Why I Created a WordPress Theme Framework by Justin Tadlock is a good look at the reasons why WordPress Theme designers and developers should work with a framework when designing a WordPress Theme. A strong Theme framework creates a solid canvas upon which to build your WordPress Themes.
If you are or considering building WordPress Themes for public use, this is a good article to consider.
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5 Comments
I wanna learn about the themes more in my blog. if you i just want to add some buutons that i could not be on the right hand side nad in the blogroll also i could not be able to show my friends blogs in my wordpress site.. Please advice…
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If you do not want to show anyone your blog, make it private through your WordPress Administration Panels > Settings. If you would like to add buttons to your blog’s sidebar, you can use the Text Widget to add images wrapped in links to make them into clickable “buttons” that will direct your readers to a specific link. If you would like to learn more about Themes on WordPress.com, you can pay the 15 credit fee to use the Sandbox WordPress Theme and review the articles I’ve linked to within this article on how to style that Theme to meet your own design wishes.
Thanks for the link, Lorelle. Working with a framework has made my life so much easier as a theme author. It has allowed me to put together projects much more quickly than normal.
Anyone serious about building WordPress themes should definitely consider building a theme framework or at least taking a look at the coding standards that most of us building them try to adhere to.
Thank you for these wonderful links will check them out. I noticed that the very first link to “WordPress Template Files” doesn’t work because there is no “r” in the .org extension.
Once again thank you very much, this is very useful.
Thanks for the link Lorelle, it looks interesting!
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