Comments on: Templating for WordPress http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/ The adventures of a freelance web designer Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Ian Thu, 03 May 2007 19:22:09 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-1554 Ohh, OK. You're right, this is tons easier with a good knowledge of CSS. If you're just learning CSS, I wouldn't start by redoing a wordpress theme. Ohh, OK. You’re right, this is tons easier with a good knowledge of CSS. If you’re just learning CSS, I wouldn’t start by redoing a wordpress theme.

]]> By: Ross Graham http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Ross Graham Thu, 03 May 2007 18:13:58 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-1552 It is tough to make the leap from tables to CSS, then also while I'm not really understanding CSS layout, reverse-engineering the WordPress theme, trying to see what does what and how while just poking around. Very backwards intuitive to figure it out. It is tough to make the leap from tables to CSS, then also while I’m not really understanding CSS layout, reverse-engineering the WordPress theme, trying to see what does what and how while just poking around. Very backwards intuitive to figure it out.

]]> By: Ian http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Ian Thu, 03 May 2007 18:10:50 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-1551 Ross, It did help me to deconstruct and start over in a sense. The grunt work of cleaning up was done for me though, thanks to the blank theme that Ade mentioned in comment #1. Ross,
It did help me to deconstruct and start over in a sense. The grunt work of cleaning up was done for me though, thanks to the blank theme that Ade mentioned in comment #1.

]]> By: Ross Graham http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Ross Graham Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:07:05 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-1519 Did it help you pull apart and rebuild the Wordpress themes, Ian? I'm going through a similar battle with a theme I love: Hemingway. I can swap graphics around and design the hell out of the thing ... but when I want to pull an action or else from another site that does something particularly well, I'm realizing that (a) knowledge of tables, etc doesn't matter anymore really in the world of CSS; (b) that digging through the resulting pages that Sitesucker can pull down sure doesn't seem to help much when I'm trying to build out a new Wordpress theme; and (c) I really can't stand swapping back and forth through the multiple open windows on my Mac. I think the Urban Giraffe link above might help ... the book is in my cart. Did it help you pull apart and rebuild the WordPress themes, Ian? I’m going through a similar battle with a theme I love: Hemingway. I can swap graphics around and design the hell out of the thing … but when I want to pull an action or else from another site that does something particularly well, I’m realizing that (a) knowledge of tables, etc doesn’t matter anymore really in the world of CSS; (b) that digging through the resulting pages that Sitesucker can pull down sure doesn’t seem to help much when I’m trying to build out a new WordPress theme; and (c) I really can’t stand swapping back and forth through the multiple open windows on my Mac. I think the Urban Giraffe link above might help … the book is in my cart.

]]> By: Ian http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ian Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:14:09 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-30 Thanks for the "blank theme" link, that's all it took Thanks for the “blank theme” link, that’s all it took

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]]> By: Ian http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Ian Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:12:08 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-18 Ade, That is very helpful. I was able to get WAMP up and running thanks to the first link. Ade, That is very helpful. I was able to get WAMP up and running thanks to the first link.

]]> By: Ade http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Ade Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.ianlabs.com/2007/02/21/templating-for-wordpress/#comment-16 Read http://www.urbangiraffe.com/themes/guides and start with the blank theme at http://www.miklb.com/blog/2005/my-site/blank-wordpress-theme/ (the site appears to be down right now). I don't think you're alone in your frustration. WordPress themes are very messy, and I pulled my hair out trying to start from anything but the blank theme. Read http://www.urbangiraffe.com/themes/guides and start with the blank theme at http://www.miklb.com/blog/2005/my-site/blank-wordpress-theme/ (the site appears to be down right now).

I don’t think you’re alone in your frustration. WordPress themes are very messy, and I pulled my hair out trying to start from anything but the blank theme.

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