Tag: design

  • Searching for a Theme Framework

    WordPress is turning out to be a very popular way for people to create small websites on campus. While we have a variety of themes to choose from, I’m always on the lookout for ones that offer flexibility not only in design, but in structure.

    I recently started looking at StudioPress’s Genesis framework. It’s a commercial theme, but quite reasonable in price. I also like that you can use it as many times as you need and updates are free. Considering we want to use this on our multi-site installation and budgets are tight, this was a big plus.

    Genesis is the actually just a theme, albeit a very plain one with many options. The intent is that you will build your own child-themes on top of it. StudioPress also has many child themes for sale, as do other developers. There are even a few free ones. (more…)

  • Color Scheme Designer

    Color Scheme Designer

    While working on configuring a Drupal theme for a client, I came across this website called Color Scheme Designer.

    It’s kind a neat way to play with color palettes and see website examples. It includes a monochromatic scheme, complementary color scheme, etc. You can get the hex codes and download the color scheme you create. It’s a nice tool.