Web Designers’ Summer Challenge
Interested in growing your web design skills? Here are a few choice recommendations.
Learn (X)HTML and CSS
Recommended FREE code editors:
- PSpad (Windows)
- TextWrangler (Mac OS X)
Work on your Design Skills
- Design a Beautiful Website From Scratch – Nettuts+
- 8 Great Web Design Tutorials – Powerusers
Convert your Design into a XHTML/CSS Website
- How to Convert a PSD to XHTML – Screencast – Jeffrey Way @ Nettuts+
- Converting a Design From PSD to HTML – Screencast – Jeffrey Way @ Nettuts+
Turn it into a WordPress Theme
This step enables you to integrate your design with the powerful WordPress content management system. It’s a bit more complicated, and so the best resources tend to cost a few bucks. But here are two good options, well worth the price:
- How to Be a Rockstar WordPress Designer – Downloadable PDF Book – $29
- The Best PSD to HTML to WordPress Video Series Available – Nettuts+ “Plus” Tutorial – $9/month subscription
Looking for a free option? Try this:
- Designing for WordPress: Part One – CSS Tricks
- Part Two
- Part Three
What if I get Stuck, Frustrated, or Confused?
- Drop me a line. (Use the form below!)
- Sign up for my Introduction to Web Design course this fall at Oklahoma Wesleyan, where we’ll tackle these things and more.