Blog backgrounds - advice on updating seriously needed!

[mamabearwithme]

Hello bloggers. Quick question. I have been blogging since October and my current wordpress background did the job fine when I started out, but now I am getting more traffic and writing more entries and it just doesn't cut the mustard. Any advice on where to purchase a more detailed theme? Looking for one that will allow previous entries to show up in list form/ keywords (co can be clicked on to bring up previous entries etc) on the side, space for pictures and photos down the other side. Just...a bit more detailed really.
hey, look at that, not such a quick question after all.
Cheers all.
Han

Do you self host or do you have a Wordpress.com blog?

Either way there are tons of themes to look at and widgets and things you can use. You really just need to poke around in the back office of your blog.

It's a wordpress. Had a good dig through but none really offer what I want. Had a look at the updating. So you would not suggest I need to necessarily but one, but use widgets etc?
Thanks for replying.
Han

You can certainly buy one through their Theme Store but there are, literally, thousands of free ones as well!

Can you be more specific about what you want? Did you try searching their database using the criteria you are looking for?

Are you self hosted or Wordpress.com?

It is the Fresh Bananas theme on wordpress. Have tried to fiddle about with the widgets but am getting no where. Have not searched their database using key words, will give that a go.
Have you seen, for example, dad47 blog? What he has is a load of key words printed down the right hand side, which when clicked on, take him to that blog entry. At the moment, mine has just a few past entry headings listed down the side and I think it is quite confusing for viewers. What i would like is for people to be able to browse my past blog entries easily - sort of like a mini contents list. Does that make sense?
Thanks again for your thoughts on this.
If you want to have a look at what i mean, it is mamabearwithme.wordpress.com
That might help you see what i have and visualise what I want...

What you are looking for is called a Tag Cloud or Tag list and it should be available as a standard Widget.

This is a blog I manage which is a Wordpress.com blog and you can see the tags there on the right hand side.

That is exactly what I want!! Thank you. Have found the tag cloud widget...now what? Oh goodness I am so sorry to be a pest. Am completely rubbish with the technicalities of this. Do I need an individual tag cloud for each blog entry I was highlighted or does one cover all?
ps) Norman looks very pleasant.

He is very pleasant!

All you need to do is keep tagging your blog entries, which I see you already do. The Widget will put them in order and/or highlight them by font size as they are added and used.

To use it all you do is go into your backoffice, i.e. where you write your posts, go to widgets and then click and drag the Tag Cloud widget to the side bar. You'll see it there, it usually is a little box that says 'Side Bar'. Already listed on it will be Search, recent posts and your MN Badge.

I hope that made sense!

IT DID!!! Thank you so much - honestly, can't say thank you enough. Really appreciate your time on this.
Many thanks
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Glad I could help.

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