Book recommendation creating wordpress themes from scratch

la dominatrix · 10-15-2009, 05:35 AM

I give up I am fed up trying to get wordpress themes to do
what I want ..................
I like a little from this theme and then that theme has a better
footer...............................
You get the idea I want to teach myself how to design my own templates
and I would like to know what books experienced designers recommend.

I am actually starting from scratch, but I have taught myself HTML so I am
not a complete begginer.

Thanks La dominatrix

Bex7175 · 10-15-2009, 06:02 AM

Personally I don't think that a book is necessarily a requirement. There's hundreds of great Wordpress tutorials online that will take you step by step through the process of creating a theme from scratch. I just Googled 'create wordpress theme from scratch' and it pulled back a lot of results that could really help, without spending money on a book that, chances are, will be out of date quite quickly due to how quickly different technologies on the internet change and adapt.

Whatever you choose in the end I wish you the best of luck.

Bex

john_kennedy · 10-15-2009, 06:19 AM

You need much more than HTML experience, you should be fluent in PHP and CSS as well.

John

la dominatrix · 10-15-2009, 07:06 AM

John
Thanks for that................
Of course I understand that I have to learn
CSS and PHP as well....................

I understand it will be a steep learning curve, but I have
I to start somewhere. ...................

Bex Thanks for your comment i will have a look down that
road..............................

but in the meantime any useful books would be appreciated.
La dominatrix

but if anyone else has used a

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Bex7175 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Book recommendation creating wordpress themes from scratch Personally I don't think that a book is necessarily a requirement. There's hundreds of great Wordpress tutorials online that will take you step by step through the process of creating a theme from scratch. I just Googled 'create wordpress theme from scratch' and it pulled back a lot of results that could really help, without spending money on a book that, chances are, will be out of date quite quickly due to how quickly different technologies on the internet change and adapt. Whatever you choose in the end I wish you the best of luck. Bex
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john_kennedy HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mobile, AL , USA. Posts: 302 Thanks: 75 Thanked 49 Times in 44 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Book recommendation creating wordpress themes from scratch You need much more than HTML experience, you should be fluent in PHP and CSS as well. John

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la dominatrix Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Malaga Spain. Posts: 507 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 108 Thanked 86 Times in 70 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Book recommendation creating wordpress themes from scratch John Thanks for that................ Of course I understand that I have to learn CSS and PHP as well.................... I understand it will be a steep learning curve, but I have I to start somewhere. ................... Bex Thanks for your comment i will have a look down that road.............................. but in the meantime any useful books would be appreciated. La dominatrix but if anyone else has used a
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