Are there any designers on GFY that do css blog themes?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hammer

LOL, whatever man. There are only so many general layouts for a blog and after that everyone is copying whoever the first person to do that layout was. The design of a blog has very little to do with the underlying template, but we do everything from templates to full turnkey blogs with all plugins and ads in place. If the client wants a layout that has never been done before, we will do one from scratch, otherwise we'd be idiots not to start with a basic existing template.

As for css, I don't know what your problems is, but we obviously used css on that blog. The fact that html was used for certain elements is neither here nor there, it was a sample of our design work, not to prove to you that we can handle css.

But based on your prices, like I said, you can't afford us, so it's all a moot point. I never claim that our design prices have anything to do with the time involved in modifying or creating a template from scratch, our prices are based on the quality of our designs.

Next time a designer shows you a sample of their work, you really don't need to critique it. Either contact them for a quote or ignore the post.

damn, hit a nerve huh?

css blog theme - http://www.bestbabesblog.com/ - the only thing not css are the posts, and that is due to the rss being pulled

but let me get this straight, you are charging over $300 per theme for code that you copy and pasted and did new graphics for?

hate to say it, but sorry man, that ain't cool

next time a designer posts his work and claims it is one thing and it is not, I will call them out also, because when I ask for a css custom theme and a designer shows me tables and copied code from a free theme, well, that just ain't right

[Jace]

btw, when someone asks for a css blog theme, that means they want a blog theme that doesn't use tables, but uses css to create the layout

not sure if you knew that or not, cause the other example you posted also has tables

your themes do look nice though, the graphics are fucking killer, I just try and stay away from tables in my themes

[Hammer]

We don't design "themes" and I don't base my prices on the time it takes to create a "theme", I charge clients for the time it takes to design the logo and the graphics for a blog. Just about every WP blog on the Net is a modification of an existing theme. Those themes were created by programmers, not designers and are free for anyone to use and modify.

We are a design company, not a programming company. If you hire me to design a brochure, we don't make the paper and invent the printing press, you are hiring us to design something that looks good and will sell your product or service effectively. If you hire us to design a blog template, we do as much work as is required to achieve the product the client is looking for.

We don't take advantage of anyone.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hammer

We don't design "themes" and I don't base my prices on the time it takes to create a "theme", I charge clients for the time it takes to design the logo and the graphics for a blog. Just about every WP blog on the Net is a modification of an existing theme. Those themes were created by programmers, not designers and are free for anyone to use and modify.

We are a design company, not a programming company. If you hire me to design a brochure, we don't make the paper and invent the printing press, you are hiring us to design something that looks good and will sell your product or service effectively. If you hire us to design a blog template, we do as much work as is required to achieve the product the client is looking for.

We don't take advantage of anyone.

ok, fair enough

[Hammer]

Jace, I owe you an apology. I obviously didn't read your initial post correctly and I see now that you specifically said you were looking for someone to design "themes" and "100% css".

As we've established, I do not design "themes", we design blogs. And although we use css and are very proficient at it, we do not typically design anything using 100% css.

I followed Forest's lead and just took the opportunity to present our blog design services, even though that's not what you were looking for.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Jace, I owe you an apology. I obviously didn't read your initial post correctly and I see now that you specifically said you were looking for someone to design "themes" and "100% css".

As we've established, I do not design "themes", we design blogs. And although we use css and are very proficient at it, we do not typically design anything using 100% css.

sorry I got all feisty with you man, I just got 20 emails this morning showing me total crap work....one guy even showed me a free theme as his portfolio....free theme quality...LOL

anyway, all good i am sorry for getting all feisty too

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by Jace

btw, when someone asks for a css blog theme, that means they want a blog theme that doesn't use tables, but uses css to create the layout

not sure if you knew that or not, cause the other example you posted also has tables

your themes do look nice though, the graphics are fucking killer, I just try and stay away from tables in my themes

CSS loads faster than tables. Also, the purpose of tables are to display tabular data.