TwentyTwelve child theme style.css?ver=3.8.1

well that depends on what you want to do, but if it is easier for you to edit that template it will be better that you can control all the output of it.. fx like this function add_require_scripts_files() { wp_enqueue_style(‘layout’, get_template_directory_uri().’/style.css’, array(), ‘1.0.0’, “all”); } add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘add_require_scripts_files’ ); and this what the function expects … Read more

I can’t change the body background-color through style.css

It sounds like you just need to remove support for the custom background color. remove_theme_support( ‘custom-background’ ); You will probably need to hook it to get it to run after the parent functions.php function disable_bg_wpse_97248() { remove_theme_support( ‘custom-background’ ); } add_action(‘after_setup_theme’,’disable_bg_wpse_97248′,100)

Can I use wordpress themes without wordpress?

/wp-content/themes/twenty-twelve/style.css will have a lot of the visual elements of the theme in it to get inspiration, however you must realise that each of the elements coded into the css is designed to go with each one of the div or other elements designed in wordpress… Back coding it will almost be harder than writing … Read more

two columns of posts on homepage, one of them “favorites”

I think you are hearing “crickets” because there are several component to this. You need to: Create a meta_box Save data from that meta box And build a Loop on the front For #1 and #2: function add_featured_meta_box() { add_meta_box(“featureddiv”, “Featured Post”, “featured_post_meta_box”, ‘post’, “side”, “low”); } add_action(“do_meta_boxes”, “add_featured_meta_box”); function featured_post_meta_box(){ global $post; $custom = … Read more