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Web Designer or Wordpress Developer?

by Luis Michael Orts
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Funny enough, this is a serious question... Are you guys currently creating custom websites with custom CSS?

... or do you find it easier to use themes from Wordpress (Free or Premium based on price point) and use these instead for your clientele?

I'd love to hear what you guys do and the approach you take for your clients!
#designer #developer #web #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
    I've been making custom WP sites for the past 7+ years now. Back when WordPress was poo-poo'd as "just a blog". I have my own templates for customers.

    Too many themes these days are overly complex, and it often leads to security issues as a result.

    Sites need to be nice, and they need to work ... and that's it. I hate the term "bells and whistles", but that's what too many WP themes are now. Crap without substance or need.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    Depends on your time and knowledge. I personally don't want or have the time to code or learn more code. I made that mistake years ago learning PHP. Time wasted when I could have been doing more productive things.

    Yes, many themes are bad, security, errors, ect. But there are plenty of good ones that can be used right away with out wasting time coding or learning it.
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  • Profile picture of the author themubeen
    I design and develop myself
    I love custom designed wordpress theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kherk Roldan
    Actually you need both bro! But i love to use Wordpress templates!
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  • Profile picture of the author furqan
    It depends on the client requirement - If they are looking for custom theme they we start from scratch (yes designing from scratch and deploy in to WP framework) and if they choose the template/theme from other marketplace and needs only minor customization to save time then we go with client choice

    Any question please feel free to ask

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author ParthInnovator
    Sorry but I would like to suggest to use html5 in place of blog . I have been working on both of them and this results are 100% effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author BinaryKing
    I'm having a programmer background but due to lack of time I love to go shopping on Themeforest and tweak them a little bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author khansaccounts
    I really love with wordpress sites because a lot of themes, templates and plugins help you to make a perfect site.
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  • Profile picture of the author MeAlaister
    Web Designer or Wordpress Developer?
    i think Web Designer or Wordpress Developer are two sides of a coin
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