Room 316 Studios has been working with Big Bad Tomato on new features to the already impressive seussville.com. Room 316 studios helped create all new features to publish content through most of the site using Drupal.
Considering that I've been developing sites on the Drupal platform for two years, you would assume that I would know how Git on Drupal.org works. Well, your first reaction would be wrong. I am a designer first, and a developer last. So far last in fact that I didn't even signup for a Git account on Drupal.org until last weekend.
When I first discovered Panels on Drupal 7, I nearly cried tears of joy cause I came to the realization that I no longer have to build out new templates for any page that has a different structure (thanks Merlin of Chaos ). Before Panels, I was the king of building too many templates all for one site, and it quite often got a bit messy. But what could I do? Just build the classic “one template to rule them all” website? What about the client’s needs? I couldn’t use views for all of the structure changes?
What do you think about when you hear the words "dynamic design"? Fluid grid? Shifting content areas?
I just attended the SES 2011 conference (Search Engine Strategies) in San Francisco, and I was surprised to come across a session regarding CMS…well, it was really a sales pitch for WordPress.
With the new structure and power of the Drupal 7 theming engine I would have to say that there has never been a better time to be a designer for Drupal. As a designer, I would argue not to throw everything and the kitchen sink into a new theme. Start small and finish big.
I find myself browsing the internet looking for sites that not only have an intriguing design but also allows the user to meet their end goals. Sounds easy right? It depends on how long it really takes that user to meet their goals. Or how many headache pills they needed to pop while on your site.