W3Schools and themes?

W3Schools.com

Do you think that by learning from this website, a person can acquire sufficient knowledge to build a theme?

First time I head about the site but did you heard about this:

ConstantinPotorac said
First time I head about the site but did you heard about this: http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/news/30-days-to-learn-html-and-css-a-free-tuts-premium-course/

Many thanks! =)

I think you asking two questions here, or at least I’m not sure which one you need to learn:

1) HTML and CSS 2) using your knowledge of HTML and CSS to build a theme?

Are you already proficient in creating websites but want to learn what makes a good theme? Or do you actually want to learn HTML /CSS?

If it’s the latter then Constantin’s link looks like a great place to start! If it’s the former then you may also want to take a look around the ThemeForest forumsand take a look at some of the bestselling items and what they feature.

I was quite surprised of how complete those packages were!

Cheers

Chris

chrisatlemon said
I think you asking two questions here, or at least I’m not sure which one you need to learn:

1) HTML and CSS 2) using your knowledge of HTML and CSS to build a theme?

Are you already proficient in creating websites but want to learn what makes a good theme? Or do you actually want to learn HTML /CSS?

If it’s the latter then Constantin’s link looks like a great place to start! If it’s the former then you may also want to take a look around the ThemeForest forumsand take a look at some of the bestselling items and what they feature.

I was quite surprised of how complete those packages were!

Cheers

Chris

I know HTML and a bit of CSS but I guess what I’m actually asking is whether I need to learn JavaScript and PHP too?

And if so, would W3Schools be a good source to learn from?

Thanks!

You don’t need to know JavaScript or PHP to create a theme or a template. It can of course never hurt, but it’s not a necessity.

All the fancy menus, sliders, galleries, etc you see in the themes are script blocks the authors simply reuse. None of them, or at least the only the fewest, actually write these themselves.

For WordPress, Joomla! or Magento themes you do not actually need to know any PHP . You just need to know your way around how the software works and which blocks to use but there is no need to actually edit them.

I have created 20 of Joomla!, WordPress, Magento, Movable Type and more themes and I do not know any PHP .

Cheers

Chris

chrisatlemon said
You don’t need to know JavaScript or PHP to create a theme or a template. It can of course never hurt, but it’s not a necessity.

All the fancy menus, sliders, galleries, etc you see in the themes are script blocks the authors simply reuse. None of them, or at least the only the fewest, actually write these themselves.

For WordPress, Joomla! or Magento themes you do not actually need to know any PHP . You just need to know your way around how the software works and which blocks to use but there is no need to actually edit them.

I have created 20 of Joomla!, WordPress, Magento, Movable Type and more themes and I do not know any PHP .

Cheers

Chris

That was quite helpful, thanks!