The Aries in me made me do it!! I’ve upgraded to WordPress Pro at $180 a year.
Immediately, I can tell you that the free themes on WordPress.com and WordPress.org differ from how they used to be. Many themes only offer one color, with the option to purchase the theme for more upgrades. This is at a yearly cost for the premium version of the theme, and on top of the $180 a year, it can get costly. However, I totally understand the issues the theme makers had keeping up with the FSE and block editor changes.
Now, there are free themes that offer color choices, so don’t despair. Just be prepared for the changes. CSS codes do not work to change colors, by the way.
There are so many themes that it’s mind boggling! I’ll be playing with a new magazine style theme for Word Craft Poetry. I believe WP takes me off line while I set up the theme.
See you soon!
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An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction.
In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry.
Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch.
In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books.
Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.
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Have fun! Lol! 🙂
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I’ll report back my findings. Yikes… 😀
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Good luck with it all, Colleen 💕🙂
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It wasn’t too bad. Different from the older version but then it’s the same. I was on the business plan a year or so ago. It’s all changed since then. ❤
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So these are the new themes… You have to click comments at the bottom of the post. That’s going to take some getting used to. ❤
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Have fun!!
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It’s not bad… different and then not so different. It took me a couple of hours but I think it looks good.
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Have fun! (I think??)
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It’s very different, I had to go to the dashboard to find comments. This is a fun theme and I could change the colors so that made me happy. It does take some CSS code, which is fine. ❤
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It does look very different from what you had before, that’s for sure!
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There are so many themes. I searched to find one that I could change the colors on. The font is what they give you. I might find a plug in for that.
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I agree that being able to change the colors of a theme is preferable. My (now older) theme lets me do that.
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When your premium theme is up for renewal you will have to make a decision… go the pro version or use the free version and learn FSE. It’s going to get dicey. For example, the theme I selected doesn’t have mobile capabilities… so you have to select the themes that WP suggests with mobile AMP. So… back to the drawing board!
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I just renewed my premium account, so I can put off making a decision for another year. 😉 Who knows what WP will do between now and then?
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From what I’m reading, they are moving to FSE themes quickly. Many of the theme creators are worried. WP was in a bubble for the last 8 years. I thinking they are trying to catch up to the technology out there. ❤
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Well, I’ve signed up for the FSE editing workshop on the 20th. Figured it would be prudent to do so!
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Let me know what you think. This astra theme is free and operates more like old WP. 💚
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Will do! I meant to ask you whether the option to try out a theme with the current site before activating it is gone. It seems to be.
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Yeah, it’s that way on pro too. You activate the theme first and fix later.
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Bummer. How hard is it to reverse the activation if you change your mind about the theme?
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We’ll your choice will be pro or free… but once you’re on pro and find a theme that works, I guarantee you will not want to go back to FSE themes. 💖
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I hope you’re right!
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It’s definitely worth the money. You can buy these themes outright too. It’s all about funds and your long term goals. ❤
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I’ll keep this in mind, thanks!
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I think this will work. We’ll see… ❤
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Fingers crossed!
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It looks great, Colleen, my WP theme friend! LOL It took me a while to get used to. The Pro is a lot like being self-hosted but there are a few differences. Finally Eclectic Brew looks like a blog! There are so many themes to choose from, it makes me dizzy and I love it. Have fun. ❤️
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Franci my wordpress wizzard! I’m puzzled why the comment don’t show. You have to click on the itty bitty comment under the post to see them. Good grief. LOL! ❤
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I don’t need to click on anything to see the comments or the Leave a reply box, Colleen. I see them as soon as the post opens for me.
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I changed the theme, Hugh. These new themes are a minefield! 🤣
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Like anything new, I guess it’s a case of learning all about them, Colleen. I’ll be sticking with my Business Plan for now, although it does not come up for renewal until next year anyway.
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Yes, it was good for me to renew now, apply the credit I had, and get established. I have a lot of new things in the works, so the time to act was now. You know how it is. LOL! ❤
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I can’t comment on your site for this one either, although I could read the post for this one. I see no itty bity comment either–it looks normal but it won’t let me type anything in. I know you like technology, but as I’ve said before, simple is always better for design–the first thing they taught us in design school. When you overthink, or make things too complicated, you lose the effectiveness and the audience attention. I don’t have time to jump back and forth, so I hope this change isn’t permanent or it will lose me for sure. (K)
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Gosh, I should take a lesson from you. My theme is from Elementor. It’s the elephant that I don’t want to touch.
But what if I did? I’d be having as much fun as you… I’m so wimpy and I know it.
Maybe I will after NaPo. 😔
Thanks for sharing your bravery. Xo
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Hope you have fun with it. This kind of thing drives me crazy.
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I see a future of me setting up websites in my future! There’s a lot to learn. 😂
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Could be a side gig for sure.
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I’ll be available soon to create eBooks and print books for Amazon. I’m just waiting on my EIN number. ❤
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If you want to offer your services on my site, you’re welcome to. When you’re ready, of course.
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Thanks, Craig. I’ll email you. Much appreciated. ❤️
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You go girl, you WP Wizard. ❤
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LOL 😂 💖
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Just sayin’ 🙂 ❤
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