Customizing word press themes for san diego wordpress user group

Customizing WordPress Themes Phelan Riessen @imagium [email_address] www.SDTechScene.org

What is WordPress?
Blogging Platform
WordPress as a CMS
Pages vs Posts
Automation
SEO

Free & purchased themes/2010 theme
Theme Forest, Template Monster
Tons of Free Templates http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
2010 Theme

Where to Change a theme
Domain.com/wp-content/themes/name
Changing theme inside admin
1,336 themes 29,517,887 downloads, and counting.

Website Examples
Planet Apparel
Pro Restaurant
SD Sport & Spine
Mindful Design

Image Sliders
jQuery.com
MooTools.com
Script.aculo.us
Google:
jQuery Image Gallery
jQuery Image Slider
Carousel

A Great How To Example
Formerly StickManLabs.com - Now http://www.p51labs.com/lightwindow/

File Structure
index.php, page.php, single.php, 404.php, archive.php, search.php, sidebar.php
header.php, footer.php, style.css
functions.php, loop.php

Standard index.php file

Modified Index.php w/ CSS

Other Pages

Widgets
Current widget
Modified function.php

Adding JavaScript
Direct to Theme Template or use plugins
Comment your code! <--! Start Slider Script --> <--! End Slider Script -->

Use WordPress Plugins
HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hifi/
Head Cleaner http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/head-cleaner/ (cleans up JS files)
Page.ly MultiEdit http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagely-multiedit/ (CMS - add more blocks of content)
More Fields http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/more-fields/

Use FireBug!
F12 is your friend

Hacking Free Themes
Getting ready of pesky copyright info
CSS: Display: None;

Conclusion
Know CSS and WP scripts
Test, test, test
Search, archives, pages, posts, 404
Crossbrowser check
Firefox
Safari
IE versions
Mobile versions

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