Designing your own wordpress template

No matter which blogging software you decide to use you will probably get bored with the default template(s) quickly. While there are plenty of template resources available many people prefer to develop their own template from scratch or use an existing template as a base. If you are interested in templates in Wordpress then a few useful links might help:

• Rachel Cunliffe's blog provides many useful tips on blog design
• The wordpress documentation will help you understand which tags you can use

And if you are looking for inspiration you could do worse than spending some time browsing some of the existing templates and themes that are available. Bear in mind that some templates/ themes will only work with Wordpress 1.5, while others will only work with Wordpress 2