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WordPress Basics - Create Your Own Theme

Academind via YouTube

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Learn how to set up WordPress from scratch and build a completely custom theme in this comprehensive tutorial series. Master the fundamentals of WordPress theme development by creating a basic skeleton structure, then progress through splitting your theme into reusable templates for different content types. Discover how to implement and style navigation menus, create dedicated templates for both pages and posts, and add post excerpts for better content presentation. Explore advanced features including post meta information display and search functionality integration. Through eight detailed lessons covering setup, theme creation, template organization, navigation implementation, styling techniques, and search capabilities, gain practical experience building a fully functional WordPress theme from the ground up.

Syllabus

Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #1 - Setup and First Steps
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #2 - Creating the Theme and Setting Up a Basic Skeleton
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #3 - Splitting into Templates
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #4 - Creating a Navigation Menu
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #5 - Styling the Menu
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #6 - Adding Templates for Pages and Posts + Creating an Excerpt
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #7 - Adding and styling Post Meta Information
Wordpress Custom Theme and Website - #8 - Adding Search Functionality to your WordPress Site

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