Selecting a WordPress theme will become a UX (user experience) choice and largely irrelevant to the aesthetic (user interface or UI) choices. We developers will customize the visual aspects of our web properties with pre-built Gutenberg blocks, JavaScript code snippets, and custom CSS frameworks instead of what we think of today as themes. These visual artifacts are currently available as plugins – thereby making plugins as relevant to your site’s look-n-feel as any theme used to.
Tools To Drive Design Decisions – Jan 2018
An exploration of Mood Boards, Site Maps and Mock-ups. Introduces the idea of using WordPress as an alternative for prototyping and testing your designs. This is a refinement (improvement?) of the original presentation given in September 2017.
Tools to Drive Design Decisions – Sep 2017
Mood boards and mock-ups have been tried and true work horse tools for the designer. But both require your client to have a visual orientation and the ability to “see” the finished product from approximations of key website pages. You can leverage the WordPress Customizer to engage your client in the design decision process without loosing control. Use the Customizer to allow your client to make changes and see the results in real-time.