ninjaBlog Setup

One of the most common questions that I get asked is how to upload a new theme to a WordPress blog. So I’ve put together a video which demonstrated the entire process.

There are 2 things required to follow along with the video.

1) An ftp application for transferring the files of the new theme up to your blog. There are many many ftp applications. My favorite, which I demonstrate in the video is FireFTP. This is plugin for the popular FireFox browser, which I highly recommend.

Download FireFox browser (if you don’t already have it)
Then get the FireFtp plugin here. I’ll show you how to install it in the video.

Alternatives:
Smart FTP (free for personal use)
Cyber Duck (for MAC users)

2) The new theme that you’d like to install. The best place to start looking for new themes is the WordPress theme repository.

The rest of the information you’ll need is covered in the video, included a bonus section on copying any code changes that you may have done in your old theme over to the new one.

Click the image below to start the video

Click To Play

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