10 Resources To Assist With Wordpress Theme Design

Posted in Tools | On 9th December 2009 | 5 Comments

Premium Wordpress themes can be very expensive, even more so if a designer creates you something custom. So the solution to this would be to design your own, totally custom for your blog and most importantly it would save you money.

If you haven’t coded for Wordpress before you might be a little phased by this idea, so what I have done is collect a bunch of resources that will help you design your own themes and answer some questions you may have.

Listed below are some cheatsheets, tips, frameworks and blank themes for you to read and use on your projects, and hopefully you will end up with a fantastic looking Wordpress theme.

11 Tips for Speeding Up Wordpress Theme Development

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13 Helpful Cheat Sheets for Building WordPress Themes

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The Buffet Framework

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The WordPress Starter Theme Project

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Refueled – Blank Wordpress Themes

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Thematic, A WordPress Theme Framework

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Thesis Theme for WordPress

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Blank Wordpress-themes ready for 2.7 up for grabs

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Whiteboard – A Free Wordpress Theme Framework

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WP Framework

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