Can this be turned into a theme?

  • Seijun

    (@seijun)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    (I have yet to install wordpress on my site).
    I run a rescue website for dogs, and I needed an easy way to manage the list of dogs available for adoption. Someone on another forum suggested I use a php database or a cms for managing the adoptable dogs list. I thought I would try a cms first (although the site is mostly static and wont have a blog).
    However, my main concern is whether or not my site can keep its current “look” if I migrate it over to a cms like wordpress. Here is the intro to my site: http://www.wolfdogrescue.net/ and the theme I use for everything else http://www.wolfdogrescue.net/index2.html. Would that layout be hard to duplicate in wordpress?

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  • @mercime

    (@mercime)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Yes, any template could be turned into or ported as a WP theme. To make it easier for you to duplicate, assuming you have knowledge in HTML and CSS at the least, is to see current themes in http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ and find which theme approximates your theme and then style accordingly. For the one-column tag you’ll find – http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tags/one-column

    Thread Starter Seijun

    (@seijun)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks! I’ll give it a try.
    My only and last CMS experience was drupal, and my attempt to create a theme there was utter failure, I’m hoping things go better the wordpress!

    @mercime

    (@mercime)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Definitely will be better in WordPress, I’ve used Drupal and other platform (forced), and I will swear that WP theming is much easier those.

    Check out http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
    If you know HTML – start with header.php and footer.php and all others go in between these two including sidebar.php which you won’t need if you’re still going one column in your design.

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