Switch Themes and Edit Fonts

Now that our site is coming along, this seems like a good time to decide which theme to use for the design.  A theme can be selected at any time (whether at the beginning, middle or end of the process of creating the site) and selecting  a new theme does not delete or alter the content of your site. 

To change your theme, go to the Design tab:

The first thing you see here is the "Favorites" section, where we display a number of our favorite themes.  This is also where your own favorite themes will appear when you select them. 

If you scroll over a theme in the favorites area, you'll see how your own site will look if you select that theme.  If you scroll off of the theme, you'll see the original theme again.  To select a theme, click on it.

If you go to the All Themes section of the the Design tab, you'll see all the themes.  These can be viewed as one big group or by looking through different categories like Business or Wedding.  Don't feel constrained by the categories - any theme can be used by any person or business to create a nice looking site.

When you see a theme you like, scroll over it and click the Preview button to see how your own site looks with this theme.

Here's how our example site looks with the theme we've selected to preview.

Click Use Theme to use the theme for your site, click Favorite to add it to your Favorites list or click Cancel to look through more themes.

After you select a theme, use the Design Options section to set the default fonts for that theme.

You can alter the fonts for your Site Title, Paragraph Titles, Paragraph Text (this is most of the text on your site) and for your Links.

We have roughly one hundred different fonts to choose from.  Let's use Josefin Sans Std for this site. 

With a new theme and font chosen, let's look at how to Edit a Theme's Header Image.