Is this design possible with wordpress?

  • I designed a blog without wordpress in mind, then found out about wordpress and would like to use it:

    https://www.jonvandalen.com/test

    It’s just one html/css page right now… what is the proper way to make this into a wordpress theme? Will it look exactly like I desgined?

    I have come to the realization that it’s hard to make a blog without a CMS installed. I installed wordpress and it works fine but when I tried to make a theme… let’s just say im confused. A lot. I tried to read some of the docs and it’s still not that clear to me. Do I have to know any PHP? Because I don’t.

    As you can see from my page above, I need both the styling and the layout to change.

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  • You can get around without knowing php – the WP loop, template tags and other things you need to know are well documented, so if pay some attention to the documentation you will be using the required php anyway: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Blog_Design_and_Layout

    My suggestion is that you head over to the Theme Viewer, set it to show 1 column themes, find a theme that is close to the layout you want and use that as a starting point.

    Thread Starter tzakiel

    (@tzakiel)

    very good idea about using a 1 column theme as a starting point… wish i had thought of that. still going to need some more hand-holding i am sure, but i will give this a try and report back…

    you don’t need to know any php before you start. I would suggest just replacing header.php with your own code and replacing the CSS file and making the necessary adjustments

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