wordpress, blogging website help! Options

[indpendantbeauty]

hey. does anyone know how to work wordpress and is willing to teach me step by step? someone can pm me with their sn if they are willing to =)

[freeflow]

well i dont know how to work it but i know you should check here:
http://www.kiss-my-kitty.com/tutorials/
and most likely you can ask the girl that owns that site

[Heathasm]

hm i doubt any one is going to do that. i suggest looking around here http://wordpress.org for help. you basically need to learn a shitload of css

[delphi]

hm i doubt any one is going to do that. i suggest looking around here http://wordpress.org for help. you basically need to learn a shitload of css

you dont need to know css...

i can help you. PM me.

[Heathasm]

^^ i mean for creating a theme, yes, you need to learn alot of css.

[delphi]

^^ i mean for creating a theme, yes, you need to learn alot of css.

no you dont. you dont have to use the same classes as the default themes, you can just create a simple theme using only the php functions needed to display your blog.

[Heathasm]

but then it would crappy :P. i've never seen one theme like that. most people just use php includes or iframes though and make some html layout

[jordanriane]

no you dont. you dont have to use the same classes as the default themes, you can just create a simple theme using only the php functions needed to display your blog.

Which she could then reply with "then you need to learn about php/functions."

[Heathasm]

^^haha which i know about zero about. you can do color and crap with that stuff? if you dont use css then you will have every thing default...no? you can do positioning with php too?

[jordanriane]

Well, php functions basically means that you can have different files in a seperate page, ie: This is essential (and amazing) for sites that have alot of pages and would take ages to edit seperately, but with includes, you would only have to edit two pages (header/footer) and your news.php (or any .php you had in the middle) could just contain whatever text you wanted to be in there. The only time you'd ever have to edit it, is to just change the content in it, not the coding, etc.

CODE

<?php
include("header.php");
?>

<?php
include("news.php");
?>

<?php
include("footer.php");
?>

Your header.php would be obviously, the head of your page, which might include stylesheet, and whatever html you have before your "news.php" page. Footer.php would be any html/css/etc that would be under your "news.php."

news.php would, for example, be your blog that is posted by wordpress.
Essentially that would mean you could leave your template in plaintext, because your header would automatically override your news.php with the css found in the header.php.

[Heathasm]

oh yeah? i did a little experimenting with php includes and whatnot with roxy's tutorial on dynamic php pages. which is so awesome *_*. i dont really mess with the php in wordpress, though. i just make new ids change the size add images and etc through my stylesheet, although there are probably some nifty php scripts you could add to it and stuff. for a beginner i suggest getting the gist of css for your wordpress themes and getting into php and whatnot later on because it seems much harder to me.

[delphi]

actually the wordpress documentation gives u the codes you need. you just need to put them in order. you dont really need to actually learn to code php.

its like coding a blogger.

yes you CAN use css along with the php functions needed to display your wordpress but im just saying its not necessary. you could just use simple html to edit the colors.

you dont even really need to use your own dynamic includes. you can put all your coding into the theme.

[*mipadi*]

yes you CAN use css along with the php functions needed to display your wordpress but im just saying its not necessary. you could just use simple html to edit the colors.

You probably would have to use CSS in combination with PHP; PHP outputs HTML and it should be styled with CSS, just like static HTML.

[delphi]

true enough. i'll give you that. you SHOULD learn css if you're going to style your wordpress, but, still, it isnt extremely necessary. you could get by without it.