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WordPress Theme Development Process

Recently I was developing a new WordPress theme and decided to document the process for my own reference. Upon completion, I thought it might be useful to share this process with other theme designers. Check out the bottom of the post for a further explanation of a few key points.
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The UX Design Process

I recently had the opportunity to attend a UX workshop that was part of Vancouver Design Week. The workshop speaker was Steve Fisher and he outlined an excellent UX design process. In this post, I’ll outline the process, combined with a few points from my own system for designing a website. Continue Reading »

the web design process: parts 3 & 4

I thought it would be better to get this series done by friday, so I’ve decided to roll parts 3+4 into one post. We’re going to cover the last 5 parts of my web design process today. Check out the overview of all the steps below:

Make sure you check out part 1 in the web design process series.

Make sure you check out part 2 in the web design process series.

Overview

» Defining the end goal
» Navigation planning and sitemap
» Hand-drawn rough layout
» Photoshop comps
» Review comps to ensure the end goal has been met
» Coded comps (alpha)
» Dynamic content integration
» Browser testing
» Launch checklist
» Soft launch (beta)
» Launch and promotion
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The web design process: part 2

Time for part 2 of 4 in the web design process series. Today I’m going to cover Photoshop comps, reviewing your goals, and coded comps. Check out the overview below to see all the main steps in the design process.

Make sure you check out part 1 in the web design process series.

Overview

The web design process: part 1

Everyone always preaches that the “process” is so important, but they never actually go into details on what the process is! Don’t get me wrong, I think having a process is critical to designing an effective website. The goal of this post is to outline a step by step guide for designing a website – from initial concept to launch.

Overview

I’m going to start by listing all the parts of my design process. Let me state here that there are many design processes, this just happens to be the one that I’ve found works best for me.

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