A while back ( at least 2 years ago ) I had the idea of taking the process of theme development live on this blog.
Now that I’m almost ready to re-do this site–it’s time to improve my original idea and do it.
The Plan:
- Activate my base theme, the one I use on 90% of all my custom theme projects at Sprout Venture. That theme doesn’t have any CSS or images but it provides a working WordPress install.
- Get feedback throughout the process.
- Every-time I publish a design change to the site I’ll post about it. The posts will include tutorials, commentary, feedback requests and before-after screen grabs.
- Release the finalized theme ( or slight variation ) for free to the WordPress community.
What to expect:
I’m not sure when I’ll start, probably before the end of July but I expect the process to take a few weeks. Throughout that time this site should drastically change every day. I’ll try to take as many shots throughout the process in case you missed anything 
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The Process:
I’m really hoping for feedback through the process–especially when it comes down to functionality and layout. It’s important that feedback will drive the design since I’m releasing the theme, I wont be committed to anything, so we might see three different homepage layouts before it’s ready for design and functionality.
So far…
I only have a few ideas for the homepage and WordPress sections. If you have any ideas comment away, remember that the scope of the project is to re-do this site so don’t expect me to do everything but if it’s a good idea I may include it in the public release.
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