Title: Basic Template tutorial needed
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# Basic Template tutorial needed

 *  [ctschroeder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctschroeder/)
 * (@ctschroeder)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/)
 * 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.wordpress.org/Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates))
   assumes way too much prior background.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739305)
 * See [Theme Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development).
 *  Thread Starter [ctschroeder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctschroeder/)
 * (@ctschroeder)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739306)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739307)
 * I’m sorry but that’s about as basic as it gets.
 *  Thread Starter [ctschroeder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctschroeder/)
 * (@ctschroeder)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739308)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739309)
 * You could have a look at [http://wordpress.tv/](http://wordpress.tv/) but I think
   you probably need to start [learning basic PHP](http://www.w3schools.com/php/)
   first.
 *  Thread Starter [ctschroeder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ctschroeder/)
 * (@ctschroeder)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-template-tutorial-needed/#post-2739312)
 * 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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