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A Collection of 400+ Free Fonts
Posted in All Posts, Featured, Freebies, Web Design on 22 Feb
Typography is an integral part of any design and getting it right can take your design from good to great. Finding the right font is the tricky part and can often take up a lot of your whilst you test out different fonts styles, etc. Font's can also be very expensive costing anything from a few quid up to several hundred which will soon eat up your budget.
Favourite Links of the Week (#4)
Posted in Freebies, Inspiration, Web Design, WordPress, jQuery on 01 Feb
Week 4 is up and here are my favourite posts/links/freebies of the last 7 days. There are not much this week unfortunately I will make up for this next week!
Favourite Links of the Week (#3)
Posted in All Posts, CSS, Freebies, Inspiration, Tutorials, iPhone, jQuery on 18 Jan
Time again for another round of fun and exciting links! If you have any you want featuring on next weeks roundup then let me know via Twitter (via @stugreenham).
Favourite Links of the Week (#2)
Posted in All Posts, Freebies, Inspiration, Photography, Tutorials, Web Design, jQuery on 10 Jan
Right guys, continuing on from last week, here are some of my favourite links that I have seen in the last 7 days! Some crackers here and if you agree then help me out with a cheeky Tweet, Bump or Digg! You will find all the sharing links at the bottom of the post page. Heres my #2 set of links....
Favourite Links of the Week (#1)
Posted in All Posts, CSS, Freebies, HTML, Inspiration, Photoshop, Tutorials, Web Design on 31 Dec
I am going to start a set of weekly posts that will show you my favourite links I have found, been sent or have used myself at some point. Please, if you have time to take a few minutes to help spread my posts using the share links at the bottom of the page I would be very greatful! Right heres my #1 set of links...
Posted in Freebies on 10 Dec
I have got 15 Google Wave invites at the moment going spare if you need one then post your details and I will send one your way! First come first serve bases though!
Posted in All Posts, Freebies, Web Design, WordPress on 26 Apr
This post is long overdue I know, but I thought I would share the latest goings on in the land of (Nerd)Press, which is that version 1.0 is officially released onto the web for all you WordPress fans to download and use should you want to!
Posted in All Posts, Freebies, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress on 08 Sep
If you have read any of my previous posts about the mighty WordPress, then you might be able to work out I am a big fan! Very true indeed! Infact 99% of the sites I have done use it. When creating a design I won't build it into WordPress from the start, main reason is that I can concentrate fully on the HTML/CSS code and not have to worry about PHP loops, etc. Much simpler!
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7 Black and White Photoshop Conversion Techniques
Another great tutorial from Photo Tuts + showing 7 different method's of converting an image to black and white all done in Photoshop.
How To Use Curves in Photoshop
Good tutorial from Tutorial9 showing you how to use the curves tool. Something I've used many times but always good to brush up on your skills once in a while!
Great tool for any grid users out there. Break away from using the same grid each time and generate your own using this tool from Zurb that even provides you with the code to get you started!
600+ Photoshop Gradients to Download
Huuugge collection of gradients brought to you by Best Design Options!
Start BitTorrent downloads remotely with Dropbox
Great tutorial / tip showing how any mac users can use Dropbox to set torrents to automatically download remotely!
The Ultimate iPhone Setup for Web Designers (40+ Apps)
The perfect post for any Web Designing iPhone lovers! A huge list of some great apps which will help us all be that little bit more productive! Thanks Appstorm!
How To Write The Perfect Tweet
Interesting post from Twittercism looking at things we can do to help us write better Tweets. I'm guilty for a lot of these but a good article for anyone looking to use Twitter as a marketing tool.
130+ Stunning Examples of Macro Photography
Great article from Photo Tuts+ showcasing over 130 amazing close up Macro shots. Mainly insects here but still amazing to see so close up!
jQuery Resources for One-Page Portfolios
Another good post from Vandelay Design showing off some nice tools and tips for one page websites. I've just become a fan of the Smooth Anchors myself!
Really cool post by Nicolas Gallagher looking at pure CSS Speech bubbles with lots of cool examples here!
Showcase of Twitter Integration on Blogs
Cool showcase from Vandelay Design looking at various websites and how they have integrated Twitter. The post is from last year but some great examples non the less.
20 of the Best Typographical Portraits Found on the Web
Very cool post from Jared over at Design Juices showcasing 20 amazing typographical portraits! The Mr.T one is soo cool!
How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day
Interesting tutorial from Photo Tuts showing how to make HDR photos, from the point of taking the shot down to the editing process. Definately going to try this!
25 Mega Menus for Your Design Inspiration
Design Mag's article looks into 25 websites using the 'mega menu'. Great article and nice examples!
5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS
Great article from Nettuts+ looking at how we write our CSS code as well as various good practices and time saving tips. I particularly like the a-z css properties I think I am going to try it myself!
50 Awesome Animations made with CSS3
Great collection for anyone starting to look into CSS3 and more specifically, animations. Some very clever effects and worth a look!
8 Reasons You Might Not Be Getting Many Comments
Interesting read looking into possible reasons your blog might not be getting that many comments.
Best Practices for Hints and Validation in Web Forms
Great article from Six Revisions looking at many form styles and talking about good/bad practices with web forms and form validation techniques.
50+ sets of Latest Photoshop color gradients
Super resource of color gradients from Artatm! A great source for color inspiration as well for your next design project!
Whats the Best way to Promote your Latest Article?
Jared posted this great article looking at the best ways you can promote your latest content from your website. I was in need of an article when I was setting up the Design Woop article page so a good one for the bookmarks!
50 Captivating Slow Shutter Speed Photos
Photo Tuts+ posted this amazing set of photographs showcasing some real talent with slow shutter speeds! Great inspiration for a beginner photographer like myself!
70 iPhone Inspired Website Designs For Design Inspiration
Amazing list of iPhone App Websites from Theme Flash! Really enjoy looking through posts like this and if you own an iPhone like me then you will probably find some new apps too!
Showcase of Transparency in Web Design
Great showcase post from Vandelay Design who regularly provide us with treats like this. Today's showcase looks into the use of transparency in web design and there are some great examples!
Microsoft forced to offer Windows users choice of web browsers
Daily Mail article talking about how an investigation into Microsoft now means that they must offer alternative browsers upon Windows installation other then their horrible Internet Explorer.
Agencies, Labs, Studios, Media, Interactive and Creatives: The Many Names Of A Design Business
Cool post looking into popular name choices of Design Websites and how apart we really are from each other in terms of originality! Very interesting post.