12 responses on “Donald DeSantis: Create Your Own WordPress Theme”

1. Ed Kingston
   October 22, 2009 at 1:52 pm | Reply

   Very well done and informative. Thanks for the video.

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2. mrynelson
   October 26, 2009 at 4:13 am | Reply

   I will watch this again tomorrow maybe it will sink in then.

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3. dean dyer
   October 26, 2009 at 7:44 pm | Reply

   hey Donald,

   thank you thank you, Wow, this is just what I’ve been looking for to make my site into a word press formate.
   very good.

   I’ll see all of your stuff.

   dean

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4. Mark McLaren
   October 27, 2009 at 10:06 pm | Reply

   Hey Donald,
   You did an excellent job pulling this together. Do you have additional resources online?

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5. Donald
   October 28, 2009 at 4:36 pm | Reply

   Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you found this useful.

   Beyond the additonal resources mentioned in the talk, I would suggest brushing up on some basic CSS. If you use the starter theme I built, you’ll be able to get a lot of mileage out of very basic CSS. Practice using CSS selectors (google the term if unfamiliar); CSS font attributes; and CSS background attributes. W3schools has good content here. Smashing magazine probably also has some good links – but don’t get sucked into a tutorial vortex.

   I’ve been thinking of putting together a free HTML/css class through TeachStreet. I could add in a WordPress twist… Would there be any interest in something like this?

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6. designtech44
   October 29, 2009 at 10:04 am | Reply

   yes Donald,
   I’ve been on this path for a few and I’m glad to discover you. w3schools is amazing I’ll say, just as some others that I’m on, but I like “don’t get sucked int a tutorial vortex” the most.

   I would be interested in you free teachstreet Html/css class.

   Have you seen websitemagazine.com , It’s a free , very useful seo mag.

   cool.
   dean

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7. Ed
   October 29, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Reply

   You are right Donald. A little knowledge of CSS goes a long way in designing and improving your website.

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8. Ed
   October 30, 2009 at 6:57 pm | Reply

   Second that comment on w3schools. Really good site to learn a lot.

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9. Ryan Teribery
   October 31, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Reply

   This is great! I guess its now time to brush up on my adobe skills… There are so many great themes (basic to advance) for WP. But I still have not found one that meets my EXACT needs.

   Now it’s time to try it on my own.

   5 minutes well worth my/your time.

   –Ryan

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10. designtech44
    November 2, 2009 at 8:58 am | Reply

    so donald,
    I just can’t seem to get the install of wordpress, … could you walk me through?
    dean

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11. Ed
    November 2, 2009 at 4:51 pm | Reply

    designtech 44 what install can you not find or get?

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12. karen
    November 13, 2009 at 2:59 am | Reply

    I love your idea for the css turorial geared towards wordpress!

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