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My first WP theme

Here I go with my first WP theme - the several times revised, re-colored, re-whatever one actually, but with this one  I wrote more and get more understanding about writing WP theme.  I learn from a document originally comes from http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/08/13/part-3-how-to-code-a-wordpress-theme/.  I should thank the author for this great tutorial.

I have a very little understanding about coding, HTML, CSS and PHP stuff - and I'm very happy to write this several first streams of WP themes.  It is very basic and maybe too plain, primitive and plebeian.  But honestly speaking, I'm enjoying the coding work, especially the CSS stuff

Yes, CODE IS POETRY.

I use Ubuntu's Gnome standard text editor Gedit for writing.  The color guide is quite helpful and available for several other document types.

gedit text editor

I use a very helpful Firefox plugin, Web Developer Plugin which I can evaluate CSS with ease.

Web Developer Toolkit Mozilla Add On

I use Inkscape for sketching a mockup and then use Inkscape's export to PNG feature to create slices / image components.  I also use GIMP for re-coloring and other imaging works.

For defining hex colors I use an application, KColor Chooser which I can pick any color I like from my desktop or from it's own pallet and have a HTML hex code for it to copy and paste to CSS file.

KColorChooser apps

It is more practical from using color picker from GIMP or Inkscape since I can pick a color from anywhere on my desktop like from a browser, etc not only from drawing area of Inkscape or GIMP.

For staging, I use LAMPP package and install a wordpress on it.

Oh yes, I'm too lazy to create my own swirls - the vector swirls was obtained from freebies area of SmashingMagazine.com

Well, it is a very exiting new world for me - I wish I know this stuff earlier several years ago, but It is better late than never