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Old 25-08-2007, 10:07 AM
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How does everyone do this normally? Hack an existing theme or create a new one?
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Old 25-08-2007, 11:28 AM
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We are almost complete with our new design and we went with WP to manage the whole site. When designing we always hack the default theme or use a theme we already hacked and go from there.
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I think on my site I used the default theme, deleted the supplied css and built the css from scratch. It only took about an hour or so, I think! I was quite impressed with how easy this was to do compared to modifying an existing css.
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Thanks guys. I've just been looking at the source and it seems to be fairly clean and easy to hack. My main concern was that I matched the design of the rest of the site pixel-for-pixel but it looks like this shouldn't be a problem.
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These tutorials may help:
How to Design a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner
How to Slice a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner
Part 3 - How to Code a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner
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I always start with the Sandbox theme as a base for my custom themes.

Semantically sound, as simple as possible and built with your exact problem in mind.
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Nice one Eoghan. That's exactly what I'm looking for!
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How does everyone do this normally? Hack an existing theme or create a new one?
Find a layout I like then butcher it.
Although that Sandbox thingy might get used next time.
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Hiya

I started with a few downloaded themes, played around but ultimately went back to the Sandbox. It's like starting with a partially blank canvas. I use WP for my whole website now.

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