Lesson #3 Now Posted: How to Modify WordPress Themes with Tiny Tweaks to the CSS
I keep coming back to the metaphor of lifting the hood of a car: You don’t have to understand how the entire engine works to replace a battery or add some oil. Getting into the “guts” of a WordPress blog, like lifting the engine of a car, means leaving 98% of it exactly as you find it. You just have to know how to find the one or two things you have to tweak a bit.
This video is about “tweaking” your WordPress template or “theme” just a tad to get it to look the way you’d like. Actuallyy, what I actually demonstrate is how to WIDEN the main content box from the default 534px (pixels) to 700 pixels. I do this because I like BIG photos in blogs. I think every post should have a great photo going along with it. Also, a 700px-wide content box means that, when you get around to posting videos — as I hope all of my students do — the wide format makes for much better video.
Anyway, check out this video. It’s free. It’s short. And I think it will teach you a thing or two.
