How do I create this lay-out?

  • Hi all,

    I’m trying to create a new WP Theme for my website, because the layout is now still in HTML and the WP content is loaded in an iFrame. It works, but it’s a hasle to create external linking to the correct content etc.

    I’ve been looking all over the internet on how to create your own layout for w WP theme, but so far I’ve found nothing I could use… ??
    All tutorials and templates have a header and footer with 100% width and I don’t want that.

    What I need is this:
    Fixed layout in 3 columns (Sidebar #1, Header with Menu, Sidebar #2).
    Both sidebars should be the same height as the middle column.
    Middle column has to have 3 rows (Header with Menu, Content, Footer).

    All “cells” (sorry, lacking a better word here, but I hope this will let you know what I mean) are static and the content “cell” should be a scrollable div.

    First of all I’m wondering if it is even possible to create a theme with the sidebars starting at the top, so on both sides of the header. So far I’ve found no template for this…

    PLEASE help and advice…

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  • Thread Starter Stonehenge Creations

    (@duisterdenhaag)

    To give you a better idea of what I mean, please visit my current (HTML) layout on https://www.duisterdenhaag.com

    Thread Starter Stonehenge Creations

    (@duisterdenhaag)

    I’ve created a graphical overview of what I need.

    https://www.duisterdenhaag.com/new_layout.png.

    PLEASE HELP.

    If you know html and css, pretty much any of the templates can be modified to do what you want.

    You’re probably used to using tables and not div’s?

    Is there a special reason you need it in wordpress (as everything is static)

    Thread Starter Stonehenge Creations

    (@duisterdenhaag)

    Thank you, Janet.

    Yes, I need it to be a full WP theme, because linking to specific pages/posts from outside the website itself (like Facebook or Twitter) is now almost impossible. I need to created a new HTML-based table layout with linking to the specific content page if I ever want to link to it… So, that’s a lot of hassle.

    Also I created the current layout a while back. Then we found we needed an online reservation tool for our tours. There were almost none available, but two which are both WP based (Event Espresso and Events Manager Pro). Because of its flexibility and relatively open source we chose EM Pro. That’s when we had to start WP as well.

    Now after a while, we also translated our website into English (default was and still is Dutch). So that’s when I decided to move all the content pages into WP and use WPML as well. Now that all works fine, but the linking from outside the website is something we would like to control better and easier.

    I do know html and css, but not too much php. And yes, I’m more familiar with tables indeed.

    So what I guess I need, is someone to help me build (or modify an existing theme) into my layout. Then I can take it from there for what is actually displayed (graphics, etc.)

    For that you’ll want to try posting your requirements here: https://jobs.wordpress.net/

    You can probably do a search for a wordpress developer as well on google.

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