Working with Themes

This is what you have all been waiting for. Who cares how it works as long as it looks awesome! This is the fun part, but it could take you longer than everything else so far.

In general all themes work the same, but their individual settings and setup can vary. For this purpose the following videos are going to use the Divi Elegant Theme to keep everyone on the same page. This theme is very versatile, and can be altered to look almost any way you want. This will at least teach you how to use one theme, which most of the skills will carry over to other themes if you want to change in the future.

The Divi Elegant Theme

Download the Divi theme zip file. If your computer unzips the file automatically on download you will need to rezip the folder before uploading it to your site.

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Divi

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If you notice that your current version of the theme is out of date you can come back to this page and download the new version. If the new version is not posted yet please send a quick message requesting the update using the contact page. This theme is released under the GNU Public License 2.0. This allows us to share this with you at no additional cost. If you would like perpetual updates, technical support, access to the Photoshop files, and more you will want to purchase a subscription to Elegant Themes (https://www.elegantthemes.com/join.php). This is not necessary for this course.

Installing & Activating Divi

This video will cover how to install and activate the theme you downloaded. Remember that you must upload a zipped theme file for it to install on your WordPress site.

Working with Themes

This video will introduce you to your themes ePanel. Remember that each theme is a little different, but Elegant Themes have a ton of support documentation and videos.

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