Any good resources for creating a WordPress layout?

Submitted by KellyR on Fri, 2008-08-08 19:55.

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I'm trying to expand my limited web programming knowledge and tinker around with WordPress layouts, etc. From the looks of it, it utilizes a lot of style sheets.

I've been searching the web for info on it, and I've found quite a few sites that discuss it, but I'm particularly interested in seeing how people start it from scratch - basically from thumbnails to photoshop to slicing it up then programming it and pushing it live.

Any good resources out there that you would recommend?

(And if you're wondering "Why WordPress??", I say "Just because").

Thanks! :)

Start with an established template

Submitted by spigot on Sun, 2008-08-10 02:14.

Here's how I go about doing it:

1. I design all my sites with Illustrator. Lots of people use Fireworks but I've never been able to get used to the interface. Once the design is set I bring each graphic item over into Photoshop, size it and optimize it (most designers I know don't 'slice' using the slice tool anymore).

2. Using html and css I build out the template using a text editor (TextMate). I build each page template as a static html page.

3. Once the all the site templates are built, I find an established WP template that has about the same functionality I'd like for my site, and slowly start to pick it apart, replacing my html and css for whats there. I'd start with the default template as its very stable and also fairly simple.
Once you understand the template system its pretty easy.

As for resources, I'd recommend the WP site itself. Its loaded with good info.

~ spigotdesign.com