Complete Wordpress Theme Tutorial 0

More than 70 hand-picked links to help you create a beautiful Wordpress theme.
Why we called it “complete”? Because it contains all the relevant tutorials, guides and other resources on Wordpress themes that can be found on the net. It`ll also be updated on a regular basis!
We won`t mention Wordpress` official guide, everyone knows of it, and ofcourse, we asume you know the very basics of website design (although there are some resources for total beginners here as well) …

Tutorials

1. Premium Wordpress Theme Design

   A great tutorial! This is Part 1 - The Photoshop Mock Up and there`s also Part 2 - HTML + CSS + Wordpress Theme Files

   

2. Designing for WordPress: Complete Series & Downloads

   A video screencast series which covers downloading and installing WordPress on a server all the way to a completed theme.

   

3. So you want to create WordPress themes huh?

   Really helpful tutorials here.

   

4. How to Create WordPress Themes from Scratch

   Contains 3 parts: Structuring, Designing in Photoshop, Slicing and CSS/XHTML Coding and Wordpress Implementation (3a and 3b)

   

5. How to Create a Wordpress Theme from Scratch by NETTUTS

   Contains 2 parts . Pretty detailed and good for beginners.

   

6. Complete WordPress Theme Guide

   A comprehensive guide on how to install WordPress and customize theme.

   

7. Developing a Wordpress Theme by dezinerfolio
8. How to write your own wordpress theme

   A very extensive tutorial which covers the basics.

9. How to create wordpress theme by webtoolkit
10. Build a Basic Newspaper style layout with Wordpress and jQuery

    A guide on how to use jQuery to create a grid layout with size-degrading headers.

11. Building Custom WordPress Theme

    This is actually the chapter 2 of the Complete WordPress Theme Guide.

12. How to make a “child theme” for WordPress

    A pictorial introduction for beginners.

13. How To Create A Custom WordPress Page Template

    A video tutorial.

14. Wordpress theme web design

    Learn how to create a clean and simple wordpress design.

15. Designing and Coding a Wordpress Theme From Scratch
16. Creating A Wordpress Theme

    Another nice guide.

    

17. Creating a WordPress Template

    A video tutorial series ( part2 and 3) for creating a WP theme using a variety of free tools.

18. How to Modify WordPress Theme

    A video tutorial about some Theme Template tags in WordPress.

19. FAQ: “How do you build your WordPress themes?” by Matt Brett
20. Edit your Wordpress theme - Headers

    Very useful for total beginners.

21. How to create your own Wordpress theme
22. Convert XHTML/CSS To WordPress
23. A Wordpress Layout Tutorial

    Focused on Photoshop design.

24. The WordPress “Default” Theme Demystified

    There`s also part 2.

25. Designing a WordPress Theme From Scratch
26. Turning a web template into a WordPress theme

    A video tutorial.

Wordpress Theme Hacks and Techniques

1. WordPress Theme Hacks

   Some common (and not so common) hacks to create any type of website using WP.

2. How to Setup Gravatars for your Blog - Plug-in Free!
3. Widgetize your WordPress theme - a tutorial
4. Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques
5. See How Easy It Is To Widgetize WordPress Themes

   A pretty detailed tutorial …

6. Styling Your WordPress Comments
7. Separating Trackbacks from Comments
8. Adding Recent Comments To Your WordPress Theme

   How to display recent comments in the sidebar.

9. Creating your home.php quite easily on WordPress
10. Wordpress as a CMS - Content Management System
11. Ajax Commenting
12. How-to style WordPress author comments
13. Using Sliding Doors with Wordpress Navigation
14. Dynamic Menu Highlighting

    Dynamic menu highlighting is a way to give users a reference point with which to navigate. It is like the dot on the map that says “you are here”.

15. Wordpress Search as Custom Google Search Without Additional Page or Post
16. Displaying Related Category and Author Content in Wordpress
17. How to: Integrate a pagination in your WordPress theme
18. Create an Ajax-based Auto-completing Search Field
19. 10 WordPress Hacks to Make your Life Easy

Other useful stuff

1. Making Better Use of Your Error 404 Page
2. How To Create Premium Wordpress Theme Using Custom Wordpress Queries
3. How to design a variable sidebar WordPress theme with widgets
4. How To Create A WordPress Category-Specific Template
5. How To: Making a Categories Drop-Down Menu
6. “Magazine style” Horizontal dropdown menu
7. Adding Tabs to Your Blog Sidebar
8. Create an Auto-Stats Page for Advertisers
9. Make an Apple.com Style Breadcrumb for Your WordPress Blog
10. Understanding WordPress Permalinks
11. Creating a “dynamic sticky”

    When you need to have certain articles ’stay at the top’ longer than others.

12. How To Display Ads Only To Search Visitors
13. Create really cool Wordpress date button
14. Moving a Static HTML Site to WordPress
15. A custom login page
16. Boost Your Blog’s Response Rate With “Stripe Ad”
17. Display Twitter messages in Wordpress
18. Allow Users To Submit Blog Post
19. Landing Sites / Pages