You can design and build beautiful WordPress websites using templates, if you follow a few simple steps and keep these things in mind.
Originally presented at WordCamp Phoenix 2016
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#hottemplates
There are
a lot of
them out
there.
50,000
websites
launch
every day
822 themes
downloaded daily
just from
wordpress.org
https://codeinwp.com/blog/wordpress-statistics/
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#hottemplates
If you think they are, you’re going to build
websites that look like templates.
TEMPLATES ARE NOT
WEBSITES
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Plan your content.
Know your limits.
Apply appropriate styles.
Make it fit; Audience, Site map, Content plan
Pick the right tool, and features that make sense
Colors, typography, custom assets, photography