Title: Reply To: How to start building very first wordpress website
Last modified: February 11, 2016

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 *  [Justin Tucker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/certainstrings/)
 * (@certainstrings)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-start-building-very-first-wordpress-website/#post-7028725)
 * If you’re looking to build a theme from the ground up, you’ll want to look into
   a few things.
 * First – setting up a local server. If you don’t have experience with this, DesktopServer
   is a quick way to get started. MAMP is also a good solution. Both have free options.
 * [https://serverpress.com/get-desktopserver/](https://serverpress.com/get-desktopserver/)
   
   [https://www.mamp.info/en/](https://www.mamp.info/en/)
 * Next you’ll want to read up on how themes work and what files are invovled. Check
   out the theme handbook.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/getting-started/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/getting-started/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: Justin Tucker
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-start-building-very-first-wordpress-website/#post-8582471)

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