| Many blogger swear by WordPress as the best | | | | two programming languages. |
| platform for blogs, websites and content platforms | | | | 3. HTML is the most important language, which is |
| to publish content, pictures, videos etc. Though | | | | absolutely necessary needed to make WordPress |
| popular for blog, people are using WordPress as a | | | | theme. So make sure you learn those basic HTML |
| Content Management System (CMS). WordPress is | | | | commands and coding. You can make use of |
| open source and the best thing that makes it an | | | | Microsoft Frontpage or even Dreamweaver to |
| absolute favorite with web developers and bloggers | | | | experiment with HTML codes. |
| is that you can incorporate plugins effortlessly from | | | | 4. Styling a webpage and jazzing it up is the next |
| your WordPress admin panel. You can get these | | | | thing to do after you become familiar with html |
| plugins by doing a simple Google search or through | | | | functionalities. This is where your CSS(Cascading |
| the official WordPress site. | | | | Style Sheets) knowledge come in. When you know |
| You may have seen several WordPress themes and | | | | CSS, you will know how to make a stylish |
| may feel that even you can develop such theme. For | | | | WordPress theme with colors, fonts, pictures etc. |
| those who want to know how to make a | | | | To sum up, in order to know how to make a |
| WordPress theme, here are some pointers: | | | | WordPress theme, you have to know to create the |
| 1. Designing a theme does require hard work and | | | | CSS template which is nothing but HTML and CSS |
| patience. It is always better to know html or php and | | | | combined. In other words, this is an HTML page |
| the good thing is there are many resources online | | | | stylishly done with CSS. So learn the four following |
| that can tell you how to learn them. | | | | things to make an attractive WordPress theme, |
| 2. Go to an html and php tutorial website online and | | | | yourself: |
| find how to use tags, codes and plug-ins. If you are a | | | | 1. Gain knowledge about using HTML codes and tags |
| novice, go to a tutorial site that shows you to build a | | | | 2. Learn CSS |
| WP theme right from the beginning teaching you the | | | | 3. Use the above two to create the CSS layout. |
| basics of html and CSS. For those who already know | | | | 4. Convert this CSS layout to form an attractive |
| these, you can also go to tutorial sites that show | | | | WordPress theme. |
| you how to build themes assuming you know these | | | | |