Title: Creating Themes from Scratch
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Creating Themes from Scratch

 *  [wambamboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agatha1/)
 * (@agatha1)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/)
 * I’ve made a few sites using TwentyTen child themes, I now want to move on and
   learn how to make my own themes. I’m pretty good with CSS, but don’t know a lot
   of PHP at all. I realise there is a lot of documentation on the codex, but I’m
   just wondering if anyone can recommend any resources to learn how to create a
   theme/ learn the relevant PHP. I have the Smashing WordPress book, but it’s getting
   a bit out of date now.
 * Thanks

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 *  [j@revive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrevive/)
 * (@jrevive)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1865795)
 * Absolutely must have eBook for this …
    DIGGING INTO WORDPRESS by CHRIS COYIER&
   JEFF STARR Will cost around $25. Just pay it. You won’t need anything else.
 *  Thread Starter [wambamboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agatha1/)
 * (@agatha1)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1865861)
 * Nice one, thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [wambamboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agatha1/)
 * (@agatha1)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1866022)
 * Hi I got myself a copy of this book. I think it´s great, though my PHP isn´t 
   quite up to the level assumed by the book. Can anyone recommend where I can learn
   basic PHP for WordPress? Thanks
 *  [Jeremy Pry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpry/)
 * (@jpry)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1866023)
 * There are any number of books that can be bought (or borrowed from a local library),
   but a great place to start learning for free is on the W3Schools site. Here’s
   the link specifically for PHP: [http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp).
 * You can also do a Google search for “PHP Tutorials”, or something similar.
 *  [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * (@123milliseconds)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1866025)
 * > You can also do a Google search for “PHP Tutorials”, or something similar.
 * I agree with google route
 * That way you always have immediately the tutorials you need
 * Example searches
 * php tutorial beginner
    php tutorial intermediate php tutorial how write to mysql
   php tutorial how create forms wordpress tutorial create plugin beginner wordpress
   tutorial create plugin theme wordpress tutorial create plugin theme wordpress
   tutorial create theme options page
 * wordpress theme tips developer
 * I suggest [http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page)
 * Read ALL of it; will take 2-3 days
 * google concepts new to you
 *  Thread Starter [wambamboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agatha1/)
 * (@agatha1)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-themes-from-scratch/#post-1866037)
 * Thanks! will do

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