Ok Ok I know this is a photography site but this post wont be about photography, at least not directly. Instead this post is about wordpress, the engine behind this blog (and the main site as well). I also help my wife with her business over at Ziganny Design and recently she has been designing a website in wordpress for a client.
To create this website we have been learning about designing wordpress themes. There is a wealth of information available on the subject. My wife and I first watched a video on the subject called “How-Theme-WordPress-Blank-Beautiful“. This video was a great introduction to web design in wordpress and how to use css to layout a web page or theme.
I am currently reading two books to help me better understand how to design websites. The first one is is “The definitive guide to CSS” by Eric Meyer. The other book is “Transcending CSS – the fine art of web design” by Andy Clarke
I have installed Xampp as our testing server, which has been great for rapid development and testing.
I have found an excellent resource for loading dummy data into your testbed word press installation so that you can stress test your word press theme. You can find this resource at wordpress-dummy-data-test-that-theme.
Typography is one of those arts that I appreciate but struggle with re-creating in my designs. Well, now I have found a great website that helps people like me. www.typechart.com is a website that provides a wide range of text styles for you to browse through. Once you find the style you like, click on the css button and copy and paste the code to the approriate section and you’re done.
With all these new skills I have decided to update the theme for the main site. Watch out for the new theme which is currently under development for www.zigannyphotography.com coming soon