What are the best resources for Wordpress theme-development? I am currently in the phase of starting my own blog, and don't want to use one of the many free themes. I already have a theme for my website, so I want to read about best-practices.
Any advice on how to get started would be very welcome
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I have now created my theme (wohoo!), and thought I should summarize the best resources I found. Lets see..
<strong>Resources:</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ThemeTation's three-part guide to create a wordpress-theme from scratch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch--net-706" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nettuts.com's guide: How to Create a Wordpress Theme from Scratch</a><br>
Didn't actually use this, it's a quite new article, but anyway - it's great. It will get a follow-up in the next few days too..</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wordpress.org's own guide on templates</a><br>
Definatly a must-read for everyone new to wordpress-designing.. </li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"The loop"</a><br>
Essential knowledge, also a must-read</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Directory of all the template tags</a><br>
Used by wordpress to actually output blog-content..</li>
</ul>
<strong>Inspiration:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Smashing Magazine's lists: <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/08/100-excellent-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">first</a>, <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpress-themes-you-probably-havent-seen/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">one more</a>, <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/25/30-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">yet another one</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wordpress.org's theme-directory</a></li>
</ul>
Any advice on how to get started would be very welcome
<hr>
I have now created my theme (wohoo!), and thought I should summarize the best resources I found. Lets see..
<strong>Resources:</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ThemeTation's three-part guide to create a wordpress-theme from scratch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch--net-706" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nettuts.com's guide: How to Create a Wordpress Theme from Scratch</a><br>
Didn't actually use this, it's a quite new article, but anyway - it's great. It will get a follow-up in the next few days too..</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wordpress.org's own guide on templates</a><br>
Definatly a must-read for everyone new to wordpress-designing.. </li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"The loop"</a><br>
Essential knowledge, also a must-read</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Directory of all the template tags</a><br>
Used by wordpress to actually output blog-content..</li>
</ul>
<strong>Inspiration:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Smashing Magazine's lists: <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/08/100-excellent-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">first</a>, <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpress-themes-you-probably-havent-seen/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">one more</a>, <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/25/30-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">yet another one</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wordpress.org's theme-directory</a></li>
</ul>