The document presents an overview of WordPress theme design trends and best practices in 2015 by designer Kanchha Kaji Prajapati. It covers design styles, including minimalist approaches, responsive layouts, and key considerations for theme development, such as typography and color schemes. Lastly, it highlights the importance of adhering to coding standards and providing support for various languages and licensing.

1. WordPress Themes
- From Designer’s Perspective
PRESENTED BY:
Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (creativekaji)
Theme Designer/Front-End Web Developer
eVision Themes

2. WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
What we’ll cover today?
 How designers worked in 2015
 Latest Theme Design Trends
 Things to Do Before Developing New Theme

3. How Designers Worked In
2015
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
( On the base of uploaded Over 1,000 designs into Avocode.com )

4. What styling was in fashion?
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
LAYER EFFECTS

5. What was the world's perfect type?
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
FONTS

6. Most things were told from the left side
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
PARAGRAPH STYLE

7. Rounded beats squared
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
CORNER RADIUS

8. Where do we draw the line?
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
STROKE ALIGN

9. What's the true color of 2015?
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
COLORS

10. Top 10 Design Trends
of WordPress Themes
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

11. 1. Flat and Minimalist design is here to stay
2. Grid Layout
3. Responsive will no longer be optional
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

12. 4. Fly-out/off-canvas menus not just for mobile
5. Scrolling is the new clicking
6. Modular/Box design on home page
pinterest.com
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

13. Scalable vector graphics (SVG)
Look out for large or moving background
images
Ghost Buttons on banner
Lazy Loading
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14. Things to Do
Before Developing New Theme
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

15.  Developing a color scheme
 Take care for Typography
 Styling default elements
ul, ol, li, button, blockquote, pre, form elements,
table, widgets
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

16.  Usage of WP default ids/Classes
 Follow CSS Coding Standards
#selector-1,
#selector-2{
background: #ffffff;
color: #000;
}
 Styling WP default pages
Blog listing, Single post/page, 404 page error, search list etc.
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

17.  Styling for Print ready
 Right-to-Left Language Support
 All things must under free license
GNU GPL or GPL, MIT, CC etc.
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)

18. WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
Reference links
https://2015.avocode.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=e-
mail&utm_campaign=avcd-2015
https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/css/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Site_Design_and_Layout

19. THANK YOU 
ANY QUESTION?
WordPress Themes Overview Presented By: Kanchha Kaji Prajapati (Creativekaji)
Kanchha Kaji Prajapati
(creativekaji)
Theme Designer/Front-End Web Developer
at eVision Themes
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