CSS-Tricks: Designing for WordPress Part One of Three
In this first of a three part series on designing for WordPress, Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks.com walks you through downloading and installing WordPress, and laying the foundations for creating a theme.
For links to downloadable files and video, visit the original CSS-Tricks post
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39 responses to “CSS-Tricks: Designing for WordPress Part One of Three”
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[…] WordPress.org basics – such as getting installed and set up; tips on theme design (check out the three part CSS-Tricks series we just published); plugin demos and development videos; better filtering of WordPress.com & […]
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Very cool!
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i agree
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Ok, I will come back when my brain isn’t fatigued. Your voice is perfect. I like the screen view as you progress through the steps. I want to learn CSS but I can see that I need to install a few programs to follow along such as…where you stored the code when you downloaded the info in the first step. I’ll be back.
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I downloaded all the high-res movies of this series (pts 1-3). Haven’t looked at them yet. But I am curious to know if any of these deal specifically with creating a WordPress theme from scratch or do they just take apart an existing WP theme and then teach you how to reconstruct it with your own header images, text stylings, etc?
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That’s the purpose of taking apart the Starker’s theme, Edmund. Yes, Starker’s is a theme, and yes we are going to dissect it and add our own styling to it, but if you load and apply the Starker’s theme, you will see that it REALLY does NOT get much more basic than that! It’s virtually formatting, styling and CSS free, but the files are there standing by for you to add/edit and customize to your heart’s content.
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Even though you say your site didn’t get much traffic, It took guts for you to zap your entire directory live for the sake of your students. I respect that. Nice work indeed.
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Why is is that your main Dashboard looks a lot different than mine? Mine doesn’t have big buttons that say Create New Page and Write a New Post.
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Actually, no offense this confused me more. I wasn’t interested in creating my own from scratch. What I need may not be available. I am looking to work with in the word press templates provided.
Your info was great tho!
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classic video
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Very good! I’m Thank you.
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Chris, this is really helpful. I’m actually going through your stuff. I love the open, free way you’re doing the training. I’m working a lot with charities and helping them get their voices out there on the web so you can bet I’ll be sending people your way!
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PS. Are you born and raised in Portland? I can hear a hint of Cananda there somewhere. (My wife swears you must be from Saskatchewan…)
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Wisconsin, actually =)
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I installed the blank theme file and uploaded the file and see it in my directory but I go to my wp-admin website and I do not see the theme showing up as the video stated. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Thanks a lot for this!!
I’ve been searching like CRAZZYYY!!!
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Is there a print out I can down load? I need step by step instructions.I can’t follow you as you speek.Also you are out of focus,I can’t see what you are doing.
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Jeffrey – I’d recommend checking out the original, higher resolution version of Chris’s video at CSS-Tricks. There’s a link up there in the sidebar.
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I’m not clear on how this relates to those of us building from scratch. When I started my blog through wordpress, I didn’t have to download their software. Forums say that other themes, i.e. Starker’s, can’t be imported. Does this advise only apply if I am hosted elsewhere?
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Hi Laura – you can’t build themes from scratch as a WordPress.com user. The nearest you’ll get is to customize the style sheet of a current theme via the CSS Upgrade.
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Hi…this is great. Exactly what I’m looking for! I’m curious to find out what kind of screen casting software you used to make the videos…
Alvin.
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Great tutorial, nice and clear..
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wow, great jop people
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Good video. New to wordpress. Thanks for answering some of the questions on install. Please keep them coming.
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Very nicely done and very helpful.
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clearly, easy to understand,thank you for video
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Okay, would be nice, but I see no where on WordPress where I can download. It all seems to be in-broweser.
Is there any videos for a newbie?
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This is great. exactly what I’m looking for. It seems a bit like using the Zen theme in Drupal. High hopes for the rest of your series! One question: what is the “global reset” you pointed out in the code?
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Great vid. Chris always creates great, informative screencasts with an easy-going feel.
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Thank Chris, good tutorial. I don’t have much CSS experience so I’m looking forward to seeing the next few videos. So far so good, I have a blank WordPress theme uploaded.
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Great job.
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great video. thanks, John
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I’ve designed websites for a living (using FrontPage software and I alter HTML and CSS manually). All the same, I find this video very difficult to follow. I downloaded the wordpress folder (as directed) but then the instructions totally lost me with the upload via some program on Mac (when I have a PC).
Very frustrating as I would JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MANUALLY CHANGE THE EXISTING CODE ON MY CURRENT BLOG. Who needs all this crazy around the bend and down the way instruction that makes no sense (I don’t care how many times I replay this video … there are simply too many steps missing)!
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Nice Video. Thanks.
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January 23, 2009
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