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12:59 PM EDT 10/12/09
What's your favorite book or website for learning to build (or modify) Wordpress themes?
RE: Wordpress themes
10:49 PM EST 1/17/10 as a reply to Sharon Foster.
Sharon Foster:
What's your favorite book or website for learning to build (or modify) Wordpress themes?


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RE: Wordpress themes
Tags: artisteer content management systems templates
5:20 PM EST 1/20/10 as a reply to Sharon Foster.
Artisteer.com is probably the best WordPress and CMS template builder out there at the moment. It's inexpensive and if you have any Web design skills it's far less expensive to purchase either the Home & Academic Edition ($49.95 US) or the Standard Edition ($129.95) than to hire a template designer. The Home & Academic Edition will only export to XHTML+CSS, WordPress or Blogger, while the Standard Edition will export those three as well as Joomla 1.5, Drupal 5 & 6, DotNetNuke 4.9+ Skin, ASP.NET Application and CodeCharge Studio. You can download an unlimited trial edition that outputs watermarked templates. I've tested the product and it appears to work as advertised.
RE: Wordpress themes
1:10 PM EST 2/26/10 as a reply to Sharon Foster.
The best site is http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com. Since it is targeted at libraries and our needs, it is a good starting point.

The problems with most guides:
They are written by people who understand construction, but don’t understand design.
They don’t understand what we are trying to sell.
They don’t appreciate “my” time restraints.

Construction vs Design: One of the first rules in finding a template is finding one that is brandable. Does your library have a logo? Is there a place for that logo on the template? If no, then you will probably need a different template. What about the color scheme? Will any color or colors do? One of the most important things to learn early: how to edit colors on a template. These are visual design issues – some web-types are totally obvious to design concerns.

Your market: It maybe impossible to create a guide that will fill the needs of all professions, fields, and lines of work. A good guide will be targeted to your marketing concerns.

Time restraints: Most guides assume you have time to learn and don’t understand you have a full-time librarian job.