Title: How to – edit/create ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How to – edit/create ?

 *  [muratpak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muratpak/)
 * (@muratpak)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/)
 * Hi there.
 * I’m asking a very common qquestion. How to edit a wordpress theme.
 * I do not mean CSS’s. I mean the whole layout. I’ve seen some sites that turn 
   the default theme into a miracle……. but how ?
 * I used dreamweaver for simple edits for my web pages before, and as I can see,
   using dreamweaver for wordpress is an overly complex action.
 * Then what software do I have to use ?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028722)
 * if you want to edit them on your computer you actually want to use a basic editor
   like notepad so as not to add extraneous junk like office, word and dreamweaver
   do.
 * If you want you can edit them from wordpress’ admin interface
    admin – appearance–
   editor
 * as always – make back ups 1st.
 * note – the default theme is certainly not an easy one to modify.
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028725)
 * For tips on editing the default theme, see the following videos.
 * [http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=137](http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=137)
 *  Thread Starter [muratpak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muratpak/)
 * (@muratpak)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028729)
 * Thank you I’m checking these right now.
 * [@samboll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) – you mean a text-based
   editing ?
    I’m not used to it.
 * More, I’m looking for a WYSIWYG type of editing…. possible ?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028748)
 * > More, I’m looking for a WYSIWYG type of editing…. possible ?
 * not for modifying theme files
    take a look at some of the files and you will 
   see there is really no way a wysiwyg editor can help you and will only mess things
   up
 *  Thread Starter [muratpak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muratpak/)
 * (@muratpak)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028749)
 * Ok but what about the general layout at least ? the divs, the APdivs, etc ?
 * Like… I want to edit the whole look of a theme, of even create anoher from the
   very beginning…. then how will I approach this…… in notepad . ?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-editcreate/#post-1028759)
 * you are misunderstanding how the themes work
    there is not one big template you
   can load and adjust there are many individual files to work with review this 
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)

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