Title: Getting Started =)
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Getting Started =)

 *  [margarita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margarita/)
 * (@margarita)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/)
 * Ok, so I’m finally installed..how do I get started? Before this, I used diaryland.
   com. And all I did was copy and paste my html into the “template” setting, and
   then type in entries via the site. I had to put certain codes where I wanted 
   certain text to appear like “%entries%” were where my entries would go within
   my html, and so on. Does this work similarly? ….
 * 1) How do I create my html/template?
    2) Are there specific codes I use for where
   my entries, etc. go? 3) Is there a guide that explains all of this to me so I
   don’t have to keep posting? 4) How dod I set up categories? 5) How do I post 
   entries? 6) etc? 7) Thank you!

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 *  [Avenir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avenir/)
 * (@avenir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-167471)
 * Check out the [Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page). It’ll likely answer
   all of your questions for you.
 *  Thread Starter [margarita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margarita/)
 * (@margarita)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-167472)
 * I checked it out, I don’t have any “themes”. Where can I find those?
 *  [Avenir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avenir/)
 * (@avenir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-167473)
 * A list of downloadable themes lives here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#A_List_of_Downloadable_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#A_List_of_Downloadable_Themes)
 * Just to answer the rest of your questions with a few links:
 * 1) How do I create my html/template?
    2) Are there specific codes I use for where
   my entries, etc. go? 3) Is there a guide that explains all of this to me so I
   don’t have to keep posting? 4) How dod I set up categories? 5) How do I post 
   entries
 * 1. You can create your HTML templates just like you normally would, just make
   sure you put the proper PHP tags in so that WordPress can work. Look through 
   the included themes for an idea of how this works.
 * 2. You’ll need to familiarize yourself with the [template tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags)
   that form the basis of WordPress. `<?php the_content(); ?>` is the one that displays
   your entries.
 * 4., 5. For these, you should login to your admin panel by going to `wp-login.
   php`, located in your WordPress install root. From there, you should be able 
   to figure it out.
 *  [Michael Adams (mdawaffe)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdawaffe/)
 * (@mdawaffe)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-167474)
 * If you installed WordPress 1.5 you should have two themes: Classic and Default.
 * See the ‘Presentation’ panel in your WordPress administration interface.
 * For new themes see: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Get_New_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Get_New_Themes)
 *  [kookai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kookai/)
 * (@kookai)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-168169)
 * “You can create your HTML templates just like you normally would, just make sure
   you put the proper PHP tags in so that WordPress can work.”
 * How does that work when all my html tags are being stripped off. I tried putting
   in an <? inlcude(“something.php”) ?> but all it did was a lame “Fatal error: 
   Call to undefined function: inlcude() n /home/.lacrosse/rejoi/fosni.com/blog/
   wp-content/themes/bel/index.php on line 53”
 * help, what should i do. Im not php / css master whatsoever i just need to create
   my own simple template that is the same with the rest of my pages on the site.
   hewp.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-2/#post-168170)
 * You will benefit from this article:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress)

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