Title: Theme Buidling Tutorials
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme Buidling Tutorials

 *  [leadx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leadx/)
 * (@leadx)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/)
 * Hey,
 * I’m just wondering if anyone knows of a good tutorial on building your own WordPress
   theme. Preferably video.
 * I’m good at CSS & HTML, but not so strong on PHP. So I’d like to know what to
   include and what is ok to exclude with my theme.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [soulforge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soulforge/)
 * (@soulforge)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737150)
 * I’ve seen one here somewhere but not a video, I wouldn’t mind finding a super
   detailed tut myself, some of the random ones I’ve seen around assume too much
   and are sometimes a bit hard to follow.
 * I’m really gonna start looking for a solid one, If I find it, I’ll post the hell
   outta it for both our sakes 🙂
 * I’m in the same boat skill wise, been a Web master for a while (10+ years) but
   never needed to know PHP (weird I know, no one is more surprised than me), I 
   have basic skills in it but my laziness is now coming back to bite me in the 
   ass. I feel like an old man playing catchup….sucks
 * anyway I’ll post one if I find it.
 * Later
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737151)
 * Not too sure about videos but there are [tons](http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=wordpress+create+theme+tutorial&meta=&btnG=Google+Search)
   of tutorials out there in addition to the Codex documentation.
 *  [Monika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monika/)
 * (@monika)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737158)
 * [How to design a WP Theme and a blank WP theme](http://www.texto.de/texto/how-to-design-your-own-wordpress-theme/)
   with html comments to explain the template tags (php) WP is using
 * but it is a text tutorial – so you must be able to read 😉
 * ( I hate video tuts)
 * regards
    Monika
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737181)
 * > _I’m good at CSS & HTML, but not so strong on PHP_
 * You don’t need PHP…
    [http://mattread.com/archives/2005/04/wordpress-is-not-php/](http://mattread.com/archives/2005/04/wordpress-is-not-php/)
 *  Thread Starter [leadx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leadx/)
 * (@leadx)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737195)
 * Yeah,
 * I can read. 🙂
 * I just like learning visually. I realize you don’t need to know PHP to create
   a template, but you do need to know which PHP you need to include and where.
 * I’ll have a look through the links.
 * Thanks!
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737198)
 * Download 2-3-10 themes, dissect them and study how they were done.
    Look at all
   the [Template_Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags) – those are the
   php snippets you need to display anything from the database.
 * Here is a [visual represantation](http://www.transycan.net/blogtest/2005/03/31/visual-anatomy-of-a-wp-15-theme/)
   of how the template files come together in the theme system.
 *  [soulforge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soulforge/)
 * (@soulforge)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-buidling-tutorials/#post-737221)
 * Awesome thanks, folks, really appreciate it

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