To change a color, you just select the element name
from a drop-down list. In the screenshot above, I have
selected "h1" (the main header text color).
If you don't understand the names of individual
elements, you can just scroll through all the elements
using the scroll arrows next to the drop-down list - and the
color swatch will change color to show you the color of that
element. So you can, for example, find all the green elements.
The tool shows the existing color of each element and you
can then use a standard Windows Color Picker to choose a new
color.
You can change as many elements as you wish, then just
click the Save button to save the result. The tool
will update the style.css file for the theme
(which defines all the colors). Now just upload the
new version to your WordPress installation and your blog
will instantly switch to using the new colors. It
really is that simple.
Easily Create A Theme Screenshot
Most WordPress themes have a "screenshot", which
is shown in the blog admin Themes section, to help
the administrator identify all the different themes that have
been uploaded to the blog.
Once you change the colors, the original theme screenshot
will no longer match the theme.
If you are only using the theme for your own blogs, this
does not matter. The screenshot is only ever seen by the blog
administrator, when selecting which theme to use.
However if you plan to distribute the theme, you may prefer
to include an updated screenshot.
WP Sorceress comes with a simple Screenshot
Tool that allows you to very easily create a new
screenshot for your new theme, just by clicking a few
buttons.