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Building a WordPress Theme
Building a WordPress Theme Part 1 – Setting up the stylesheet and the file structure There are many articles out there on building a WordPress theme, and many different techniques for doing so. I would like to tell you what I’ve learned, the best practices I’ve found, and the easiest path for creating a WordPress theme. If you want to include additional functionality, I suggest you use a plugin. If you’re just looking to style your website, then a template is what you’re after. The first step is to ensure that you have the latest version of WordPress installed on your server. Starting Out: Okay, WordPress is installed. Now what? Start by creating a directory in the wp-content/themes/ folder with an obvious and appropriate title. All of the theme’s work will go into this folder, such as your images, JavaScript, additional CSS, etc. The Stylesheet A theme’s default stylesheet is
WordPress Theme Tips and Tricks
A short list of WordPress theme tips and tricks to get you started This is not intended to be a concise and perfect tutorial for beginners to start their very own theme from scratch. There’s already a multitude of tutorials on the web available for this. For example, Line25 provides a list of the best 15 tutorials for starting out. This is meant to be more of a standards and best practices worksheet. This is meant to be amended and revised as new techniques are learned and discovered. WordPress is constantly updating, so so should our knowledge of best practices. The following WordPress theme Tips and Tricks are meant for beginners to get started creating a theme correctly. Starting Out: Okay, WordPress is installed. Now what? You’ve installed WordPress correctly and tested the database. You’ve played around with some of the features, looked at plugins, and even posted a page