Comments on: How I learned Design

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:57:55 +0000

I know just enough to be dangerous. I have style sheets from themes used on my first WP site still saved, even though I don’t use them anymore, just in case there is something “it” did that I want on an upgrade. I like the hands-on approach too, just don’t want to create themes – just tweak them. Thanks for the great insite though.

By: Utenzi

Utenzi — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:36:15 +0000

It’s amazing how much webpage design has changed over the years, Leanne. I shudder to think about some of the pages I coded up 10 years back. And style sheets certainly have simplified maintaining complicated sites, that’s for sure.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:42:13 +0000

Thanks for all the info, Leanne. I need to study the CSS in templates to gain a better understanding. I’m seeing how it is more easier to read than HTML. Nancy’s right, it just takes time and perseverance.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:01:23 +0000

Perserverance. That is what is needed to learn anything with designing. And, I am so glad that you took up the challenge and continue to do so. That means I don;t have, too. I can just hire you!

By: This Eclectic Life » Share A Square Update

This Eclectic Life » Share A Square Update — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:41:30 +0000

[...] kindly uploaded that for me, and maybe I’ll use it another time [check out her post called “How I Learned Design” if you are thinking about a Word Press blog. It will give you hope!] ♥ ♥ ♥ [...]

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:41:01 +0000

sheesh!
(just because he’s cute.. )

I LOVE the edit feature!!
I don’t like the default check mark in “Notify Me..”

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:56:20 +0000

Thanks Leanne! I had been ripping apart blog templates during the last year, and getting the basic concepts… but I still have a lot to learn to. Everything I have learned has been on my own so far and other than tweaking existing templates to fit blogger, I don’t have all that much experience. I am interested though.

I tend to learn best while actually trying something out while I am reading it, otherwise it seems a little too technical for me to absorb… so I guess that means I am kind of hands on too.

I kind of whimped out and went to bloggers new layout where ou drag and drop, but I am going to have to dig in again and start paying more attention to what each template/layout section does.

I will check out the book you linked to, thank you so much for the info!

By: pamibe

pamibe — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:51:32 +0000

Very interesting, and great links, thank you!

I started learning back in 1999 on Blogger’s style sheets – what a revelation that was! But unlike you, I only know enough to be dangerous…

By: Leanne

Leanne — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:32:39 +0000

Photoshop saves as a PSD (mine does), because it becomes a layered image when you add text. Under “layer”, flatten your image to one layer and then select “save as” instead of “save”, changing the file type to JPG. I would also “save for web” after you’ve saved it as a JPG, to compress the file size and keep the quality high. Let me know if that works for you!