WordPress as a CMS talk and sample code
In the previous post you can see slides from the talk I gave at The Werks in Hove last week. It was a full event, with around 20 attendees, so thanks to all for coming, and helping raise money for The Werks. Thanks also to Rosie for inviting me along.
During the talk we touched on one important point – its incredibly easy to make a really simple theme for Wordpress. I’ve attached the sample code here for you to browse. Its a really simple theme, with just 2 files, and will output any pages you have inside your blog in a horizontal bar at the top of your site. Feel free to play around with it and use it as the basis for your theme, although I would recommend starting a theme yourself from scratch.
For those who missed the talk, I’ll be speaking again at BarCampBrighton3 and BarCampLondon5. I’ll likely give the WordPress talk (shortened version) at the Brighton BarCamp, and if it goes down well, at London too.
Thanks a lot for the talk Mark. Really useful to find out more about Wordpress as we’ve just started using it for a couple of sites here.
Luke
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