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iPhone Pacman Wallpaper v2

Stu Greenham — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:31:15 +0000

After seeing this post on engadget regarding the pretty sweet Pacman wallpaper for iPhone by some Japanese dude, Myself and Jamie decided to tweak the colours to be more ‘Pacman Like’. Here’s my version:

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A Collection of 400+ Free Fonts

Stu Greenham — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:43:02 +0000

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. Lucky for us, there are a tonne of fantastic free fonts available too which these following posts have been good enough to share with us. Here is a collection of over 400 free fonts…

30 Free Fonts Which Are Perfect For Professional Logo Designs from Creative Nerds

Visit Source: http://creativenerds.co.uk

21 Fresh Design Fonts Free To Download from Ants Magazine

Visit Source: http://www.antsmagazine.com

20 Best Free Professional Fonts from Listropolis

Visit Source: http://www.listropolis.com

The Best Free Fonts of 2009 from Web Design Ledger

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

40 Can’t-Miss Grunge Fonts From DaFont from Spyre Studios

Visit Source: http://spyrestudios.com

50 Amazing Free Fonts For Designers from Ants Magazine

Visit Source: http://www.antsmagazine.com

There are some duplicate fonts but still plenty of amazing fonts which are worth bookmarking! Enjoy!

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Favourite Links 4

Stu Greenham — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:04:38 +0000

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!

jQuery Growl

Visit Source: http://labs.d-xp.com/growl/

Growl the popular software for Mac (and Windows now) has now been made into a neat little jQuery plugin allowing you to alert your users in the same manner the Growl software does.

Showcase of Buttons in Web Design

Visit Source: http://vandelaydesign.com

Vandelay Design posted this great article showcasing many button styles in web design. A great bookmark for inspiration when your struggling to come up with some of your own!

35 Beautiful E-Commerce Websites

Visit Source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com

Another showcase here this time E-Commerce websites. Smashing Magazine posted this beast displaying 35 beautiful E-Commerce websites. Another great bookmark!

60+ Free Clean, Simple Minimalist WordPress Themes

Visit Source: http://www.tripwiremagazine.com

Trip Wire posted this article showcasing 60+ free WordPress themes, mostly minimalistic in style. If your new to Web Design but want to start blogging etc then this is a great place to start looking for a sweet WordPress theme.

30+ PSD Files (Books, Notebooks, Magazines)

Visit Source: http://ledesigne.com

LeDesigned (A blog I recently started subscribing to as they are constantly pumping out great articles daily) posted this awesome article and a great resource containing 35+ PSD Books, Notebooks and Magazine files.

Superb Jquery CSS Image Effects and Tooltips Tutorials

Visit Source: http://www.designzzz.com

Designzzz pulled together this amazing post of jQuery plugin/effects. If your like me and always trying to find them cool plugins you’ve previously come across in the past but can’t remember where you saw them well this is one to bookmark!

20 Fonts Ideal for Big and Powerful Headings

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

Another great post from Web Design Ledger to finish of the post! This post looks at 20 fonts that are ideal for big and powerful headings! Franchise and Nevis are my favourites!

Right thats it for this week, as I am off on holiday so got lots to do but next week I will have plenty for you!

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Favourite Links 3

Stu Greenham — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:20:00 +0000

Time again for another round of fun and exciting links! We have free fonts, tutorials for image replacement, inspirational blog designs, comedy moustache mugs and a few more! If you have any you want featuring on next weeks roundup then let me know via Twitter (via @stugreenham).

Moustache Mugs!

Visit Source: http://www.peteribruegger.com

Safe to say this is on my next to buy list! I will no doubt be the coolest kid at work! Just need help deciding which one to go for?

20 Super Clean Fonts Perfect for Minimal Style Design

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

Web Design Ledger posted this great article showcasing 20 great font’s that are especially good for minimalistic designs. Another great point to make is they are all free! Go Nuts…

Chomp iPhone App

Visit Source: http://chompapps.com

A new iPhone App that attempts to take on Apple’s app store genius feature. Called Chomp, it is based around giving you app recommendations based on the reviews you give other apps. Probably not the best explanation their but its free so give it a try!

Nine Techniques for CSS Image Replacement

Visit Source: http://css-tricks.com

Chris Coyier wrote this great tutorial article I came across looking at nine techniques for CSS Image Replacement. I myself was only aware of a couple of these so its good read for anyone who actively uses this technique to freshen up on possibly better methods of doing the same thing.

