Making own themes: Are you ready?

This is all what you should prepare when plan to make your own AuraCMS themes. There's some tools and optional softwares you need to download to make your work more easier and also efficient, Note: It based on my experience.
Here they are and where you can get them for free:

1. Text Editor
They use Notepad, I use Textpad.
If you familiar with notepad, it's time to change! This software is a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect. hundeds times better than notepad perhaps!
Get used to it for better performance.
Download textpad here

2. HTMLcolor
It's just a small application but have a great powerful to help you solve the coloring problem. It helps you to show HTML code for all color from your desktop. Easy to use!
i.e: move your cursor to the black font in your desktop and it will tell you the color code is: #000000!
Download HTMLColor here

3. Internet Browser
Are you hardly fans of one browser? IE only or Firefox? How many browser application installed on your pc? If there's only one inside your pc, you have to download others.
Why you should do this?
I'll make it simple:
Because when designing a website, same script, or even html table can be different looks when you view it from different browser, e.i: great in IE but looks idiot on firefox.
That's why, before you launch online your design, make sure you tested first and ok on both browser. I recommended you have IE and Firefox in your computer.

4. Local Server
This is the most important things when you want to create your own themes. a local server is a must!. It used to test WYSIWYG your design and scripts before uploading to your online host.
The easier way to setup local server is use apache2triad, what you have to to is download them, install on your pc and done...
apache2triad can be found here

5. Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is used to create the design from the scratch, it where everything of your web appearance came from, look and feel, the color, graphics, content placing and images born here.
Keep learning and experience are needed to get more better results in this field!...


That's the tools and application softwares I need to design AuraCMS themes, as simple as i am a newbie here. Please give you comment if I miss something, and sorry for my english, Im on learning!

For Next post, what do you prefer? start designing in a photoshop file or else? please give your suggestion.