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Which WordPress.com themes have this: customizable header and ability to change fonts?

by sellergirl
9 replies
Hi everyone

I thought I had this all figured out but now I'm befuddled. I want to find a basic free theme to use on WordPress.com (that's the free hosting option, not the .org self-hosted option) that I can customize. I need to be able to use a custom header and have control over the layout.

I thought TwentyTen was perfect, but then once I got in there I found out I can't change the font size and font colors. This will not work for my purposes.

Does ANYONE out there know which one of the 1,468 themes would work for this? I've searched to no avail ... I'm not familiar enough with WordPress but I'm working on learning it. I'm hoping an experienced person can point me in the right direction!

Thank you
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#ability #change #customizable #fonts #header #themes #wordpresscom
  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    All of them. You change fonts and fonts sizes in the style.css file.
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    • Profile picture of the author sellergirl
      Thanks. But what does that mean? How do I find that in my dashboard?
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    It's not in your dashboard. You need to have the ability to open the style.css file and find the font codes and edit it. If you can't do this, I recommend hiring someone to do it for you or buying a theme that is just as you want it.
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    • Profile picture of the author sellergirl
      Ohhh, I just found some info on this. The style.css file has to be edited and then uploaded to WordPress. This is for a wordpress.org account, where it's self-hosted. With the wordpress.com account, there are no uploads because it's not hosted somewhere else. It's just a basic wordpress account provided by WordPress (like Google Sites, etc.). So I guess that means you can't edit fonts and colors with wordpress.com since the style.css file is not available with it.

      Oh well. Thanks for the input.
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    • Profile picture of the author kjr
      Try adding the TinyMCE Advanced plugin, this will give you what you want regarding fonts plus a lot more as well.

      Sorry, didn't see your last reply when I was typing this so this will be no good for your situation but might be useful for others re:- self hosted wordpress sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    This is an excellent free theme that allows you to change lots of features:

    WordPress › Weaver « Free WordPress Themes

    The preview shown is just one of many "looks". Here is an example of how I'm using it: http://ezdomainer.com
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  • Profile picture of the author HarrieB
    You can try pagelines theme for wordpress!!

    Its simply amazing and one of the best themes for wordpress!!

    Code:
     www.pagelines.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Cyber Rankings
    If you want to change the font when creating a post or page, you first need to click on the html part.

    Then say you want to chance the font for the following sentence, I like to change fonts.

    The code would look like

    <span style=”font-family:georgia;color:#2233ff;”> I like to change fonts</span>

    You then change the "font family" to what ever font you want to use and the color to what ever color you want to use. Always remember to keep the # in front on the color number.

    i.e. black is 000000 I believe so your code would now look like

    <span style=”font-family:georgia;color:#000000;”> I like to change fonts</span>

    If you want to change the size just add in

    font-size:x-large;

    So your code would look like

    <span style=”font-family:georgia;color:#2233ff;font-size:x-large;”> I like to change fonts</span>

    Lets say you wanted really small font the code would look like this.

    <span style=”font-family:georgia;color:#2233ff;font-size:xx-small;”> I like to change fonts</span>

    etc...

    For color codes just type it into Google and your find a list
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    • Profile picture of the author sellergirl
      Thank you, Cyber Rankings ... you saved the day!! I'm blushing that I didn't see the HTML tab. Following your instructions worked perfectly.
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