# Theme Creator Web Dev Help

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-web-dev-help/96500>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** theme-creator\
**Created:** [September 6, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-web-dev-help/96500 "2018-09-06T13:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-web-dev-help/96500/4 "2018-09-06T17:06:35Z")

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> [@rhrmn](#):
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> For a beginner, would HTML or CSS be the easiest way to go?

The themes mostly consist of CSS, but since CSS styles are applied to HTML… you really need to know the basics of HTML too. It’s not really a one or the other thing.

> [@rhrmn](#):
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> Without access behind the curtain to the Age of Empires Discourse server, is there a way to export or copy the “Age of Empires” forum theme at the URL provided in my original post so it could more easily be tweaked?

You’d have to ask an admin at Age of Empires about that, they can easily export their existing theme from admin/customize (you can then import it to [https://theme-creator.discourse.org](https://theme-creator.discourse.org) or your own Discourse site for testing/development).

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