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  1. mastecker
    Member

    OK I give up! How does one change the page color from white to another? I do not mean the background "frame color", but the page color where I type the text. It is so easy to do it with Dreamweaver or other HTML editors, but I can not find it in WordPress. Can someone help?

    Mike
    [email redacted]

    The blog I need help with is mastecker.wordpress.com.

  2. thesacredpath
    Member

    Are you talking about in the editor itself or on the public side of the site?

    Also on this site linked to your username,http://mastecker.wordpress.com/ , there is no white on the public side.

  3. libenews
    Member

    Hey wanna change the color of my blog and some of the features on the page I really need some help from so please alert me. Thanks for your understanding [email redacted] is my mail address

  4. thesacredpath
    Member

    @libenews, volunteers don't do email support.

    Do you have any CSS experience, and have you purchased the Custom Design Upgrade?

    @mastecker, do you have the custom design upgrade?

  5. mastecker
    Member

    Hi thesacredpath:
    No, I have not purchased the CSS upgrade and have no experience with it. However, I do use FrontPage and Dreamweaver (Adobe) HTML editors to make my own website. Both programs allow one to adjust the page with tables, color and also adjust font size. Is there anyway to adjust text size in the free version of WordPress? I can not seem to find it in the editor, only bold and italic.

    Mike

  6. timethief
    Member

    @mastecker
    You cannot build or use your own custom theme built from scratch at WordPress.com.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
    This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    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.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will 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 at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

    See also > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    If you are expecting to be able to click a button and change fonts throughout your blog then it’s not that easily done.

    These are 3 ways to change fonts on wordpress.com blogs.

    (1) Changing font families, colors and size in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page by coding into the HTML editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/editors/font-size-color/

    (2) Changing font colors in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page using the #4 icon (Select text color – change the text color) in Row 2 the Visual editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2

    (3) Changing all font families, colors and sizes throughout the whole blog by purchasing an annually renewable Custom Design upgrade and using Typekit Fonts with Staff support. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

    Note: A few themes do provide for changing font color in the Blog Title and/or optional Tagline and/or links. In the majority of themes font changes to font families, colors and size in the blog title, tagline, menu, post titles, page titles, categories and tags, widget headings, comments, and links cannot be done without CSS editing.

  7. mastecker
    Member

    Hi Timethief:
    Thank you so much for explaining fonts and page color for WordPress. I thought it would be similar to a typical HTML editor like Adobe Dreamweaver, but apparently not without the add-ons. I do have both Photoshop CS3 and CS5, but do not use them to write my web pages.

    Mike

  8. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome. :)

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