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thiết kế giao diện wordpress phần 2 Chapter 1Your best bet will be to design for Firefox first, and then if you notice thingsdont look so great in IE6 or IE7, there are plenty of standardized fixes and workarounds for those two browsers because their wonks are just that—wonks andwell-documented.If you design only looking at one version of IE first, getting your design to lookthe way you want, then find it a mess in Firefox, Opera, or Safari; youre goingto have a much harder time fixing the CSS you made for IE in a more standardscompliant browser.Firefox doesnt have to become your only browser. You can keep using IE or anyother browser you prefer. I myself prefer Opera for light and speedy web-surfing,but Firefox is one of my key web development tools.SummaryTo get going on your WordPress theme design, youll want to understand how theWordPress blog system works, and have your head wrapped around the basicsof the WordPress project youre ready to embark on. If youll be working with amore technical WordPress administrator and/or PHP developer, make sure yourdevelopment installation or sandbox will have the same WordPress plug-ins thatthe final site needs to have. Youll want to have all the tools that are recommendedinstalled and ready to use as well as brush up on those web skills, especially XHTMLand CSS. Get ready to embark on designing a great theme for one of the mostpopular, open-source, blog systems available for the web today! [ 15 ] Theme Design and ApproachIn this chapter, were going to take a look at the essential elements you need toconsider when planning your theme design. Well then move on to discuss the besttools and process for making that design a reality. Ill let you all in on my own RapidDesign Comping strategy and give you some tips and tricks to help you define yourcolor scheme and graphic style, as well as go over some standard techniques forextracting images for your design.By the end of this chapter, youll have a working XHTML and CSS based comp ormockup of your WordPress themes design, ready to be coded up and assembledinto a fully functional WordPress theme.Things to ConsiderFirst up, before we start, Ill acknowledge that you probably already have a designidea in mind and would like to just start producing it. Chances are, unless yourelearning theme development solely for yourself, you probably have a client or maybea website partner who would like to have input on the design. If you have neither,congratulations! Youre your own client. Whenever you see me reference the client,just switch your perspective from Theme Designer to Website User.At any rate, before you start working on that design idea, take a moment to start achecklist and really think about two things: What type of blog the theme is goingto be applied to. And what, if any, plug-ins or widgets might be used withinthe theme.Types of BlogsLets take a look at the following types of blogs (regular sites fit these types as well).These are not genres. Within these types of blog sites, just about any genre you canthink of—horseback riding, cooking, programming, etc.—can be applied.Theme Design and ApproachYou may be designing a theme for a specific site that has a targeted genre. You maywant to make a generic theme that anyone can download and use. Still, if you targetyour theme to fit one of the types of blogs below, you might get more downloads ofit just because its more targeted. Theres a reason why Brian Gardners RevolutionWordPress Theme is one of the top rated themes for online news and magazine sites(http://www.revolutiontheme.com/). People who want to start a magazine ornews blog know that this theme will work for their type of site. No need for them tolook through dozens or even hundreds of more generic themes, wondering if theycan modify it to accommodate their site.Just read through the following blog types and notice which one of these types yourtheme fits into. Knowing this will help you determine how the content should bestructured and how that might affect your themes design. The Professional Expert Site: This is an individual who blogs in their area • of expertise to increase their personal exposure and standing. The type of design that can be applied to this site is diverse, depending on the type of expertise and what peoples expectations are from that genre. Lawyers will have more people that are just content searchers; the cleaner and more basic the design, the better. Designers need to give the user a great visual experience in addition to the content. People in media might want to create a theme design that lends itself to listening or viewing podcasts. The Corporate ...