Changing Colours on Your Wordpress Blog
My blog uses the Wordpress theme ‘ProSense-Blue’ which has a dull grey background as standard. However to brighten things up a bit I changed this background colour to yellow.
I also inserted a Clickbank ad rotator as a plug-in, and changed the background colour to yellow (it’s my favourite colour 
)
If you want to change the colour scheme and appearance of your blog you need to go to the Dashboard at www.YOURBLOG.com/wp-admin
On the lefthand side go to Appearance
and underneath click on
There is a list of Theme Files; you need to click
body
font
background: #FFFF66
margin
padding
It’s the background you need to change. The yellow code I use is #FFFF66.
WARNING: Before you change anything make sure you copy the existing html code and save it on your desktop.....Always back-up before making changes, in case it all goes wrong!
If you’re not sure of the code, pick the colour you want in a software programme such as QuarkXpress, Photoshop or Dreamweaver. These programmes will tell you the colour code. Write it down and then go back to the Wordpress dashboard and insert the correct code.
I hope this helps.
Happy colourful blogging.
Hi John,
Thanks for that ill have to see if i can find a suitable colour for my background?
TTFN….Ed.
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Hi John,
Thanks for this. I think I’ll have a play around later. Must seek that video that shows me how to save wp first though…
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
I would just copy and paste the code you are changing into notepad, and keep it as a back-up on your desktop. Keep up the good work Mandy.JohnI really did need to know how to do this, and you really helped me out in the whole “how to” department.
Glad to be of help.
JohnI’m excited to see what colors are available! thanks for sharing!!
All the colours of the rainbow are available.
JohnIt’s very helpful info. I will try to my wordpress. Thanks
Thanks Zaidi, Glad you found it useful.
JohnGreat infomation! I cannot wait to try this, Thanks for the information.
Always glad to be of help.JohnI never ever post but this time I will,Thanks alot for the great blog
Thanks Samuel, Glad you liked it.
JohnHi, it seems to be a great stuff… Even I am a user of WordPress, I have opted for the Dark Wood themes,which is compatible with Mozilla… Thank you.
Plenty of flexibility and choice with Wordpress, as long as you know how to implement it!
JohnDoes it holds good for Drupal? If so, please guide me in this process… Thank you.
Sorry, I'm not sure. I had to look up Drupal on Google.
JohnGreat post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!
Thanks - Hope some future posts will help as well.JohnWell, I tried using this in my WordPress blog.. I will get back to you soon after that… Thank you.
Hope to all works out OK for you.JohnPretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!
Thanks, that's very kind of you. I post regularly so I hope you like them.
JohnWell, I tried using this in my WordPress blog.. I will get back to you soon after that… Thank you.
Hope it goes well for you. JohnIs photoshop possible with WordPress? If so , please let me know… Thank you.
I use Photoshop all the time with Wordpress. Just save as a JPEG file, and upload. Easy.
JohnOh my! This is pretty interesting.. I am gonna use this to decorate my blog as well.. Thank you so much for sharing this information..
Glad to be of help.
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Nice write up…usually I never reply to these thing but this time I will,Thanks for the great info.
Thanks Anthony. Glad to be of help.
John