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...
View ArticleWordPress 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....