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By: Themery : Blogged - Introduction - WP FUN

Themery : Blogged - Introduction - WP FUN — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:18:17 +0000

[...] 1. What overall feel do I want for my theme?. [...]

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:33:29 +0000

Thanks Jack, I’m glad you liked it.

It helps to have that kind of definition to refer back to at every stage of the process. When I added the navigation for the theme I’m building it felt like there was too much there and it didn’t fit the description. So I scrapped it.

Good luck on your clean out.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:26:31 +0000

I’m a user of design and simply am engaged by your description of the process herein.

I deal with clients who think of white space as a place to put more stuff … just stuff so that maybe, just maybe, someone reading will find something in the clutter that interests them.

Your definition of minimalism plays well as an explanation that less brings focus, engagement, interaction and the types of activities they really want.

So, I posted this and ran off to clean up my blog! Thanks for the work night! ;-)

By: Themery : Blogged - Introduction

Themery : Blogged - Introduction — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:38:20 +0000

[...] 1. What overall feel do I want for my theme?. [...]

By: Graphic Design Articles

Graphic Design Articles — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:26:25 +0000

[...] Design Process of making a Wordpress Theme – Submitted by Andrew [...]

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:28:10 +0000

Kaspars, it is interesting you should point out the flaws in my navigational structure on this post as tomorrow’s post is all about making good navigation available to the user.

Ptah, I’m glad you find it interesting. It isn’t often that go into this much detail because I’m usually doing it for myself.

By: Ptah Dunbar

Ptah Dunbar — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:36:14 +0000

great write up on the mockup process, I can learn a lot from you.

I love to hear, read, and write about the experience of how people (and I) go about when creating their projects. It’s all about the user experience!

By: Kaspars

Kaspars — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:50:54 +0000

Thanks for the archive links, that was really quick. Previously I simply went to the browser’s address bar and truncated the URL to include only the year. Archive links will definitely make it a lot easier :)

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:30:59 +0000

Thanks Kaspars, I just hope the end result is as good as I make it sound.

Monthly Archives added as requested.

By: Kaspars

Kaspars — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:05:43 +0000

Andrew, I am really fascinated by your extremely precise and well put definition of a minimalistic design:

the point at which everything you want and need is available, but somehow hidden until you need it. Where nothing exists without purpose, and everything that exists is something you both need and want.

You reveal the very core of the design and this is what many people are even not aware of when trying to make their “design” judgments. Like you said — even a single article on a blank page can have a dozen of reasons for the way elements are organized and laid out.

I am really looking forward to follow your ideas behind every step of this theme design process.

p.s. one suggestion: it is currently really hard to get to your earlier posts on this blog because there is only a category based navigation available. Could you, please, add a monthly archive widget to the sidebar? Cheers!