60 PSD Icon and Button Templates
If you are searching for an editable version of a particular icon or button for your current web design project, then look no further. In this post we have 60 individual icons and buttons, all in PSD format, covering almost every possible web design style and function. You might also like: 50 High Quality Free Icon Sets in PSD Format 40 Professional and Detailed Web Layout PSD Templates 20 Free…
Professional Structure and Documentation in Web Design
As designers we don’t commonly think in terms of structure. Unfortunately this can cause problems in design projects both personal and freelance as organizational issues rise up and bubble through our artwork. Fortunately there are some changes you can make to your routine which can help to straighten out project work. Granted the setup may be different based on differing operating systems and per-project conditions, but the core ideas will…
Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.57)
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.
Dummy Content Filler Resources for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla Developers
Having to repeatedly create content to flesh every new web project is not only time consuming, it is also very, very frustrating. You have to create new posts, pages, menu items, categories, tags, users… and … and on. The sad thing is you have to do this, your web design has to be thoroughly sanity checked, there is no other way to do it. Or is there? Thankfully, there are…
The Awesome Croogo – Free and Open-Source PHP CMS
Croogo is a free, open source, content management system for PHP. It is built on top of the popular MVC framework CakePHP and is targeted towards developers, designers and administrators. It was first released on October 2009 by Fahad Ibnay Heylaal, and continued to see 6 more releases in less than a year. The project is currently at version 1.3.2 beta, and is being actively developed. This is our new…
The Trend of Minimalist Graphic Design
Our rendering technology is unthinkable, yet we still study Mondrian. Great minimalist work is striking, elegant, and classic. Within the colorful world of advertising, a minimalist ad stands out from the crowd. They can be a hard sell, though—a poorly conceived minimalist advertisement showcases its flaws and looks amateur to a client. Want to create a killer concept for minimalist graphic design? Here are five steps to get you started….
Top 10 Free Poll and Survey Widgets for your Website
Sometimes, you may need to gauge user’s attitude or thoughts towards a particular subject, learn your readerships general opinion, or you may just be seeking advice with an important decision … that is were a simple survey/poll could be used as a quick and painless solution. The poll should not only be thought of as an information gathering tool, it can also add interactivity value to your site and will…
Clear Your Mind to Focus on What Matters
Mental overload sucks. Having too much on your mind can overwhelm you and prevent you from being effective with your work, enjoying the moment, and having a clear mind. And it’s having a clear mind that can really help you focus on what matters – in your work and life. Anything from “what project should I focus on today” to “what’s my true calling and purpose” can be more easily…
Accessibility Principles for the Modern Designer
As web designers we must constantly criticize and re-evaluate our own digital works. Many rework changes into website aesthetics or graphics, maybe an updated site logo or sidebar. Ultimately where we should be focusing towards is user experience and accessibility. As the web is expanding we’re seeing a growing market of information consumers. With more websites live today than ever before it’s much simpler for the average Joe to enter…
Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.56)
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.
Sketchy Decorative Elements – Awesome Free Vector Pack
This exclusive vector freebie, from StockGraphicDesigns.com, is a huge Sketchy Decorative Elements vector pack which includes all of the .eps files, Photoshop brush set, .png source files and also includes a small vector freebie, which we are sure you will love. And best of all, you are completely free to use this vector pack within any personal or any commercial projects that you wish. Sketchy Decorative Elements – Vectors (.eps),…
Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.59
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. Third Culture Studios Denise Chandler Wallt Salomon Webdesign Karlsruhe Blog…
10 Useful WordPress Search Code Snippets
It is no secret that the standard search within WordPress is not very accurate. The problem is that WordPress takes your search term far too literally, meaning, that if you were to type “search+code+wordpress” in to our search box above, it would return every post that contains those terms (in this case over 30 posts), even though we have no such post with in our database. So, in actual fact…
