Hi there,
I'm new to Thematic and Wordpress theme development and I'm trying to get my head around a workflow. My usual process would be something like:
- sketch design
- mock up in photoshop
- convert photoshop mock to html/css
- insert PHP where necessary
- sit back and admire handiwork
Now that I've started playing with Wordpress, I've just about got my head around tweaking existing themes, changing fonts and colours, changing backgrounds etc, but I can't quite make the leap from my own designs and sketches to a finished template. Something in the middle gets a little fuzzy for me - particularly in trying to understand how Thematic sits between my design and Wordpress.
(It's worth noting that css was never my strong point... ;)
Specifically:
- Am I right in thinking that if I want to create a layout that's significantly different from the defaults that Themeshaper offers (e.g. "2c-l-fixed.css"), I can just ignore the included layout css files and work with my own? For example, although I like centered layouts, I'd like to create a left-aligned layout...
- Does anyone have a workflow for developing Thematic themes that's different from the one I've outlined above?
Thanks!