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Modify Wordpress Themes ??

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by SOULZRIPPER, Sep 26, 2009.

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    Hello there,

    I want to learn how to modify basic free wordpress themes. So it would look a little different than what it is.

    Like the background and stuff. I really don't have a clear idea about designing, so I want someone who knows it to help me out..

    Thing is I just need someone to guide me the basic things I need to know or how to start off with learning how to modify themes.

    Thank you
    Soulz
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Sep 26, 2009 IP
  2. platom

    platom Active Member

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    i also want to know how to modify theme background. I think this is very basic..
     
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  3. aktiv

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    #3
    Go to your theme folder and open style.css

    Check for background
    find background color codes in hex e.g. #000000 is for black and #FFFFFF is for white. Open up Photoshop color picker and choose any color of your liking and copy its hex code.

    change it and then save ...now reload your homepage.
    Thats the quickest one for modifying theme background.

    You need some CSS lessons to start modyfying your themes for wordpress.
     
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  4. instant87

    instant87 Active Member

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    #4
    You need to learn basic CSS and HTML to change templates. You can modify templates right in the wordpress admin panel.
     
    instant87, Sep 26, 2009 IP
  5. klown99

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    #5
    learn a few basics on css and html from w3schools.com [it is a no brainer. People with a pretty decent brain should be able to understand it well.

    The design and layout of the wordpress themes heavily depend upon the style.css file found inside the wordpress theme folder.

    If you want to change a header background image for example,

    You open the "images" folder in your wordpress theme folder and find out the name of the header image.

    Then open up style.css in notepad and locate the name in the file.

    You can learn easily if you go about this way. :)

    Hope this helped you in some way.
     
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  6. Dee2007

    Dee2007 Active Member

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    Yes, if you know css and html you can totally transform a WP template.

    Dee
     
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  7. platom

    platom Active Member

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    i'm trying..

    thanks for all responds..:cool:
     
    platom, Sep 27, 2009 IP
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  9. aktiv

    aktiv Member

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    #9
    the tutorial on wpdesigner(small potato) was a big hit some years back. But if you don't want to learn CSS and html or PHP you can try your hands on a no brainer program called 'Artisteer'. Download and give it a try. Its like using MS Word.
    It has a lot of choice of templates to choose from. You can customize every part of the theme. But again if u have a good background in Design and Coding you can create awesome themes out of it.
     
    aktiv, Sep 28, 2009 IP
  10. Highwayman

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    Wordpress is open source, so just download all the files via FTP. You want to change the contents of the folder wp-content > themes > yourtheme
     
    Highwayman, Sep 28, 2009 IP
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    Read some tutorials, there are plenty of if you search in google. For example:
    http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/wordpress/tutorials-for-developing-wordpress-themes/
     
    myst_dg, Sep 28, 2009 IP
  12. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    #12
    See as I said I really don't wanna build a Wordpress theme from the scratch.

    Say if there is a free wordpress theme out there which can be modified a little to make it look different, is all I want to do !
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Sep 28, 2009 IP
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    Check out the tutorials vandelaydesign. They should be able to answer your question.
     
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  14. myst_dg

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    Yes, there are so many, but I really wander that how do you modify a theme if you know nothing about making one? This is f---ing unbelievable.
     
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  15. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    #15
    You need not know how to develop a theme from the scratch to modify few minor things. As a matter of fact I've been doing for a couple of months now.

    I just want to enhance my skills that's all.
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Sep 28, 2009 IP
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    #16
    Css modification is good for the changing display
    YOu need to have good understanding of php to do major changes
     
    allennbb, Sep 28, 2009 IP
  17. myst_dg

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    Really? So you think you can win a game without knowing the rules. Probably that's why you're still asking for help on basic things like how to change background after "doing" for a couple of months.
     
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  18. Earn at Home

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    I agree, there is no such thing called "Free" in this world
     
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  19. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    #19
    What did he mention about "Free" anyways :p

    I better hire a designer instead of getting into the whole mess. I really don't think I got enough patience or time to really get into the basic stuffs.

    Or probably buy that software which creates wordpress themes ;)
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Sep 29, 2009 IP