A theme is a plugin which changes the look and feel of the Elgg installation. Since most of us are not designer and it is even harder to build a design that would work seamlessly with Elgg, there is support for themes. Programmers develop and plugins which add new functionality to Elgg. Designers create new designs that all of us can install and use.

Downloading and installing themes

1. go tohttp://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/category/themes
2. Choose a theme and download it. e.g. zingo.zip
3. cd mod
4. unzip zingo.zip
5. Go to Adminstration > Tool Administration
6. Find Zingo and click on Enable
7. Click on another link and you should see the new design