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Thank goodness Marysia - I thought I was the only one having this problem! - Philip

You can put anything you want into a post, images, videos, audio or flash. You just have to make sure the size of your graphic will fit within the template boundaries of the post. What you're seeing as you cruise around looking at templates are just samples so you can choose something with columns the width you want, the typeface you want, the colors, fonts and so on. - liz

You can put videos and photos into a blog using any theme -- the demo site for the themes just uses text because it's easy. I've successfully added photos to one site, and a video to another; it's not the theme, but the way you put it in a post that determines what shows up. (It helps to have the URL of the image or the embed code for the video.) I can say more if anyone's interested . . . - LJF Wolffe

Oh, thank you for your replies, liz & LJF! I've been asking these questions all over the place & was beginning to feel left out in the cold. And I've found so many other people also not knowing these things. It's the 1st thing in the 30dc that I've found not covered by the training videos: Ed just finds a theme with a guitar in it and that's it - job done... Oh, yes - say more, LJF - I'm interested! If only someone would put guidance on all this into a blog! - Isha (Marysia)

So you can't change the typefaces and fonts? - Isha (Marysia)

I typed "changing fonts on a WordPress blog" into Google, and got http://codex.wordpress.org/Playing... -- it might sound terribly technical, but partway down the article there are examples of making the change. Codex.WordPress.org is THE place to find out about WP -- from the developers themselves! - LJF Wolffe

Thanks for this, LJF. I hadn't realised that you can change things in the same way as you can wordpress - I thought that the WPD guys had tweaked it so that you couldn't change things unless you were css savvy. Now I can go to bed a lot happer... It's 3am here in London lol - Isha (Marysia)

I don't know if it helps, Marysia, but here's my blog with images and video in it. I used ordinary WPD theme. http://www.howtotelllying.com - Rita

Yes - that does help, Rita! - thank you. What an amazing site - great content you've got there - I've subscribed to your feed. Anybody else like to share any blogs? - I'd love to look at them. It would be useful to know the names of the blog themes as well. WPD doesn't have a forum - shall we start a WPD FF Room? - Isha (Marysia)

You can change just about anything you want on a Wordpress theme if you want...if you know where to go to change it and the right code to use to make the change. Yes, CSS is where you go for type, etc. But please don't forget that everything works together to build the whole. Type size for example can affect columns and spacing and changes can cause the whole theme to break. Pick what's most important to you, then find a theme that fits that bill and work around it. - liz

That's useful to know liz - thanks for that. - Isha (Marysia)

Thank you, Marysia! It was Nano theme. But be careful - it's broken. It took me 3 weeks to fix it and then WPD killed my work by overwriting it with their broken theme again. - Rita

Thanks for that warning Rita - Isha (Marysia)

Well it seems like you are getting all the help you need on this issue Marysia. Working with WP can be taxing at times so I use the "text" Widget often to add images and links. You can see my blog with samples at http://www.golfdrivingtipsblog.com/the-per... --Joe - Joe

keep working pete I have spent all day trying to catch up. - Russ Pelvin

I know how you feel, I'm still working at it too, just finished preseason after a 4hr session today, we'll get there - Di Forgione

Hey Pete, You're not alone buddy. They great thing about the TDC is the training is going to be there when you've got the time, and there are plenty of us out here who are going through exactly what you are. We are right here with you dude! Keep at it! :-) :-) - Philip

Looking forward to it Ed, Have a nice weekend ;-) - Wayne Lewis

Peek-a-boo! I see you... - Wendy J. Roan

Look forward to it. love seeing your kids in your videos, makes me feel like part of the family. - David

Who is that cutie pie peeking around back there? Hmmm, a future star in the making? - Philip

Great thanks ED, I think live people events are a great idea, and the use of upcoming.com to coordinate those since it feeds into friendfeed. - JuneM