Found this via John Saddington today. It’s good enough that I wanted to post this for any of my readers who design Wordpress themes.
This article contains some Wordpress cheat sheets for all of your theme development and design needs. I’ve already downloaded most of them, and will be referencing them often.
So, click through and enjoy, and let us know if you found them useful.
As a new theme builder myself, I had to ask around on what I needed to know to build a Wordpress theme. So, I made a short list. Here are the basic things you need to build yourself a Wordpress theme.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets are awesome. They make your whole site look great (and uniform), and can even quickly make another site or project blend in. (for example, ChurchCrunch and its forums)
You need to get familiar with this code because it will style everything on your site. Setting up columns, the width of your page, what color your text is, the background, it’s all done here.
CSS is probably the easiest way to start with themes. I used a stock theme and tweaked the .css file until I got something of what I wanted. Once you get the hang of that, you’ll be ready for more. [Continue reading...]
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