can I customizing an existing template using HTML

  • Hi all,

    I sort of asks this question yesterday but, I believe I didn’t word my question right. What I want to know is can I customize an existing template using HTML. I notice WordPress is writing in PHP. I don’t know or understand PHP so is it possible to customize a template in HTML using WordPress…….Thanks in advance!

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  • Hey Jonney,

    First off, you have to understand that HTML is just the content of your website. To customize a theme (the styling), you would have to use CSS via a child-theme.

    You can customize the HTML content any way you like through pages and posts editor, but would need to use CSS to change the look and feel.

    Hope this helps!
    -Trey

    I’m sorry, but it is also important to mention that you can make some changes to your theme with some HTML. First I would suggest learning the infrastructure of a WordPress theme, then after creating a child theme, you can alter the Header.php, Footer.php, etc. with the child theme.

    This is common if you want to change the positioning of certain items, not to add html content (not a good practice since you can’t dynamically alter the content afterwards, which defeats the whole purpose of a CMS). In your php files, you will see that they also contain simple HTML. Again, I would only go that route once you learn more about about theming, wp class names, etc.

    -Trey

    Thread Starter JONNEYHALL

    (@jonneyhall)

    Thanks Trey! this information is very helpful!

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