SXSW 2010: Is WordPress Killing Web Design


Is WordPress killing web design? Leading creatives from the world of web design debate whether CMS tools have made designers lazy, and created a new set of design conventions that designers feel obliged to follow.

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20 Responses to “SXSW 2010: Is WordPress Killing Web Design”
  1. aliencrap says:

    Web design is a field f? R lazy people first. I can not believe what some of these lazy people, the f? R nothing. I f? R my part, do it in my spare time, because I can not justify charging people exorbitant Subject? GE F? R nothing. I w rde? Rather create something K? Rperbau as a fl? Mighty bunch of pixels.

  2. TejasM14 says:

    WordPress Making Things is just f? R the end user. Managing a website without amplification was? Ndnis technical challenge f? R years. Word Press has much changed for the better?. When? At all, even WordPress is still not there. Purpose, it is much better than software-based web design.

  3. axmujica says:

    @ Chilled99 I totally agreed with your comment. . .

  4. mixwebdesign says:

    With WordPress as my CMS site, because my cable customers to update content themselves. Not the reason f? R to be the U.S. lazy.

  5. kmacc390 says:

    The agreement with a quote I read somewhere “WordPress brings food on my table” period.

  6. studionashvegas says:

    @ Mimeans it’s like Artisteer programs Killing web design. It is the purpose of ICT is’m sure, but it is the reason that so many sites look like WordPress WordPress sites. There is a give and take associated with good-looking and customizable Between -? The gr f te r part you do not have your cake and eat it too – so that all sites under a popular share (at least 99% of ‘em) look the same – WordPressy. it is not bad – Mittelm ig designer marketer-turned-designers make it bad?

  7. mlmeans says:

    JenJW @ f? R looking for an inexpensive program called Artisteer, it’s a bit of a WYSIWYG f theme designer? R many CMS systems. It is far from perfect, but it is you in the right direction.

  8. mlmeans says:

    Using WordPress has allowed me to find further menschenw? Rdiger work in this crappy economy. My customers thought optician can (somewhat) to manage their own website and save some serious cash business? Ft enthusiastic.

  9. jorgediro says:

    @ Chilled99Exactly people. Well said. Drafting in Photoshop, front-end HTML / CSS coding, and especially the proper use WordPress tags. Child’s play and go on your design, not the CMS Focus. I say w? Rde that is killing the backend developer creativity? T “, making front-end designers’ lives easier and more fun.

  10. jmcminn says:

    These guys are tools

  11. MisterDoctorNerd says:

    If this is tl; dr: WordPress is not bad as some people use it is bad. like Comic Sans.

  12. tremwar says:

    I started with WordPress. . . Then h? I rte about web development and a year went into Python and Java to get a better grip on programming. . . And then I came to on baggage in web development. . . click shop. tv Let me tell you, I wrote the entire site 3,000 + lines of code from the Ground Up, (and yes, it is “still a lil ‘buggy, dev because of the fast)… people? Personal preferences f? r fixed libraries (thank you soooo much jQuery) CMS f? r people you do what has happened

  13. JenJW says:

    I f with WordPress? R a while now, objective in the design is a topic that I can not seem to bolt, as it goes. I know, basic web design but I am very impressed with WordPress language may appear confused and not a topic I create Web into a WordPress theme (let alone “all the other CMS) turn.

  14. ModifiedWebdotCom says:

    I’m just a beginner? Receiver here every since I started, “begins with a blank canvas and my cms CS4 is designed to have my design.

  15. RoughneckGraphics says:

    WordPress can sometimes be very helpful. Actually I think it was, it is actually BASED per project if it goes to prove n? Tzlich.

  16. cherriemarie52 says:

    WordPress has the ability F? Taken to a robust website complete with a blog!

  17. cherriemarie52 says:

    Our pages are stunning beautiful ne, intricate designs and were still basically do tzlichen M? Possibilities of using T? Ne Interact with their locations.

  18. cherriemarie52 says:

    Real estate web hosting companies have templates t? Ended many of the mentality? Tf? R agents. Let’s get template that looks like all the other free, do a theme and hope that you money.

  19. liquidplastic62 says:

    The aim is primarily a blog WP engine. You much more freedom if you like or use MODx CMS Silverstripe. How can each WP Design Freedom? What am I missing? As nachtr year? possible, child-free are awesome, especially thematically. Go see.

  20. chilled99 says:

    TenTonBooks H @ rt?, H? Rt, Jolly good show! I’m a web designer, and I only get longitme in WordPress – What I d nn Kit is free does a designer at design time and without the cost involved in creating or building a CMS focus. Thus k? Rename can be again with the additional keeping bonus, ie the site is robust and easy to use? F r customers. Stick in your pipe and smoke it workflow!

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