customizing wordpress


Ashley Williams, 3rd Ward
Wednesday, 22 May 2013

what is wordpress?



  • Wordpress is a CMS (content management system)
  • It comes in 2 formats: hosted(.com) // not hosted(.org)

Wordpress uses PHP. PHP is a server-side scripting language.

It looks like this: <?php >

CMS // Frameworks


  • CMSs allow you to generate, tag, organize, and share content

  • Frameworks allow you to control where you content is displayed
  • This is often done using templates and partials

TEMPLATES: layouts that one can put content into
PARTIALS: templates for just a portion of a layout

get set up


We are going to work simply on custom CSS for customizing pre-built Wordpress themes.

Go to wordpress.com and create an account and a blog.

Navigate to Appearance > Themes

customizing wordpress templates

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