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Creating a Word Press theme/site

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AnthroAndStargate

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I have OS X, Coda, FTP client, and a dedicated server. I would like to make a wordpress site but I know nothing of PHP or CSS or creating a Wordpress theme.

I've done the requisite Google search for information but cant find any helpful resources. CSS/PHP seem impossible to just "pick up". Anyone know of a site that is good in explaining how I go about creating a WordPress theme from scratch? I'd like to make my own so as to learn and not copy an already made theme.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
Does your dedicated server have some sort of panel like CPanel? If you do there is sometimes an option there to install software and wordpress is likely to be an option.That at least gets you it installed.
As for a theme that's a little tougher - you will want to take at least the original theme files and work from those. Really to just change the colors/layout all you have to worry about is CSS and not have to worry about PHP. Start with CSS http://www.w3schools.com/css/

A simple search for "wordpress css tutorial" on google yield a ton of results:
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2...ss-theme-from-scratch/
 
Well every Wordpress installation has to have a theme, so you'll be starting with someone else's regardless. The default theme is as good a basis as any, but there are literally hundreds of different styles you can choose from. Unless you're in it purely for the experience, then I would get one close to what you like, and modify it. You can edit the theme files right in the Wordpress admin area.

Wordpress installation is very straightforward. My host offers one-click, but I set it up from scratch in about 30 minutes from download to bringing a page up.
 
Originally posted by: Markbnj
Well every Wordpress installation has to have a theme, so you'll be starting with someone else's regardless. The default theme is as good a basis as any, but there are literally hundreds of different styles you can choose from. Unless you're in it purely for the experience, then I would get one close to what you like, and modify it. You can edit the theme files right in the Wordpress admin area.

Wordpress installation is very straightforward. My host offers one-click, but I set it up from scratch in about 30 minutes from download to bringing a page up.
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I got the install up awhile back I should have worded my ? different, sorry. I really was just wondering about theme design.

From what I gathered a lot of people start from scratch. Is this not true/impossible?
 
I'm sure it is possible. I haven't written a theme from the ground up. It just seems natural to me that most themes would build on existing themes, but perhaps more people start from scratch than I would think.
 
it's easier to take one similar to what you want and work from that. but's that's assuming (in my case) that the wordpress install will be in addition to a real website, and not just a blog alone.
 
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