Title: First WordPress Theme Tips
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# First WordPress Theme Tips

 *  [olidenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olidenson/)
 * (@olidenson)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wordpress-theme-tips/)
 * Hello Im looking for advice or tips on coding a mock up I’ve created into a wordpress
   theme.
 * the thing that is throwing me off is that my mock up doesn’t feature a sidebar,
   but instead has 3 sort of widgets at the bottom.
 * Are there any blank themes like this or should i do it as normal and create a
   custom home page.. if so are there any good tutorials out there to do this?
 * The site doesn’t need a blog feature but may in the future that’s why I’m using
   wordpress, but for now no sidebar is needed just a header,nav,content, 3 widgets
   and footer all on top of each other.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wordpress-theme-tips/#post-1201486)
 * > the thing that is throwing me off is that my mock up doesn’t feature a sidebar,
   > but instead has 3 sort of widgets at the bottom.
 * In that case, you’ll need to either widgetize your page template(s) or footer.
   php.
 * > no sidebar is needed just a header,nav,content, 3 widgets and footer all on
   > top of each other.
 * In WordPress “sidebar” is a generic term mean a navigation and/or static content
   block that appears on most pages. If your design features a navigation menu, 
   then, in effect, that will be your sidebar.
 * You might want to start with [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
   and then either build your theme from scratch. Or alternatively, download a simple
   free theme and start customising it to suit your purposes.
 *  Thread Starter [olidenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olidenson/)
 * (@olidenson)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wordpress-theme-tips/#post-1201569)
 * Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.

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