Free eBook: A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Theme Development

• Day 1: Introduction, the fundamentals of WordPress theme development
• Day 2: The index.php and style.css files: the most important parts of any theme.
• Day 3: The header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php files.
• Day 4: The single.php file: the file that handles posts.
• Day 5: The archive.php, home.php and functions.php files and a wrap up of all that has gone on.
• Day 6: Download the whole series as an eBook.

WPShout is very pleased to present a free eBook: "A Beginner Guide To WordPress Theme Development".

The book, in five chapters, 3,508 words and twenty one pages will give you a brilliant start with WordPress theme development. Only the most basic of WordPress knowledge is assumed, so literally anyone can read this and become an awesome WordPress developer. The table of contents is as follows:

• CHAPTER 1: The fundamentals of any WordPress theme.
• CHAPTER 2: The index.php and style.css files.
• CHAPTER 3: The header, sidebar and footer.
• CHAPTER 4: The single, comments and page files.
• CHAPTER 5: The archive, home and functions files.

The book is free, although a suggested donation of $20 would be very much appreciated. If you’re going to share the eBook, then please link to this article, not the eBook itself. Whilst on the topic of sharing, if you’re on Digg, Delicious or the like then a quick save with the links below this post would be really appreciated.

If you do enjoy the book, then I’d strongly suggest you subscribe by RSS to WPShout to hone your skills on making WordPress themes further!

Without further ado, here it is: "A Beginner Guide To WordPress Theme Development".

The download does not include any of the themes used and referenced in the tutorial, so download those quickly too!

A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Theme Development by WPShout is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

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