Sites@Duke: Customizing your site

Changing a site’s title and tagline

A site administrator can change the title and tagline of a site. Click Settings, then General to reveal the General Settings options.

Change the title and/or tagline in the appropriate boxes and click update. Click on ‘Visit Site’ to see the change take effect:

NOTE: Changing the title of your site will not change the actual web address (the URL). Changing the URL of the site would be destructive to the file system.

 

Changing a site’s appearance

Themes

The appearance of WordPress sites can be changed quickly using by switching themes. Themes make up the graphic design and general layout for your WordPress site.

To change your site’s theme, click Appearance > Themes, and choose to either Preview or Activate a new theme. 

NOTE: Changing themes can also change the style of your text and the overall layout of your site. It’s always a good idea to make note of any custom features (custom CSS, widgets, plugin info) that you’ve added to your site before changing themes.

For more info:

• Wordpress.org Admin screens

 

Widgets and Sidebars

You may want to include items in your sidebar which, depending on your theme, generally appears to the right or left of your main content. By adding different “widgets,” you can add links, search boxes, navigational elements and more to your site.

NOTE: You will need to go to plugins and activate Classic Widgets in order to make your customizations in some themes.