Category Archive: Popular
June 16, 2010 - 55 CommentsPopular,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 [...]
June 9, 2010 - 25 CommentsCSS,Popular,Web Design
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 [...]
May 13, 2010 - 40 CommentsAjax,Javascript,Popular,Web Apps,Web Design
Every seasoned developer has one and every young and upcoming developer should be thinking of building one – a good and concise collection of UI controls, components and plugins that you can always rely on in times of need. Of course, there are plenty of great UI frameworks, kits and libraries that you could use, [...]
May 10, 2010 - 35 CommentsMobile,Photoshop,Popular,Vector,Web Design
Hot on the heels of our previous GUI article, iPhone and iPad Development GUI Kits, today we focus on Android development. The idea is the same: To help streamline your app design and development, with a fairly comprehensive collection of Android GUI kits, icons, fonts, .psds and tools, that will allow you to focus on [...]
May 6, 2010 - 37 CommentsPopular,Web Design,Wordpress
We love minimalism in web design, we really really do. There is something pure about stripping out all of the unnecessary elements from a design and only being left with nothing but the content and some basic navigation. Without good writing or a strong portfolio, the minimal style will have no real impact and the [...]
May 3, 2010 - 62 CommentsGraphic Design,Illustrator,Popular,Stock Images,Vector
If you are in search of a high quality vector World map, then your search is now over.
Most of the vector maps below are of the highest detail and accuracy, some have been designed specifically for designers and others to be used by everyone for whatever the project.
Mobile,Photoshop,Popular,Vector
Apple don’t have any comprehensive pre-built GUI resources for app development, making it very hard to match the uniformed style of the iPhone or the iPad. You will need to create your own. To help streamline your iPhone app design and development, we have put together a fairly comprehensive collection of iPhone & iPad GUI [...]
April 26, 2010 - 65 CommentsCSS,Inspiration,Popular,Web Design
With all the cool things that surround Javascript (especially with jQuery) its easy to forget that it’s possible to push pure CSS (with a touch of HTML) into an all singing and all dancing interactive site, with absolutely no scripting at all. The pure CSS techniques, outlined in this article, are neither new nor are [...]
April 19, 2010 - 34 CommentsFree Icons,Icon Design,Popular,Web Design
A small but often overlooked aspect of most ecommerce sites designs are the flat and bland payment options icons (Visa, Mastercard, Paypal…). From a usability standpoint the icons do need to be instantly recognized by the user, and you can understand why designers opt to use standard icon designs rather than being a little bit [...]
March 19, 2010 - 79 CommentsEbook,Inspiration,Javascript,Mobile,Popular,Tutorial,Web Apps,Web Design
There are a multitude of books (whether in digital format or print) that cover every possible aspect of web design, each one is unique and offers a personalized opportunity for the author to both educate, inspire, and guide the reader through there knowledge. In this post rather than offer all of my favorite web design [...]
March 15, 2010 - 50 CommentsCSS,Popular,Tutorial,Web Design
CSS3 is slowly but surely creeping into mainstream web design, more and more designers are using it, albeit in small doses, but it is certainly gathering momentum. It is an exciting time for web design.
A few weeks back we published an article called 20 CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques for Creating Buttons, just to start the CSS3 ball rolling, this time around we focus on some menu and navigation techniques that make use of the wonderful new properties that CSS3 offers.
Fonts,Graphic Design,Popular
Whether you are reading a printed magazine or a web article it is very rarely the content that draws you in at first, the hook is always the title or the headline. A well written and thought out title or headline are fundamental, it has to not only describe with very few words the articles [...]
February 17, 2010 - 48 CommentsGraphic Design,Mobile,Photoshop,Popular
.psd source files are truly amazing and unique resources – not only do they showcase the talents of the artist, but they also offer the opportunity to dig deeper and discover how they were created. They give you the chance to learn, unlike tutorials which are step-by-step, with a .psd file you roll your sleeves and you get your hands dirty delving into its inner workings.
February 15, 2010 - 75 CommentsCSS,Popular,Web Design
In May last year we published an article entitled 22 CSS Button Styling Tutorials and Techniques, it proved to be pretty popular, and the most amazing thing about that post is that none of the tutorials even touch on the subject of CSS3.. What a difference a year makes!
February 3, 2010 - 63 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Popular,Web Design
At first glance the Google Map API may seem scary, I mean, were do you possibly start? You probably only want to display a simple map that displays directions to your clients address, you don’t really want an all singing and dancing interactive map with more options than necessary. There has to be a simpler [...]
February 1, 2010 - 25 CommentsInspiration,Popular,Web Apps,Web Design
Are your fresh design ideas no longer fresh or are you a designer who continually re-uses the same old and trusted design patterns that have followed you for many a year? Or, you might just be a UI designer that is stuck in a rut?
If you are looking to change all that, then this is the post for you.
Popular,Web Design,Wordpress
Lets be honest, when you look at the volume of WP themes that are available, there is not really that much originality. They are basically they same theme re-hashed in a different style. That maybe fine for some, but not for me. I look for all of those individual elements that add up to something [...]











