Tumblr theme into a WP theme

  • Hello!

    I wanted to change the theme for my website, I’m really a newbie when it comes to html and php, even if I tried lots of times to customize a bit my themes.
    For my site I wanted a Tumblr theme, and I know they are completely different from WordPress’, concerning the codes.
    I looked in the forums (not just here on wp.org, all over the internet) how to convert a Tumblr theme into a WP one, but they just say that it’s like converting a simple html theme into a php. I tried to follow more than one guide on how to do so, but I never got any results with Tumblr themes, they seems to have some parts that are missing in the guides I follow, and viceversa, all the Tumblr themes I like seem to miss the header part, so that I don’t know how to structure my WP theme.

    This is the theme I’d like to put on my blog, this is its preview, and this is my site.

    If someone could help me or give me an hint on how to do so I would be very grateful. None of the so-called “tumblr style wordpress themes” I found online are nearly similar to the Tumblr themes I wanted.

    Thank you!

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  • Yes, try as many themes as you can, with WordPress it’s easy to have multiple themes installed at the same time and switch between them.

    A virtual subtemplate or template is something that is somewhat unique to Montezuma (although there may be other themes that use the same concept). Basically, Montezuma uses virtual PHP and CSS “files” when it builds the site. These virtual files are stored in a database table. So instead of editing the theme’s physical index.php file, which displays the blog page, you would edit the virtual “index.php” file. One of the advantages to that approach is you don’t have to worry about your changes getting overwritten when an updated version of the theme is released, or worry about creating child themes to avoid your updates getting overwritten by an updated version. More information about main templates and subtemplates can be found once you install the theme and go to Appearances > Montezuma Options > Templates and Sub Templates from the WordPress dashboard.

    Ooo, Pronto looks like a very nice gallery theme. And it seems to fit with the design you’re looking for.

    Thread Starter laragazzaconlavaligia

    (@laragazzaconlavaligia)

    Got it, so it’s basically a child theme already provided by the theme itself, which is definitely easier and quicker.
    I downloaded it, so I can try to mess things around ??

    Yes, my blog has mostly pictures, I was looking for something to show them ??

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