Making custom Wordpress Themes?
Can I fully customize and create my Wordpress themes in my Wordpress account (if so, how?), or do I need to host all my stuff on a separate website and install Wordpress to my computer in order to get full customization?
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Hi Lauren,
First off you will need to download Wordpress, it’s free and simple to install. Once you have ran the install you can download the default theme which is what you’ll be editing.
Here’s what I did, I downloaded the default theme by downloading the Wordpress package from Wordpress.org and then opened up the default theme folder.
Now, I don’t know how good you are with coding, you could always do it without knowledge of HTML or CSS, but it helps if you do. You need to replace the CSS script in the default folder with your one, you then need to embed the PHP pages in your HTML with the PHP placed inside the HTML where the content will appear. You’ll need to set the title in the title tags as what you want to title to be for everypage as the HTML is not dynamic. Doing this should then place the Wordpress content inside your content section and it will follow the rules of your CSS. Upload both the new default file and the CSS (make sure you link to your CSS in the head part of the HTML) and it should put the Wordpress content in your theme.
It’s probably best to delete the sidebar, footer and header as well so that they can use the ones in your your design.
I’ve also uploaded a small tutorial on my forum website here: http://lordmax.info/wphowto/
Good luck,
-Max
if you are talking about the wordpress main site, no you cannot customize it. You can only do what’s available to you. unless they have changed it.
i have my own domain with wordpress, and I can write my own themes
You Cant Install Wordpress On Your Computer, You Install It On A Host. That Way You Have Full Control Over It And You Cant Customize Themes On Wordpress, You Make A Theme With Software E.G Photoshop Or Gimp Then You Have To Code It, CSS And All That Rubbish, Then You Upload It To Your Host In Worpress And Hay Presto A Fully Customized Theme Made By You.
It takes PHP and CSS, there are theme creators through the site with tutorials.
-Billy