Category: Themes
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The Björk Theme
The Björk theme is very popular for portfolios among web devolopers. However, the frontpage is a challenge. Normally you would be able to change the frontpage by asigning a certain page as your frontpage. However in Björk you must edit the frontpage template. You must open the frontpage template in the theme editor and then…
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Use a SASS in WordPress Themes
A SASS mixin can save you from writing hundreds of CSS-lines in your WordPress theme. One of the great features of SASS is mixins. They resemble a function in ordinary programming. You create a series of commands, and pass certain variables. Then you don’t have to write the same code over and over again. The _S…
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Learning WordPress Themes from Scratch
Here’s the challenge for the class: Create a repo on Github. Create a WordPress theme from scratch. During the six hour lesson files, such as: functions.php header.php footer.php style.css index.php was presented one by one. The students had to create their own version of a WordPress theme on Github. As far as I could see there…
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Working on a minimal viable theme
The concept “minimal viable production” is a common concept in agile projects. I’m working on a minimal viable WordPress theme. The rules are: The theme must validate according to WordPress Standards. The design is not important. So it’s all about function then. You can follow the development of the theme here (petj-mvp). The design is inspired…