43nine http://43nine.com Web Design Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Getting started in designing WordPress Themes http://43nine.com/2011/getting-started-in-designing-wordpress-themes/ http://43nine.com/2011/getting-started-in-designing-wordpress-themes/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:25:39 +0000 http://43nine.com/?p=182 Creating a theme for a CMS can be quite a daunting task. Forget reading through all of the documentation and trying to piece together something that isn’t semantic, just to have to fix it later. A starting point is something that many people need, and we’ve got the perfect one.

ToolBox from Automattic 

A semantic, HTML5, canvas for CSS artists and an ultra-minimal set of super-clean templates for your own WordPress theme development.

 

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Personally, I agree that a well thought out design is critical to success. On a very rudimentary level, if you place a call to action in some obscure place , it’s not going to work well. If it’s above the centerfold, centrically placed where the user is bound to see it while following a natural flow of vision, it’s going to work much nicer. This can be exemplified all the way down to the microcopy, colors, and other pixel perfect details. If a design invokes happiness, I’m willing to bet conversions would be significantly better.

Here’s the original article: http://www.netmagazine.com/news/does-design-make-startups-successful-111666

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I plan on using this journal as a means of sharing industry news and keeping up on the latest developments. I’ll share everything from very technical pieces to simple tips and tricks for utilizing WordPress and other CMS’. Enjoy.

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