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No. If you want that kind of service you'll have to pay don't you find it fair? I'm a designer, that's what I do in life so if I do that to everyone how could I work? For me, those things are kind of unmoral even to ask. Sorry.

I've been working with WP for 2 or 3 years. Quoting WildFire: What exactly do you need?

One thing that I might already say just by briefly looking: hierarchies. Since I don't understand the language it's easier to me to see this. I can't see what is more important. I can't see titles. You should make visible hierarchies changes. Color, font, size... whatever! So when the user looks to the design he sees the things hierarchly as you want. I guess you write from right to left, right? That's why the logo and the menu are on the right? I don't know about those dull colors...

That's a tricky question. Most of the times taking a template which already has the right functions with the same layout that the client wants takes much less time than a custom one. Just a child theme on top and there we go. We're talking about 1/3 of the time or more depending on the functions that we want on the theme. Even if you get a lot better on code you'll always have some code that will be exactly the same, some layout that grid will be the same because some people don't really want to spend the money on a custom work. Most of the changes on templates already made aren't really hacks but customizing for a specific need. Then... don't forget that some templates have entire teams of developers making them so... are you really that hardcore of a developer that you're better than them all? Will it ever be a custom? No never! I still don't agree with frameworks and that kind of approach but that's because i'm designer and i believe that each problem is unique and as a developer I think that this way I reduce the footprint but it takes much much much less time to custom a template and for some clients that don't really have the money well... people have to eat right? I don't have been having works based on templates but maybe I should maybe that's why i dont have much work. I would love to have only custom web work but... So... It really depends on what you're trying to achieve with the theme. It isn't dishonest. Some templates are even made for that kind of thing. You can't really forget about the costs of an agency. 1000k for modifying a template may seem too much but an agency has a lot of overhead and they have always a designer, a developer and sometimes even a copy "just modifying a template". Most of the times you ask those agencies for a custom work under those parameters and you have a budget of 5x more. Some clients don't really want to spend the price of a custom work. In the country I live... well... I just try to get only abroad works because there is no sense on working here. People want websites for less than 90£ but if I wanted to work with these clients I would have to lower my costs and the way to do it would be modifying templates. Still... In my point of view as a designer and a developer... a custom work is always better!

Oh... talking about the css priorities. That goes with the logic: latter has priority (unless it's !important).

Skateside it's always true. That sets two classes under an element. So you can easily target them for different purposes. If that's a div it will be at the same time div.colmask and div.threecol.

It seems to me pretty interesting your website but I see some points that I would still change. GoldRush98 makes already good points. On the top the legibility isn't that good, in part because of the problem GoldRush98 mentioned. I would say that you kind of have the same problem with the icons. If I were you I'll just try and get an inverted color like a blue or a purple around there.

First thing you should do (that's why designers wireframe first) is to check what your eyes are doing. Mine get confused seeing there. They should be seeing things in a linear way. "First this, then that...". Think about hierarchies. What is more important? What should be relevant? Then establish those through type, size, color... I guess if you think on those two things you'll be just fine. If you can't understand or go through... maybe you should request professional help.

I would use some user roles plugins. I don't know if there is a "private tutor" plugin but I guess with a roles plugin, buddypress and some hard code... there wouldn't be a problem.

A logo should be simple and functional. It should work in small sizes. That won't work. Besides that... just asking yourself. Do you really just want a service of £75? Let's say someone has a value of 25 per hour (which is a normal rate, or even low rate). He'll have 3h to work on the logo, 3h to research, to idealize, to computer develop, to color test, size test, application test... There is no way people can do a good service in 3h! Just ask yourself (or your friend) how good you want a logo because no one will make a good one in 3h ("beautiful" ones don't mean they're good also).

I don't think the kiran way is the way. The thing when you design a code is asking yourself: why? So... why the globe? why the overlap? why this color? Those are things that don't really make sense to me... Colors are too dull and what message are you trying to pass with those strange dull colors? There should be some color theory on this. If you're using two colors you should know why. There isn't legibility on the signature and the way it "fusions" with the rest of the logo... you should just assume the space between both. Less is more... form follows function. To get a good logo you should just contract someone.

http://www.netmechanic.com/products/Browser-Tutorial.shtml The way I do it is building and testing always at the same time. I never do a website only in a browser. Now I don't have much problems with browser compatibility. When I have I use a script to get a class on the body so I can change on the CSS through the body class. With time you'll learn what you should or shouldn't use.

i agree and i even go further js will become more important with json and frameworks like ember. As I said: the basics are the more importante

Is this all about spam?

Lovelock has the point here. Pen and paper! That's where to start. On which software? That doesn't matter a little bit! I do most of my logo work (after pen and paper) on the Illustrator but that isn't the only option. It really depends on what you want to do! That's why it's important to do pen and paper. I have a friend of mine which makes most of her logos in the photohosp. She makes them big so there is no problem on resizing them and her logo style is easier and faster to do in photoshop.