Chapter 1. Introducing WordPress

—Jeffrey Way

So, you’ve been messing about with websites for a little while now, and you’ve decided to take the plunge and learn how to design themes for WordPress. Perhaps you’re a blogger yourself, and you want to take the next step by redesigning your site, or perhaps you’ve heard that there’s a strong market for ready-made WordPress themes and you want to get in on the ground floor, so to speak. You’re probably itching to start building your first WordPress theme, but before we jump in, it’s a good idea to think about why we’re here, and how we arrived. This chapter will give you a bit of background on WordPress in general and WordPress themes in particular.