Changing Wordpress Theme *

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by xace, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi guys, I have a small lil question!

    I browsed through a couple of magazine wordpress themes and I must say I fell in love with them. Any advices on whether I should change my current theme?

    Has anyone changed their theme to such style and attracted more visitors?
     
    xace, Feb 25, 2008 IP
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    mizaks Well-Known Member

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    The way your site is presented is a major factor. People like to be visually pleased...

    I don't think there is anything wrong with your look and 28000+ subscribers don't seem to mind! :)
     
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  3. xace

    xace Guest

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    I have 1 more noob question, so it is possible to upload several themes all together.

    When I switch themes, will the previous theme still stay with all the settings there? So if I am not pleased with the current one, I can still switch back to the previous theme without worrying that it will affect the database or whatsoever. Someone please enlighten me on this! Thanks
     
    xace, Feb 26, 2008 IP
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    mizaks Well-Known Member

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    If you change widgets on the new theme, I believe they will change on the old theme as well (assuming the old theme was widget compatible) when you switch back to it.
     
    mizaks, Feb 26, 2008 IP
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    Are magazine styled themes the new thing these days? quite popular?
     
    pipes, Mar 14, 2008 IP
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    Ankit_Garg Peon

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    Yes Recently they are becoming popular...
     
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    Seems cool, but as long as theres not too many blogs all having the same look.
     
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    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    you can upload as many themes as you want and can switch them around to change the look. but you need to remember the layout and the sidebar widgets. if you are using a 2 column theme and move to 3 column, then your widgets need to be rearranged. best thing to do is to keep a copy of your current php and css files and then activate the new theme if that has a different layout. if it doesn;t work, then you can switch back to the older theme. but if you switch to a new theme with same layout, then its simple
     
    sultanofseo, Mar 14, 2008 IP