Customize any WordPress Theme (Part 1) – Understanding style.css, header.php, footer.php

Learn how to customize any WordPress theme by understanding the files that control the themes appearance and structure starting with 3 of the most important files to understand: style.css,…
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18 responses to “Customize any WordPress Theme (Part 1) – Understanding style.css, header.php, footer.php”

1. Sathaporn Potiswad says:

   01/04/2015 at 11:19 pm

   The whole reason I use wordpress was to getaway from Dream weaver code ,
   css , php , ect.

   Reply
2. Jeffrey Watters says:

   01/04/2015 at 11:23 pm

   Tut is a Big Help ^5

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3. Ravi Kumar Natarajan says:

   02/04/2015 at 12:22 am

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4. Robert Cormican says:

   02/04/2015 at 1:15 am

   Sorry, you lost me at 10 seconds with Wempserver and then removed me with
   localhost. Where? What? How? I am now just burbling incoherently….

   Reply
5. brian varley says:

   02/04/2015 at 2:00 am

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6. jacob Berg says:

   02/04/2015 at 2:06 am

   This was exactly what I needed! Excellent explanation and presentation!!!

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7. tsu_line says:

   02/04/2015 at 2:27 am

   hello
   i need your help . I search tutorial for design Template wordpress games
   flash

   Reply
8. Juville Beats ™ says:

   02/04/2015 at 3:03 am

   the

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9. joyfulsha says:

   02/04/2015 at 3:42 am

   You rock guy. One of the best tutorials on YT. Thank you for sharing your
   knowledge and making the internet better!

   Reply
10. techblaster says:

    02/04/2015 at 4:38 am

    Is there any reason why you must go into Dreamweaver to make your edits, or
    can you just edit it the same way in the dashboard editor for the same
    effect? Trying to see if Dreamweaver is really necessary, since it is
    expensive.

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11. Joseph Du Bois says:

    02/04/2015 at 4:59 am

    Wonderful Mike. Excellent tutorial. I learnt more here in the few minutes
    of your video than all the lessons I have applied myself to before. Great
    teacher.

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12. martynbush says:

    02/04/2015 at 5:36 am

    Nice easy to follow video. Thank you.

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13. Christopher J Bator says:

    02/04/2015 at 5:48 am

    I have the same question as travis. I am trying to connect to my wordpress
    theme on my local host via a FTP client called winscp. How do I connect to
    it?

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14. Kerim Timirbulatov says:

    02/04/2015 at 6:02 am

    Why is (.php) extenstions are used instead of (.html) ones like: header.php
    and footer.php
    Is it just because for having more control over your website later on,
    since PHP pages are extremely dynamic than static html, but needs server to
    run.
    What’s the main reason for using it?

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15. lew shan says:

    02/04/2015 at 6:26 am

    thk you

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16. Davis Brown says:

    02/04/2015 at 7:24 am

    Building a #WordPress based website has now become easy with all the tools
    available to us. One such tool that I am aware of is this #TemplateToaster.
    This software is very easy to use and you can create WP related #website in
    just a few clicks. This #software also comes with many WordPress #plugins
    and #widgets that make this software worth a try .
    http://templatetoaster.com/

    Reply
17. Tu Atlas says:

    02/04/2015 at 7:46 am

    Very good tutorial. But it is better to do what you are doing here with a
    child theme. When you update your wp site on a new version these changes
    will be erased! At the moment of an update your child theme is not affected
    by the update.

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18. Tracey Khan says:

    02/04/2015 at 8:01 am

    Excellent! Just what I needed to wrap my head around CSS. Ready for the
    next one…!

    Reply