Resources on wordpress theme-development | What are the best resources for Wordpress theme-development? I am currently in the phase of starting my own blog, and don't want to use one of the many free themes. I already have a theme for my website, so I want to read about best-practices. 


Any advice on how to get started would be very welcome :)




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I have now created my theme (wohoo!), and thought I should summarize the best resources I found. Lets see..


**Resources:**


* [ThemeTation's three-part guide to create a wordpress-theme from scratch](http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/)
* [Nettuts.com's guide: How to Create a Wordpress Theme from Scratch](https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch--net-706)  

Didn't actually use this, it's a quite new article, but anyway - it's great. It will get a follow-up in the next few days too..
* [Wordpress.org's own guide on templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)  

Definatly a must-read for everyone new to wordpress-designing..
* ["The loop"](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)  

Essential knowledge, also a must-read
* [Directory of all the template tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags)  

Used by wordpress to actually output blog-content..


**Inspiration:**


* Smashing Magazine's lists: [first](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/08/100-excellent-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/), [one more](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpress-themes-you-probably-havent-seen/), [yet another one](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/25/30-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/)
* [Wordpress.org's theme-directory](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/)