Murdoch University Blogs

Appearance: themes

There are two major ways to change how your blog looks - choosing a theme and changing what is in the theme sidebar using widgets.

You can choose from over 80 different themes or “looks” for your blog, already preloaded onto Murdoch Blogs. Many of them allow you to upload an image from your PC to use as the header image. If you have not used widgets to specify what goes on the sidebar, each theme comes with different things on the sidebar as a default.

You can change your theme at the click of a mouse, then change it back again instantly. If you do not choose a theme, your blog will look like this:

MURDOCH THEMES

There are three Murdoch based themes that you can choose for your blog. These have been approved by Corporate Communications and Public Relations .

Murdoch Corporate - standard corporate look

Murdoch Ripped - uses the “ripped paper” look

Murdoch Plain - allows for very long titles and taglines. Logo is in the footer instead of the header.

OTHER THEMES

You are welcome to choose from the other themes included. Some of them were designed with a particular kind of blog content in mind, for example a newsletter, or forum-like comment sharing site.

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR THEME

Go to the Appearance Tab:

This defaults to the Themes tab.  Scroll down to find a blog design you like and double click on it.

Choose “Visit Site” to see what the change looks like. When you are selecting themes, it is helpful to right click on “View Site” and open the page in a different window or tab. That way you can keep the “Themes” tab on your screen and just reload the other window/tab after you have changed the theme.