"Redesign" Posts

ContentRobot is Blue

No, we’re not depressed – ContentRobot took the next leap in our redesign!

What’s new?

  • More Streamlined Copy – We could pare down our copy to focus more on how we can help and less about what blogging is (since lots more people are aware of it).
  • Updated Navigation – We simplified the nav to reflect our main offerings: blogs and blog-powered websites, WordPress expertise) along with links to our portfolio and a “hire us” form.
  • Home Page Features –

ContentRobot’s Redesign Philosophy

So, now that we have our “starter” 3-column theme out there – how will we structure the new site?

We did an audit of our site and realized that it screamed “blogging!” Now, that the concept of blogging is much more mainstream, we’ve decided that a much more simplified, Web 2.0 approach was required for this evolution. This means that we will:

  • Create a personality that showcases our expertise, friendliness and approachability.
  • Streamline the overall architecture to focus primarily on

Designing and Developing a WordPress Theme

What you are currently seeing on our site is ContentRobot’s “starter” WordPress theme. Dubbed “New3Column2pt0,” this simple shell contains very minimal styling and acts mainly to display the most basic 3 column functionality with an added Web 2.0 footer feature area.

We have a collection of various “starter” themes with either one, two or three columns that already have most of the necessary WordPress code and styles already applied. These themes have been heavily optimized and are explicitly designed to …

ContentRobot is Poised for a Redesign

Soon, the ContentRobot site will look very different; in fact, you’ll think it’s quite broken and that we are insane to not “fix it.”

But there is a method to our madness. Have you ever wondered what it was like to watch the evolution of a site being built? Do you know what it takes to create a theme? How do you all the programming working on a bunch of browsers and platforms? How much effort does it take to …