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Meg Cusack
11,448 PointsWhat are your favorite WordPress templates?
I would like to hear what some favorite WordPress templates are for users here. I am particularly interested in ones for non-blog sites. There are so many from which to choose! I'm mainly interested in free ones but open to ones that cost as well.
3 Answers
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsHI, well wordpress templates i would call it a slo normal websites since wordpress is made of HTML/CSS sm JS and PHP .
But as talking about layouts , i love this sort of webpages the most. I really like where there is some sidebar and nit content . If you are interested in this :)
If you want an awesome wordpress template, theme , you could make it by your self if you know HTML/CSS and i would say media queries so it resizes. When you got that, you could do basics of JS and learn basics of PHP to. This is you want a particular website you cant find and you really want to make it . Still if your interested.
If choosing, think about the content you want, you can allways customise it , there are a lot of similar webpages and different ones in a way . I think if you go there here on this site : http://html5up.net/verti , you can find some nice designs that you can downolad and put your content there and see. It may give you some idea , since i assume you know HTML and CSS, you could change it a bit and then you may search for it somewhere on themes.
Well , i hope this is useful : p
Eric Amundson
19,530 PointsI'm a big fan of Roots theme at http://roots.io - it's got a bit of a learning curve, but with HTML5 Boilerplate and Bootstrap, LESS or SASS, and Grunt for building, checking, and optimizations, it's a great way to build custom sites/themes quickly.
Also, these are modular, so If you'd prefer not to use Bootstrap, but add another CSS framework, or simply roll your own, you can.
Roots uses a nifty theme wrapper, which helps eliminates some repetitive code in themes, but if you're brand new to WP theme development, could be a mite confusing. http://roots.io/an-introduction-to-the-roots-theme-wrapper/
Also, their docs and videos are quite helpful.
Meg Cusack
11,448 PointsThanks, Eric. I browsed around on their site a bit and am bookmarking it so I can go back to it later. I'm glad to see they have instructional docs and videos as I would be lost at first! I appreciate the info.
Eric Amundson
19,530 PointsMy pleasure, Meg. Have fun!
Meg Cusack
11,448 PointsMeg Cusack
11,448 PointsThanks, Aurelian. Yes, I do know HTML and CSS and even some PHP so can edit some. I do like the theme that you linked to and may try that. My first main site I need to make is one that we use for a study, where I post titles of classes, the schedule, and then I eventually post notes that people print.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsAurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsHi,
It depends how the site you want should be build and what functions should have etc...
But if you want something unique and good. You can learn how to make wordpress themes and it would save you time , as it is a work with frameworks . But you should know how to make a responsive layout i believe since people use mobile phones more than desktop these days ( on the internet).
If you know already how to make a site that i wrote above, the responsible layout, and you know basics of php and how wordpress work, i think you should be good to start ^^