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A new grunge-style premium theme for WordPress users.
A look at the subject of selling premium themes and how they should differ from free themes.
Home improvement and real estate investment shows are very popular on TV these days. I often enjoy watching the experts show every day people how they can make small changes to their home that will have a huge impact on the value of their home.
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Important factors to consider when designing blog themes.
Pay-Per-Click ads can be a great way to get local business on a limited budget. Here are some tips.
If you’ve done much design or development work for clients you know that getting effective feedback from the client is critical to the success of the project. Unfortunately, this can sometimes be a challenge. Depending on the types of clients that y
If you're new to WordPress theme design/development, one of the first things you will learn is the importance of having a test blog for experimentation. The WordPress system is not that difficult to learn if you are already familiar with HTML and CS
A nice tutorial for creating a screencast.
As freelancers we all have the need to dedicate time towards providing the services that produce our income, whether it is writing, designing, programming, etc. Of course, we also have the need to find that work in one way or another. Freelancers ca
When I say CSS image replacement, I mean taking a page element that isn’t normally an image and turning it into an image. This is a very common trick and popular because of it’s semantic meaningfulness and SEO benefits. A common place to use this is
When it comes to Flash, images, animation, videos and sound effects are often used on large scale. Consequence: in most cases Flash takes quite much time to load and requires a good dose of patience from users. Users know it and are often willing to
Web design requires constant growth and development of skills. Here are some ways that you can challenge yourself and improve your abilities.
A look at some tools and techniques for testing your designs in multiple browsers.
A post from LogoDesignLove with 5 very useful vector resources.
If you’ve ever spent time trying to select a WordPress theme to use for your blog you know that it can be a frustrating process. One of the great benefits of using WordPress is the fact that there are thousands of quality free themes available, alon
A collection of all the best photo sharing sites, including many that you probably haven't heard of before.
Before you can have a lot of inbound links you need to make your site something that others will want to link to.
a collection of tools for web 2.0 design
Many times during the web design process the focus gets lost. Sometimes we try very hard to create an impressive visual appearance. Other times too much priority is given to designing for search engines. While an attractive design and search engine
If you are looking for a new logo, remember that a logo doesn’t need to be fancy to be effective. The purpose of a logo is branding and recognition, which the 10 examples below achieve with simplicity.
Machine-based interaction is a common feature of Web 2.0 sites like Digg, Facebook and Dilicious, and these days it goes well beyond simple web feeds. An application programming interface (API) is ...
A nice collection of tools that can be used by any webmaster.
Good contrast in your design goes hand-in-hand with your color selections. Contrast is the value difference between the colors on your design. Value is how bright or dark the color (ink) is. Ever see
Great list of resources for all aspects of web design.
An article by Chris Garrett that covers some important aspects for designers to focus on.
