All Forces

I took the time this weekend to redesign my wife’s blog at liliflower.com. In the past my blog and hers have been mostly based on Michael Heilemann’s Kubrik, but this time I have done most of design from scratch. I really like the ability to include php functions on the new themes in WordPress 2.0. I already wrote a function that shows the number of unapproved comments on the front page if i’m logged in. I look forward to write a few more, specially that dreaded sidebar content who’s still hardcoded into the template file.

A few months ago I spoke at a conference about web design. I was invited to talk about the rules of web design, a request I completely ignored when I started my part by saying there are no such things as rules of web design. What I did instead was just to pass on some tips and tools I personally use when designing. You can’t teach web design in one hour, but I covered the basics of color, typography etc. When speaking about color I talked about color harmonies and the way color makes u feel. Here are some tools I recommended to find good color combinations.

Color Match 5k Color Match
6 color palette generaor

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