WordPress Theme Basics. Presented by Daisy Olsen at WordCamp NYC on November 14, 2009.
- 1. Understanding WordPress Themes Daisy Olsen http://wpmama.com
@DaisyOlsen
2. Stylesheet Heading /* Theme Name: Origins Theme Theme URI:
http://wpmama.com/origins-theme Description: A blank theme Version:
1.0 Author: Daisy Olsen Author URI:http://wpmama.com/ Template:
origins (for use when creating a child theme) Tags: blank, empty,
minimal */ 3. Importing other Stylesheets @import
url(css/reset.css); 4. The Simplest Index.php file 5. The Loop
Stuff to display for each Post Stuff to display if no posts are
returned by the have_posts() function 6. Extending Your Theme
7. Include Tags 8. Template Tags 9. API Hooks 10. Filter Hooks
11. Include Tags Used within a Template file to execute code found
in another template file
- get_header(); /* header.php */
12. get_footer(); /* footer.php */ 13. get_sidebar(); /*
sidebar.php */ 14. get_search_form();/*searchform.php*/ 15.
comments_template();/*coments.php */ 16. Include( TEMPLATEPATH .
'/header2.php'); 17. Include( STYLESHEETPATH . '/header2.php'); 18.
Template Files
19. index.php 20. header.php 21. footer.php 22. sidebar.php 23.
comments.php 24. functions.php
25. single.php 26. page.php 27. search.php 28. searchform.php
29. 404.php 30. Page Templates 31. Template Tags
- An instruction for WordPress to do or get something
32. Parameters can be passed in template tags 33. A Basic
Template Tag Function
- With the $more_link_text parameter set
34. Basic API Hooks
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- Placed inside the element of the theme. Usually in
header.php
wp_head ();
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- Placed inside the element of the theme. Usually in
header.php
wp_footer();
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- Place at the bottom of the theme. Usually in footer.php
comment_form(); 35. Filter Hook Modify Core Function
Behavior
- Filtering the More Link(Thanks to Justin Tadlock)
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'my_more_link', 10, 2 );
function my_more_link( $more_link, $more_link_text ) { return
str_replace( $more_link_text, 'Continue reading ', $more_link ); }
36. Functions.php
- Sidebars are Registered in this file
37. Additional code placed here 38. Can extend functionality of
a theme to include anything that a plugin can do. 39. Look at a
Working Theme 40. Questions? Daisy Olsen wpmama.com @DaisyOlsen
