Brand new user, client wants different comps

I understand your POV, I do… sometimes my jaw drops when I read posts (not just here, but on other forums, like those for Adobe’s Dreamweaver software, for example) that seem downright demanding of help (as if a forum was customer support for WP) and petulant when someone suggests that perhaps understanding the software you are using is step 1 of being able to use it!

To answer the question. Comps are much beloved by graphics designers and are commonly produced as .psd. Coders on the other hand might knock up a simple site in php/html and use a style switcher for the various color palettes. They would prolly set up the colors in the markup in classes so they could quickly knock out say – a dozen schemes. Nothing fancy.

Except that it isn’t just about colors of text or even containing blocks… there is the layout and the logic of the site.

That’s probably the most important reason why someone who takes a paid job to design a wp site needs to understand the markup, css and php end of things. If the designer doesn’t understand where to “put” the content (using php logic to conditionally show things, likely) then they find themselves frustrated by how wp will remove injected scripting or markup or whatever.

I do things either way – I take other designers’ ideas and translate to a working site AND/OR design the look/logic and translate that to a working site. I prefer the later only because many graphic site designers don’t understand how dynamic sites work and think it’s all about the pixels…

rather than logic, user interface, simplicity, SEO, the content from the visitor’s perspective, etc

Anyway, it’s an interesting topic. Getting back to the request for help, it’s all about trying to balance polite requests with helping yourself with the existing documentation and previous help supplied in this forum…

IMO.

Casey

It is very easy to argue that the color is the leastimportant thing. The designer has allowed the client to dictate what is what. He might get what he thinks he wants. He may not get what a pro at the proper rates would do. Eg What is the browser specification? The accessibility statement / 508? SEO profile? etc.