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    Looking for advice on where to start with wordpress.

    Some background. I usually build sites and courses using some mix of webpack or gulp, SCSS, handlebars, and a framework like foundation. So far it's worked fine I use the CLI start up a project and and changes appear with every save. It's straightforward and it works for what I need.

    We have a marketer on the team who uses DIVI to build sites (two divisions in the company. She loves it. She says she can build quickly, using existing templates provided through her subscription.

    We've been tasked with updating and uniting the divisions under one site. I have very little experience with WP and found DIVI to be bloated and forced multiple overrides to make changes.

    Any suggestions for a middle ground? Where I should begin to get the benefits of the WP interface and plugins, but still have control of the front-end and can work locally?

    If it can output static sites and if there's a visual builder that would allow me to save custom templates and doesn't create bloated html that would be even better.

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    • I should also add. I don't know php.voiceof
    • Learn basic PHP and create a child theme with the front end you want? Or code your own theme from scratch. It's really not that complicated if you already knowyuekit
    • front end dev.yuekit
    • Most of the PHP in a WP theme is very basic stuff, just outputting content or simple loops.yuekit
    • Should I start with a framework like genesis or _S?voiceof
    • I'd recommend _s to start, then step into Genesis. Those are my 2 go-tos. Genesis may take a while to get the hang of, and _s will teach you theming basics.nocomply
    • you might look at bedrock / sage for a wp framework and base theme that uses webpack / yarn for compiling https://roots.io/bed…spot13
    • All that framework nonsense will just get in the way of actually learning Wordpress , which is not that hard. Build your own theme from scratch at least once.monNom
    • Once you know the code structure, you may want to introduce some sort of abstraction for a specific need, but really, most everything is very simple in pure wormonNom
    • *wordpressmonNom
    • Agree with monNom, why learn framework, learn the core code basics,also you'll end up with less bloat in your final builddee-dubs
    • WP Advanced Custom Fields with Flexible Content Field will allow you the flexibility of Divi content and your control of layout markupBabySnakes
    • yeah start with adding 400$ plugin to that divi junk. forget acf for now.
      start learning CODEX from the ground up you will laugh at how easy these things are.      sted
    • Start with a "blank" wordpress theme so you can see where WordPress can help you; I've used https://wordpress.or….

      Start at the start.      ideaist
    • I think I've linked it before, but this tutorial series is really go to get you started: https://m.youtube.co…monNom
    • Really *good.monNom
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