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How Do you Turn a Wordpress Theme Into HTML/CSS?

by simplybeastz
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Want to Know how to turn a Wordpress theme Into a static website , Which I can edit in Dream weaver. I find it easier to edit with that ,instead of Wordpress.
#html or css #theme #turn #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
    Just install the theme in wordpress and then copy the frontend output.
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    • Profile picture of the author simplybeastz
      Can you change when it's in it Theme format?
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by simplybeastz View Post

        Can you change when it's in it Theme format?
        I think that's a fatal misunderstanding.

        You can only edit the (html) output - as it was said: you copy/save the code that you can see when clicking View Source into a html file. You can edit that one as much as you wish.

        However, that has nothing to do with your blog and it will NOT CHANGE anything on your blog. And no, you can NOT "put it back" into your blog.

        My advice: rather ask WHAT do you want to achieve, what is your goal? Instead of thinking you figured out HOW to do it. You didn't. Otherwise you wouldn't be here.
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    • Profile picture of the author Keen creations
      Originally Posted by mojojuju View Post

      Just install the theme in wordpress and then copy the frontend output.
      couldn't say it any better.
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      • Profile picture of the author webjedi
        Originally Posted by Keen creations View Post

        couldn't say it any better.
        Well kinda

        View your site in a browser, each page you visit, right click and choose 'view source' (I am sure you already know how to do that). Copy the resulting source code.

        Open a new Dreamweaver page, paste. Save as HTML (or PHP)

        You my friend, have converted it.

        This is only for the look and feel, converting the functionality is far more complicated.

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  • Profile picture of the author jficarro
    Why not just open it dreamweaver and edit as it was intended - a php site?

    Also, most of the time, I simply take the original code from the admin theme "edit" area, place it in notepad for safe keeping, and edit the crap out of it.

    If you mess something up, simply copy and past the original back from notepad.

    But for full service. Dreamweaver and Expression work fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author chessguy
      Originally Posted by jficarro View Post

      Why not just open it dreamweaver and edit as it was intended - a php site?
      It'd be much easier to do the "view source" method like others suggested. If he edited the php files directly, he'd have to strip out all of those wordpress functions manually.

      Plus, he'd need to install WAMPserver or another program to preview any changes he's made.
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      • Profile picture of the author jficarro
        Originally Posted by chessguy View Post

        It'd be much easier to do the "view source" method like others suggested. If he edited the php files directly, he'd have to strip out all of those wordpress functions manually.

        Plus, he'd need to install WAMPserver or another program to preview any changes he's made.
        Hmm. I don't have any problem with expressions. Plus, like the previous poster said. What's the point. If he can't work with php, is he going to hire someone to change it back to a wordpress

        I'm available.
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        • Profile picture of the author chessguy
          Originally Posted by jficarro View Post

          If he can't work with php, is he going to hire someone to change it back to a wordpress
          He only asked about turning the theme into a static website...not changing it back into a wordpress theme when he's done editing it. It's easier for him to edit the main html & css files instead of having to open up the different phps and edit them separately...if this is what he's really after.

          But you may be right that he wants to keep using wordpress and just doesn't know how to work with the different files If that's the case, you're right.
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  • Profile picture of the author MilesT
    I"d just redo it from scratch. It would be faster. You'll spend more time looking for answers on how to do it rather than just doing it from the ground up. Why do it though? Ugh. Just learn to use WP efficiently. Its SO easy to manage a good WP theme, not to mention the SEO benefits, plugin benefits, and massive support system. Static pages are good for static information, but do you really want static info for a marketing site?
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