Ever wonder how WordPress creates all those fancy not-so-little themes? well you would you believe me if I told you , you, yourself could make them on your own? Crazy right? Now your probably telling yourself how do I even create theme let alone have my theme be on WordPress! Well the answer might shock you and its easy.
So themes, we see them every day, but making a theme can add a lot to any ones work. not only for bragging rights but to create your envision how you want it. Its important and easy to do, but you just have to get the hang of how to do it. Sad but true, all great things come with practices but the pay off will be great. But when it comes to creating a theme for WordPress it takes a couple of tries and practice. But once you get the hang of creating your own theme your WordPress craftsmanship will sky rocket with full potential.
The first two things to start with is getting a fresh WordPress installed then create an html document of what you want your theme to look like. Then open your server connecting service ( Cyberduck gets the job done fine enough). Next take or download a Simple WordPress Theme. This will help you in transforming your html into a WordPress readable document (which for WordPress it all in php). Now start cutting and pasting your html into the php after that start converting your page layout information into loops. Don’t forget add some code to the certain codes so WordPress can translate and properly read it.
Now I could give you the full detailed, word for word, way of creating your own theme by yourself but then what reason would you have to take Bill Mead’s class for Content Management system for designers, where he teaches you all the fun ways to tame WordPress. So if you fell in love with the idea of making your own WordPress Theme really consider taking his class (and if you really like web design take all of his class that he offers at Sierra College.)
