How to build our theme:

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You can download a copy of the theme used on this site here.

Our theme uses the following files:

• author.php
• footer.php
• functions.php
• header.php
• index.php
• page.php
• sidebar.php
• single.php
• style.css

It also includes a couple of special templates: portfolio.php and list.php.

Theme File Descriptions

Author Template: author.php

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Footer file: footer.php

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The Functions file: functions.php

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Header Template: header.php

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Main Index: index.php

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Page template: page.php

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Sidebar Template: sidebar.php

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Single Post template: single.php

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Stylesheet: style.css

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