{"id":573,"date":"2025-11-25T13:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/?p=573"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:43:26","slug":"customise-the-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/11\/25\/customise-the-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Customise the look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Log in<\/strong>
Go to: https:\/\/domain.org\/subfolder\/wp-admin<\/code> \u2192 enter your username and password.
(If you\u2019re not logged in, WordPress sends you to the login screen automatically.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to the Customizer<\/strong>
From the left-hand menu: Appearance \u2192 Customize<\/strong>.
This is where all visual changes happen in Twenty Ten + Twentig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Switch a Design Style (Twentig presets)<\/strong>
Inside the Customizer, open Twentig Options \/ Design Styles<\/strong>.
Pick from the available presets (about 9) but do not import the content unless you’re happy to delete the clutter.
Click Publish<\/strong> only when you\u2019re happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Change Site Identity<\/strong>
Site Title<\/strong>, Tagline<\/strong>, Site Icon (favicon)<\/strong> \u2192 Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Site Identity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edit Header Image \/ Header Layout<\/strong>
Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Header<\/strong> (Twenty Ten\u2019s built-in options).
Upload your own header image or remove it entirely for a cleaner look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colours & Typography (Twentig)<\/strong>
Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Colours<\/strong> or Typography<\/strong>.
Twentig exposes extra font and spacing controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Menus<\/strong>
Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Menus<\/strong>.
Add\/remove items, reorder, create dropdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widgets<\/strong>
Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Widgets<\/strong>.
Control sidebars and footers.
(Twenty Ten has a sidebar-heavy structure; Twentig adds layout tweaks.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homepage Settings<\/strong>
Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Homepage Settings<\/strong>.
Choose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • latest posts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • a specific static page (common for simple or static brochure sites)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Extra Layout Controls (Twentig)<\/strong>
    These override some of Twenty Ten\u2019s more rigid defaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Preview Before Publishing<\/strong>
    The right-hand preview updates live. Save change for later too.
    Nothing changes for visitors until you press \u201cPublish\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Exit Customizer<\/strong>
    Click the back arrow until you see Close<\/strong>.
    Changes are saved only if you\u2019ve pressed Publish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Log inGo to: https:\/\/domain.org\/subfolder\/wp-admin \u2192 enter your username and password.(If you\u2019re not logged in, WordPress sends you to the login screen automatically.) Go to the CustomizerFrom the left-hand menu: Appearance \u2192 Customize.This is where all visual changes happen in Twenty Ten + Twentig. Switch a Design Style (Twentig presets)Inside the Customizer, open Twentig Options \/…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-cover.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faq","tw-post-has-image-16-9","tw-meta-no-icon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}