Wordpress Design

This 6-step process of designing a WordPress site from top to bottom is quick and easy.

A few designer don't like WordPress. You say WordPress restricts your creative power. You say that it's not really as simple to use as some think, and that customers are very puzzled when they interact with it. It is said that it is hard to turn a contemporary design into a useful one. WorldPress is not perfectly suited as a web developing plattform, especially when working with customers.

Some WordPress build projects have different features and procedures that make them much better, easier and more efficient than others (something we should know, since our core activity here is to take any design and turn it into a WordPress site). However, the fun part is that it turns out it's not really that hard to put together a great WordPress page once you know and comprehend one of the workflows.

What I want to show you today is exactly one of those process-the way you can take to create a great top-down WordPress page in a way your customers will like. Stage one, take it! Even if you are something like "I don't know" about it, let me just say that brainstorming is the most frequent design practise of all.

I learnt that a few years ago when I was in charge of a web design agency: Customers are not interested in how nice their website is, they only worry about what results it has. Stage #2 is therefore always to ensure that you fully comprehend what the customer wants to accomplish with their website.

As soon as you know what you want to accomplish (which should be just a point and not 5-10 different things, by the way), you can further develop the whole website around them. Instead, I'd like to show you another kit - utilities that aren't so well known yet, but still perform great (!) and make every WordPress designer's job a lot simpler.

One of the leading providers of symbol typefaces on the market, IcoMoon also includes an application that lets you create your own customized typefaces. Principally, there are two ways to create a WordPress page: Either you can take a ready-made design and change it here and there (you can also change the PSD file - most designs are included), or you can rebuild the real thing from scratch.

When you use an legacy design or design framework, you get a variety of features out of the box. What you need is a design tool that is ready to use. This is not the case when you redesign your design from the ground up. Our trusted flagship shop - because we are the ones who run it - is ThemeIsle. As a new gambler on the scene, I'll give you that, but what's different here is that we don't offer you themed sites; we work with you to help you create a breathtaking website that will convert, with the subject being just part of the game.

Subjects there are generally secure and are analysed on the joint safety issues. Also known as _S underscores - this is an entry-level topic with little design, only a great texture. Our primary objective in this guidebook is to create a website quickly and in a way that customers really like it.

The plug-ins we need must bring us to this target. Again, I will store all the apparent plug-in you already know about, like WordPress Scripting, Contact Form 7 or Akismet. Instead, let's concentrate on the less visible but still critical ones for your customers. The User Administrator Simplifier - not all of your client computers are (or should be) interested in seeing the entire WP Administrator pane.

WorldPress Backup to Dropbox - keeps the website secure in case the virus crashed or another unhappy incident occurs. It does this for you or your customers, so they can remove another thing from their everyday to-do-lists. Enhanced custom fields - the plug-in allows you to further tailor the UI and give your customers some additional kinds of contents and other items they can use in their postings (though not a one-click wonder plug-in; it takes work).

These are just some of the plug-ins we have in our armory. When it is your own website that you are making, then this is quite an evident move. Conversely, if it is a website for a customer, you should still stand in and help create the first piece of code and perhaps even arrange an on-going business.

Leave the customer behind immediately after paying for the website is a frequent error by the designer. Even worse, if the customer breaks down with their website because they couldn't find out what and how to post, they won't come back for more of your work.

However, if the customer is successful, they will most likely begin working on other assignments. Even if you confuse the site, but keep in contact and do everything you can to repair it, give hints, suggestions and so on, then it is still likely that the customer will come back.