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blogzandstuff
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css, html and php. Mostly css and php
Developer Dale
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HTML, CSS and Javascript are always good to know when working with the web. Wordpress is very heavy in PHP as well.
ContentWriter
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You need to learn about languages and concepts. You will be working with four languages: HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript.
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bigsabreal
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CSS and PHP for sure and knowledge of HTML cant hurt
zackfinch31
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if you're creating your own custom themes, like everyone else said PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript are a must.
but if you're just setting up a blog site with Wordpress, you can get by without needing to know PHP, or much HTML or CSS for that matter. you can install a theme and customize it without needing to know much (if any) language at all.
but obviously, the more you know about programming, the better!
but if you're just setting up a blog site with Wordpress, you can get by without needing to know PHP, or much HTML or CSS for that matter. you can install a theme and customize it without needing to know much (if any) language at all.
but obviously, the more you know about programming, the better!
BHSEONewb
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PHP is king for the backend of wordpress. HTML, CSS and Javascript for the pages/posts/themes/etc.
SoccerLover
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Hodor Man
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To get started with Wordpress is really easy, you need to know some HTML & CSS obviously, and a little bit of PHP.
The thing is that setting up a template can be done even by someone who doesn't even know much about PHP.
As an example, the famous loop that displays content on wordpress looks something like this:
Code:
<?php while(have_posts) {
the_post(); ?>
<h1> <?php the_title(); ?> </h1>
<?php } ?>And this will display the titles of all your blog posts, it might look a little bit confusing in the beginning, but by the time you'll get to understand everything quite quickly.
Let me present you another example:
Code:
<html <?php language_attributes();?> >This is a dynamic way to replace <html lang="en">, after the PHP is processed, Wordpress will dynamically replace language_attributes(); with the specific language that was set in the admin dashboard of wordpress.
Another example would be how Wordpress handles embedding a stylesheet:
In Functions.php
Code:
function example_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style('example-style', get_stylesheet_uri());
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts','example_styles');We create a function that stores our line of code wp_enqueue_style which basically calls the style.css file, add_action tells wordpress that in order to hook some scripts like ours, he should look into the function example_styles.
Creating themes in Wordpress is really easy and quite fun, hope you get hooked into it!
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