Normally I don’t give much thought to WordPress themes, I pick one for the purpose, install it and use it.
Recently though I got involved with themes in a little more detail as I commissioned a customised theme that will shortly turn up for the WordPress Blogs we build.
I had to get the hang of what went where so that I could get changes made and to add some functionality that will be quite cool.
Anyway, this made me think a little.
What goes into a theme?
How does a theme work?
How does one make a theme?

These questions led me to a post by Richard D. LeCour at Richards Ramblings where he shows how to make a WordPress theme in just minutes. If you want to understand what makes your blog tick,or even to make your own basic theme then this post is well worth reading and bookmarking. He provides the code and an explanation. For building basic niche blogs this might form a worthwhile base from which to work.

Andrew.