WordPress is very fascinating. I am new to blogging but have a moderate understanding of HTML & CSS. If you are interested in designing a WordPress theme that you can call your own, you first have to read the tutorial titled “Dissection of a WordPress theme.” In a matter of a couple hours I was able to follow this tutorial and after doing so I feel like I have a foundational understanding of the different parts that make up a theme.

The tutorial takes the default theme ‘Kubrick’ which is packaged with WordPress and dissects it piece by piece. It summarizes different parts in the code but does not bog down the reader with a large amount of overwhelming detail. There are four parts to the tutorial which are as follows:

1. Part one – Pulling it apart
2. Part two – Complete design, header, and footer
3. Part three – The sidebar
4. Part four – The content

Now I must put what I have learned to the test and attempt to create my own theme. Thank you John Godley for your excellent work!

I assumed turning on permalinks in WordPress would be as easy as selecting the radio button and clicking update. Little did I know I would be looking at 404 pages for 2 hours. After extensive research I came to the conclusion that there isn’t any known solution to this problem. I have read many posts that say different things. Having lost all hope of fixing this error I decided to close my browser window and start all over. I opened my browser again, went to www.joshstauffer.com, clicked on ‘About‘, and viola!… Permalinks now work! Why? I don’t know.

Solution: If you would like to use permalinks and you are using GoDaddy for hosting, all you must do is turn permalinks on and wait. I am not sure how long to wait but rest assured the permalinks will begin to work after a short period of time.