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Weaver Sub Theme

Customizing how our individual Blog Posts look online is a major design opportunity. Some bloggers like the brightly colored, all-the-bells-and-whistles, sort of Blog Posts. I prefer a more sedate approach…I like to think of it as more refined… But anyway, the ‘look’ of our Blog Posts on the screen, is important for everyone – all bloggers, and all readers. The good news for bloggers is that the Weaver II WordPress Theme is perfect for all tastes and all skill levels. Why?

Because you can set up a really nice looking website, and make it just the way you like it without any design skills. You don’t even need to know any CSS (website design language) or HTML Code.  With Weaver, you can customize everything using only a computer, a website and a mouse. Continue reading →

weaver blue subtheme

Internal website links are the glue that holds your website together. You must Customize internal links so they provide good navigation through your content. Good navigation is extremely important.  With Weaver you have control over every aspect of how your links work, and how they look on the page. Good link navigation is especially important if you have a large amount of Content on your site.  Poor link navigation can result in readers choosing to click away in micro-seconds, rather than struggle with a navigation system they find difficult to use.

The Importance of Consistency in Web Design

People who know about Web design – not me (yet), but I’m happy to believe them – always say that having consistency throughout your blog or website design is important. Consistency can be a consistent overall color palette, but is also the layout and overall structure of your Content.

The Weaver theme makes it really easy to have site wide consistency.  You don’t need to know anything about CSS, or HTML, or even web design – with Weaver you have total control using only check boxes, color pickers (an infinite palette of colors to pick from) and Help pages.  Anyone can easily set up a website using Weaver II if they can read and wield a mouse.  No other skill is required.

It’s a fact of life that we fear the unknown. Hopefully this guide will give you an insider’s view of what you can expect if you decide to use Weaver II as your WordPress Theme. Continue reading →

Black & White Weaver Sub theme

Weaver II Header area customizations control more than just the image you choose to upload to you blog. Whenever you include any Code, or instructions, or plugins, into the Header section of a website, they are applied (top down) to the whole of the blog – Unless you add other instructions that exclude this from happening on specific areas inside your blog. We don’t need to worry about that now, but bear this web structure in mind, when setting up a website and theme.

For example, the Header section of any Theme is the preferred location of such things as your Google Analytics code. That is because you want the Analytics data collecting Plugin to apply to your whole blog – not just specific pages inside your blog. 

Reminder: Your Analytics Code is your personal Code you get from Google Analytics when you sign up for free Google Analytics account.  There are plugins that can be used to add your Analytics Link code into your Header area, or you can do it in your Weaver Admin panel.  But we don’t need to worry about that when setting up the Header section in Weaver. Continue reading →