What is a WordPress theme?

What is WordPress and why should I use it?

August 11, 2016

What are the steps to purchasing and customizing a theme?

August 11, 2016

In the previous question, we had you imagine that your website is like a body and that every body has a skeleton that gives it structure and holds it up. This is like WordPress for your website. It contains all the content of your website and organizes that content so it’s easy to edit. A WordPress theme is like the clothes your website wears. Just like clothes, you can easily change the way your website looks simply by switching themes. While we don’t recommend changing the theme of your website as often as you change your clothes, the normal shelf life of a theme is around 3 years. Once the theme starts to look outdated, we simply create or install a new theme and your website is instantly refreshed with a minimal amount of changes to your content. WordPress themes come in three flavors: free, purchased for a nominal fee (usually under $100), and custom. For more information on these options, please see the next question.

Testimonials

D3 Website Solutions came as qualified referral from trusted tech provider, Carolinas NetCare. Previously, we were a loyal, 15 year client of another provider. Service subsequently declined with the provider eventually failing. Laura took on our renovation project with undivided attention. She is always very patient in understanding our needs. Her guidance & insight is invaluable in building our site to best reflect our business. We greatly appreciate the excellent service & tremendous value we received.
Gary L.
Owner - Lark Golf
We sought out the expertise of Laura and D3 solutions based on the recommendations of trusted colleagues and the need for a web developer who could understand our unique needs. Laura’s reputation is well earned as she was able to deliver a truly incredible product that exceeded all of our expectations. Her communication was timely and through a balanced combination of expertise and creativity, she was able to transform rough sketches and basic ideas into a captivating website that now serves as the centerpiece of our mission and work. Laura was patient with our questions and sensitive to our concerns. In every possible way, D3 Solutions demonstrated the highest level of customer service. In the end it became increasingly clear that for Laura and D3 Solutions, the people they serve are far more than clients, they are partners.
Dr. Steve W.
ITEN
D3 Solutions is my go-to company for web development and website hosting. They provide solutions I can feel confident in, stable and secure servers and responsive customer service, all at a price I find very competitive. I could not do what I do without a partner like D3 Solutions.
Chuck J.
Chuck Jones Direct
We reached out to Laura at D3 Solutions after our website had a security breach. She was extremely responsive and had the issue cleared up right away!
John R.
Classy Career Girl
It has been a true joy working with Laura! She was involved from the initial thoughts and concepts of what we wanted in a website to then seeing our vision fully realized in a very professional and attractive site. Laura helped us work through ideas, and offered expertise in how to best implement them in a manner that made sense and was best utilized by our target audience. We are thankful that the relationship is ongoing with advice and troubleshooting being just a phone call or email away. I highly recommend you consider Laura for your website design and development!
Dave S.
Mentoring Timothy
A couple of years ago I hired a company to rebuild my website, and when the process stalled out, Laura came in and salvaged what could have been a disaster. Since that time she has worked to maintain my website and has proven to be highly skillful in what she does, responsive, and ethical. I would recommend her without any hesitation.
Paul D.
EcoGreen Landscaping
Laura is a fantastic web developer! She’s developed three websites for me and it’s unbelievable how quickly she can get a project done! She’s decisive and thorough, but also creative and understands the whole process and how everything fits together. One of the things I appreciate most about working with Laura is that she’s very dependable and responds to emails within the hour. Her training videos explain things clearly and easily, even to a novice like myself. Thinking of creating a website? You can’t find anyone better than Laura.
Debbie P.
Rome with Purpose

Testimonials

Gary L.

Dr. Steve W.

Chuck J.

John R.

Dave S.

Paul D.

Debbie P.