1. 1. Designing forWordPress
2. 2. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. Steve Jobs, 2003
3. 3. WordPress can do anything
4. 4. WordPress can do anything (yes, really)
5. 6.
   • Mashable
   • TechCrunch
   • CNN Political ticker
   • WSJ magazine
   • I Can Haz Cheeseburger
   • Number 10 Downing St site
   • MuchMusic blog
   • Perez Hilton
   • And more!
6. 7. What is a WordPress theme?
   • Series of template files
   • Php based
   • style.css
7. 9.
   • http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
   • http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-template-hierarchy-diagram
8. 10. Lean to love style.css And embrace the child theme
9. 12. All of the imageson the preceding slidewere built from thesame WordPress theme.
10. 13. If you can dream it, you can theme it.
11. 14. We're all still earning You don't have to know every single thing about WordPress in order to make a great design.
12. 15. The rules are always changing
    • Wordpress open source, constant improvements
    • HTML 5
    • Read industry blogs
    • Keep up with WP development
    • Keep learning when school is done (there's no tests tho)
13. 16. Wanna help?
    • http://make.wordpress.org/ui/
    • Google Summer of Code
    • Support forums
    • http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/about/
14. 17. Need help?
    • http://codex.wordpress.org/
    • http://wordpress.org/support/
    • @andrea_r or @wpmuguru
    • Books!
    • • WordPress for Dummies
    • • WordPress All in One
    • • Beginning WordPress 3
    • • Build Your Own Wicked WordPress theme