By the end of this series, we will have created Innovation – a premium-quality WordPress template perfect for showcasing a portfolio and hosting a blog; complete with the following features:
* Options page for handling the advanced nature of the template, without having to edit any files manually.
* 3 built-in colour schemes – with easy switching between them.
* Homepage and Portfolio page templates, with a widget-ready footer and sidebar.
* Threaded & paged comments support for WordPress 2.8
* A custom widget for displaying your latest posts, with a preview image, on your homepage.
The theme will come with three styles built-in, DeepBlue, RedSpace and SoftLight, but you will be able to easily add your own colour schemes:
What previous experience do I need?
Experience with xHTML & CSS is a must (as I won't go over much of this code in detail).
It would also be very useful to have some basic understanding of PHP (such as using variables, arrays, conditional statements and 'foreach' and 'while' loops. Check out Jeffrey's excellent "Diving into PHP" screencast series.
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Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/269395262/WordPress_Beginner_to_Master.zip
Enjoy
WordPress: Beginner to Master Tutorial
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