With your coding knowledge, achieving a masterpiece with WordPress should be easy with the use of a CHILD THEME. Find an already created theme that has many elements you like, then create a child theme and turn into into exactly what you want.
Below is a ‘how to’ link to child themes. There are many more you can google if this one isn’t detailed enough for you. But with your knowledge it should find it easy.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Andrew Nevins
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My question is, if I’m going to be customizing themes heavily, and building largely static sites, is WP something that can be easily morphed into the development target ??
I don’t think WordPress would be suitable for static sites, as the whole point is that WordPress is a CMS. Maybe I’ve missed the point.
I disagree. Even static sites have pages that change, need to be updated etc. I’ve used WP on quite a few static sites with great success.
Problem with static sites is scalability. WordPress makes it easy to add more writers and grow into a huge website. Use a caching plugin to create static pages in WordPress. Not to mention all the great plugins that save time and money.
Thanks for the responses… I can sense the passion for WP !!
But if I may continue with a few more thoughts..
Is all editing of existing themes/child themes done via the WP dashboard editor ?? Or can I safely edit with Dreamweaver ?
If I’m looking to alter the HTML and CSS of a child theme, do I search through the existing php/css child files, and make my changes there ??
Last thought.. If have a html 5, W3C validated static site, using jQuery, what is the best way to get that into WP.. I’ve looked at the theme Blankslate, and Thematic.. Are they good places to start ??
Also, I see that, via the WP documentation that the child theme should be named the same as the parent, hyphenated with the word child, and put in the themes directory. However, was does WP’s theme called Themify put the theme in the same directory as the parent ?? And call it “themeNamesamplechildtheme ?? I think it was at the top of my search list for plugins to create child themes.
btw, i’m blown away by the abundance and variations of the plugins… very cool..
thanks for your help..
Just a side note.. I’m note really interested in the blogging aspects of WP.. Looking to build artistic static sites..
Thanks
Is all editing of existing themes/child themes done via the WP dashboard editor ?? Or can I safely edit with Dreamweaver ?
You can use whatever you prefer. Personally, I use TextPad – which is a text editor with extra features.
If I’m looking to alter the HTML and CSS of a child theme, do I search through the existing php/css child files, and make my changes there ??
Yes but this is only when working on a pre-existing child theme.
If have a html 5, W3C validated static site, using jQuery, what is the best way to get that into WP..
I prefer Toolbox myself. But I’d also suggest that you read up on enqueuing scripts if you want to use your own jQuery stuff.
I see that, via the WP documentation that the child theme should be named the same as the parent, hyphenated with the word child, and put in the themes directory
I think the documentation that you are referring to relates to child themes that are to be submitted to the WPORG Theme Repository. There are quite strict rules & guidelines for any submitted theme. Outside of the Repo, however, you can use any naming terminology that you want.
Looking to build artistic static sites.
I seem to do a lot of those too – although more than one of my clients has then caught the blogging bug – big time.
