Creating a new theme for WP 1.3

  • Ok it must just be me because I can’t find any other threads about this subject on what I’m doing wrong. I’ve searched here, in wiki and even the theme dev page and still can’t find the info I need.
    I’m trying to create a personal theme for my site and according to the theme dev page I need the following files in my theme dir:
    style.css
    index.php
    comments.php
    comments-popup.php
    Yet when I put them in a dir under the themes dir under wp-content and login my admin panel it shows up as an incomplete theme with an error that the template file is missing.
    Could anyone that’s already made a theme for 1.3 tell me what I’m doing wrong?
    Thanks,
    -Michael

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  • I may be wrong but I think you need to make sure you have a reference to your template folder/name written in your css. If your template is in folder Theme1 for example, then you would write
    /*
    Template: Theme1
    Theme Name: Theme1
    */

    Thread Starter WoodiE

    (@woodie)

    Well I’ve looked at another theme (Arzul Blue) and he has the following in this CSS file:
    /*
    Theme Name: Arzel Blue
    Version: 1.0
    Theme URI: https://www.yusop.net
    Author: Arzel Yusop
    Author URI: https://www.yusop.net
    Description: A two columns blue theme for WordPress 1.3 with plain white background and top navigation buttons.
    /*
    As you can see that doesn’t point to my themes dir. I’m 99.9% sure I’ve tried creating a theme and in the CSS putting my url (example: https://www.MYDOMAIN.com) since WP is in my root dir.
    -Michael

    Thread Starter WoodiE

    (@woodie)

    shadow,
    Thanks for the input, I think that’s the problem!
    -Michael

    Thread Starter WoodiE

    (@woodie)

    Nothing at the moment as I gave up and deleted everything to start from the beginning. I’m gonna set it up again now, then I’ll let you know.
    -Michael

    Start with just the style.css file with what I posted above.

    Thread Starter WoodiE

    (@woodie)

    That was the problem, I had put the files in a dir called Theme1 but in the css file called the theme My Theme which messed it all up, using the info you and Shadow provided it actually works now!
    Thanks a bunch guys!
    -Michael

    Thread Starter WoodiE

    (@woodie)

    Thanks again Beel.
    Trendsurfer is that the default index for 1.2 or 1.3?
    -Michael

    For 1.3…..I used that file as a starting point. I don’t know if I’ll ever be done though. ??

    As a starting point I set up a WordPress default theme. I combined the wp-header.php, wp-footer.php, and wp-sidebar.php into that index.php file, being careful to take out all the calls for those files. Then I copied it into wp-content/themes/unaltered/ directory along with the wp-comments.php, wp-comments-popup.php, and wp-layout.css files. Then changed each of those files to their proper theme names–comments.php, comments-popup.php, style.css. Added the proper header info to the styles.css file….and then it was good to go.

    I’m sort of a kook….in that I need to have it all in one file so I can grasp what’s going on. If I do separate parts out, I’ll still maintain the main layout within the index file. Consider me a top-down Neanderthal stuck in an OO world. ??

    I guess:
    “This goes in the header so I’ll edit header.php”
    “This goes in the sidebar so I’ll edit sidebar.php”
    “This goes in the footer so I’ll edit footer.php”
    is too difficult for you? Then might I proffer that there is another adjective more appropriate than “kook” as a self-descriptive term ??

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