Today this site once again went under the knife. While I don’t particularly like reinventing like this (so quickly at least), the previous design left me no choice. Having finally gotten this current version down I feel as though I can breath a bit easier.

The front facing site has been redesigned and in my opinion improved from the top down. The framework from which it and 90% of the custom sites I do has been slightly modified but overall remains the same. Interestingly, some of you may notice that it is similar to a version or two ago. Perhaps “don’t fix what ain’t broken”?

Some nice features

Full page, two column posting as seen here with a special thanks due to a plugin created by Nathan Rice. New Case Studies – Exploring further some of the work I do. The 404 page, ok maybe not a feature but cool none the less. Check it out. More to come…

Points of Interest

This is a Child Theme. The version you are currently viewing is a custom WordPress theme, no big surprise there. What may surprise you is that it is actually a child theme of the theme framework I have mentioned once or twice in the past. I love working with child themes, super comfortable with them and feel they speed up my development time tremendously. We’ll save more on that for another time.

It’s a new beginning. When I started in on this redesign around three months ago, I decided that I really needed to concentrate on where Papertree Design is headed and what it wanted to do with itself over the year ahead. Needless to say a lot was learned. It was a combination of the discovery involved in the redesign, certain opportunities that arose during this time and the client projects I was involved in.

Thus a new beginning. Focus will be shifting slightly, rather what Papertree does will become more focused in both the projects we take on as well as the work we do.

Finally getting around to… Focusing more on releasing WordPress themes, both free and paid. It’s something I’ve talked about more than once. I have a stack of possibilities stored away in this little folder ready to go, but have only thus far released one. It’s time to devote more attention to making them a reality.

Why, you might ask. WordPress has been and always will be my tool of choice. I have been working with it for several years now and would say that about 90% of what I do revolves around the platform. I have developed quite a little system for doing so and feel pretty confident that I could create one or two themes that people might find useful and that’s just what I plan to do.

Moving Forward

Stop talking and start doing. With so many useful projects on the back burner I have come to reliaze that they will more than likely remain there unless I stop and put them on the project schedule just as I would for any client. In addition to working towards the release of new WordPress themes, I will be putting aside the time to finally complete This Day in Design as well as a few other projects I have yet to mention.

A gradual shift is planned. I can’t say for sure that this will become a reality but during the process of this redesign I began to plan (hope) for a gradual shift in the type of work Papertree Design will be involved in moving forward. Many factors will play into the success or failure of this shift but the overall plan is to begin focusing more on products and sharing ideas. Hard to explain I’d rather we just watch it unfold.

That’s a wrap. I hope you enjoy the new Papertree Design as much as I enjoyed creating it. Following this brief intro article I will dive deeper into the process of planning and creating this new design, so stick around.

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