How NOT to design a default theme

Have fun thinking backwards while you learn about the design of the WordPress Twenty Twelve theme.

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1. How NOT to design a default theme
   

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2. Carl Jacobi
   

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3. Invert, always invert
   (man muss immer umkehren)
   

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4. Don’t sketch and share ideas
   

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5. Ignore the work done before you
   

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6. Don’t make WordPress look like a CMS
   

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7. Don’t use a grid
   

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8. Use lots of color and texture
   

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9. Disregard the theme customizer
   

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10. Forget about mobile devices
    

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11. Create a mobile theme
    

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12. Don’t use percentage
    based widths
    

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13. Don’t use the rem (root em) unit
    

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14. No CSS3 gradients
    

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15. Don’t use web fonts
    

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16. Choose a fancy font with a limited character set
    

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17. Pre-processing is for wimps
    

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18. Don’t get any help from the community
    

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19. twentytwelvedemo.wordpress.com
    

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