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Subdirectories hold the WordPress Themes. The subdirectory of Theme holds all the template files, theme style sheet and optional functions file. There are two types of themes of WordPress which can be downloaded “Default” and “Classic”. These two themes are different and they use different tags and functions to generate their web page looks and results. WordPress Themes have three main types of files. One of them is called style sheet and it controls the look and presentation of the web page and the other is the optional functions file. Template files are the third type of files and these files control the way in which the web page generates the information from the database and displays it as a webpage. The detailed information about these three files is given below.

Theme Style Sheet

These files provide information about the Theme in the form of comment. These files also provide information about the CSS style. If the two themes have the same details listed in their comment headers, then this thing will create problem in the theme selection dialog. So, when you are making your own theme by copying from the existing theme, then you should make sure that you have changed the information; otherwise it will create problems for you.

Theme Function File

Function file is used optionally by the theme and it resides I the theme subdirectory. Theme function file acts like a plug in and it is downloaded automatically during WordPress initialization if it is present in the theme that you are using. Here are some uses of this file.

ü To define the functions which are used in different template files of your theme

ü You can set up an administrative screen, and you can give options to the users for styles, colors and various other aspects of your theme.

Theme Template Files

Theme template files are the PHP source files which are used to generate the pages requested by the visitors. With the help of WordPress, you can have different files for various aspects of your web blog. However, it is not essential that all the files will work fully and properly.