Title: wordress coding
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# wordress coding

 *  [laesir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laesir/)
 * (@laesir)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/)
 * I’m pretty knowledgable of html css, grphic design and web design but i’m new
   to WP. I Feel I can edit my page more efficiently then the themes. I’d like to
   know where to start to use jquery, edit styles. Should I modify the source files
   or create a theme, if so how?
 * thanks!

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/#post-1974079)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
 * Use search for creating a wordpress theme and u will find lots of “stuff.”
 *  Thread Starter [laesir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laesir/)
 * (@laesir)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/#post-1974087)
 * thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [laesir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laesir/)
 * (@laesir)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/#post-1974088)
 * is creating a new theme the fastest most efficient way of editing freely my page?
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/#post-1974092)
 * Well, you can do a lot with css. I guess it depends on how “freely” you need 
   to edit.
 *  [Zaggeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaggeh/)
 * (@zaggeh)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordress-coding/#post-1974126)
 * Personally I think the term “fastest” and “most efficient” don’t really go together
   when talking about making your own theme. It may be more efficient, but even 
   if you are fully proficient at CSS and such, it still requires a great deal of
   time and effort to design your own theme from the ground up.
 * Personally (with proper attribution), I feel the FASTEST way of getting your 
   own theme up is to find a pre-made one that closest resembles the style you are
   going for then creating a child theme ([http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes))
   off of it.
 * The way child themes can inherit elements from their parents but still be fully
   customizable is really great and will save a lot of time and work. Yet at the
   same time, it may also inherit some design flaws and inefficiencies, so that’s
   where making your own theme would come to play.
 * If you’re just getting started with WP, I’d suggest looking at child themes first.
   But that’s just my personal opinion.

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