Better html anchor, a jquery script to slide the scrollbar

Visit Source: http://www.position-absolute.com

Great jQuery script that gives you a smooth page jump anchor effect replacing the standard jump to links. This is really cool and you will probably have seen in on various sites around, well now you can use it on your site too.

50 Most Amazing Beautiful Blog Designs

Visit Source: http://creativenerds.co.uk

Creative Nerds posted this article showcasing 50 inspirational blog designs. Some great sites here and one to keep on record when your looking for some inspiration yourself!

30 Gorgeous iPhone App Interfaces & Icons

Visit Source: http://iphone.appstorm.net

The Appstorm guys posted this article last week and for an aspiring future iPhone app developer (nice title indeed) its a keeper! The post looks at 30 apps all look amazing! Not only good for inspiration but there are some good apps I didn’t know about here so take a look!

Right thats it for this week but be sure to check back next week! Tweet me @stugreenham if you find any interesting articles that I can use or you think is interesting and I will take a look!

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Favourite Links 2

Stu Greenham — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:14:16 +0000

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….

50 Beautiful Long Exposure Photos

Visit Source: http://www.pxleyes.com

Pxleyes have posted this amazing article showcasing 50 amazing photograph’s taken with a long exposure. As I am shortly heading of to get my first SLR today, I thought it was only right I included this post.

120 Tips, Tricks, and Tuts from 2009 Worth your Time

Visit Source: http://net.tutsplus.com

Nettuts+ published this mammoth of a post containing 120 tips, tricks and tutorials from last year. This is a great article and a fantastic resource!

Feet First

Visit Source: http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com

Photographer Tom Robinson composed this great set of photo’s specifically of his and his partners feet whilst on travel. Sound’s odd, but every cool place they’ve been they have a shot and the gallery is immense! Soo jealous of where he has been!

100+ Seamless Patterns Great for Creating Website Backgrounds

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

Web Design Ledger posted this article showcasing 100 seamless patterns great for creating website background. Some great resources here and a good bookmark to refer back to when need to find a good background.

40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

Another one from Web Design Ledger, this time logo’s! A great set of type only logo designs and there are some really clever ones here! I think the branding one is amazing hence it been displayed below but take a look for yourself.

Tweexchange

Visit Source: http://tweexchange.com

This site looks interesting combining the hassle of having to search for both free Twitter usernames and free Domain Names into one nice search. Thinking of starting a project then this tool will become handy in helping you decide which domain to choose ensuring you can get the Twitter username too.

In-Field Labels jQuery Plugin

Visit Source: http://fuelyourcoding.com

Fuel Your Coding show you how to achieve inline form labels using jQuery. The link contains sample forms, including a tutorial of how to do it yourself and links to download the plugin.

Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends

Visit Source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com

Smashing Magazine explore the latest navigation design trends in web design looking at many different styles with this article. A great source for inspiration and something I always struggle with so very handy for me!

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Favourite Links 1

Stu Greenham — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:34:12 +0000

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….

New Growl Styles

Visit Source: http://fixedgear.ca

Christopher Lobay has posted two new notification styles for the popular Mac app Growl which can be downloaded for free.

10 Fresh Must Read Blogs For Creatives

Visit Source: http://www.inspiredm.com

InspiredMag have posted a great article showcasing 10 ‘Must Read’ blogs that are great for us ‘Creatives’. There are some great reads here and lots of useful resources worth bookmarking.

Exobotics

Visit Source: www.exopolis.com

A very clever site built in Flash that lets you build a robot (Cool I know) and then bust some moves with it to a nice dance beat. Give it a try, very cooly designed!

35 CSS-based Layouts that Look Awesome

Visit Source: http://net.tutsplus.com

Nettuts+ posted a article showcasing 35 awsum CSS based websites! Another great article to bookmark for inspiration at a later date. There is a whole range of differently styled sites here so something for everyone.

Outstanding Website Background Guide: 60+ Impressive Resources

Visit Source: http://www.noupe.com

Noupe’s article on Website Background’s offers tonnes of great links and resources for getting the perfect website background. There are plenty of Tutorials, Texture Packs and Links where you can get loads of free background tiles/images.

30 Website Navigations that Make You Wanna Click It

Visit Source: http://webdesignledger.com

Web Design Ledger (One of my favourite subscribed to websites) posted this awesome article showcasing 30 Websites with class Navigation menu’s. A great post and really good source of inspiration when building a design concept.

Hacked STOP Signs

Visit Source: http://www.urlesque.com

Great set of Stop Sign’s that have been modified and there are some funny ones! My favourite is “STOP! Hammertime!”.

