This document discusses WordPress themes and includes pop quizzes to test the reader's knowledge. The pop quizzes cover topics like using PHP variables, installing MAMP locally versus a remote LAMP stack, the WordPress Codex documentation, theme directory structure and stylesheet requirements, and template tags.

1. GETTING STARTED
WITH WORDPRESS
THEMES
Christopher | @castig

2. 2
POP QUIZ

3. POP QUIZ 3
1. Using PHP write the code to
,
assign your name to a variable

4. POP QUIZ 4
ANSWER
<?php $myname = “Chris”; ?>

5. POP QUIZ 5
2. And then write the code to
print that variable to the
screen.

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ANSWER
<?php $myname = “Chris”;
echo $myname;
?>

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3. How is installing MAMP on
your mac different from
getting a LAMP stack from
bluehost.com?

8. POP QUIZ 8
ANSWER
MAMP is local
Getting a LAMP stack from
bluehost.com is remote

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POP QUIZ

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1. What is the NAME of the
online Wordpress user
manual?

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ANSWER
WordPress Codex
the online manual for WordPress and
a living repository for WordPress
information and documentation.

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2. In which directory of your
project must the style.css go?

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ANSWER
style.css must go in the root
of your project!

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3. What needs to be done to
style.css in order for
Wordpress to recognize your
theme?

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ANSWER
The Information Header
needs to be added to the top of your
style.css.

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4. Which Wordpress template tag
do you use to display information
about your blog?
And specifically...
the url of your site?

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ANSWER
bloginfo()
bloginfo(‘url’)
home_url(‘/’)

19. INDEX.HTML -> INDEX.PHP 19
index.php

20. HOME PAGE 20
header.php
index.php
footer.php

21. HOME PAGE W/ LOOP 21
header.php
index.php
footer.php

22. “SINGLE” BLOG POST 22
header.php
single.php
footer.php

23. “PAGE” (NOT LISTED BY DATE) 23
header.php
page.php
footer.php