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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 than the ecommerce solutions it offers. Almost two years ago we published a popular article called 10 Powerful Shopping/Ecommerce Plugin Solutions For WordPress, and upon [...]

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 us know what you think. Send us your recommendations for next weeks Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration (for our review), by clicking here: Submit [...]

All of the premium icon sets below have been designed for web UI and application designers, with there prices ranging from as low as $5 all the way up to the super-premium price of $350, and all have been sourced from the best designers the design community as to offer. You would give your right arm for any of these icon sets, they are all are pixel perfect, highly detailed and all have been crafted by a meticulous and creative [...]

We live in a complex world, with complex ideas, concepts and issues. As such, sometimes a complex issue can be better understood with the use of creatively designed infographics rather than using the written word or spoken language. The most popular type of infographic is the simple flat image, I am sure you have seen them, they allow the user to follow and soak up the graphical information in an easy and formulaic manner. Other designers have taken things a [...]

There are hundreds upon hundreds of Javscript based image gallery/slider plugins and techniques you could choose from, all offering something different, all of them offer a whole lot of interactivity and most are relatively easy to use and install. So, the question is, why would you even consider a pure CSS alternative? Because CSS3 is AWESOME. Its moving at an amazing rate of knots, with new techniques and fresh ideas being published almost every day, pushing its own boundaries ever [...]

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 RSS feed.

In this post you will find a complete collection of templates and mockups that would make a perfect frame for your creative t-shirt designs. The templates cover all major and trending t-shirt styles, and they all vary in format, you will find .psd, .eps, .ai, .jpg and .pdf, so you are practically guaranteed to find the template that is perfect for you and your next t-shirt design. Hi-Res Blank Black T-Shirt Template (.jpg) Hi-Res Blank White T-Shirt Template (.jpg) T-Shirt [...]

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 us know what you think. Send us your recommendations for next weeks Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration (for our review), by clicking here: Submit [...]

While most artists may use similar techniques for vector art and portraits, individual artists develop wildly differing styles in the images they create. Some produce photo-realistic images, while others opt for cute cartoon graphics or far-out sci-fi and psychedelic aesthetics. This post brings together 18 of the best examples of vector portraits, and at the bottom of the post you will find a selective collection of vector portrait tutorials. 1. Til I Get Over You Artist Tash25 renders this portrait [...]

Earlier this month we published an article on the best HTML & CSS CV and Resume templates, and today we feel we can top all of those templates with one of our own. Today we have the pleasure of releasing free to our readers a resume template that is choc-full of CSS3 properties, smooth jQuery powered navigation (for jumping between the sections) and finally, it makes use of Googles new Font API. This template maybe slightly experimental, but the result [...]

There are some fundamental questions I ask myself when I am test-driving any new web app: Will it really make my life easier? And, can I get this thing working easily, quickly and painlessly? They are very basic questions, and will certainly not get you to the root and power of any app, but if these questions are answered with a resounding YES, then I know I will simply love it. I had originally spoke to Shawn Adrian a few [...]

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 RSS feed.