Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

How can I use WordPress Templates for my blogigo weblog?

The template system of blogigo is to a very high degree compatible to the one of WordPress. However, it is not a 100% compatibility so that some adjustments are necessary if you want to use a WordPress template for your blogigo weblog.

Use a WordPress template with blogigo

Step 1: After you found a WordPress template that you like (there is a large variety of templates e.g. at www.alexking.org) you have to download the required files. Usually there is an option to download all files in a zip package. After unzipping the archive you always get one CSS file and often also some images.

Step 2: If your design doesn't include images, proceed with step 3. Otherwise you should upload the images in your "My images" section at blogigo. If the webspace of blogigo is not sufficient, you can use external webspace or upgrade to blogigo Premium (usually the webspace of blogigo will be sufficient). You can see the URL of the images after you uploaded them (you will need the URL later on).

Step 3: Open the CSS file with any program (such as Windows Notepad) and copy the content of the file into the clipboard (by pressing Ctrl-A and then Ctrl-C).

Step 4: Log in to your blogigo account and select the weblog you want to change. Choose the menu item called "Design" and the subsection "Expert: CSS". Select all the text in the large text field (by clicking into the field and pressing Ctrl-A) and replace it with the CSS file from the clipboard from step 3 (Ctrl-V).

Step 5: If the design you chose includes images, you have to look for the image URLs in the CSS code. The images are always included in the lines that contain URLs. These URLs have to be replaced by the URLs of the images you uploaded in step 2.

Schritt 6: Click the Save button and have a look at your weblog. It should look quite similar to the design you chose. Sometimes there are some adjustments required for a really good result. Here are some hints for this:

Adjust a WordPress Template for use with blogigo

Word Press templates often require some adjustments for a really good result. This is due to the fact that blogigo is not 100% WordPress compatible, sometimes it is also due to the fact that the templates contain bugs.

First of all you should remember two things: Firstly, when you changed the CSS file you should always keep a copy locally stored at your computer. This way you can restore the CSS code if you overwrite it accidentially. Secondly, you should always look at the result with the Internet Explorer v 6.0 as well as the Mozilla web browser, as they often display the same website differently.

In many WordPress templates the menu might slip below the weblog, if there are very long words in it (which is especially the case when links appear in the menu) Usually it helps to insert the following line in the formatting for #content and #menu :