3 types of files in Themes

Themes consists of follwing 3 types of files :

1) Style Sheet  files

These files controls the lokk of the site

- style.css

2) Template files

These files control the way the web page generates the information from the Database to be displayed as a web page

- index.php, header.php, sidebar.php, footer.php etc.,

3) Functions file

- optional functions can be written in function.php file

Minimum files a Theme can have are :

1) style.css

2) index.php