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How to Create a WordPress Theme – Part 4

April 22, 2007

I made good progress on the To Do list last night:

Install copy of WordPress on development box
Import backup of live site content to provide some content for the development site
Create a bare-bones set of template files
Review the default CSS before beginning development of custom CSS for new template
Setup CSS for basic layout

2-Column wide left, narrow [...]

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Creating a WordPress Theme – Part 3

April 21, 2007

I’ve made the decision this morning to target a launch date for the new theme for May 1, 2007. With that in mind, I’ve got 10 days to get it done. To that end, I’ve created a To Do list of items to be completed:
To Do

Install copy of WordPress on development box
Import backup of live [...]

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How to Create a WordPress Theme – Part 2

April 19, 2007

OK, if you look back at Part 1, you will find I listed choosing a Column Layout first on the To Do list. However, do you always do your To Do’s in order? Not me. Well, actually, it’s not my idea. In researching the whole column/page layout concept for today, it was pointed out there [...]

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How to Create a WordPress Theme

April 18, 2007

I had heard that the template that I am currently using, MistyLook by Sadish Bala, is very popular. however, I had never run into it elsewhere… well, there’s always a first time! I ran into it while researching de.lic.ious WordPress plug-ins on The Partition. Thanks for the inspiration to create my own! I knew I [...]

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Backup for WordPress MySQL Database on MediaTemple

April 16, 2007

In preparation for developing my own custom theme, and for good best practice, I have automated a backup of the MySQL database hosting this blog from a Linux host sitting behind a firewall at home. I am using the Open Source SourceForge project, AutoMySQLBackUp. I have been using this Unix shell script at my employer [...]

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