Skinning WordPress to match the rest of your site

[TheMenace]

How does everyone do this normally? Hack an existing theme or create a new one?

 

[Redfly]

We are almost complete with our new design and we went with WP to manage the whole site. When designing we always hack the default theme or use a theme we already hacked and go from there.

 

[davidbehan]

I think on my site I used the default theme, deleted the supplied css and built the css from scratch. It only took about an hour or so, I think! I was quite impressed with how easy this was to do compared to modifying an existing css.

 

[TheMenace]

Thanks guys. I've just been looking at the source and it seems to be fairly clean and easy to hack. My main concern was that I matched the design of the rest of the site pixel-for-pixel but it looks like this shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Cormac]

These tutorials may help:
How to Design a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner
How to Slice a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner
Part 3 - How to Code a WordPress Theme » WPDesigner

 

[eoghanmccabe]

Ken,

I always start with the Sandbox theme as a base for my custom themes.

Semantically sound, as simple as possible and built with your exact problem in mind.

 

[TheMenace]

Nice one Eoghan. That's exactly what I'm looking for!

 

[enzo]

How does everyone do this normally? Hack an existing theme or create a new one?

Find a layout I like then butcher it.
Although that Sandbox thingy might get used next time.

 

[jennyrusks]

Hiya

I started with a few downloaded themes, played around but ultimately went back to the Sandbox. It's like starting with a partially blank canvas. I use WP for my whole website now.

Jennifer