I’ve come to a point where I’ve searched endlessly for the perfect wordpress theme for a couple of sites I manage such as LuxaVision, Home Investars, Canada Real Estate Investing, etc., but have never really find all the options that I want to include. I want to dismantle bits and pieces of themes and create my own. I am never satisfied with one theme. The best solution for over coming such frustrations is to develop my own wordpress themes. I’m not going to completely start from scratch for I found a theme framework called Thematic that can be used for most users. The developer mentions that it can be used for beginners but I think you may need some development knowledge because the problem is that the developer hasn’t created a full out documentation on how to use it. I’ve been trying to find resources on how to develop a site using the Thematic framework but unfortunately there is no one stop shop. This is my own comprehensive guide in to WordPress Theme Development:
WordPress Basics | Getting Started with WordPress Themes
Why WordPress Themes? by WordPress | This is greatly detailed but if you just want something easy to understand, start with the next document.
Anatomy Of A WordPress Theme by Yoast | For the visual learner, this breaks down the key components of a WordPress Theme. The image is just a snippet of the article, so check it out.
Creating A Child Theme for WordPress
A child theme is simply a customized theme from another theme, so you use all the functionality of a created theme and add your own tweaks to it. If you have a theme that you like but there are a couple of things you want to change, this is one of the best options for you. This site is perfect for beginners such as myself and it is a great start to creating child themes:
How to make a child theme for WordPress: A pictorial introduction for beginners
The next steps that I need to learn is CSS which I will probably try to find a tutorial online. I know some CSS already but I want to be an expert on it for I think it is powerful in terms of WordPress design and development.
- Liza Mae
