Comments on: A Little Help For An Old School HTML Based Web Designer http://thequeenb.net/2010/02/26/cssbasics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cssbasics Indiscriminately Bitchy Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Whitters http://thequeenb.net/2010/02/26/cssbasics/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Whitters Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:07:06 +0000 http://www.thequeenb.net/?p=862#comment-457 Thats why I always use just a .html file when I'm building the theme. Since relatively all my pages look the same, I build it in one .html file so I don't have to upload to look at it. Then once I've got it looking how I want, I break it down into the WP theme files (comments.php, header.php, etc) and upload. Then if I have any tweaking to do I just do it through Wordpress. For things like plugins, I just copy the html they generate from my current site's source and use those since the plugins won't randomly start generating a new code with the new theme. Also, if you wanted to work with .php extensions, you could think about installing a PHP environment on your computer. Then you wouldn't have to upload. Theoretically you could install Wordpress as a local copy. I know a program that works REALLY well for that and includes MySQL support. Basically it turns a www folder on your computer into a virtual server that you can test things on. :D Thats why I always use just a .html file when I’m building the theme. Since relatively all my pages look the same, I build it in one .html file so I don’t have to upload to look at it. Then once I’ve got it looking how I want, I break it down into the WP theme files (comments.php, header.php, etc) and upload. Then if I have any tweaking to do I just do it through WordPress. For things like plugins, I just copy the html they generate from my current site’s source and use those since the plugins won’t randomly start generating a new code with the new theme.

Also, if you wanted to work with .php extensions, you could think about installing a PHP environment on your computer. Then you wouldn’t have to upload. Theoretically you could install WordPress as a local copy. I know a program that works REALLY well for that and includes MySQL support. Basically it turns a www folder on your computer into a virtual server that you can test things on.

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]]> By: Angel http://thequeenb.net/2010/02/26/cssbasics/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Angel Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:11:20 +0000 http://www.thequeenb.net/?p=862#comment-455 I guess part of my problem is if I can't see what the code is actually doing, then I start to lose my direction as to how I want the theme to turn out. Though I like your suggestion about using two files to code. Originally, I had attempted to code the CSS first and that didn't go well. Now if I can only find a way to view how my theme is being effected without constantly having to upload and refresh... I guess part of my problem is if I can’t see what the code is actually doing, then I start to lose my direction as to how I want the theme to turn out. Though I like your suggestion about using two files to code. Originally, I had attempted to code the CSS first and that didn’t go well. Now if I can only find a way to view how my theme is being effected without constantly having to upload and refresh…

]]> By: Whitters http://thequeenb.net/2010/02/26/cssbasics/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Whitters Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:07:36 +0000 http://www.thequeenb.net/?p=862#comment-454 When I start a template, I start with two completely blank files: index.html and style.css. From there I actually go back and forth with coding. I code the html elements in my index.html page and then go to style.css and code the corresponding CSS. I also try to keep my CSS extremely organized by grouping things / indenting / etc. That way Im not trying to code all the HTML or all the CSS at once and I don't end up getting overwhelmed. When I start a template, I start with two completely blank files: index.html and style.css. From there I actually go back and forth with coding. I code the html elements in my index.html page and then go to style.css and code the corresponding CSS. I also try to keep my CSS extremely organized by grouping things / indenting / etc. That way Im not trying to code all the HTML or all the CSS at once and I don’t end up getting overwhelmed.

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