Nidavel dashboard overview - Appearance

The appearance page provides several links which leads to sub-sections that has to do with modifying the look of your blog or website. You can visit the location at localhost:8000/dashboard?route=appearance. On this page there are four image links. The themes, widgets, menu, and customize theme links.

Themes

The themes page lists all available themes. This is where you can activate the theme you want to use for your blog. This is also where you can add new themes from the theme repository.

Widgets

The widgets page lists all available widgets and all available slots to add widgets to. In the screenshot above, there is just one active widget, and one active slot. You can see the 'Recent posts' widget by the left, and the 'Right sidebar' slot by the right. You can drag the widget and drop into any active slot to make that widget show on your blog.

Menu

The menu is where you can choose the navigation links to display usually on the nav section of your blog. You can click the + button to add a menu. And you can also click the x button to remove a menu. You can add links to internal pages, and also external links.

Customize theme

This page is where you customize your theme to match your brand. For themes that support customization, this is where you can customize the different colors of your theme to look exactly how you want.

Conclusion

That’s it for the appearance screen overview. In the next post, we will look at the plugins section. This is where you extend the functionality of your blog.

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