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  • The WordPress Theme Comments Template

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at The WordPress Theme Comments Template. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. I hate the Comments Template. There, I said it. It can be a confusing mess.…

  • The WordPress Theme Single Post, Post Attachment, & 404 Templates

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    You’ve built an index of all your posts, now you need to create a template to frame each piece of content (or missing content) on it’s own. The structure of single.php (and almost all the other templates we’ll be creating) is largely the same as index.php. In fact you can think of it as our…

  • The WordPress Theme Index Template

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at The WordPress Theme Index Template. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. Index.php is the most crucial WordPress Theme Template. Not only because WordPress needs to use…

  • The WordPress Theme Header Template

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at The WordPress Theme Header Template. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. Now we get into the nitty-gritty: building up your header.php and validating your theme with…

  • WordPress Theme Template & Directory Structure

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at WordPress Theme Template & Directory Structure. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. While the most minimal of WordPress Themes really only needs an index.php Template and…

  • Creating a WordPress Theme HTML Structure

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at Creating a WordPress Theme HTML Structure. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. Now we’re starting to get into the real meat of WordPress Theme development: coding…

  • WordPress Theme Development Tools

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this article, with updated code samples and coverage of the latest theme development techniques. Check it out at WordPress Theme Development Tools. It’s part of The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. Before we get started building any WordPress Theme we’re going to need to get our development…

  • How To Create a WordPress Theme: The Ultimate WordPress Theme Tutorial

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    Update: We’ve created a second edition of this popular tutorial! It contains updated code samples, coverage of the latest theme development techniques, and more. Check it out at The ThemeShaper WordPress Theme Tutorial: 2nd Edition. In only 11 individual lessons this WordPress Theme Tutorial is going to show you how to build a powerful, up-to-date,…

  • Street: A Thematic Child Theme by CozmosLabs

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    Thematic expert, Cristi at CozmosLabs has released another excellent Thematic Child Theme. This one’s called Street. Here’s what Cristi had to say about it: Street is something that was created from a spark of inspiration, something that I felt should look like this. This wasn’t thought out nor planed. It took only 4 days from…

  • So You Want To Create WordPress Themes, Huh?

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    Update: It’s live! It’s happening! Go read How To Create a WordPress Theme and learn how to code up something awesome. Does that title sound familiar? Over 2 years ago the now defunct WPDesigner.com published a series of posts under that banner, teaching beginners how to create WordPress Themes from scratch. 2 years ago is…

  • Get Thematic Version 0.9.5

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    It’s here! Thematic 0.9.5. A huge refinement of the Thematic Theme Framework—so huge that it’s only caution keeping me from calling it version 1.0. Chris Gossmann and I spent a lot of time on this version chopping down our personal to-do lists. Chris especially, making sure brilliant themes like the Gallery Theme are even easier…

  • Using Action Hooks in WordPress Child Themes

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    In this post we’ll review how to write a PHP function and go over the basic idea of how you can use Action Hooks in your WordPress Theme. We’ll take a look at a practical example of injecting a Welcome Blurb into your Theme without touching the existing code and we’ll also look at how…