Teddy Fisher
WordPress Theme Development Progress
best-home-decor.co.uk
WordPress Theme Development: Progress & Innovations
Developing a WordPress theme from scratch is both an exciting and challenging process. The project for best-home-decor.co.uk is evolving rapidly, integrating modern web development practices to ensure a fast, responsive, and visually appealing experience.
This theme is built with efficiency and scalability in mind, leveraging a structured development approach that includes the singleton design pattern, autoloaders, and namespaces. These techniques not only improve maintainability but also ensure a modular and organized codebase.
Future updates will focus on optimizing performance, refining the user interface, and incorporating more interactive elements, making this WordPress theme a benchmark for speed and usability.
Initial Design Setup
Starting with the blog page design
The first phase of development involved implementing the fundamental design aspects of the blog page, following the structure outlined in the Figma design.
Progress 1.0: Icons and Logo
Incorporating design elements
This phase introduced icons from the Google Fonts library, alongside setting up a distinct logo that blends seamlessly with the overall theme design.
Initial Design Setup
Start by implementing the basic design for the blog page, as outlined in the Figma design.
Progress 1.0: Adding Icons and Logo
Incorporate icons from the Google Fonts library and set the background and text to create a distinctive logo.
Progress 1.1: Mobile Menu Responsiveness
Overview
In this release (version 1.1), I’ve implemented a responsive mobile menu that seamlessly adapts to both mobile and desktop versions of the website. The mobile menu is designed to either automatically enable on smaller screens or trigger when the screen size exceeds 1000px.
Features
- Mobile Menu Responsiveness: The mobile menu is optimized for a smooth user experience on various devices, ensuring functionality on both mobile and desktop platforms.
Preview
Progress 1.2 Update
In this update (Progress 1.2), I’ve incorporated WordPress theme files into the primary project folder named ‘speed.’ The theme is built using the singleton design pattern, featuring an autoloader and namespaces.
Design Pattern:
- Singleton
- Autoloader
- Namespaces
Progress 1.3 Update
In the recent update, I’ve implemented several significant changes:
- Introduction of Simple API: The project now features a straightforward API that sends me information when someone clicks on a link.
- CSS Styling for Blog Posts: The styling for blog posts is now completed. Post content is automatically generated from my database using a custom script, avoiding the use of WordPress.
- Speed Score: The current Speed Score results look promising.
Progress 1.4: Single Product, Product Archive, My Account
Note: There are some bugs in the mobile version images because the Chrome plugin to capture scrolled pages has some issues, but you can see that the design is fully responsive.
Single Product
Additionally, there is a slider for images made in pure TypeScript without any other libraries. You can use arrows to slide left/right, but on mobile, you can also use touch. There is a zoom button that makes the image full-size on your screen except for 3rem on the top for navigation.