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The Best Wordpress Admin Themes You Could Possibly Find

February 27, 2008, Topic: Theme Downloads, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Tips, Comments: 19 Comments.

Wordpress Administration can be a bland and boring thing, after a while it becomes tiresome. Time for a change, freshen things up. The availabilty of WP Admin themes is not great, so below to make things easier for everyone I have compiled a list of the best admin themes available.
These themes are not only good […]

53 Steps to follow if you want to become Freelance Web Designer/Developer (60+ Resources)

February 24, 2008, Topic: Freelance, Link Load, Personal News, Comments: 23 Comments.

In recent months I have been setting myself up as a Freelance Web designer/Developer, if I told you it was a rocky road I wouldn’t be exaggerating . If I had followed the list I have written below it would have made my life so much easier and stress free. But, like most things, […]

The Perfect Simple Office for the Web Designer

February 21, 2008, Topic: Cool Stuff, Freelance, Comments: 4 Comments.

Recently I have been setting myself up as a Freelance Web Designer/developer, and I’ve been looking at were in the house I could setup my office/work station. Somewhere secluded and quiet, with all my hardware at arms reach.
I have also been planning a new laptop, something with a reasonable price and all the extra mod […]

Do you remember these Windows Systems? A nostalgic look at Windows.

February 16, 2008, Topic: Nostalgia, Operating Systems, Windows, Comments: 15 Comments.

I was given a pc a while back that had Windows 95 preinstalled, to be honest I never had a PC that far back, I had started out on a Mac. So it was a bit of an eye opener seeing this ancient system, to say the least. My first Windows was ME(Millenium), that came […]

The Top 40 Free Ajax & Javascript Code for Web Designers

February 10, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Code Snippets, Link Load, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 51 Comments.

Ajax has becoming very popular recently, but most designers seem to rehash the same script over and over (you’ll see it in a lot of Wordpress Themes and Plugins). Perhaps we aren’t using ajax technology to its full potential, myself included. The list below is made up of the best FREE scripts available, they are […]

Server Gone Down Again!!!

February 10, 2008, Topic: Personal News, Comments: 9 Comments.

I have been online for just over two months and this is the third time my site has been down. It wasn’t for as long as the first two times and I did get notified, but still its annoying. I am using Media Temples Grid Server, and seriously looking for a new home for speckyboy.com.

The Best Icon Search Engines and Features for Designers

February 5, 2008, Topic: Free Icons, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 5 Comments.

Searching for that perfect icon for your design can be monotonous, browsing through the multitude of icon sites (my last icon article: Top 25 Free Icon Resources for Web Designers) can take hours, wasting good productive time. Thankfully a solution has presented its self in Icon Search Engines. This is a new idea that has […]

Top 10 Free Blogging Platforms & Features For Web Designers

February 3, 2008, Topic: Blogging Platforms, CMS (Content Management), Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 8 Comments.

The obvious choice for Number 1 is Wordpress, it is the most versatile and flexible platform that I have come across. But, that is my opinion, Wordpress seems to fit my needs 9 times out of ten. Our needs and that of our clients are different, don’t get me wrong I am not saying that […]