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Gridspiration is a new FREE Genesis Child Theme. A few days ago, I asked if you want a free version of a child theme that I created for myself and published as Gridspiration.com. It’s not a typical theme, so I was wondering if anyone would be interested in something like this.
Continue reading... I’ve got an idea for very simple website where I could keep all inspiring websites, articles and designs. My goal was to create it as simple as possible and in a relatively short time. It took me just one Friday night to design and code the Genesis child theme. Here you can see the final [...]
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I created a quick freebie for all web designers who use Photoshop in their every day work.
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StudioPress has been redesigned and rebranded. I helped create a new web design concept and rebrand the logo, banners and other marketing materials from orange to blue color scheme. Click here to read a full post about the new StudioPress design.
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Mini Press 1.0 is a truly simple and minimalist child theme that can be used in conjunction with the Genesis Framework. You can use it for a blog or as sample child theme to construct more advanced and customized themes.
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I have been working on the redesign of my online portfolio TomalDesign.com and I want you to have a sneak peek of the home page design. I’m very excited about this project as it highlights all of the design experience that I have gained over the last few years.
As I worked on the site last year, I remember that I was not exactly sure about how to effectively represent my brand. However, the experience I have gained definitely supplied a focus that helped me to determine exactly what I needed to include in the redesign.
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Being a good designer is not only about having talent and software knowledge. There are some tips and information that can really help out. I have put together a few of the best design tips I discovered during my last few years as a web designer.
You may have already discovered some for yourself but, if not, follow these simple suggestions in your every day work and you will definitely see some great results.
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If you are familiar with the WordPress code you will know how wonderful hooks are. StudioPress Genesis framework has 49 custom hooks to make our life easier (“An Introduction to Hooks”).
To save your time I coded a very simple script that you can include to your functions.php file and display all hook names right in your theme view in the browser.
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Welcome to my new blog. For those of you who don’t know me, check out my profile in the About section.
I titled this “Welcome Back!” because this is not my first post on this site. I decided to create a new website and include all posts from my previous blog on TomalDesign.com.
I have been really covered up with new projects and I haven’t had the chance to post anything for quite a while. The last post “Collaboration with StudioPress.com” was published back in April 2010. I decided to step it up a little and this new format should definitely help me keep more current on all the things I’m looking forward to sharing with you.
Continue reading... StudioPress.com is one of the leaders in the Premium WordPress Themes market. Recently, I had the opportunity to meet Brian Gardner (CEO of StudioPress.com) to discuss the future of WordPress themes and their newest product – Genesis framework. I am very pleased to say that I was asked to become one of the featured designers and to create designs that will be a part of the fast growing and dynamic Genesis child themes market. We decided to keep the look of my themes clean, minimal and focused on small to medium businesses.
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