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The least hassle way I've found of doing what you're doing is to just purchase a theme from ThemeForest (http://www.themeforest.net/ http://www.themeforest.net/
by jefflinwood 15y ago
The least hassle way I've found of doing what you're doing is to just purchase a theme from ThemeForest (http://www.themeforest.net/ http://www.themeforest.net/) and then customize it from there. Look under Site Templates and they're all just HTML/CSS/JS and around $10-$20.
Case in point: I just spent $14 on a theme, and then spent a couple of hours trading sections around, putting in custom graphics, changing colors, spacing, layout, etc. Doesn't look much like the original, so not a total copy.
Later if it takes off, you can hire a graphic designer and work with them to accomplish your vision.
- BadassFractal 15y agoThat's a good idea, it would handle most of what I need for a reasonable price and I can still tweak it a bit if I need to. Learning how to be a decent designer would be definitely a lot more time consuming than just getting done with it in a couple of hours.
- jefflinwood 15y agoAnd I feel that if you actually do edit the original theme, you will start to pick up on some of these design issues - for instance, changing colors in CSS certainly isn't hard technically, but it can really affect the perception of your site.