\u2022 Header.php – Contains everything you\u2019d want to appear at the top of your site.
\n\u2022 Index.php \u2013 The core file that load your theme, also act as the homepage.
\n\u2022 Functions.php \u2013 A file that can be used to configure the wordpress core,
\nWithout editing core files.
\n\u2022 Sidebar.php \u2013 Contains everything you\u2019d want to appear in sidebar.
\n\u2022 Footer.php \u2013 Contains everything you\u2019d want to appear at the bottom of your site.
\n\u2022 Archive.php \u2013 The template file used when viewing categories, dates, posts by author,etc.
\n\u2022 Single.php \u2013 The template file used when viewing the individual post.
\n\u2022 Comments.php \u2013 Called at the bottom of single.php file to enable the comments section.
\n\u2022 Page.php \u2013 Similar to single.php
\n\u2022 Search.php \u2013 The template file used to search display search results.
\n\u2022 404.php \u2013 The template file that display when a 404 error occurs.
\n\u2022 Style.css – All the styling goes here.<\/p>\n
Each of these files contains series of php template tag. By using these tags we can insert dynamic content.<\/p>\n
All the details of a WordPress theme are contained within the stylesheet. At the top of your style.css add the following code.<\/p>\n
\/*\nTheme Name: Vibidsoft\nTheme URI: http:\/\/www.vibidsoft.in\/\nDescription: Vibidsoft WordPress theme\nVersion: 1\nAuthor: Vibidsoft\nAuthor URI: http:\/\/www.vibidsoft.in\/\t\t\n*\/\n<\/pre>\nindex.php<\/h4>\n
Open the index.php, add this piece of code and save the file:<\/h5>\n
<?php get_header(); ?>\n\n<div id=\"container\">\n\n <?php if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>\n\n <div class=\"post\" id=\"post-<?php the_ID(); ?>\">\n\n<h2><a href=\"<?php the_permalink(); ?>\" title=\"<?php the_title(); ?>\">\n <?php the_title(); ?><\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry\">\n\n <?php the_content(); ?>\n\n<p class=\"postmetadata\">\n<?php _e('Filed under:'); ?> <?php the_category(', ') ?> <?php _e('by'); ?> \n<?php the_author(); ?><br \/>\n<?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?> \n<?php edit_post_link('Edit', ' | ', ''); ?>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<?php endwhile; ?>\n\n<div class=\"navigation\">\n<?php posts_nav_link(); ?>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<?php endif; ?>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<?php get_sidebar(); ?>\n\n<?php get_footer(); ?><\/pre>\nThe index-file now contains the code that calls to the header, sidebar and footer template files<\/p>\n
header.php<\/h4>\n
Open the header.php, add this piece of code and save the file:<\/h5>\n
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \n\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml1\/DTD\/xhtml1-transitional.dtd\">\n<html xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">\n<head profile=\"http:\/\/gmpg.org\/xfn\/11\">\n\n <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?><?php wp_title(); ?><\/title>\n\n <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; \n charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>\" \/>\t\n <meta name=\"generator\" content=\"WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>\" \/> \n <!-- leave this for stats please -->\n\n <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>\" \n type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" \/>\n\n <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=link'); ?>\n <?php \/\/comments_popup_script(); \/\/ off by default ?>\n <?php wp_head(); ?>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div id=\"wrapper\">\n\n<div id=\"header\">\n\n<h1><a href=\"<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>\"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?><\/a><\/h1>\n<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>\n\n<\/div><\/pre>\nfooter.php<\/h4>\n
Open the footer.php, add this piece of code and save the file:<\/h5>\n
<div id=\"footer\">\n<p>\nCopyright 2007 <a href=\"<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>\"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/body>\n<\/html><\/pre>\nsidebar.php<\/h4>\n
Open the sidebar.php, add this piece of code and save the file:<\/h5>\n
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