http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:12 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-thematic-do-really-everything-a-designer-needs#post-9935 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:55:53 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 9935@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>if you want say a magazine style home page, then you make a new page template (easy just duplicate page.php from thematic, add the template code to the top, call it page-home.php and put it in your child theme.</p> <p>so now you have a new page template that you can do anything you like with.</p> <p>so get rid of anything you don't need, and custom build your new page the way you like, i have done this before using multiple loops, just like you want to do.</p> <p>and of cause add the new styles needed to your child theme style.css</p> <p>when you set up your wordpress site, create a page called home, with the template of page-home.php, and then in settings set home as your home page.</p> <p>ps, where did you get your avatar, i see of lot of cool cartoon faced avatars around these days.</p> <p>JM </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-thematic-do-really-everything-a-designer-needs#post-9753 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:07:01 +0000 carlorizzante 9753@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>But, for instance, can you use Thematic as a base for a news magazine, that usually implements several loops in the same page? In this case, have you to code a page template in substitution of the original one in the mother theme (if I can use this definition)?</p> <p>I'm just trying to figure out if Thematic really suits my purposes. Probably yes, just I've surely to explore more. But when you've a timeline to respect, it's not so easy to dedicate days and efforts in something like Thematic.</p> <p>For sure in the last week I've learn lots of news stuffs about Wordpress in general, and this's very good ;)</p> <p>For curiosity, may you point me to a very complex project realized with Thematic, just to have an idea about till where you can push forward?</p> <p>Ciao!<br /> Carlo </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-thematic-do-really-everything-a-designer-needs#post-9744 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:08:00 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 9744@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>yep, so far i have been able to build even the most complex sites with thematic.</p> <p>it's all about knowledge, the more you have the more you can get in there and really customize and completely change things.</p> <p>with the average site i do i can usually have the bulk of it done in just a couple of hours. it reduces my development time by many days.</p> <p>thematics default typography styles is very clean and neutral, so it's great for all types of sites with minimal tweaking.</p> <p>you won't get fantastic results with thematic only after a week, it takes time to learn. i have been using it for about a year, and still learn something new everyday by reading and posting on this forum.</p> <p>have fun...J </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-thematic-do-really-everything-a-designer-needs#post-9743 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:14:54 +0000 carlorizzante 9743@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi!<br /> I'm having fun with Thematic since a week. I actually have to admit, it did not really speed up my development time. I'm still not sure that it's a good solution for everything a designer would like to do. There are part of the original CSS that are doubled, and the typography is mixed and spread in more CSS files.</p> <p>Apart this, that can be due by just my insufficient knowledge, I'm having a bit of hard time to shape the child theme in a way that my customer wants. No text, not post title in the home, category pages with thumbnails and description, post page with galleries, and more...</p> <p>...so, I would like to ask you your opinions and experiences. I guess Thematic is a very stable and good framework. But I'm starting to be afraid that for what I do need, for my layouts, it's just to code myself my theme with all the freedom I need to be fast and sure of the control on the CSS.</p> <p>What do you think? Are you really able to get out from a Thematic's child theme everything you would like? Even the oddest? :)</p> <p>My best regard and wishing you a wonderful day!<br /> Carlo </p>