by Logan Ramirez | Sep 26, 2014 | Web Design
A few weeks ago I set out to try and re-create a SquareSpace theme with WordPress and Divi, by Elegant Themes. There were several reasons I wanted to do this, in this order : Personal Learning Public Education Professional Showcasing (3 P’s. How...
by Logan Ramirez | Sep 24, 2014 | Web Design
In my last blog post I got the background working on the home page using a nifty plugin. This entry I’ll talk about the hurdles used to get the text styled. Read Part 6 Here. Here is where the sites stand side by side : The Square Space One : Mine : I...
by Logan Ramirez | Sep 22, 2014 | Web Design
In Part 5 I covered overhauling a menu. Learned quite a bit about character/line spacing I hadn’t considered in design and, circling back to the initial challenge, I now have a ‘pretty darn good’ recreation of the starting Square Space site!! (read...
by Logan Ramirez | Sep 21, 2014 | Web Design
In part 4 I got the mobile view working better. Still not ‘as awesome’ (IMO) as the Square Space one, but, idk, maybe 90% awesome? I hadn’t written about cost up until now, but Square Space charges $16/mo for this site. $192/yr. $960 every 5....
by Logan Ramirez | Sep 20, 2014 | Web Design
Have I mentioned how much I like Elegant Themes? Like many I subscribed several years ago to get access to ~80 themes for (then) $39/yr. A brilliant marketing strategy. I purchased for my own site development with 0 interest in building websites. While I am...
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