Comments on: Help Needed with WebVisions WordPress Theme Developers Panel

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:56:35 +0000

Then you haven’t really done web design. HTML is code. CSS is code. Today’s dynamic sites require PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery to really design well. It’s all code. The fear of code must die. You cannot design a site without touching code. The more code you know, the better you design.

We like dividing the two jobs, designer and developer. There is a difference, but both know code. A developer has to deal with the design elements of what he or she is developing, but that comes after the functionality is created. Designers have to design the functionality. The more the other knows about their skill set, the better the results all around.

By: Samrat

Samrat — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:56:13 +0000

I don’t think a designer needs to be knowledge of coding . he should be the basic knowledge.
Designers who code create designs that are easier to code.

developers on the other hand deal with writing the functional code.

By: WordPress Theme Panel at WebVisions 2012 « Lorelle on WordPress

WordPress Theme Panel at WebVisions 2012 « Lorelle on WordPress — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:22:42 +0000

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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:30:01 +0000

Interesting perspective on rule breaking.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:43:39 +0000

As a professional developer, I don’t think a designer needs to know code. In fact, some of the best designs I’ve worked with are from people who *don’t* don’t any CSS/HTML… why?

They break the rules!

Designers who code create designs that are easier to code. But, that often means they stay inside the invisible box lines. Even if you can’t afford to hire a front end developer, PSD to WordPress theme services are affordable.

Another reason a designer shouldn’t need to code… Because that’s the developers job. Sure, a designer can be a dev, and I can do design. But, when an artist and a programmer collaborate, do you really want your programmer doing the art and your artist writing the code?

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:57:48 +0000

Ken, I used to think you were right but I’ve met too many “web designers” who really don’t know WordPress code or more than they need to for painting a WordPress Theme. They work from frameworks and other Themes, changing them enough to make them “their own,” but they don’t understand nor want to know much about how the inner workings actually work in WordPress. Child Themes don’t need much more than familiarity with CSS and HTML and a lot of graphic design skills. I agree that they should know the code, but often the code knowers are classified as developers.

The magic of a WordPress Theme is in the code without a doubt, which is why I’m describing the panel’s topic as where design meets code to put emphasis on it, but it still leaves me questioning titles and skill sets.

By: kenhoward142

kenhoward142 — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:55:23 +0000

I don’t think you can be/there is a WordPress web designer that doesn’t code. You have to know front end and backend to know what the client is going to be touching. How much of your pixel perfect design are you willing to leave in the control of your client? Any of us can be ‘web designers’, but in the WordPress world you need to know the power of the parent theme, framework or just plain PHP programming.

I am a WordPress designer/developer and choose to be.

I hope to see you at WebVisions Lorelle.