I have knowlede of CSS layout techniques and enough to get a static site running but would like to move onto CMSes like Drupal, WordPress and Joomla to make and edit themes. What do i need asides HTML, CSS, JS(JQUERY), and Graphics

php

PHP? What aspect of it? If not all of it, Please.

Man, you need a good understanding of PHP to know how to create and hook your themes logic to that of WordPress or drupal. I suggest you find someone who's comfortable with PHP, so he'll handle the PHP part while you handle the design

CRAZYMADMAN:
Man, you need a good understanding of PHP to know how to create and hook your themes logic to that of WordPress or drupal. I suggest you find someone who's comfortable with PHP, so he'll handle the PHP part while you handle the design

I have a good ( 65% ) understanding of java syntax & some mvc patterns, and realise that when i look at intermediate level php code i understand most of it. If you could suggest a particular tutorial that teaches theme making for CMSes i would appreciate.

CRAZYMADMAN:
Man, you need a good understanding of PHP to know how to create and hook your themes logic to that of WordPress or drupal. I suggest you find someone who's comfortable with PHP, so he'll handle the PHP part while you handle the design

I have a good ( 65% ) understanding of java syntax & some mvc patterns, and realise that when i look at intermediate level php code i understand most of it. If you could suggest a particular tutorial that teaches theme making for CMSes i would appreciate.

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Sibrah:
I have a good ( 65% ) understanding of java syntax & some mvc patterns, and realise that when i look at intermediate level php code i understand most of it. If you could suggest a particular tutorial that teaches theme making for CMSes i would appreciate.

There're quite a lot of videos on WordPress theme development in YouTube. Just type WordPress theme development and you'll see a lot to choose from.

But before doing that, I suggest that you download any WordPress theme and take a look at their files — especially the functions.php file ( required by WordPress) and see how far you can understand their code. You may want to start by modifying their files and see how it affects the theme behaviour

Do appreciate that.

CRAZYMADMAN:


There're quite a lot of videos on WordPress theme development in YouTube. Just type WordPress theme development and you'll see a lot to choose from.

But before doing that, I suggest that you download any WordPress theme and take a look at their files — especially the functions.php file ( required by WordPress) and see how far you can understand their code. You may want to start by modifying their files and see how it affects the theme behaviour

Just to add a little salt, I suggest _underscore wordpress starter theme.

babatope88:
Just to add a little salt, I suggest _underscore wordpress starter theme.

when i wanted to start learning CSS Layout technique, Youtube didn't help much. Most vids playlist there are simply not broad enough to cover the topic so i skipped yotube for CMS theme design materials.

All it takes to become a Drupal Themer is this: http://www.drupal.org/documentation/theme
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Hope it helps?

I got some nice vids from Youtube and I am enjoying the learning process. I got one from Awful Media's Youtube channel.