**Simple wordpress theme designing QUESTION**

Hello everyone, I would first like to thank you for even reading this. My question is: How do you design a wordpress theme?

Although this is a very general question, I do want to point out that I know how to use photoshop, design web templates, and all the graphic designing aspect of it.

However, the things I need to know about wordpress theme designing are

-What are the dimensions for a WP template? Is it basically any size?
-Do I need to provide the bg block? ( for example i have a pattern in the background, do I need to provide a part of that so that the bg will repeat?
-Can you be as creative as you want? or is there some sort of structure you have to follow?-CAN I CREATE A CUSTOM WP TEMPLATE FROM SCRATCH, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING AN ALREADY EXISTING TEMPLATE'S STRUCTURE?

IF ANYONE can answer this, I would appreciate it.
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Thanks,
Jason

 

WP templates are just like regular web sites but you include whatever WP related PHP hooks you want.

For example you can use the php show post stuff w/o having to use the php show comment stuff if you like.

That's the best explanation I can think of.

 

hmm, but the thing I'm confused about is - how will the coders make the design into an actual working wordpress themem, If I don't follow an already existing wp template structure?

 

There is no set template structure IMHO. Lots of people design themes to look similar but that doesn't mean you have to.

For all intents and purpose any web template can be made into a WP theme by simply adding the correct PHP stuff where you'd like it.

WP uses a set of PHP code to read from the DB and write to the page, utilize those on and old web page and bang you got a WP theme.

 

Ohh, I get it now, so basically an example would be

I draw 2 boxes, each 250 px wide, and make that the "content" boxes
Then I make a row of buttons, and add a bunch of designs to the bg, add the dummy text, a logo, advertisement space,

TECHNICALLY a good wordpress coder would be able to turn that into a simple, functional word press theme?

I think I got it now. I just need confirmation..

 

This is correct. Any HTML page can be turned into a WP theme just by adding the proper WP hooks.

You don't even have to add them all, just the ones you want.

For example you may want to show the post but not categories or comments.

edit : Sorry, I keep saying HTML page, I of course mean PHP so the server will process it.

 

I GET IT, thank you VERY VERY much.
I'm happy now.. in fact so happy I think I'll go design some WP Themes

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Thanks again,
Jason

 

WP is actually very editable. You can start off with the default theme or download your own theme from the themes directory. Any theme you download will be highly editable, although some are a bit trickier than others!