Design Your First WordPress Theme IN MINUTES! @brettbumBrett Bumeter, llm Softduit MediaSoftduit.com1

Who am I?I'm a former corporate whistleblower, turned professional philosopher (blogger). I provide business development and CMS web design & configuration services.Softduit.com2

I work from a WiFi Fishing dock on Lake Wylie near Charlotte, NCSoftduit.com3

What Can I help You Do?Softduit.com4

A year ago, I couldn't design a wordpress theme to save my life.Softduit.com5

I could download a free theme, and hack it to do all sorts of things, but I was always trapped in someone else's box.Softduit.com6

They Shared a couple common IssuesThey weren't functional enough, bad for SEOThey rarely had valid html, xhtml or cssNo menu capability (so no CMS)They weren't MINE!Plus they were kind of ugly and tended to be used repetively when I found a theme that workedSoftduit.com7

Fast Forward 1 year, I've designed hundreds of themes, for myself, for friends and family and professionally for my clients! $$$ AND . . . Softduit.com8

I can teach you how to design themes, in minutes,Softduit.com9 EVEN IF you are not a graphic designer & don't know the difference between PHP and PCP! In fact we're going to walk some volunteers through the process now. I'm going to guide them, and they are going to take a stab at it on their own computers.

What do you need to design a theme?Theme Design SoftwareIn the past, this meant you needed to buy some expensive (very expensive) product(s) from AdobeThen, You took your expensive software and found or paid for hours and hours of training or education with that software.Finally, the people that survived that would need to consider whether they wanted to pay or spend the time with more advanced education or training in graphic design or maybe take a few classes in programming with PHP connected to MySQLYou Don't have to make that investment anymoreSoftduit.com10

Now, there's this great software program, that takes the learning curve almost completely out of theme design (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, even Blogger!)Softduit.com11No More Learning Curve Accidents

Its called Artisteer and yes there is a free trial! Artisteer.com You can take it for a spin yourself, here while you are at WordCamp or in the privacy of your own dock officeSoftduit.com12

In fact, I'm even running a theme design contest for beginners between now and the week after Blogworld in October. Details: the License to Design Theme Contest http://bit.ly/Lic2DsgnContestSoftduit.com13License to Design Theme Contest

All you need is a PC or a Mac computer and a pulse& that's about itSo let’s make some themesSoftduit.com14