Posted by cote289 on April 4, 2009 at 2:26am
I'm having a designer design a theme for me for Drupal. What are the deliverables a Theme developer needs to receive from this designer?
If you are developing a theme, what are the optimal things you want from a designer to make that happen?
thank you
Ben
Comments
A Few Ideas
Lots of big images || Rounded edges on everything || Outrageous fonts everywhere
:)
Design for CMS...
Heights change, a lot, elements need to be accommodating
Design that remembers the breadcrumb trail may or may not be visible
Some stuff I like personally...
Getting the actual pds, with Layer Comps (so I can see the differences between pages/info)
Color Hex codes (for key elements/tags) are nice to have listed out
Clarity of rollover states
Drawings can work too
Some of my previous clients just provided scanned drawings and that works well enough. Developing wire frames, mockups, and PSD files is usually in the domain of the artists/theme designer. Though it is nice to get said files from the client... Usually a creative session or two between mockups is sufficient to provide enough details for a good designer to "Do their thing" (Says me anyway;-)
to Webthingee: "Outrageous fonts everywhere"
I recommend Comic Sans font because it is SOOO classy! (A touch of sarcasm there - apologies)
Derek
https://coraltechgroup.com