We downloaded the free trial version of Artisteer, a Wordpress theme generator that also can export Joomla and HTML website themes. We then dished out $49 to test the full version with all the features enabled. It had a promising feature list and made some heady claims as to what was possible with this $49 [...]
Wordpress Theme Design – A complete guide to creating professional Wordpress themes – By Tessa Blakeley Silver
Wordpress is my favorite application. I love it. I use it both as a blogging platform, and as a CMS for sites. I love the ease in which I can create professional sites, and the options of I have [...]
Pingable has a new custom theme by Nathan Rice. I think Nathan has done a fantastic job.
I had used silhouette by Brian Gardner for this blog since I started it 6 months ago. With the new theme I wanted something that had a similar feel, but that was unique, and I think that Nathan [...]
There are some fantastic Blogspot blogs out there. But all too often I see fantastic content laid out in a cookie cutter style theme that I have seen 100’s of times before. I decided to make it my mission to find some well designed and unique blogspot blogs to showcase. Below are 12 Blogspot blogs [...]
Learning how to design using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be a little tricky for the beginner if you don’t figure out a few of the basics. One of the basic concepts in CSS is the box model.
CSS is the code that is used to define design in most modern web pages. Wordpress Blogs [...]
I want to discuss some of the key principles of design. When I teach design to school kids I use the acronym CRAP for them to remember, which stand for: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. These terms come from the book The Non Designers Design Book. If you evaluate a design using these terms, you [...]
The last few weeks have seen some very high profile bloggers do some major redesigns on their blog themes. First we saw Darren from Pro Blogger completely revamping his blog. And today John Chow has finally ditched the “Misty Look” theme for a classy new professional theme.
What can beginning bloggers take from some of the design [...]
A harsh reality for anyone starting out at the online game is that in most cases the money will come in, in cents rather than the big bucks you are dreaming about. Regardless of the idea, or model you are getting into, unless you have a preexisting audience, you are probably going to have to do [...]
