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Posted by Julian Hurley
Julian Hurley
838 Points

I'm currently very confused. I wan't to learn to create Wordpress themes but do I learn page builders like SiteOrigin?

I'm currently very confused. I wan't to learn to create Wordpress themes for client, but a few people have told me to learn about page builders like SiteOrigin etc.

Can I get some advice here of what actually the industry wants me to learn? I've currently finished uni with a 2:1 with being a Web Designer, but wanting to shift over to Wordpress.

Majorly confused of what is expected!

2 Answers

Ben Singer
Ben Singer
8,621 Points
Ben Singer
Ben Singer
8,621 Points

Personally, I'd learn WordPress and Advanced Custom Fields, then learn Shopify themeing.

If you're setting up as a freelancer, you're pretty much good to go after that.

James Gill
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James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Julian,

If you "want to learn to create WordPress themes for a client", then Treehouse has a course for that. You'll find it in the Library.

That course teaches you to build a theme from scratch. if you're unfamiliar with PHP, or you want to create themes in a more automated way, then try learning a WordPress framework like Genesis--or, even simpler, buy a theme from a place like Themeforest and tweak it for your client--that's what countless web designers/developers do.