Be my fan on FacebookDesign quality WordPress themes in a minute with Artisteer
Having a nice and original blog theme is very important if you want to distinguish from the crowd.
Unfortunately, designing a theme from scratch can be difficult due to a lot of variables to consider: header, sidebars, buttons, css and more.
There are a lot of free and not free themes available on the web, but the best ones are downloaded a thousand times every day… not exactly what I would call “unique”…
So I am going to introduce you a software able to create a quality WordPress theme in a matter of minutes, without any knowledge of HTML, Php, Css and so on.
It’s Artisteer and I am going to review it.
The most interesting idea about Artisteer is the “Suggest” button… you can let Artisteer suggest the whole theme, playing with more than 100 variables, or make it suggest only some features, such as typography, color schemes, buttons, menu and so on.
These are three randomly generated themes.
It’s important to know each theme was created in a click. In a review, some pictures are worth a thousand words.
The software is localized in all most popular languages (not italian, though)
I also would like you to see how a feature not so easy to code, like columns layout, can be easily set with a click
If you afraid you can’t choose a decent color scheme, Artisteer helps you with a wide range of preset palettes
Obviously every element of the blog is fully customizable through dialog windows… even interesting effects like shadows can be set in a click
Look… you can create drop down menus without writing a single line of javascript
How many tutorials did you read about round buttons? Here they are…
The header is fully customizable. You can choose from a set of buit-in images or upload your own. Don’t be afraid to miss a feature… there is a complete manual for you to read
The final test… the theme is finally ready anf I am about to export it… this is the fight of the night…
The software created all necessary files ready to be uploaded…
And here it is my blog with the new theme… fully compatible with WordPress 2.7
Artisteer costs $99.95 – about as much as ONE premium theme – until February 15, 2009, and there is a demo to let you test its features.
A must have.
(8 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
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Desktop is my game’s 2′nd NAME!!! Its called DesktopGames. Still Imaginary though
Pretty cool, I like that its just clicking buttons basically. :)
Cool, when will your new theme be launched?
I also made a request earlier regarding bitmapdata with as3. Can you please do it again in as3?
Emanuele, please check your mail. I sent you my new game “Aster Roidd”
I wanted to purchase that software and try it out but it is just too expensive for me :(
There is a new program that allows you to create and download WP themes directly from Photoshop (Divine plug-in). It will be interesting to both beginner and advansed users.
That was a nice one I hope. Giving it a try now. I am glad I discovered a blog like this which gives me a plenty of information.
This is the software I waiting for. Thx for the resume.
Very nice tutorial and blog, thank you for sharing.
Does anyone know where I can find Artisteer project files to learn from?
Would have been a perfect post if the project file would have been shared, but understand if it is being used on a live site.
Terry
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I just tried Artisteer and I have been really happy with its suggest feature and prebuilt menus and layouts that one can easily modify, apply shadows etc. It really saves a lot of time spent on tweaking css to make it cross browser compatible.It’s actually not bad for cool blog-style themes! Tons of options and fun to play with too. I think it could help a lot of people struggling with trying to get the look they want