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WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide
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WordPress: Visual QuickStart Guide

by Jessica Neuman Beck, Matt Beck
November 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
288 pages
6h 19m
English
Peachpit Press
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11. Advanced Theme Development

In this chapter, we will help you to design and build a simple theme from scratch. Theme building in WordPress requires a strong knowledge of Web design, HTML/XHTML, CSS, and PHP. In other words, novice users need not apply! For designers and developers, however, building your own theme offers unparalleled flexibility and power, especially when compared to using or modifying a prebuilt theme.

WordPress has two themes installed by default, and both are excellent examples of different approaches to theme building. It’s a good idea to examine those themes to get an idea of layout and structure before digging into your own.

Anatomy of a Theme

Your theme may appear as one cohesive whole, but many different pieces go ...

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