Title: First time WordPress Conversion
Last modified: September 16, 2022

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# First time WordPress Conversion

 *  [hutonthehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hutonthehill/)
 * (@hutonthehill)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/)
 * I don’t expect this to be written out in the comments. But how do you convert
   an already coded website (made using HTML, CSS, and javascript) into WordPress?
 * Links of videos or blogs that would enlighten me. I am unable to find a straightforward
   answer I keep getting links that say use this and that, I am completely new as
   I’m sure others have been and will be.
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress
      topic

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16015564)
 * If you want it to look and work exactly like the existing website, there’s no
   simple way to do that. You’d need to create a new theme to mirror the old site
   using WordPress’s template system/files.
 * If you’re happy ot use a pre-built theme and add your content to it, you can 
   most likely cut-and-paste a lot into the new site.
 *  Thread Starter [hutonthehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hutonthehill/)
 * (@hutonthehill)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16015623)
 * I’d like to keep the design I’ve done, and I’m not looking for an easy way out
   here. Literally looking for instructions on how to do it so I can learn.
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16018341)
 * There is no single how-to guide for creating a new theme. The reason for that
   is that there’s a lot of different ways to do it, all depending on skill level,
   knowledge and the themes individual needs.
 * The best place to start is the [Theme Developer Handbook](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/)
   and the [Theme Basics](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/) pages 
   as that will have everything that you need to get going.
 *  Thread Starter [hutonthehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hutonthehill/)
 * (@hutonthehill)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16018431)
 * Thank you this will help me start.
 *  Thread Starter [hutonthehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hutonthehill/)
 * (@hutonthehill)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16018749)
 * For anyone looking in the future, this video explained everything I needed and
   is a great starting spot for learning more hands-on.

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 * Last reply from: [hutonthehill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hutonthehill/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-wordpress-conversion/#post-16018749)
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