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Choosing the Right WordPress Theme
This document outlines key considerations for selecting the right WordPress theme, including the definition of a theme, the importance of theme choice for usability and performance, and discusses various popular themes and frameworks. It provides resources for installation and testing, and emphasizes the need to align the theme with the type of website being built. Additionally, it highlights both free and commercial themes available for WordPress users.
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- 1. Choosing the RightWordPress Theme for Your Project @chrisburgess - chrisburgess.com.au - #wpmelb
- 2. What We’ll Cover… • What is a theme? • A word about plugins • What is a good theme? • What is a theme framework? • Different types of themes • Popular Free Themes • Popular Commercial Themes • Why is it important to choose the right theme for the job? • How do you install a theme? • How do you change a theme?
- 3. What is atheme?
- 4. All WordPress sitesare made up of WordPress Core, Theme and Plugins.
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- 6. “A WordPress Themeis a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a weblog. These files are called template files. A Theme modifies the way the site is displayed, without modifying the underlying software.” https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
- 7. What is agood theme?
- 8. Actively developed, wellsupported, lightweight and compatible with popular plugins.
- 9. For free themeson WordPress.org check date last updated, number of installs and reviews
- 10. Theme choice iscritical not just for design but for flexibility, usability, accessibility, security, compatibility, performance and maintainability.
- 11. What is atheme framework?
- 12. “Frameworks are fortheme developers. They offer a set of standards for theme developers to use in creating their own themes. They’re a set of functions/ features created to aid development.” https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Frameworks
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- 14. Ultimatum Mysitemyway iThemes Builder Genesis Thesis Devine-elemente Presswork Headway WooFramework Roots Beans X ThemeFusion Odin Gantry Themeblvd WordPress JumpStart SEO Design Framework Kaytwo or K2 Cherry Framework Options Framework Theme UpThemes Framework Reverie Vafpress Titan Backbone Skematik Nouveau Fluent Carrington Build Theme 500 TemplateToaster Pro Framework Simon WP Framework Seed Theme Tesla Framework RtPanel Hybrid Core Thematic Runway WonderFlux Unyson FoundationPress Warp Framework Sparky Reactor Volatyl Omega StartBox Maera Xtreme One Redux WP Casa Startup Whiteboard YA Framework https://www.sitepoint.com/wordpress-theme-frameworks/ Other frameworks
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- 17. Starter Theme -Roots https://roots.io/sage/
- 18. Starter Theme -Quark http://quarktheme.com/
- 19. Page Builder –Divi http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/
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- 37. Why is itimportant to choose the right theme for the job?
- 38. Decide first whattype of site you are building (e.g blog, news, business site, ecommerce, online training, portfolio, community etc.) and find the right theme to fit your needs.
- 39. How do you installa theme?
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- 41. How do you changea theme?
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- 43. • WebPagetest.org (http://www.webpagetest.org/) • Google Page Speed Insights ( https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) • Pingdom Speed Test (https://tools.pingdom.com/) • GTmetrix (https://gtmetrix.com/) • Akamai Mobitest (http://mobitest.akamai.com/m/index.cgi – a mobile testing tool by Akamai) • More page speed tools can be found here: http://chrisburgess.com.au/page-speed-testing-tools/ Page Speed Testing Tools
- 44. Panel Discussion ? ?? Thanks to: @maddisondesigns @50Lux @ChrisLaNauze