Title: Some basic changes for a beginner.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Some basic changes for a beginner.

 *  [davidbeaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidbeaver/)
 * (@davidbeaver)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-basic-changes-for-a-beginner/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I am new at all this so please be gentle.
 * I am not looking to use all the features of what seems to be a package that can
   do so much…I am just looking for the basics.
 * As a beginner I have a couple of questions I hope someone can help with please.
   I am using the classic (at least while I learn about all this) and want to make
   a few basic changes – especially with the background colour as it will appear
   on all pages. What is the quickest and easiest way to do this – and while you’re
   at it, what is the quickest way to change the colour of the text (just in case).
 * Also, my website uses frames, with the top frame being constant, and the main
   frame changing. Is it possible (again the quick and easy way please) to get rid
   of the ‘header’ of the classic template, then have ‘WordPress’ work in the mainframe
   of my site.
 * My site is at [http://www.davidbeaver.net](http://www.davidbeaver.net) if you
   want to see what I mean – just in case I didn’t properly explain it.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thanks,
 * David.

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-basic-changes-for-a-beginner/#post-558146)
 * If you look in a file called style.css in your theme editor for your blog you
   see a file with some lines of code. Look for this section of code
 *     ```
       body {
       background:#FFFFFF none repeat scroll 0%;
       border-color:#556655;
       border-style:solid;
       border-width:3px 2px 1px;
       color:#000000;
       font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Verdana,sans-serif;
       margin:0pt;
       padding:0pt;
       }
       ```
   
 * You can change the way most of the page looks right here. You can change your
   background color by changing the FFFFFF to another hex color in `background:#
   FFFFFF none repeat scroll 0%;`
    Also `color:#000000;` will change the text color
   as well. Alot of learning about this stuff is just experimenting. As for the 
   frame question it should be possible to just tell the main site to load the blog
   as just an external frame. Don’t know why you would want to do that. Just make
   your blog your main site. It’s much easier to maintain and add new content.
 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-basic-changes-for-a-beginner/#post-558165)
 * > _“Just make your blog your main site. It’s much easier to maintain and add 
   > new content.”_
 * That’s good advice and you should take it. Your main website looks so “1995” 
   and WP can be used as a lightweight [CMS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system)
   which will easily replace what you have now.
 * You’ll need to invest some time in getting to understand the basics of WP but
   it’s time very well spent.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-basic-changes-for-a-beginner/#post-558167)
 * 1995. Ouch! 🙂 (i really needed that laugh, thank you SO much)
 * Anyone remember Tripod???
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-basic-changes-for-a-beginner/#post-558169)
 * Ohhh I had a killer tripod site. Then one day out of the blue they shut it down
   saying I was using it for file sharing .

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