Comments on: How I customized my Blog #5: Conclusion

By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:03:24 +0000

@Rob → Yeah, I changed this months ago, and the effect is very pleasing to the eye I reckon. I’m surprised more web designers don’t do this kind of thing.

I learned the technique from the book “CSS Mastery” by Simon Collison, Cameron Moll and Andy Budd. Well worth a purchase.

I think I’ll write any future article-series first before I publish them…just to make sure I’ll check out your link, thanks…

By: Rob Cubbon

Rob Cubbon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:04:36 +0000

Wow, Andrew, a gradient GIF as a background image for underlining links! I have never seen that before. It is totally cool and appeals to my inner geek. Kudos! .-= Rob Cubbon´s last blog ..Cloud commuting and graphic designers =-.

By: Rob Cubbon

Rob Cubbon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:02:39 +0000

I enjoyed the series too. But I also understand trying to bite off more than you can chew for blog posts. I tried a similar thing with my How to market yourself series http://robcubbon.com/how-to-market-yourself-1-introduction – it turned out to be much more work than I’d thought.

Also I still want to write a post about amending and creating WP themes but it such a huge topic it’s difficult to know where to start. And further to David’s excellent link above here’s one I found very useful in understanding WordPress themes:

http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/
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By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:35:51 +0000

@David → I was referring to whether or not you were going to modify the DA template you had designed, or use create another design. I’ll look forward to seeing your new logo…

By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:00:21 +0000

@Robert → I hope to be able to do it when work slackens off near Christmas. I have a few ideas in mind, with the end result probably being the polar-opposite of this current design, except for the colour scheme. Thanks for stopping by; I hope your own design works out well, too.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:33:57 +0000

Nice little series you had here – just finished reading them all. Aye, wordpress does seem to be limited somewhat in the editing of basic templates – I reckon I might have a go at what you are doing – that is create one from the ground up.

Cheers for this interesting blog though and good luck with yours.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:23:47 +0000

No worries, Andrew.

I’m not entirely sure what you’re referring to with the existing design, but I plan on creating a custom theme for Logo Design Love, rather than continue with the adaptation of Derek’s excellent Grid Focus design.

I’m happy with the look I created for davidairey.com, but I do plan on changing the logo at some point in the near future.
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By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:19:39 +0000

Cheers David, I’ll definitely give the tutorial a try. If all else fails, or I don’t have time to code, I’ll use a PSD-to-Code style service…as a last resort.

As a modified template suited me for a year while I got started, I’ve got some ideas to take the design to the next level, and try create something totally unseen before. Are you intending to create a totally custom design or modify the existing one?

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:56:12 +0000

For a complete WordPress theme-build tutorial I recommend Themeshaper…

http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/

I intend to use Ian’s advice towards the end of the year.
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