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Revision as of 12:14, 1 October 2015
In WordPress, a theme is ...
Description
A theme is a set of files which tells WordPress how to display content from the WordPress database.
A theme contains one or more WordPress template files.
Child themes
A child themes overrides properties of a parent themes.
This is useful for modifying an existing theme.
Custom themes
Custom themes allow you to make WordPress sites than look like anything.
Any web page which you can make in HTML (and CSS, and JavaScript), you can make a theme which looks and acts the same.
A custom theme combines your HTML with the necessary WordPress-related PHP.
Much of this PHP can be implemented by beginners using copy-and-paste.
Requirements include:
- Some specifici knowledge about the structure of WordPress themes and templates
- Online documentation is available
See Theme development @ codex.wordpress.org
See also
External links
- Theme development @ codex.wordpress.org
