Title: Developing wp theme
Last modified: December 22, 2017

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# Developing wp theme

 *  Resolved [mon33x](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mon33x/)
 * (@mon33x)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-wp-theme/)
 * Can someone help me with making wp theme from scratch..I have already html/css
   code..I already tried some of tutorials but then it show my whole page at start
   and it shouldnt cuz its should be showed as someone create menu, adding widgets.
   Help me understand pls 🙂

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 *  [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/)
 * (@brettshumaker)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-wp-theme/#post-9805965)
 * Hi [@mon33x](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mon33x/) –
 * If you haven’t already, I’d recommend reading through [https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
   to get a good overview on how your theme should be structured and exactly how
   WordPress themes work.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-wp-theme/#post-9806927)
 * +1 for Brett’s Theme Handbook suggestion.
 * Every theme requires a fair chunk of boilerplate just to get started before you
   do anything that distinguishes your theme from all the others. Many theme devs
   start with the boilerplate generated by the [underscores](http://underscores.me/)
   starter theme. It salts in your chosen theme name through out the generated code
   set so it truly becomes _your_ theme. The initial result will not look like much
   if activated. It’s your job to turn it into something awesome 🙂
 *  [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/)
 * (@jonimueller)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-wp-theme/#post-9813995)
 * Start with this. It will be unstyled but will contain all the WP elements needed.
   
   [https://underscores.me/](https://underscores.me/)
 * And you’ll want to brush up on your CSS to really make the site purr. Anyone 
   who doesn’t believe in the power of pure CSS has not visited [http://csszengarden.com](http://csszengarden.com).
 * One HTML template, each made unique through CSS alone. I go there for inspiration.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/).
 *  Thread Starter [mon33x](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mon33x/)
 * (@mon33x)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-wp-theme/#post-9814186)
 * Thanks all! 🙂

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