From Genesis to Underscore…?

  • Im using Genesis for my site, as Im still in development part I have two queations:

    1) I made my header, footer and other _.php files, but because I dont know php to much I built it with html (everything works fine). I would only like to know if is it good prattice (use only html in _.php) or is it wrong?

    2) To learn Genesis took me a lot of time, it is bit complicated for me in some ways, so I decided to switch to Underscore, I have question: As is Underscore starter theme does it include everything I will need if I know css and html? Or those skills are not enough? Im asking such question, because I have tried Underscore, but I dont want to start work on it with vision of future problems, that there is not an function etc.
    Thanks you

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  • From working with Underscores briefly, I thought it was very comprehensive. It gives you everything you need. But if you want to get a better sense of how the WordPress templates work together to make a theme, I suggest building a basic theme from scratch just as an exercise, and then you may have an easier time seeing what the code in Underscores is doing.

    underscore is definitely a lot better for learning purposes. genesis has everything you may or may not need.

    Try both, see which one you’re happy with.

    Regarding the good practise – I wouldn’t say its bad but it sort of defeats the purpose of WordPress. Like you would want to use WordPress to modify all the content. And structure/style with html/css

    Thread Starter gore.m

    (@gorem)

    Thanks you. Yesterday, I played whole day with Underscore.
    Seems that Genesis is about “functions”, instead Underscore is about “direct editing templates”, is that right?
    It is funny, that I done whole site “system” in one day, instead of few months with Genesis.
    What about security? Is there an difference?
    Thanks you

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