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- rsayers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22They all look the same in my rss reader
- TheIconoclast31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It looks like a link dump more than an actual guide.
I was surprised she didn't mention UrbanGiraffe's theme guide ( http://www.urbangiraffe.com/themes/guides/ ). It's been published as a book, but the original is still available at his site. - megashaun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That is an interesting point. But I read blogs that are well-written and not necessarily those with the unique designs.
Wordpress can be a pain to customize, too. Most people can't be bothered. - kriegs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It seems their telling you how to butcher someone else's theme to make your own, not starting from scratch.
- Widdy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Its not actually that hard. I started blogging one day with wordpress and by the end of the day I had figured out how to make the blog look like the rest of my site. (www.widdopfamily.com if anyone is interested!).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm very intersted in seeing some customized wordpress themes... I'm guessing people will bury it as "blogspam" but recently I've been scouring to find unique wordpress themes to give myself some ideas on what can be done... so please, feel free to post them people!
- xixor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@megashaun,
I think your right with that, good content is always going to trump design with blogs, and that wordpress can be a pain to customize. For the record, I am using one of the popular themes I got from the web after giving up on writing my own theme :) - SATURN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not that difficult really. I took an HTML template I made in Dreamweaver, and put in the WordPress codes that display the content (date, title, article, etc...). Then applied appropriate CSS styles to the different elements. I remember it being surprisingly easy.
- prototypeangel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The link is very old. Lorelle's is staple reading for all bloggers. Old but useful link.
The guides in the codex aren't too bad either.
Urbangiraffe's guide is great
A shareware css editor, CSS Master, makes a barebones wordpress theme that is much easier to edit and build. - tinzy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The guide isn't that useful. It basically says "If you want to make a layout on your own, mess around with the theme editor" and "If you want to do the theme completely on your own, then good for you!". There are many good links there, so if somebody is really determined, they can probably find something meaningful in one of those sites...
(But Lorelle does have loads of good Wordpress articles, so I do like her blog.) - tarunx51, on 08/17/2008, -0/+1Chose the Theme Based On This Post
Link - http://www.vevin.com/3-column-wordpress-themes-tem ...
Hope u Like The Collection - althanis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1kriegs, the article title is indeed misleading, as doing it from scratch doesn't mean customizing someone else's theme (which is what the article outlines).
That being said, there's no point in reinventing the wheel, I always start with a stripped down version of the K2 theme, which is a new theme made by the creators of the current default Kubrick theme.
ssanders, some nice Wordpress cutomisations can be seen here (not my site): http://www.ndesign-studio.com/blog/wordpress/best-wordpress-sites
And another one at http://www.tonygeer.com/wordpress. - prototypeangel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the neat links @athanis
- lordatlas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WordPress Wank is even more fun to read.
http://wank.wordpress.com - xixor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Good article. I am always amused by people creating a blog to express their individuality and use one of the generic popular themes available for download from http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ used by thousands.
- CharlesDarwin, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3No comments please. Just bury as lame.
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