Recently, a client wanted a theme update. She had purchased Salient theme which she found in Theme Forest. Try not to get overwhelmed!

From Theme Forest, click on WordPress tab to see what can be installed on your WordPress.org self-hosted site. (Only 5,013 choices at the time of this writing.)

Now do you feel like a kid in a candy shop?

I dare you to look along the left sidebar and choose among the “categories” or “tags” that suit your purpose. Think about what you are and do some exploring. Creative? Minimalist? Homey? Non-profit? Choose!

Oh my! Get a cup of coffee and start exploring. When you reach the spot that “feels like me” (or you in this case) — note what theme and other details you can.

Navigate to that theme’s website and look at all the permutations of that theme. You probably want this to fit you for at least two to three years, so choose wisely.

If you have an e-commerce site, don’t forget to be sure that fits easily into your theme, or you will be in for a lot of custom coding. (Expensive.)

If you already have a store on another site (like Shopify or 1 Shopping Cart) check their site to see if they will integrate with your website.

All themes on the market today should be “responsive” – meaning they “know” on which size screen they are displaying, and adjust on the fly. I would say, this is a must.

Other than that, you find what floats your boat – sliders, landing page, menus, social media – and get excited about the new look you are going to achieve.

We were pleased to find that this new theme (Salient) had documentation and videos to instruct about set up. All their demos gave us new ideas, and it was simple to create a whole new look.

Well, that’s enough for now. Go start poking about and find yourself a beaut WordPress Premium Theme!