HTMLing Templates

  • I’d like to create a WordPress template from scratch using HTML and just sticking in the php includes later on, but I don’t really know what includes are important enough that they must be left in and what would be simpler, for me, to do using HTML. I know that b2 had a step-by-step guide for doing exactly this — is there another for WordPress, or would it be okay to use that b2 guide?
    I already know the whole HTML vs CSS/PHP arguement, though. I’ve seen a lot of people saying why doing pure CSS is better, but not too many people actually answering the presented question.

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  • Hope someone can finish this thought for me, but it’s not HTML vs. PHP. And it’s not an argument. PHP is required to retrieve the information from the database, so it’s “required” for most of those includes to be there. Perhaps create the layout and include the CSS inline on the index page.
    wp-layout.css Explained
    pod’s CSS Guide
    Sorry if I misunderstood you. I tried (for a couple minutes). *LoL*
    – Bryan

    First.. if this template is for you and you alone – you aren’t going to offer it as a download – then your absolute minimum is The Loop:
    https://wiki.www.ads-software.com/TheLoop
    After that, add what you need and bearing in mind you’ll be using WP for your posts, only you can balance using WP tags to do what you could do in vanilla html.
    If you think there is the chance that you might offer it, then you need all the tags that are in a default index.php
    In the end though, just play with the code – best way to learn ??

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Bryan : When I said the PHP vs HTML arguement, I meant when people actually say that PHP/CSS is the “coding language of the future” or something similar. It wasn’t meant for specifically WordPress, but coding in general.
    Anyhoo, I’ll try just using the loop and keeping everything else HTML and see how that works out.

    Okay, sorry about that. Good luck in achieving your goal. ??

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