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WordPress Theme Layout 9

Create a bright wordpress layout with an original menu that’s very user-friendly! You can code this to make it work as a real wordpress template if you have the knowledge!

1. Create a new document (800*600).

2. Fill the background with #c8c0b5 and look at the guides I’ve created in the screenshot below.

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3. Now create a new layer (layer – new layer) and select a rectangle like shown and fill it with #333333.

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4. Create another new layer and select a rectangle using your rectangular marquee tool like this but fill this one using your paint bucket with #ffffff white this time! You should have something like this for now…

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5. We’re going to adjust the blending options (layer – layer style – blending options) of the previously created layer and add a drop shadow with the following settings!

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6. Create a new layer yet again and select a box like indicated in the first screenshot and fill it with any color you like because we’re going to add a gradient overlay while adjusting the blending options with the settings shown in the second screenshot below.

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7. I’ve added some text to the header of the site including a slogan… The font microsoft sans serif was used with a size of 50px and 12px! The gradient overlay on the title is the same as in step 5 so you can copy and paste that layer style…

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8. In this last step I’ve added some sort of a menu and some demo text (the color of the bars behind the menu text is #fe198e and the vertical stripe is made using the single column marquee tool)… Th other text is in #6b6b6b . This is a simple and basic tutorial but you could make a wordpress template with this for example!

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  1. ThePow says:

    Nice tutorial, keep doing things like this.

  2. Daniel says:

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

  3. jasper says:

    Looks nice! does anyone know a tut about how making the website? Like slicing, linking and stuff? Just the beginner parts ;) !

  4. TehPopeye says:

    You should do a tutorial on slicing/coding a template, I’d help out with it ;) .

  5. awawfush says:

    Omg… Good work bro!

  6. creneef says:

    I’d really like to know how the navigation was done. I think it really sets off the layout.

  7. iwnz says:

    Hey, it’s a nice tutorial! Thank you and greetings from Germany :-) !

  8. JACKH WOOD says:

    Great post, well written!

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