Lesson 6 – Let’s add some CSS 
Lesson 5 – Slicing and Dicing 
Lesson 3 – Design 
Lesson 4 – Basic HTML 
Lesson 2 – Planning 
When I first started out designing websites, tables were my friends. Now, I cringe if I have to put a table in a site, but occasionally they do serve their purpose. CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is so much fun. It’s the start of making magic in web design. CSS has a lot of power, especially
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Before I tackle the CSS, I need to gather a few things from my site. 1. Open the site.psd that you created in Lesson 3. If your guides are visible – Go to View -> Show -> Guides and click on Guides to turn them off. 2. Go to the Home Page Layer Comp and
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Now that I have all of my planning and wire framing done, it’s time to open Photoshop and Illustrator and get cracking. 1. I like to use the 960 Grid system. I read recently that the 960 grid was on it’s way out and with the growth of responsive web design, it is on the way
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The Web Accessibility Initiative (WIA) has introduced ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Application Suite) which helps define the way web content and applications can be more accessible to people with disabilities. Since my plan is for my template to contain a jQuery slide show and have videos in the Portfolio section, ARIA will help. I’m going
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Below are the plugins that I immediately install when setting up a new WordPress site. I’ve used these plug-ins on the latest version of WordPress without any issues. These plug-ins are easy to use and help. I am still trying to find a good WYSIWYG plugin. If anyone has any suggestions I’ll give them a
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