I’m fairly new to Wordpress, but have been working away on various blogs trying to learn everything I can.

You may already know this tip, but here it is anyway. I only learned this this week…

When I setup my first few Wordpress blogs, I manually edited the code of the standard blue Kubrick theme files to customise the look and feel of the blog. Last week, I updated one of the blogs to Wordpress 2.8.4. I backed up what I thought was everything first, but completely lost my customised theme!!

I was devastated. However, from every error there’s a lesson! So I looked into how to resolve this. This time, using my built-in file manager, I copied the whole theme folder into a new folder (calling it a name relevant to that blog). In the styles.css file within the new folder, I edited the first few lines to give this new theme a name different to the Kubrick one.

From within the admin area of the Wordpress blog, I activated this new theme, then customised it. After I’d finished, I downloaded it onto my PC (copying the whole folder). I actually wanted to have another identical looking blog to create a blog network, so just uploaded this new theme to a new Wordpress installation and activated it.

Voila! An instant customised theme.

Hope you find this tip useful. I’d be glad to hear from you if you do.

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