Now that you have successfully learned how to create a blog yourself, I want to believe that you have made your blog too using the ideas you have learned. Now that you have a WordPress blog running on a theme of your choice, the next thing to do is to setup your WordPress theme features.
How to set up your WordPress Theme Features
Every theme comes almost in the same format. A theme must have a place for the website logo, header image, footer image, set up the right-sidebar, favicon, and footer credit, among other features.
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To make your blog look professional, you need to insert almost all, if not all, of the things listed above. You are a novice does not matter; you can make your vlog look professional. Even though you may have little or no knowledge about graphics designing, it does not matter. I will expose you to an app that can help you design images for your blog without stress.
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5 Theme Features to Set up
Website logo
A website logo is not just any logo; it is the design that denotes your brand. Even though you are running a blog, you should also know that the blog is a brand itself. Every successful and popular brand have their unique logo by which they are known. Your logo should be so unique that anyone who sees the logo will relate it to your blog quickly. The logo can be uploaded from the customize menu under the appearance tab.
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Header image
The header image is just an image that occupies the head part of your blog. It fits into the area and works well with the theme to give your blog a great look and feel. In the same way, the footer occupies the foot part or bottom part. Both can be uploaded to take their positions by visiting the customize tab under the appearance features from the dashboard.
Sidebars
At the sidebar, most themes allow the user to add unique content to those areas. The content may include specific information for your blog’s visitors or may even contain unique designs called widgets. To add a widget on your right-sidebar or at any other place, all that is required of you is to visit the widget page from your WordPress dashboard. As the page loads, select the widget you want to display. There should be a pop-up asking you to choose a location where you want it displayed.
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However, if you want it on the right-sidebar, all you need to do is select it from the options and save it. Refresh your URL, and you should see the widget displaying immediately. You can also edit some specific widgets to your taste depending on the purpose it is meant to serve.
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Favicon
Your website favicon is a tiny logo that shows at the edge of browsers. It is also an identity of your blog. Most times, websites use their logo also as their favicon. There is no crime in doing so too. To set up your favicon, visit the appearance tab from your dashboard and click on customize. You will be able to find an upload form for the favicon. Just click on it and select a directory where you have it saved on your device.
If you have purchased the theme you are using and are not running a free theme. The developer should provide an option under the customize option to add the credit as it pleases you. If otherwise, it may require you to have a basic idea of HTML and CSS before you can change the footer credit on your blog.
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Bottom line
Sometimes, themes don’t have their features under the customize button. If you come across a theme like that, look for the theme options under the appearance tab from the dashboard. If you still can’t find it, play around with the options from the dashboard, and it should be there. Except the theme does not allow users to edit features. Well, I haven’t come across a theme as such anyway.
With the little discussed, I will advise you to play around more with the customize tab, and you will find out that there are a lot of features you can add edit right there. Do well to add one or more things not mentioned here yourself and check how they look on your page. You can undo whatever steps you have taken if you are no longer interested in a feature you have added.
Now, most of what we discussed on this page has to do with the knowledge of graphics. I have informed you earlier not to panic for this reason. You can easily use an app to make any design you want. The app is called canva.
Canva has readily-made templates to edit to your taste and save for your blog. Images created using the app are unique, except that you are using the templates as they have them on the app.
To use the canva app, visit www.canva.com. You can also download the canva app for Android and iOS to make you work faster by helping you design on the go.
Design Wizard is another excellent graphic design software similar to Canva, which allows you to edit images in seconds. It holds over 1 million images and tens of thousands of high-quality templates! Standout features include a custom colour palette, free font library and resize button.
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I hope you have learned more things from this page, and I believe that by now, you should be able to setup your WordPress theme features yourself.
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