http://www.designfloat.com Web Design News & Tips Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:30:39 -0500 en http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-collection-of-vintage-book-covers-obox-design/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:30:39 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 8 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-collection-of-vintage-book-covers-obox-design/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/showcase-of-good-web-typography/ Thu, 20 May 2010 01:58:30 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/showcase-of-good-web-typography/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/micro-inkdrop-a-new-tumblr-theme-from-obox/ Fri, 14 May 2010 00:27:31 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 1 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/micro-inkdrop-a-new-tumblr-theme-from-obox/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/correcting-whats-broken-obox-design/ Thu, 06 May 2010 00:06:21 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 10 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/correcting-whats-broken-obox-design/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/examples-of-the-infographic-trend-obox-design/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:01:41 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 8 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/examples-of-the-infographic-trend-obox-design/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/what-we-think-the-facebook-fan-page-needs/ Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:52:26 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 10 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/what-we-think-the-facebook-fan-page-needs/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-collection-of-less-is-more-obox-design/ Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:04:51 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 11 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-collection-of-less-is-more-obox-design/ http://www.designfloat.com/GraphicDesign/posters-of-popular-tv-shows/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:46:22 -0500 fromthecouch Graphic Design 7 http://www.designfloat.com/GraphicDesign/posters-of-popular-tv-shows/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-story-behind-a-site-redesign/ Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:14:17 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 7 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/the-story-behind-a-site-redesign/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/introducing-inkdrop/ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:21:06 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 11 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/introducing-inkdrop/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/name-the-awesome-win-/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:39 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 6 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/name-the-awesome-win-/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/client-week-from-hell/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:57:48 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 3 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/client-week-from-hell/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/lets-get-down-to-some-bigbiz/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:01:07 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 6 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/lets-get-down-to-some-bigbiz/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/looked-in-the-mirror-lately/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:16:31 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 6 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/looked-in-the-mirror-lately/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-support-theory-obox-blog/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:15:27 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/a-support-theory-obox-blog/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/adding-some-depth-to-depth/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:51:33 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 6 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/adding-some-depth-to-depth/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-186-apples-and-oranges-from-the-couch/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:32:24 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-186-apples-and-oranges-from-the-couch/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/4-for-1-christmas-special-we-are-not-freelancers-1/ Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:58:19 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 1 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/4-for-1-christmas-special-we-are-not-freelancers-1/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-178-building-capital-as-a-freelancer-from-the-couch/
In this episode we tell you how we managed to build up capital and what method you should take. ]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:30:38 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-178-building-capital-as-a-freelancer-from-the-couch/ http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/5-ways-to-market-your-facebook-fan-page/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:17:52 -0500 fromthecouch Identity & Branding 1 http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/5-ways-to-market-your-facebook-fan-page/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/press-a-stylish-minimalist-wordpress-theme/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:19:29 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/press-a-stylish-minimalist-wordpress-theme/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/why-our-home-page-design-sucked/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:58:24 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 8 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/why-our-home-page-design-sucked/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-170-magazines-css-rants/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:33:33 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 7 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-170-magazines-css-rants/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-169-creative-block/
David gives his opinion on the new Twitter home page, Marc has trouble with Internet Explorer and to help get rid of a creative block they venture outside and play some golf. ]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:49:31 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 7 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/episode-169-creative-block/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/preview-of-the-gallery-from-our-new-press-theme/
In particular I wanted to sneak in a screenshot of the gallery. The Press gallery breaks the mould from the current OCMX gallery layouts that have been integrated into our themes. ]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:17:35 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 9 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/preview-of-the-gallery-from-our-new-press-theme/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/looking-outside-to-gain-inspiration/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:12:17 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 8 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/looking-outside-to-gain-inspiration/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/our-talk-on-video-blogging-and-social-media-part-1/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:22:31 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 3 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/our-talk-on-video-blogging-and-social-media-part-1/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/rockstar-coders-rockstar-designers-who-and-why/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:22:59 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 6 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/rockstar-coders-rockstar-designers-who-and-why/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/drawing-the-latest-wallpapers/
I didn't end up using this design for the site but decided to turn them into wallpapers for you to use. ]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:26 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 2 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/drawing-the-latest-wallpapers/ http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/How_to_Create_a_Simple_Wordpress_Plugin-1/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:20:19 -0500 fromthecouch Tutorials 5 http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/How_to_Create_a_Simple_Wordpress_Plugin-1/ http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/What_is_your_marketing_backup_plan/
Do you have a backup plan? Have you got other methods which you use to reach the same audience?

With From the Couch we rely heavily on twitter and designfloat but when either of those are down we still have some methods which help us attract traffic. ]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:12:13 -0500 fromthecouch Identity & Branding 11 http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/What_is_your_marketing_backup_plan/ http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Digital_Content_NEW_FRONT_09_Review/ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:51:41 -0500 fromthecouch Identity & Branding 5 http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Digital_Content_NEW_FRONT_09_Review/ http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Example_of_creating_hype_before_a_product_launch/
By feeding your potential customers little bits at a time you will create interest and anticipation leading up to launch day.

The example involves David taking a tiny screenshot of one of their upcoming Wordpress themes, uploading it to Flickr and then tweeting about it. His intention is for the people to click on the link and want more once they see the image.

The preview is just enough to give you an idea of the theme but not enough to really know what its like. The anticipation generated from sneak peaks are very powerful when it comes to building up your product before launch day.

Its used to perfection by car manufacturers when they develop new models and this example is almost the same theory. ]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:19:37 -0500 fromthecouch Tutorials 7 http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Example_of_creating_hype_before_a_product_launch/ http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Stop_Trying_Start_Doing/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:24:51 -0500 fromthecouch Tutorials 10 http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Stop_Trying_Start_Doing/ http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Arcade_Theme_and_Free_Wallpapers/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:57:53 -0500 fromthecouch Identity & Branding 9 http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Arcade_Theme_and_Free_Wallpapers/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Interview_with_Seth_Rotherham_Part_2__Video_Interviews/ Tue, 05 May 2009 20:49:33 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 9 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Interview_with_Seth_Rotherham_Part_2__Video_Interviews/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Interview_with_Seth_Rotherham_Part_1__Video_Interviews/ Tue, 05 May 2009 13:52:51 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 9 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Interview_with_Seth_Rotherham_Part_1__Video_Interviews/ http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Follow_Friday_-_From_The_Couch___CSS_Videos__Video_Tutorials__Video_Interviews/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:42:51 -0500 fromthecouch Web Design 10 http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Follow_Friday_-_From_The_Couch___CSS_Videos__Video_Tutorials__Video_Interviews/ http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Creating_a_Screencast__Video_Tutorials/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:45:28 -0500 fromthecouch Tutorials 14 http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Creating_a_Screencast__Video_Tutorials/ http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Converting_your_Threaded_Comments_to_Wordpress__Video_Tutorials/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:11:13 -0500 fromthecouch Tutorials 6 http://www.designfloat.com/Tutorials/Converting_your_Threaded_Comments_to_Wordpress__Video_Tutorials/