I am new to WordPress theme development.I need to know how to convert an html page to wordpress theme completely with theme option and how to create widgets for themes.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
The best way to start developing themes is to look at the way existing themes are build and to look at the WordPress codex (as Marc suggested). If you follow the WordPress standards and get used to the system, WordPress is a very flexible platform for building websites.
Another thing: Google is your best friend :) Almost everything you want to do with WordPress has already been asked on Google.
Good luck!
Their are alot of tutorials online but I suggest starting with something simple like this free program from http://www.wpsiteconvertor.com/
Basicaly the whole gist of creating a wordpress theme (lets say you have one page and a style file) you would have to seperate that page into like 5 files minimum header.php, footer.php, index.php,you would also need to make style file changes and add a functions.php file. But take a look at that program above and you will see what kind of codes are added to a site to make a wordpress theme work.
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I am working on a portfolio website for a client where they need to be able to upload their work: videos and photos, and some text with (title, short description). Normally I would make such a website with a system like Wordpress, however, the way the website would work is not possible to build with Wordpress (unusual navigation and a more dynamic/animated way to switch between pages). So, I want to build this website by HTML and then connect a CMS system where they can upload their work, which will then properly loaded into HTML pages. I have tried to google solutions, but I cannot find a good approach/tool to do this. Does anyone have a good recommendation for me? Thank in advance, Jip Asveld
I think Wordpress theme is the best solution.
It is very easy to create Wordpress theme from HTML.
Of course, you can CMS functionality to the theme.
You can refer various documents by Google.
For instance, this is one of the documents.
https://websitesetup.org/html-to-wordpress/
Have you concisered a headless cms like https://forestry.io/? This ideal for static html websites, which you could combine with a framework like https://gohugo.io/ to build such a site.
I am trying to make a one page landing page. I want the website to be html based and not wordpress based to make managing it easier. There is a wordpress theme that I really like. Can I do this: 1) install the theme in wordpress 2) view page source 3) copy all code 4) open notepad++ and paste all code 5) save as .html 6) upload html page to the same domain
would this result in a functional website? do you foresee any problems?
I found Your post cause same as You I'm total newb to web page building and developing. In the past I've used wordpress theme's to "build and put online" few simple website's - but decided to learn more to be able to create something by myself and have better control of it.
Same as You I thought about using bits of wordpress theme I really like and convert it to html5 - but unfortunately it's not as easy as you described it above.
The way I understand it (someone correct me if I'm wrong please) the main difference is wordpress themes are "dynamic" and html is static kind of web site , and wordpress themes involve different technology (php not html etc) so simply changing changing *.php to *.html will not work:)
there are few ways of doing it though, please find some resources below:
Using HTTrack to convert WordPress to a static website
Tools to Migrate from WordPress to HTML
hope it helps!
I have a website written in HTML5 and CSS3 and I want to use this site in WordPress. I tried to upload it like template, but it didn't work. How can I solve this issue?
Sirko pointed you in the right direction. WordPress relies on PHP processing and MySQL database so you cannot simply upload it to the theme folder and activate. The HTML and CSS theme will need to be modified to incorporate the core WordPress theme development, at least. It isn't that difficult if you understand how WordPress works.
If you simply want to start with converting the theme to WordPress to support pages and menus alone, it isn't so complicated. If you are very new to this, it might be a stumbling block. You really should learn the core components to making a WP theme. Good luck!
Elegant themes walkthrough - HTML converted to WordPress
Your question is far too general to answer without you narrowing the scope; start with https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page to find out how to install and run WordPress, read https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development if you want to adapt your current design to a WordPress theme. And you will need to import content, either by the database or manual entry with the WordPress editor. Read up and then come back to SO with more specific questions.
There is a reason why people sell themes either with HTML5 and Wordpress, though seperate in nature but structural in bound.
It is a long process but simple if you have knowledge of websites:
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/converting-html-sites-to-wordpress-sites
Same as Markatledge said previously, by following the link above it can help you.
Hoping someone can help me. I have built myself a webpage and now i need a CMS for it .
The webpage is made by me entirely (not a WordPress theme or anything), the question is can WordPress be used for it as a CMS only and how? If not what is the best way to "bind" CMS to my webpage?
Thanks
Wordpress is a opensource and freely available platform where you can build your own website by using their themes as well as you can create your own theme or child theme.
You first need to understood your requirement and then decide to use any available theme or creates your own new theme. If you want to use your own webpage which you have created then create a new theme and use that code in new theme.
For creating a new theme please chek below link.
http://www.wpexplorer.com/create-wordpress-theme-html-1/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
You can, look at this link
https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
Here you will find an explanation on how to build a wordpress theme, i suggest you turn your webpage into a theme and then use wordpress as CMS.
It may take some work but in the future you will be thankful you did it.
I created an HTML website in dreamweaver it has a index page, nav-menu and around 10 other linked pages. I did not build the website from templates I just copied and pasted.
I want to upload this website using Wordpress and Ive never done it before. I'm still learning but need help figuring thing out;
I saw that in order to upload the page to Wordpress I need to create a so called theme and in order to do that I need to create different files like index.php, header.php, footer.php etc
My question is do I have to do that process with all my pages?
I mean about.html contact.html jobs.html?
What is the ideal way to do it?
A WordPress template is essentially a set of PHP pages and CSS that defines how your WordPress site looks. Template Development Link
Manually converting your site is going to take time. The advantage of the WordPress site will be that your site will be easier to update down the line.
How difficult building your template and pages is really going to depend on how clean your original css and pages are built.
First, build your template. You are going to try and pull your CSS and apply it to the template pages.
Next, you will need to use the WordPress GUI interface to add pages and include the content from your original site.
Again it is going to come down to how much of your formatting was done inline and how much you leveraged CSS in your presentation. A lot of table formatting for example will be more difficult to translate.