Rhys suggested I write some design tutorials - so thats just what I’m going to do. I’m going to teach you how to design your blog, graphics, CSS, HTML and all! This is effectively a rewrite of my previous tutorial on how to customise WordPress, only in much greater detail.

You can view the final theme here.

I’m going to assume you have basic skills when it comes to web design or at least some concept of design! No tiny fonts and clashing colours here please! You’ll also need to have wordpress installed. Please also keep this page open, its the most useful thing when making themes!

Some other useful pages are Using Themes, Theme Development and Templates.


ahh, the wordpress plugins post, another way of saying ‘I dont know what to blog about’ or in my case, ‘I have something to blog its just not ready yet’ …


I’ll start this off with a bit of an explanation of what RSS is. It stands for Really Simple Syndication and its the best thing since sliced bread. If your …