Title: learning wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# learning wordpress

 *  Resolved [jimdun9241](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimdun9241/)
 * (@jimdun9241)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-wordpress-1/)
 * I am looking for ideas to learn wordpress and themes. I know CSS and PHP, but
   I need to learn how to use them with wordpress. I have read a lot of the wordpress
   documentation, and googled for tutorials. I created a theme from one of the tutorials.
   I tried changing a lot of things to have the theme look different. I am sure 
   there is an easier way. I am thinking of buying the dummies book and another 
   themes book. There will be an updated dummies book next month.
 * Jim

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-wordpress-1/#post-876080)
 * Don’t laugh at this but another good way to learn WordPress is to answer a few
   questions here in the forum.
 * Looks like you know about the Codex, you’ve create a theme, you’re getting a 
   book. Here’s a Codex link, just in case; [Category:WordPress_Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/Category:WordPress_Lessons)
 * Might also join the wp-hackers and wp-testers email lists–see [Mailing Lists](http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists).
 * Browsing the WordPress bug tracking is also a interesting way to keep up on the
   development and bug fixing–see [http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7070](http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7070)
 * Conclusion–not sure there is an easier way!
 *  Thread Starter [jimdun9241](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimdun9241/)
 * (@jimdun9241)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-wordpress-1/#post-876162)
 * Thanks for your ideas. I just subscribed to all of the mailing lists.
    I found
   the book I needed at the library, “HTML & XHTML” (O’Reilly). My problem was not
   wordpress knowledge, but changes to HTML and XHTML, since I retired in 2000. 
   I used to teach web design. Those changes were just being discussed when I retired.
 * I was a computer pioneer 50 years ago. My thesis was about the early hackers.
   I ended my career as dept chair of computer science for the last 5 years. I taught
   all of the languages and web design. I still maintain web sites for friends. 
   I use native HTML.
 * Jim

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