Yesterday I posted a quick tutorial on how to set up your Google Sniper site using WordPress at BlueHost.

In George’s Google Sniper training he didn’t mention that you can change your site’s theme within your WordPress admin panel.  He did mention that if you prefer to use a WordPress theme of your choice you can upload it to your site’s server.

In your admin panel there are available  themes that you can choose and install in case if you don’t like the default one. This is easier to do than following what George is showing in his training. Thankfully WordPress has been updating their system which makes easier for us to manage a blog without learning any  code.

After the set up your Google Sniper site you will have this default theme:

Change WordPress Default theme for your Google sniper site

If you like to change the theme, login to your site’s admin panel. Use your site’s login information (username and password) that you’ve received from SimpleScripts email. The login address usually looks like this: www.mysite.com/wp-admin

WordPress Login  Google Sniper Site

Below is a WordPress admin panel (my site’s).
On the left column find and click Appearance or Themes

WordPress Dashboard - Google Sniper system

A new window will open: Manage Themes
On the top right corner click Install Themes button

Manage WordPress Themes Google Sniper site

A new window will show up: Install Themes
You can find awesome themes by clicking any of these options:
Featured   |   Newest   |   Recently Update

WordPress Install Themes section

If you choose Featured a new window will open with WordPress themes. Choose whatever theme you like then click Install (or you can click Preview)

WordPress Install Featured Themes

A small box with your selected theme will pop up then click Install Now button at the bottom of the box

Selected New WordPress Theme

A new window will open: Installing Theme. . .
You may click Preview to see how your site looks like.
Click Activate
Click Visit Site (find on the top of your admin panel) to see your new site’s theme

Installing Selected WordPress Theme

Watch the video and learn how to install and activate new WordPress (2.8) themes.



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