If you remember, a little over two weeks ago, we were looking for a WordPress developer for an upcoming project. That project is here. Today we’d like to announce WPCoder, the most affordable and quality-ensured PSD-to-WordPress turnaround site on the net.
A Little Bit About Us
We’re a small group of code ninjas that specialize in WordPress development. In addition to Dan and I, two active WordPress developers, we’ve also added a guy by the name of Ryan Imel to the development team. We found him after posting the opening mentioned above. Ryan will bring his development expertise to the table and allow us to take on even more projects at once.
WPCoder’s Previous History
I’ve had the domain WPCoder.com for a while, first used as my portfolio site and then planned as the home of a new site for WordPress hacks and snippets by my good friend, Alain Fontaine. Unfortunately, the site couldn’t squeeze out of the development stage, leaving WPCoder, once again, useless, empty, and alone.
When Dan was running WPCustomization, an older PSD-to-WordPress turnaround site, I mentioned to him that I had this domain available. He was already planning on revamping the site, so it was decided that WPCustomization would be come WPCoder and it would be launched as a WPCandy site. Dan gained tons of experience from running WPCustomization, which we then took into account when planning WPCoder.
WPCoder’s Fantastic Design
I’m sure the first thing you noticed was WPCoder’s amazing design (what an understatement). We’re sporting an extremely unique design concept by another first-class designer. Matt Davey, designer of the current WPCandy logo, created the WPCoder identity, and Ben Debnam of Goo Creative was hired to expand the logo’s theme and design our site’s front page. WPCoder sports a gorgeous machine on the homepage which perfectly illustrates the purpose of WPCoder.
Behind the scenes is our custom client area, developed with CodeIgniter by our own Dan Philibin. He saw this as an opportunity to learn the CodeIgniter framework and proceeded to develop our project management system, where customers can login and manage projects, comments, files, notes, and more.
Index Page Design
Order Form Design
Let us know what you think about the site, the design, or just about anything else. We want to hear what you’ve got to say!
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Posted September 15, 2008
Verne said:
The site looks hot guys, slick work! All the best with it!
on September 15, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Nouman Saleem said:
Your site looks awesome. Congratz on entering a new area in wordpress.
on September 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Brandon Cox said:
Okay, the design took a lot of talent. But the word “ninjas” is a bit cheesy and overused – sooo 1997, and when I see the whole factory thing, it screams “non-unique.” Seems to say, “We’re just churnin’ em out! Still, love the clipboard page.
on September 15, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Brandon Cox said:
Well, I meant 2007… “ninja” wasn’t used in the 90′s – sorry.
on September 15, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Paul Gendek said:
Get a quote on there and I’ll do it for half.
on September 15, 2008 at 11:32 pm
m@ said:
That’s a great idea. Great way to explain the concept with the images. I might be interested in something like this. Too bad there is no 2 months for $60 option.
on September 15, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Denis said:
The price too high….
on September 16, 2008 at 4:25 am
Ben Debnam said:
Glad everyone likes the design, working with the WPcandy, WPcoder team has been a real pleasure. Matt Davey and I are great buddies so its always a joy working with him on stuff
on September 16, 2008 at 6:09 am
Adii said:
Awesome work guys! Really love the site itself and if that is anything to go by, then the coding will be top-notch stuff as well. I might have to send some work your way…
on September 16, 2008 at 6:48 am
Sir Ali said:
Looking great! Congrats.
on September 16, 2008 at 6:56 am
Andrea_R said:
Oh my, that design is freakin’ awesome.
on September 16, 2008 at 7:56 am
Ian Stewart said:
Holy. Hell.
You guys knocked that out of the park. Great effort. Awesome service. Beautiful design.
on September 16, 2008 at 11:36 am
Michael Martine, Remarkablogger said:
Wow you guys so rock! This is seriously the best thing since sliced tables. Very affordable compared to custom work, and not cookie-cutter like premium themes. It’s perfect!
on September 16, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Christopher Anderton said:
Nice. But i think many will still use asian coders for a lot cheaper. I’ve seen some work by asian coders, and they are good. Sweatshop or not.
on September 16, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Mike Smith said:
WOW. that design is AWESOME. the idea behind the PS turning into the WP logo is great. Awesome work.
on September 16, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Michael Castilla said:
Thanks for the encouraging words everyone! We appreciate it
@Adii – Sounds good, haha.
@Christopher – Yeah probably, but we put our price where our mouth’s at!
on September 16, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Susan said:
Very cool – Love it!!
on September 16, 2008 at 9:14 pm
joel melendez said:
the price is ok guys… just leave it like that… the developers are not there to give their work for free… we need to eat!!
on September 16, 2008 at 9:20 pm
dian said:
I didn’t grasp what WPCoder offer, or maybe is it just me? so u offer a customize wordpress theme, upon request?
on September 17, 2008 at 9:11 am
Michael Castilla said:
@dian – We take PSDs or CSS/XHTML templates and turn them into fully functional WordPress themes.
on September 17, 2008 at 10:32 am
guru said:
WOW! love the idea, i may have to swing some work your way!
i love the concept of giving you a psd and getting back code! PERFECT!
on September 18, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Christopher Anderton said:
But one thing the “sweatshop” coders cannot compete, is your understanding of design. Forgot that in my previous comment.
on September 19, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Frank said:
I just have to say how awesome that clipboard design is. Such a good idea!
on September 20, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Jonathan said:
The site looks awesome guys. I ever want a PSD turned into a WordPress theme I’ll be sending it your way.
Jonathan
on September 27, 2008 at 5:52 am
James said:
With all the time that obviously went into the design I am surprised no effort was put into making sure the site degrades fully. I guess you’re not interested in people without JavaScript!? Why should they get screwed just because you are lazy? … Ok maybe it’s not laziness but you better have a pretty good excuse for not taking the time to do this!
on September 27, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Spence said:
Sites like this, 100% aimed at designers and programmers, seriously, how many of them don’t have javascript enabled. Always an argument lost on me!
Great design by the way!
on September 29, 2008 at 7:32 am
James said:
@Spence – That is not an argument! No matter who is likely to view the site you should always make sure it degrades gracefully. It’s a very basic development process: Always develop a site assuming the worst and then progressively enhance from that point upwards! It’s not rocket science and making this particular site degrade is not a lengthy task, I doubt it would take long at all!
You can’t just assume that all people viewing the site are going to have JavaScript enabled! Even if it’s only 0.05% who have it disabled it’s still worth the time to make the site functions correctly for them!
on September 29, 2008 at 9:33 am
Lisa Wood said:
this is awesome – and I don’t think it’s at all overpriced. Great job!
on October 9, 2008 at 6:20 am
Adrian Clark said:
We try PSD TO WORDPRESS and is efficient and the turnaround is 3 days.
http://www.psdtowordpress.eu/
Very affordable prices and contact online with the developers.
on September 22, 2009 at 6:09 am
Sedat Kumcu said:
Thanks for this article. Best regards.
on February 3, 2010 at 7:24 am