Title: Coding WordPress within my layout
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Coding WordPress within my layout

 *  [medli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/medli/)
 * (@medli)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-wordpress-within-my-layout/)
 * I use HTML 4.01 for my coding. I have a layout and I just want to transfer all
   the coding towards my layout. Can I do that and if so, how?

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 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-wordpress-within-my-layout/#post-192094)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout)
   [Using WordPress Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes/)
 * These will help you get started, but you will need to turn all of your HTML into
   XHMTL. Is your site already in a database? Are you familiar with PHP? Check out:
   [Getting Started With WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress)
   and [First Steps with WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [medli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/medli/)
 * (@medli)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-wordpress-within-my-layout/#post-192111)
 * I already have my site in a database and I am familiar with PHP. However, does
   my site have to be XHTML. I am not familiar with it and would rather stay with
   HTML 4.01
 *  [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * (@dianev)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-wordpress-within-my-layout/#post-192114)
 * medli, if you’ll look at the files that WordPress uses to constitute whole pages,
   you’ll see that the amount of difference between HTML 4.01 and XHTML loose is
   not that significant. Those are in the wp-content/themes folder.
 * If you’re familiar with HTML at all, you’ll see the differences and can likely
   just update your HTML 4.01 code. The W3.org Validator would also be a big help.

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 * Last reply from: [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-wordpress-within-my-layout/#post-192114)
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