Alright I have kind of been pondering about how to turn a website template into a wordpress or other type of template that uses php. So far what I'm guessing is that I can take a basic html template and what I do is break down the div sections into seperate php files. like header, footer, index ect. I have pretty much no knowledge of PHP so I just kind of eyeball the code and am guessing at what I can do with what little knowledge I have.
There's a lot of resources online about creating Wordpress themes - basically yes you'll have to break down the divs and use the Wordpress code to show the posts, categories etc. Here's a few sites that contain information that you may find useful : http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/ http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/building-custom-wordpress-theme/