Basic Template tutorial needed

  • ctschroeder

    (@ctschroeder)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    I am a wordpress newbie. I have installed the Twenty Eleven theme. I would like to create multiple pages on my site with different layouts. For example, only the homepage will have the banner header image; all the others should have just the menu. Some will have two or three columns of content, some will have one.

    From what I already know of HTML, I should be creating different templates for pages. Is this correct? Because right now, I do not see how to create a page without the header and sidebar, unless I remove those options for all pages on the site.

    So, is there an EASY step-by-step tutorial for wordpress templates? The Templates page here (http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Templates) assumes way too much prior background.

    Thanks.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    See Theme Development.

    Thread Starter ctschroeder

    (@ctschroeder)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I did. I’m still lost. Thanks. I need a tutorial that walks me through step-by-step. I have used CSS in the past on my own HTML, so I’m not a basic beginner to coding, but I cannot decipher the instructions here.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I’m sorry but that’s about as basic as it gets.

    Thread Starter ctschroeder

    (@ctschroeder)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Are there any online videos or tutorials that show what is supposed to be going on in the instructions? I have not used PHP before; I think that’s my problem.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    You could have a look at http://wordpress.tv/ but I think you probably need to start learning basic PHP first.

    Thread Starter ctschroeder

    (@ctschroeder)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Is there any way to have my site have different styles or formats of pages WITHOUT creating php template files? (So I can put something up while I’m learning this other stuff?) Or is it a one-size-fits-all system, where all the pages will look exactly alike (same format, same sidebar, etc.).

    Do I need a different Theme than twentyeleven?

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