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Here I sit tonight, wireframeing a design for a WordPress theme, I’d love, but don’t have the html/css knowledge to create.
I have bought probably over fiteen paid themes over the years and never been happy with themes from online marketplaces.
nothing in the marketplace translates to what I want in a theme in the real world.
Does anyone else feel this way, how did you overcome this, or reach peace with this line of thinking?
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>I’d love, but don’t have the html/css knowledge to create.
>how did you overcome this,
i think you answered your own question.
15 years is a long time to learn html, php, css 😉
Fun a side, yes the premade designs aren’t always what you are looking for. It can’t be.
You need to stop wasting time, and learn html, php and css. That is the only way you get what you want. Or hire a developer who is capable of creating your vision.
no, because you can just use blocks and make anything you want….
buying themes on Envato or whatever is so 2010’s
… in 15 years you didn’t learn anything about the product you use beyond point and click?
You don’t make your own? It’s easier than ever with the likes of Bricks and Elementor.
I can, so far at least, make anything I want with Kadence and a bit of CSS.
Use ChatGPT. Upload your theme zip and ask it how to change it to what you want
generatepress
What have you been doing those 15 years?
Use an FSE, like oxygen builder.
Builders are the way to go, not really singular themes. But the closest I’ve gotten to the “perfect” theme has been Blocksy.
You’ve never tried one of the builders out there? Elementor, Divi, Bricks, etc? WordPress even has Gutenberg / full site editing now. There’s so many ways to go about designing other than hacking away at a wonky paid theme.
You could even get by with something like the free version of blocksy, some html and css.
You would be surprised what you can do. I’m a graphic/ui designer and I was shocked with how close I was able to get my site to what I designed in figma.
Use GeneratePress and GenerateBlocks to create the theme you want. No coding needed.