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WordPress

Posted by Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

WordPress Themes

Hello,

I want to build Word Press theme and use them as well as more . To make it possibile I should know HTML CSS and some very basics PHP right? so how could I develop wordpress themes ? does it take long times even to make it ?

Jacobus Hindson
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 Points
Jacobus Hindson
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 Points

Hi Aurelian,

It certainly is a step up from HTML/CSS + PHP but nothing that cannot be taught. Zac Gordon has a 3 hour course right here on Treehouse - Check it out.

Wordpress Theme Development

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Thank you all :)

I know how JS works and PHP , like the very very very basics(JS more though) I hope it enough . I can build websites with HTML and CSS .

As my plan is , I actualy want to make wordpress themes , I want to make them friendly because most of them, when I look at them with my mum , their not quite what I would expect . Anywyas I have a plan to do with it .

And does it take a bit time to learn it ? as I looked at how to customize wordpress themes, their quite simple to do . Should I expect knowing how to make it in cople of weeks , moth? it doesn't seem like really hard like iOS I guess in the way that I find iOS much harder than Web Development .

I will check the track :)

bdw Zac Gordon , your videos are Awesome!

2 Answers

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi,

You're on the right track. You need to know your basic HTML, CSS, JS and PHP to get into WordPress Development. Once you do, just check out our track on WordPress Development to get going.

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points
Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

Hi Aurelian,

Yep you will certainly need to know all those although there are some great boilerplates out there that will give you a blank wordpress template ready for you to style if you already know CSS and want to jump right in. I have previously used http://html5blank.com/

You will also need to familiarise yourself with the wordpress codex a good knowledge of the pre-defined functions will undoubtedly save you time!

Time until dev complete depends on what you want to achieve, your level of expertise and a number of other factors not least of which is the customer. If you fail to properly define your requirements prior to the start you may find that the dev process is drawn out while you too and fro with the customer on design changes. Better to take more time planning before you start than having to break off mid flow down the line.