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I Created a WordPress Theme

Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Josh Stauffer

JOSH v1I know you are thinking… you did what? But it’s true. I have reached a milestone in my life. I just created my first ever WordPress theme. I am also very pleased with how it turned out. It took me about 8 hours to complete but most of that time was spent waiting on the trial version of Photoshop CS3 to download and fixing an annoying CSS issue. I am sure there will be some bugs that I need to fix but so far, so good.

I would like to thank Small Potato for his very basic tutorial titled “So you want to create WordPress themes huh?” If you are new to WordPress or just want a fresh, clear view of stepping through a theme then I suggest you start with his tutorial.

I would also like to thank Photoshop CS3 for making my first theme beautiful. I couldn’t have done it without you. Wink.

Next on the agenda:

  1. Validatation of XHTML & CSS
  2. Checking design in different browsers with help from IE NetRenderer
  3. Finding and fixing any bugs
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Filed under: Design, WordPress

2 Responses to “I Created a WordPress Theme”

  1. Jeremia:

    Awesome theme Josh! Proud of you for learning how to do it, graphics and all! Look forward to seeing some more!

    Posted on January 21st, 2008 at 8:36 pm

  2. Jacob Santos:

    Dude, the tint is more red than orange, so it totally looks like blood spatter on my monitor.

    However, I do notice the orange more than before.

    Posted on January 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm

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