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Learn to Create WordPress Themes by Building 5 Projects

You're reading from Learn to Create WordPress Themes by Building 5 Projects Master the fundamentals of WordPress theme development and create attractive WordPress themes from scratch

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787286641

Length 458 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

WordPress

Concepts

CMS

Author (1):

Eduonix Learning Solutions

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Preface

1. Creating a Simple Theme with WordPress FREE CHAPTER

2. Building a WordPress Theme

3. Building a WordPress Theme for Photo Gallery

4. Building a Twitter Bootstrap WordPress Theme

5. The Foundation E-Commerce Theme

Theme setup, logo, and navigation

Now that the HTML template is done, we can now start to convert it into a WordPress theme.

We have a default installation of WordPress. Let's create a new theme folder. We will go to wp-content | themes and create a new folder, MyShop. Inside MyShop, we'll create an index.php file and a style.css file. Let's go ahead and put our declaration in our style.css file as shown in the following snippet:

/* 
    Theme name: MyShop
    Author: Brad Traversy
    Author URI: http://eduonix.com
    Description: Simple ecommerce theme
    Version: 1.0.0
*/

Let's save that. Now if we go to the backend in our webpage and go to Appearance | Themes, we'll see MyShop as seen in the following screenshot:

We have a screenshot that we can pop above the MyShop preview image in our project files. Paste this inside the MyShop folder. So now we have MyShop, let's go ahead and activate it. Obviously, right now if we go and reload the frontend, it'll just be blank.

We'll open the MyShop...

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Eduonix Learning Solutions

Eduonix Learning Solutions

Eduonix Learning Solutions is a leading provider of high-quality technology training, dedicated to bridging the gap between education and industry. With over a decade of experience, their team of seasoned professionals creates expert-led courses designed to equip learners with real-world skills. Covering a broad spectrum of technologies—including web and mobile development, enterprise solutions, database management, and server administration—their training materials are crafted to reflect industry standards and best practices. Eduonix focuses on delivering practical, hands-on learning experiences that empower professionals to excel in the ever-evolving tech landscape.

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