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
WordPress Theme Template & Directory Structure
While the most minimal of WordPress Themes really only needs and 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 solid.
Creating a WordPress Theme HTML Structure
Now we’re starting to get into the real meat of WordPress Theme development: coding the HTML structure.
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 WordPress Theme test environment that would do a professional Theme developer proud. A Local Test Server: XAMP or MAMP The best place to develop your custom WordPress Theme is off the web, on your home computer.
How To Create a WordPress Theme
Over the next 12 days this WordPress Themes Tutorial is going to show you how to build a powerful, up-to-date, WordPress Theme from scratch. As we go along I’ll explain what’s happening including (for better or worse) my thinking on certain techniques and why I’m choosing one path over another.
Using Action Hooks in WordPress Child Themes
In this post we’ll review how to write a PHP function and go over the basic idea of how you can use Action Hooks in your WordPress Theme. We’ll take a look at a practical example of injecting a Welcome Blurb into your Theme without touching the existing code and we’ll also look at how to remove existing content being injected into Theme Hooks.
Using Filter Hooks in WordPress Child Themes
In this post you’ll learn to take advantage of Filter Hooks in your WordPress Child Themes. Filter Hooks are an essential weapon in your WordPress Theming arsenal
Modular CSS in WordPress Child Themes
In this post you’ll learn how to leverage modular CSS in your WordPress Child Themes by looking into another directory with @import or the tag. We’ll be making a Child Theme called Chiron that will use the modular CSS of the Thematic Theme . A theme you can use as the basis for further customization—and for following along with future posts in this series
WordPress Child Theme Basics
In this post you’ll learn all the basics of WordPress Child Themes : WordPress Child Theme file structure, how to make any WordPress Theme a blank framework, how to import Parent Theme CSS styles, how to override Parent Theme styles, and how to override Parent Theme Template files. You’ll also learn that all of this is incredibly easy and within your grasp and that it might just change how you think about WordPress and Theme development. Child Theme File Structure WordPress Child Themes are located in /wp-content/themes/ like any other WordPress Theme
WordPress Menu Tricks
In this post I’m going to show you how to take WordPress Menu Editing to the next level. You’re going to learn how to use Primary and Secondary menus in your WordPress theme; Add descriptive sub-title links to your menu items like some popular WordPress themes and sites; Filter the menu of a WordPress theme; Add special CSS classes to wp_page_menu ; and finally, how to hand-code your own WordPress menu for the ultimate in control. Here’s how to make your WordPress menu jump through hoops .
