Comments on: Jeremy Clarke: Intro to WordPress Theming

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:17 +0000

This was excellent, thanks jeremy!

By: Jeremy Clarke

Jeremy Clarke — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:44:46 +0000

Hey guys, thanks for the nice comments.

To Jim I’ll admit that my promise of noob-friendliness was a bit of a lie, I wanted to trick people into learning more than they expected, which is the way most good WP developers seem to come about

By: Michael Russell - @planetrussell

Michael Russell - @planetrussell — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Great preso on WP theme issues. As others have noted, not really beginner stuff. Personally, found it valuable in gaining understanding of how to communicate to clients, others that WP isn’t just a bunch of static HTML pages. Rather, PHP + CSS coding, mySQL admin, loop functionality, other goodness.

By: kang badot

kang badot — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:30:00 +0000

I like this presentation, it’s easy to understanding. Helpfull…thanks

By: almostdaniel

almostdaniel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:28:56 +0000

I think intro classes should talk about what something is (structure) and what it can be used for (functionality). Anything more is beyond an intro, so good job Jeremy. This is an excellent intro that gives you the foundation for actually getting into the nitty gritty tech stuff.

By: George Krio

George Krio — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:55:44 +0000

Excellent presentation, although certainly above beginner level. I especially appreciated the point about using sidebars is info blocks (my term) in pages. Great idea. Never really really understood functions.php either. Now I see I am missing out on a very powerful piece of WP architecture. Thanks Jeremy. Thanks for planning this out so well to. Very good lecture.

By: joelneuenhaus

joelneuenhaus — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:48:41 +0000

This is great even for the semi-experienced wordpress developer…the “Avoiding Theme Edits” bit is a terrific reminder to keep your static template code to a minimum and use widgets, filters and actions whenever possible.

I admit this is common sense, but my guess is that it is not common practice.

By: Jim Arber

Jim Arber — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:27:03 +0000

Dudes – This is NOT in intro class. I have no idea what this Jeremy is talking about. Well, at least a very hazy idea. Intro classes should not only show you what is possible but the actual HOW to do it. Jeremy explains what is very well but no mention of how it is done.