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Posted by Beth Rich
Beth Rich
5,380 Points

Creating a Portfolio with Wordpress...Questions about getting started

Hi there,

I am working through some of the Wordpress courses to learn how to create a portfolio using Wordpress. I have an idea of what I want it to look like, but am not sure the best/most efficient/most stable way to get there. Here's a sketch of what I want the home page to look like. (see link) I don't see any free themes that look like this. Should I create a theme? Or is there a way to just code the page (using a child theme, maybe?)? Is it better to create the red blocks as an image and then set that as the background and just add text and buttons on top? Sorry for all the questions. If anyone could answer them, or point me in the direction of the section of the course or other tutorials that best address these issues, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3FqLYLj02vRT1RnbGRzTDNsMXM/view?usp=sharing

1 Answer

Simon Duchaine
Simon Duchaine
14,441 Points
Simon Duchaine
Simon Duchaine
14,441 Points

Hi Beth!

In your own question, you got some answer points.

First of all, I would suggest to not using a theme. From my point of vue, themes are nice when you don't know how to code but as you mention that you take course on wordpress, i would suggest that you keep going and learn who to code wordpress themes. It is not really hard and its really fun.

Moreover, i looked at your sketch and it's pretty specific... so this is one more reason for you to code your own theme.

But, you could also take an existing theme and create a child theme instead of coding from scratch. But sometimes, it's better to code from scratch if your idea is to complex ... it's sometimes harder to try to adapt the core of a theme than creating it.

Beth Rich
Beth Rich
5,380 Points

Thanks Simon!