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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

You're reading from   WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition) Create a variety of exciting sites for e-commerce, networking, video streaming, and more, using WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784397968
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Migrating a Static Site to WordPress FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a Social Media Site 3. Creating a Network of Sites 4. Creating an E-commerce Site 5. Creating a Video Streaming Site 6. Creating a Review Site 7. Creating a Jobs Board 8. Creating a Team Communications Site 9. Creating a Gallery Site 10. Creating a Membership Site Index

Installing and configuring a suitable theme


You'll need a suitable theme in your site to make your videos stand out. I'm going to use the Keratin theme which is grid-based with a right-hand sidebar. A grid-based theme works well as people can see your videos on your home page and category pages.

Installing the theme

Let's install the theme:

  1. Go to Appearance | Themes.

  2. Click on the Add New button.

  3. In the search box, type Keratin.

  4. The theme will be listed. Click on the Install button.

  5. When prompted, click on the Activate button.

The theme will now be displayed in your admin screen as active:

Fig 5.8: The installed and activated theme

Creating a navigation menu

Now that you've activated a new theme, you'll need to make sure your navigation menu is configured so that it's in the theme's primary menu slot, or if you haven't created a menu yet, you'll need to create one. Follow these steps:

  1. Go to Appearance | Menus.

  2. If you don't already have a menu, click on the create a new menu link, name your new menu, and...

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