Before You Start: A Theming Lesson Plan
- Danny Gibas
Theming and design go hand in hand, but you don’t have to be an expert designer to pull off a great looking theme result. A basic knowledge of the systems and principles that web designers use will set you up for success when creating a client theme.
In addition to the design aspect of theming, our process for setting them up can be daunting without the right information.
The following is a lesson plan that will provide the foundational design knowledge to know what to look for in a well designed theme so that you can apply these core principles of web design to any themes you work on at A
spenware. The lesson plan also includes an article on image optimization as this is an important part of the theming process. This is to ensure a balance of great looking images and optimized page load times.
Finally, when you are ready to get started, resources are provided under “Next Steps” that include a Step By Step theme setup guide, an asset checklist to ensure the provided assets meet our requirements, and a QA checklist to use when reviewing your final results.
Theme Training PDF
What is Theming at Aspenware (5 Minute Read):
What is Theming at Aspenware?The Design Process (20 Minute Read):
https://proximityschool.com/learn/design-process/Web Design Principles (1 hour Video Course):
Free Web Design Tutorial - Web Design for Web Developers: Build Beautiful Websites!Optimizing Images for Web Pt 2 (part 1 optional) (15 minute read):
The Developers Guide to Optimizing Images for the Web, Part 2.Next steps:
https://aspenware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AT/pages/752746519
https://aspenware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AT/pages/768507988
Asset Review