How to Build a Custom Wordpress Theme from Scratch

If you’re confident with your CSS and HTML, it’s not hard at all to step up to the challenge of building a custom WordPress theme. This overview shows the process of how my latest custom WordPress theme was built from design concept through to completed theme. See how the static design is split up into the various WordPress theme files, and discover how the simple PHP snippets can add that dynamic functionality of a blog. The theme I'm working on is named Sticky. With the post focusing on the production of the theme, I won't go into too many details on how the design was built, but you can see from the Photoshop previews that it uses a 16 column grid with 24px baseline; a fairly muted colour palette of a beige and grey, with a dark red as a highlighting colour for links; typography is set to serif font throughout for that touch of class! Before getting stuck into the build process, it's important to know how WordPress themes work. Configuring the stylesheet Populating the header

Theme Development Languages: বাংলা • English • Español • 日本語 • 한국어 • Português do Brasil • Русский • 中文(繁體) • (Add your language) This article is about developing WordPress Themes. If you wish to learn more about how to install and use Themes, review Using Themes. This topic differs from Using Themes because it discusses the technical aspects of writing code to build your own Themes rather than how to activate Themes or where to obtain new Themes. Why WordPress Themes WordPress Themes are files that work together to create the design and functionality of a WordPress site. You may wish to develop WordPress Themes for your own use, for a client project or to submit to the WordPress Theme Directory. To create a unique look for your WordPress site. A WordPress Theme has many benefits, too. It separates the presentation styles and template files from the system files so the site will upgrade without drastic changes to the visual presentation of the site. Why should you build your own WordPress Theme? style.css

45 brilliant WordPress tutorials for designers | WordPress (Image: © Alexandra Bruel) WordPress is one of the world's most popular publishing platforms. It's highly customisable, very easy to use and it's completely free, making it an obvious choice for anything from a simple blog to an online design portfolio. Because of its enormous popularity, there's a wealth of WordPress portfolio themes available, plus plenty of WordPress tutorials online to help you get to grips with the CMS. To save you time, we've picked 25 brilliant WordPress tutorials from around the web. 01. Perhaps the most frightening part of getting started with WordPress is the business of actually installing it. 02. This complete guide to creating your first WordPress site is a great place to start if you're a total beginner, or someone with a bit of experience looking to fill holes in their knowledge. 03. Cheat sheets are ideal when you're starting out, and can still prove useful to refer back to when you're more experienced. 04. 05. Next page: Intermediate WordPress tutorials