Monthly Archive:
June, 2010

Top 10 Content Slider Plugins for WordPress
June 30, 2010 - 40 Comments
Web Design,Wordpress,Wordpress Plugins

No web design trend has become as wide-spread and as popular recently as the content slider, they are everywhere! And rightly so, not only do they offer a marvelous method for displaying a lot of content in such a minimal space, they are also a great way to highlight your best and most popular articles [...]

Tips and Thoughts on Cross-Cultural Global Web Design
June 30, 2010 - 9 Comments
Darn Good Read,Web Design

The internet is global by its very nature. The second a website is launched online, it’s accessible to anyone from Patagonia to Poland. And a recent development to the way the Web works has been described as one of the most significant changes since the dawn of the modern internet era.

Win a Copy of The Story of Graphic Design by Patrick Cramsie
June 29, 2010 - 44 Comments
Competition,Graphic Design

For this months book giveaway we have a copy of The Story of Graphic Design, written by Patrick Cramsie, a beautifully written and detailed book that focuses on the evolution of graphic styles through the years. This book is a must for any professional and serious graphic designer. All you have to do to win [...]

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.43)
June 28, 2010 - 4 Comments
Graphic Design,Tutorial,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

The Complete Web Design Style Series (700 Designs in 14 Categories)
June 27, 2010 - 36 Comments
CSS,Color,Design Style Series,Illustrator,Photography,Showcase,Web Apps,Web Design

Over the past year or so we have periodically published web design collections and inspirational showcases from the most popular and important design categories. In total there are 14 different and varied categories or styles and within each category there are 50 carefully chosen web designs (that is a total of 700 web designs). We [...]

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.47
June 26, 2010 - 3 Comments
Web Design,Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]

10 Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping
June 24, 2010 - 6 Comments
Top 10,Web Design

Paper prototyping is a commonly used low cost usability method for testing and evaluating web designs and applications. This method lets developers conduct tests before a single line of code has been written, and allows you to identify and fix any potential issues early on in development. “Paper prototyping is a variation of usability testing [...]

Build a Free and Viabile Basecamp Alternative with Joomla
June 23, 2010 - 10 Comments
Joomla,Web Design

The era of Open-Source CMS software such as Joomla! and mass adoption by large and small businesses alike. More and more business are moving to Joomla! for its low associated cost and access to many powerful extensions. One such Joomla! extension is Projectfork, a free Open-Source project management solution.

50 jQuery Plugins for Form Functionality, Validation, Security and Customisation
June 22, 2010 - 30 Comments
Ajax,CSS,Javascript,Web Design

Lets be honest, forms can be a pain in the ass to fill in. And for developers? There an even bigger pain in the ass to build. No one really likes them, as such, the most difficult challenges that a developer has to take on, when it comes to forms, is not only how to [...]

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.42)
June 22, 2010 - One Comment
Graphic Design,Inspiration,Javascript,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

30 of the Best Web Development and Design MINI Icon Sets
June 20, 2010 - 25 Comments
Free Icons,Icon Design,Web Design

When choosing an icon-set for your web design or application, you not only need to find a set that perfectly conveys complex functions in a simple and visually appealing way, they also need to meet a certain unifying criteria, relaying to the user that the icons are related to each other in some way. Its [...]

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.46
June 18, 2010 - 11 Comments
Inspiration,Web Design,Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]

How To Control Flow Within Your Web Designs
June 18, 2010 - 33 Comments
Web Design

Think of your favorite song. In all likelihood the sound rises and falls throughout, the pace quickens and slows, and the rhythm and melody lead you to hear chords and notes that are about to be played. Music has a flow that guides you from one moment to the next. This flow can impart different emotions and have you feeling different things at different parts of the song.
In fact, without that flow, there is no music.

Top 10 Icon Search Engines and Libraries
June 17, 2010 - 30 Comments
Free Icons,Top 10,Web Design

Finding the perfect icon for any design project can be very difficult, especially when you have to to sift through the thousands upon thousands off icon-sets that are freely available. Not only will this waste you a huge amount of productive time, actually finding the icon you need is pretty darn close to being impossible.

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.41)
June 17, 2010 - 2 Comments
Graphic Design,Inspiration,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

The Ultimate WordPress Shopping/Ecommerce Toolbox (Plugins and Themes)
June 16, 2010 - 55 Comments
Popular,Web Design,Wordpress,Wordpress Plugins

There is not much left that you can not do with WordPress. With every new update it becomes ever more powerful and there are a multitude of plugins and themes that can unleash its full potential that leaves its rival CMSes in its wake. And nothing more epitomizes its power, versatility and ease of use [...]

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.45
June 15, 2010 - 13 Comments
Inspiration,Web Apps,Web Design,Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]

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