Web Designer’s Guide to WordPress: Plan, Theme, Build, Launch

Part 3. Advanced WordPress Theming

Dear WordPress Pupil,

At Big Sea, we work with businesses big and small for which WordPress is an ideal content management solution. We’ve established the following processes to help our clients make the most of their websites:

1. During the wireframing process, we indicate which sections of the site will be editable through WordPress, so clients don’t assume they can change everything. We use color-differentiation in our wireframes to show exactly what they’ll be able to change later.

2. We use custom post types liberally. Before WP version 3, we had to direct our clients to use categories and tags—or worse, plugins—to create content like employee profiles, testimonials, or locations. Now, we set up simple ...