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Secrets of WordPress Theming

For an amazing examination of building a WordPress Theme, dissecting every detail of the modular PHP building blocks and code that goes into a full, do-it-yourself WordPress Theme, check out the The Secrets of WordPress Theming by Chris J Davis from Sillyness Spelled Wrong Intentionally.

Begin at the beginning with some basic core tips and techniques in Part 1. Then get more into the code in Part Two to understand more about building template files, including custom template files for specific needs like 404, search, and more. Chris recently introduced Part 3 which examines how to make your home.php custom template work for you with feeds and more.

Expect more in this great series that exposes all involved in a WordPress Theme and just brushes against all the possibilities for customization when working with the power of WordPress.

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This entry was written by Lorelle VanFossen and posted on November 10, 2005 at 10:35 am and filed under Web Design, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. Michael Sync
    Posted July 22, 2007 at 1:53 am | Permalink

    I’m getting this error for those URLs.. is the Server down or something?

    Controller Object ( [base_url] => / [stub:private] => 2005/05/26/secrets-of-wp-theming-part-1 [action:private] => [handler:private] => ) Unmatched rule: 1

  2. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted July 23, 2007 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

    Chris’s site is a mess. I honestly cannot find the new link to the post, which I’ve changed several times. He’s gone on to other topics, and while I much respect all he has done for WordPress, it’s really frustrating as this was such a fantastic and helpful article. But I can’t find it on his site, but please, give it a try. If you find it, please let me know so I can update the link. He might have removed all of his WordPress articles when he switched to Habari. I just don’t know.

  3. Andrew da Silva
    Posted July 24, 2007 at 7:58 am | Permalink

    Here’s the link to the article:
    http://www.chrisjdavis.org/secrets-of-wp-themeing-complete-series

    Enjoy!

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