WordPress is what many would call a mid-level Content Management System (CMS). It offers some of the complex features of high end CMSes, but has some limitations and stays relatively easy to use. In most circumstances, you won’t need a special administrator to setup and run WordPress, like you would need with some CMSes. Best…
“The Loop” is where most of your work is done. However, it isn’t a single file. Rather, it is the part of the file which WordPress send your content to. Here you will have your different files, archive.php, category.php, single.php, etc. These different files will all have their own loop. But these files will not…
Most all themes will have a sidebar file. This will provide the sidebar that usually controls where the widgets will go. Most themes have a single sidebar. Depending upon your theme, you may find your side bar to the left or the right of the main content. However, some themes have additional columns. These themes…
There are a number of files that you can work on while you are building a theme. All of your Themes will involve the style.css file, and one or more PHP files. PHP, as you may remember, is a server side language. It will allow us to access the database, include external files, and more….
What is a Theme A theme in WordPress helps us define how our website looks. It consists of a CSS style sheet named styles.css. (This file name must be used.) At the top of the stylesheet, there will be a CSS comment. WordPress looks at this comment to learn about the theme. It will look…
Themes are WordPress’s version of a DreamWeaver Template, in a way. They provide a manner to display content on the website, by using a combination of PHP and CSS. The PHP controls the displaying of different elements of the WordPress site, while the CSS controls the Look and Feel. Literally thousands of themes exists for…
Bootstrap considers two different types of customizations. These customizations can either come from yourself, and/or a 3rd party. Light customizations – which include changing minor things like color and font changes. Overhauls – which change the way a class functions. Make sure you find the Bootstrap selector, and use the same selector. This keeps you…
jQuery Mobile comes with a default theme that you can use. However, it isn’t really a single theme, there are actually several (sub) themes, called swatches, that are inserted into the theme. These swatches are specified by a single letter. This means you can call for a different theme, within your website, for a part…
