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This is the first in a series where you can watch as a PSD design is taken from static design and coded into a free WordPress theme that will be available on the WordPress.org repository. This is exactly what the workflow is in real-life - just at 8x actual speed. There's no audio instructions, so if you're curious of the real-world process of coding a WordPress theme this will offer some good insight into the workflow. If you want to watch it in real-time, watch it on YouTu...be at 0.25 speed: https://youtu.be/tV7L-PM1f4w You can follow along with the code on GitHub: https://github.com/freshbrewedweb/freshly The design is based on our previous article about color theory for the web: https://freshbrewedweb.com//20/practical-color-schemes.html

I often see colleagues or DIY designers breaking their heads over choosing a good color scheme for their new web design. They end up building a very nice color palette made of 5 distinct complementary colors they grabbed from the almighty color wheel or maybe even an online tool like Adobe Kuler. But then the real work comes with putting these colors into practice and building an actual web design from them. It's a very different story at that point that can be frustrating. Over the years I ditched the color theory stuff and went straight to the practical approach that has worked every time with very little effort. Check out these 4 simple steps to building your site's color palette!

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