Ever wanted to build your own custom theme?
If you’re a designer, that probably goes without saying. If you’re a site owner, you may have been happy with other people’s themes for quite a while. But eventually, lots of WordPressers get the itch.
You should know, though, that very few people start from scratch.
In fact, it’s a best practice to start with a framework. Or a starter theme.
And a lot of the best of the best … start with underscores.
So let’s take a look at that process, from the first things you choose and download, to using SASS and building templates.
Of course, underscores has a bunch of default templates you can use. And in case you’d like your content to show up on your site, we’ll talk about the WordPress template hierarchy — and make sure yours follow the rules.