Changing To WordPress… What Do You Think Of My Aproach

Hi, have been using my own custom CMS site for the last few years, where by i design a site from scratch in photoshop, then code it to html once the client has signed the design off and then integrate my own custom CMS into the site.

I have finally got around to testing out wordpress after a lot of persuasion from friends and colleagues. I have been trying to think about the best way to approach new projects using wordpress… i would appreciate any advice or input you could give to me on my following approach:

1 – pick 5 parent themes (one being twenty eleven)
2 – for each parent theme, map the main design of that theme into photoshop and re-create the layout (header, divs, footer, plugins and widgets) of that theme using separate groups and layers in photoshop
3 – create a template child theme for each parent theme along with the matching psd
4 – let the client choose from one of the 5 parent themes along with choosing various plugins and widgets that I have added to my approved plugins list
5 – copy a child theme template for each new project once the client chooses the parent theme
6 – customise the design using the matching psd along with using various widgets and plugins to alter the design
7 – when the client signs the design off, make the changes to the live child theme itself

I have 2 questions:

[b]A[/b] – what do you think of my approach above

[b]B[/b] – does this eliminate the need to design a site from scratch in photoshop and furthermore eliminate the need to have to code a design into html for each new project that i start from now on

thanks in advance for your help