Customize any WordPress Theme (Part 2) Editing style.css, header.php, and footer.php

(Part 2 of 3) Learn how to customize any WordPress theme by understanding the files that control the themes appearance and structure starting with 3 of the most important files to understand: style.css, header.php, footer.php – Learning how these 3 files construct your WordPress site is the beginning of learning how to customize the appearance and structure of any WP theme into any website you can design.
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More videos like this at http://labzip.com – In this video, I’m going to work without a net! Watch as I convert an out of the box new WordPress site into a gorgeous Responsive layout and design right before your eyes!
Best of all, I only use an FTP client, a text editor, and Firebug. Whooop!
This is in real time, and will have a few parts, so get comfy!
Cheers,
spence
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Thank you for this tutorial. Very helpful!
This is an excellent resource to begin to understand the wordpress frame
work. That being said, if you follow these instructions exactly it will
work. BUT at the moment there is a new wordpress version and you update to
a new version YOUR DESIGN WILL BE
OVERRIDDEN!. To ensure your hard work is NOT erased on the next update you
need to DO ALL OF THESE CHANGES IN A CHILD THEME. There tuytorials on that
here in youtube.
A great tutorial and a great series!
What an excellent tutorial … thank you so much
I have followed every step on this video for more than 3 hours. I just
can’t make it work and I’m almost in tears with frustration. All I get is a
tiny box in the top left corner with a broken link error. Nothing fixes it.
Does Twenty-Thirteen theme not work with these steps or something??
Please help. I really want to learn this.
Good job on the video in explaining how to customize! Thanks a lot!
Very helpful and just what I needed. Do you have any advice on an
alternate to DreamWeaver?
All in this series are simply the best there are. Step by step. Slow, clear
dialog and instructions. By the book instructions, What we will do – How to
do it – What we did. Outstanding in every respect.
Hello Mike, the video tutorial was excellent, and I learned a lot. Many
thanks!
That’s a great job Lucky:) I appreciate your work…its clear my doubts of
working in WordPress themes and website designing and developing…Thank
you again. please keep uploading your good work to share with us:)
What a great tutorial. This is exactly what I was looking for as a WP
beginner.
Really helpful video. Excellent easy to follow style at just the right
pace. Big thanks.
Just one word “Fantastic”
Thanks Lucky, it is very helpful….
Thanks for the great videos Spence. You really know your stuff and your
enthusiasm is infectious. I’m looking forward to watching more of them
Pedro
At 1wd.tv it appears the only way to get the LabZip child theme is to spend
at least $99, although it’s “Normally sold for $37 on its own”. I woudn’t
mind paying the $37 but I don’t see any way to do so.
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a very hands-on tutorial. I enjoy it.
At video, cant wait to start building my first responsive site!
Thanks for demystifying CSS editing for a beginner:)
Nice video! I have to agree firebug is a fantastic tool.
Where can you download the child theme?
where can i get responsive-labzip child theme?
Hello Spencer! For some reason my wordpress is ignoring the header changes
that you showed. I tried to repeat and see if there’s a change, but I can
only see it working on my firebug, rather than on my actual site. Can you
shed some light and explain what it is that i should do differently?
not sure which one you mean? check our video library here, or at labzip dot
com/videos
Talking’s all I got bro’ … if you want silent movies, try Charlie Chaplin
😉
how do I make the custom css file? I assume it has to be a php file? im
using windows by the way
Hi Jeremy, bundle is at labzip.com / pricing or you can get the theme when
you join our freelance webdesigner bootcamp at 1wd.tv
Thank’s for the tutorial, where is the second video ?
You and my ex-wife seem to have the same feelings… lol