Brief: We’re theming!
Thanks Michael!
Over the next two weeks we will start making our themes. Starting from design, through HTML/CSS and further through Wordpress. You’re going to have two main deadlines over the next two weeks:
By Tuesday, March 3th:
- Upload the Photoshop designed mainpage of your blog. Based on the way you defined it for today (purpose, inspiration and so on)
Rather than using only html/css elements, try to think how background images can help you spice up your design, check CSS Zen Garden (and others) for inspiration. Use Firebugs to check how things are done behind the scenes. - Comment on at least 3 posts by other students (if you post early you get more feedback, so start working this weekend)
- Try installing themes on your blog and look through their structure
- Install the Sandbox-BP theme into your wp-content/themes folder, turn it on, play around with it.
By Friday, March 7th:
- Upload the revised design for your blog based on the feedback you got from your classmates.
- Start writing your extend.css file to add to the default styling
By Tuesday, March 11th:
- Post a link to your blog with your own design starting to be implemented and with questions and tips about building a theme
- Use our discussion list to flag issues and questions to the rest of us (by all means don’t wait for the last moment)
- Comment on other’s posts and questions
For our next class Friday, March 14th:
- Try to have your main blog page as close to completion as possible.
Enjoy!
thanks again Michael!
see you in two weeks,
Mushon
