WordPress Theme Development

  1. Building Core Template Files
    1. header.php
      1. The DOCTYPE Declaration
        1. The html and head Sections
          1. Meta Tags and SEO Basics
            1. Viewport Meta Tag
              1. Character Encoding
                1. SEO Meta Tags
                2. Linking Stylesheets and Scripts
                  1. wp_head() Hook
                    1. Opening body Tag
                      1. Site Header Structure
                        1. Search Form
                      2. footer.php
                        1. Closing body and html Tags
                        2. index.php
                          1. The Default Fallback Template
                            1. Implementing The Loop
                              1. Displaying Posts and Content
                                1. Handling No Posts Found
                                  1. Pagination
                                  2. sidebar.php
                                    1. Widget Areas
                                      1. Default Sidebar Content
                                        1. Multiple Sidebars

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                                      6. The Loop and Content Display