Ten Resources to Improve your Wordpress and Design Skills

I love ton ten lists. Here is mine related to all things Wordpress, CSS and Web design and development. Feel free to post your favorites in the comments.

  1. Wordpress Codex: I’ve learned virtually all my Wordpress tricks from the codex. It also contains some great examples, which you can apply to your Wordpress themes for infinite customization.
  2. Blueprint CSS: A great CSS framework that can greatly reduce design time by giving you “a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.”
  3. Printable Graph Paper: This is probably my favorite resource to date. The paper is made for visual designers, interaction designers, and information architects who do wire framing and design sketch ups.
  4. JQuery for Designers: JQuery is an amazing javascript framework used on many amazing websites. It also powers some of the features of the Wordpress admin panel. Learn how to apply JQuery functionality to your site at JQuery for Designers.
  5. Web Designer Wall: Some really great tutorials and inspiration for building visually engaging Web sites. Heavily read, big community, lots of great info.
  6. Net Tuts: A thorough and constantly updated blog containing everything from Wordpress tutorials, to PHP intros, to instruction on implementing the functionality of numerous javascript libraries.
  7. Lightbox Clones Matrix: A useful list comparing various scripts that display images and other multimedia objects.
  8. Protect your CSS Modifications: If you modify your theme’s css, you might want to consider using this approach to help future proof your theme design.
  9. Smashing Magazine: Everything from icon sets, theme reviews, tutorials, with lots of freebies thrown in for good measure.
  10. A List Apart: If you make Web sites, you must bookmark this site. The Web Gods tell me it is mandatory.

What are your favorite Wordpress and design resources?

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19 Responses to “Ten Resources to Improve your Wordpress and Design Skills”

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  1. tb test » Dallas Blogging says:
    August 2, 2008 at 1:04 am

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  2. paresh says:
    August 2, 2008 at 1:27 am

    nice list, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Susan says:
    August 3, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    This is a great list, thanks for putting it together. Tips on using wordpress are always helpful.

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  4. graphpaper says:
    August 13, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Thats an Interesting GraphPaper link. Since my own site is about graph paper, I’m always looking to see what other people are doing with it. Matter of fact, thats how I found your site… :)

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  5. Web Design says:
    August 30, 2008 at 3:41 am

    Really fantastic article, very useful!

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  6. Foxy Fashion says:
    August 30, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Great list … I’ll use some of them.

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  7. kidneystoneremedy says:
    September 13, 2008 at 2:34 am

    wow…great list .seems like some of the list i used ….

    thanks

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  8. jakilevy says:
    November 17, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Freelance switch is pretty awesome too – http://freelanceswitch.com/

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  9. Shane says:
    November 23, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    Wicked, I was looking for good printable graph paper site. http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk is a great design site and http://www.w3schools.com has plenty info and tutorials. Also, http://www.themehybrid.com is great Wordpress theme framework. Check it.

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  10. honlapkeszites says:
    February 18, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    Great list! Thanks for sharing!

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  11. kovshenin says:
    March 12, 2009 at 7:24 am

    Great top 10. Thank you!

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  15. Chatterfire says:
    March 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Great Site! Thanks for the Information. Just what I was looking for. Will definately bookmark.

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  17. San Diego Web Design says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:33 am

    I’m using some of these plugins. They are great! Thanks for sharing. Great collection.

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  18. Felix says:
    May 11, 2009 at 3:54 am

    Mine, I like the resources from theme framework of hybrid and some tutorials of scratch99. I’m also checking your list and find them really useful. Thanks for sharing this.

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  19. Web design Bangladesh says:
    June 1, 2009 at 3:46 am

    Remarkable collections. Trying to use. Thanks.

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