web design

WP Magazine themes

May 11th, 2008 | By msouden | Category: Themes, web design

So I’m mucking about with magazine-style WP themes and, like all themes, have yet to discover one that does just what I want it to. So, keep an eye out for changes to this theme as I work on it. Perhaps I’ll add notes to exactly what I’ve done here in comments.



An image.

May 5th, 2008 | By msouden | Category: web design

This image made me want to design. I like the color and texture. Thinking I might (in all that spare time of mine) design a wordpress theme inspired by this CD sleeve. Two points and a cup of coffee to whoever recognizes the artist.



IE 8 MIGHT comply with standards

Mar 5th, 2008 | By msouden | Category: web design

Finally – “Microsoft backs down” as Wired puts it. My own opinion – I’ll believe it when I see it. My skeptical money is that what M$ will end up calling compliance will be something different from actual compliance as developers need to actually utilize cross-browser standardization. As I’ve gotten more freelance and development work [...]



Playing with calendars

Jan 26th, 2008 | By msouden | Category: Plugins, web design

So I’ve been looking at WP calendaring plugins and widgets. Spent an embarrassingly long time, sent some email that’s now embarrassing too, because the best way to go is a code snippet offered by google in the Gcal settings. Doh. So – the sidebar is one example (text is a little small and uninformative, and [...]



Color Palates Made Easy

Sep 5th, 2007 | By msouden | Category: web design

This from MacBreak weekly – a podcast I’m listening to right now, so I’ll have to find the links for it later. Evidently one easy way to get a color palate is to find a piece of artwork or image – or take picture of something with a nice sense of color you’d like for [...]