress.com shows that the Premium plan allows "Advanced customization" which it defines as "full font and css editing capabilities". The bundles page you supplied seems to call the same plan a Pro Bundle.

So, I'm wondering if I would still need to purchase the Custom Design upgrade-- I'm not clear what that is. Is that an upgrade for the theme, or an upgrade to the Premium plan at WordPress.com?

I'm guessing that the Custom Design upgrade is for the theme, and that I would still need the purchase the Premium plan from WordPress.com to allow for customizing css; can you please confirm that I've got this right, or set me straight?

Thanks a lot.

sixhours on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

sixhours — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:42:27 +0000

Howdy @krimsly!

Most of our themes include support for custom background colors and images, header images, and changing the site title and/or description colors. You can filter for themes with these features on the Theme Showcase.

To get more customization options, including changing fonts, color palettes, and custom CSS, you'd need the Custom Design upgrade, as @raincoaster suggested.

You can see the Bundles we offer and what they include here:
http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/

I hope this clears things up!

krimsly on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

krimsly — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:03:01 +0000

Thainks Raincoaster,

Does anyone else have any suggestions as well?

Thanks.

raincoaster on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

raincoaster — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:55:01 +0000

Only some themes allow for that level of customization, and I don't think there's a list anywhere. You can use the theme search filter to look for "customizable" though. There are some free themes that allow this.

I'm not sure what the Premium Package includes, but to customize non-customizable themes, you'd need the Custom Design upgrade, which is a part of most packages.

krimsly on "Customizability of themes with Premium package"

krimsly — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:23:48 +0000

Greetings all,

I have a couple questions about using WordPress.com themes:

* How do I find out which themes I can modify the logo and colors with (built-in through the user interface of the theme, without having to modify HTML or CSS)? This would include background and foreground colors, background and header images and fonts.

* Do all of the themes available for use at wordpress.com allow this level of customization or only some of the premium themes?

* Does the Premium package at wordpress.com allow this level of customization, or do I need to purchase additional features?

Thanks.

macmanx on "Live Preview isn't working"

macmanx — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:47:36 +0000

Hm, that would normally be a third-party cookie issue.

Are you sure that you see "Great, third party cookies are properly enabled in your browser!" at http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/ ?

mnstamper89 on "Live Preview isn't working"

mnstamper89 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:25:41 +0000

I did verify that I do have third party cookies enabled. I have two blogs. One seems to allow live preview and one does not. The site I am working with is the one that is not working:
stampingwithnatalie.com

timethief on "Live Preview isn't working"

timethief — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:59:06 +0000

@mnstamper89
Do you have third party cookies enabled on your browser?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

mnstamper89 on "Live Preview isn't working"

mnstamper89 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:57:03 +0000

Arethere still issues with the live preview to change a theme? I have been unable to get it to work.

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:35:42 +0000

Many thanks Richard (: for now i'm passing the interface language from Hebrew to English any time i need it. so it's ok.

richardmtl on "Live Preview isn't working"

richardmtl — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:11:52 +0000

I'm keeping tabs on this issue, so if someone else doesn't get back to you, I will. At the same time though, I do not know how long it will take for a fix to be made, but I will let you know as soon as there is some progress.

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:31:18 +0000

Thanks Richard.
will you, or someone else, let us know after it will be repaired , or shall i'll look for it in some forum or blog ?

richardmtl on "Live Preview isn't working"

richardmtl — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:53:17 +0000

Hi Orit,

Thanks for this information, I was able to reproduce: in Chrome with Hebrew as my interface language, the Customizer didn't work as expected. I'll report this bug. Thanks for your help!

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:05:49 +0000

IE8 - i can't even see the preview side menu.

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:03:43 +0000

I tried it again now with Hebrew and the problem still there.
I'm with Chrome.
I'll try later with the Explorer and let you know.
many thanks !!

richardmtl on "Live Preview isn't working"

richardmtl — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:55:44 +0000

Hi Oritsh,

Could you try swtiching back to Hebrew, and seeing if the issue is still there? Also, what browser are you using? Could you please try with a different browser? You can find links to all the most recent browsers here:

http://browsehappy.com

Tenerifedogs: the site loads fine for me. If you are still experiencing this issue, could you please start a new thread for your issue and add the tag modlook to it? Someone will have a look at your issue. Thanks.

tenerifedogs50 on "Live Preview isn't working"

tenerifedogs50 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:49:44 +0000

H,
i I re-directed my domain name - The site is till not working at http://www.tenerifedogs.com it is still at my old domain hosting space.
I presume I need to wait 48 hours for that to work.

But my preview also doesn't work is that related to my domain change.

Thanks

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:47:48 +0000

Good morning Richard (: many thanks for your help ! i had this problem yesterday with one of my tests site (orittest17) but now according your question i checked it in some others site (Hebrew and English) and the same problem was there.
But ! while i'm writing you here i had an idea - i modified the interface language from Hebrew to English and guess what ? it was ok.
So maybe this problem coming according to the the translate of the interface language ?
Thanks , Orit

richardmtl on "Live Preview isn't working"

richardmtl — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:00:23 +0000

Hi oritsh, can you let me know which site(s) is/are giving you trouble? You have a lot of sites. :) Thanks!

oritsh on "Live Preview isn't working"

oritsh — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:58:33 +0000

Still same problem in my site.

richardmtl on "Live Preview isn't working"

richardmtl — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:49:31 +0000

Hi ckingimages,

It seems that you have deleted your blog. If you create a new blog and still have the same issue, please let me know.