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WordPress Theme Development Tools

Before we get started building any WordPress Theme we’re going to need to get our development tools in place. In this post, we’ll run through the best of the best and build ourselves a cross-platform...

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WordPress Theme Template & Directory Structure

While the most minimal of WordPress Themes really only needs an index.php Template and a style.css file (or just the style file if it’s a Child Theme) most WordPress Themes need something a little more...

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The WordPress Theme Header Template

Now we get into the nitty-gritty: building up your header.php and validating your theme with an HTML Doctype. There’ll be a lot of PHP in this lesson but don’t despair. We’re also going to do two,...

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The WordPress Theme Index Template

Index.php is the most crucial WordPress Theme Template. Not only because WordPress needs to use it if you’re missing any of it’s brother and sister templates (like, category.php or tag.php) but because...

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The WordPress Theme Single Post, Post Attachment, & 404 Templates

You’ve built an index of all your posts, now you need to create a template to frame each piece of content (or missing content) on it’s own. The Template for Templates The structure of single.php (and...

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The WordPress Theme Comments Template

I hate the Comments Template. There, I said it. It can be a confusing mess. In version 2.7, WordPress introduced a simpler way of producing Comments Templates—which was no help if you wanted to...

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The WordPress Theme Search Template and Page Template

The Search Template and The Page Template are vital to any complete WordPress Theme. And they’re both really easy to code. For both these two Templates we’ll start with our template-template again....

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The Archive, Author, Category & Tags Template

Much like we did with index.php, we’re going to get one master template done right and use it to build our other templates. Our master Template in this case is the Archive Template. What archive.php...

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The WordPress Theme Sidebar Template

As this article is somewhat older and perhaps even past it’s prime, please proceed with a sense of adventure and in a spirit of good cheer. There are some amazing ideas here but the code may need some...

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How To Reset & Rebuild WordPress Theme CSS & Define Your Layouts

CSS can be tricky. It can also be incredibly easy. I had a lot of help getting my head wrapped around CSS when I was first starting out and I take great pleasure in helping others the same way I was...

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