Rio Ferdinand Online Magazine

Visit Source: http://www.rioferdinand.com

Not design related but a cool site anyways. Footballer Rio Ferdinand has started an online magazine which is a great read. He interviews different celebs each edition and covers alot of general stuff.

24 Ways: CSS Animations

Visit Source: http://24ways.org

Tim Van Damme posted this cool article on 24ways about CSS Animations, showing you how to create one yourself. A great read and this is definately going to be something that we will start to see more and more of.

7 Open Source And Free URL Shortener Scripts To Create Your Own

Visit Source: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com

Web Resource Depot posted this article reviewing 7 open source URL Shortener scripts that are all free. I went for Yourls myself but a handy link for anyone else wanting to get on the URL Shortening bandwagon :)

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Need a Google Wave invite?

Stu Greenham — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:54:46 +0000

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!

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(Nerd)Press Theme Released

Stu Greenham — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:06:20 +0000

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!

My original aim was to get this out much earlier and for anyone following my progress on the theme, well, you may have thought it was never gonna be released! I guess I have been nervously putting off the release, with it been my first theme for release I have been worrying about the kind of response it was going to get from everyone. Lucky enough, to date, I have had 110 downloads via this link (cheeky plug right there), and I am delighted to say that feedback has been wicked! Thank you for your kind words and feedback and thanks to the few Twitter peeps who nicely tested the theme out before its release!

So…whats next for (Nerd)Press?

Well good question! I am going to hold off for a little while just see how the feedback continues, and wether or not any bugs appear, then the aim is to start integrating more features such as Gravatar support as well as several other more popular WordPress themes. I also am going to tweak a whole bunch of different color schemes, something which was actually recommended to me that I thought would be a great idea. If you have any color specific versions you would like to see then please leave your comments for me, as well as any features you would like to see / think (Nerd)Press is currently missing.

(Nerd)Press on Twitter

Thats right, (Nerd)Press has its very own Twitter account which can be found at http://twitter.com/nerdpress so make sure you follow me to find out the updates as and when they happen. You can also contact me at http://twitter.com/stugreenham.

Thats all I’m going to say for now, but thank you again to anyone who has downloaded my theme and / or left me feedback! If you have yet to try out the theme then make sure you visit http://nerdpress.co.uk for more details as well as a working live demo of the theme itself!

Update
Version 1.02 has been released, fixing one or two minor issues/bugs, please upgrade from http://nerdpress.co.uk if you have experienced any issues. Thanks again!

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WP .XML Test Data Import

Stu Greenham — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:44 +0000

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!

I use Lorem Ipsum to generate text to bulk out my design and give me a more realistic feel of how it will look live, which is great. When I come to integrating the site into the WordPress CMS I end up left with a kind of ‘blank canvas’ containing just the default ‘Hello World’ post! Having to continuously create fake posts/categories/tags/comments to check it all works within WP is well, Very Frustrating :(

For anyone else who has the same problem as me, this ones for you. Download the .XML linked below and import this into your WordPress installation and problem is sorted, the .XML will import the following:

5 Pages, with full content
10 Posts, with content, including Tags, Categories and Excerpt
21 Unique Tags
11 Unique Categories
10 Unique Comments, including several from the ‘Tester’ user (Administrator)
7 Default Links
1 Post (under category ‘Bullet List’) contains a Bullet List
1 Post (under category ‘Numbered List’) contains a Numbered List
Various Lengths on each posts content and title

If you are not familiar with Importing an .XML file into WordPress then follow this quick guide (based on the 2.6 version of WP)

Unzip the .XML from the downloaded archive
Log into your WP administration area (http://www.sitename/wp-admin)
Select Manage from the main menu
From the Manage sub-menu, select Import
You will be provided with a list of Blog types you wish to import from, select WordPress from the bottom of the list
Next select Browse
Locate to the .XML you downloaded from the link below, select Okay
Finally, select Upload File and Import

Any problems let me know, but should be fairly straight forward! Finally here is the download link:

Download: WordPress XML Import | Help spread this post by Digging It

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Favourite Links 3

Moustache Mugs!

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Chomp iPhone App

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Better html anchor, a jquery script to slide the scrollbar

50 Most Amazing Beautiful Blog Designs

30 Gorgeous iPhone App Interfaces & Icons

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Favourite Links 2

50 Beautiful Long Exposure Photos

120 Tips, Tricks, and Tuts from 2009 Worth your Time

Feet First

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40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs

Tweexchange

In-Field Labels jQuery Plugin

Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends

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Favourite Links 1

New Growl Styles

10 Fresh Must Read Blogs For Creatives

Exobotics

35 CSS-based Layouts that Look Awesome

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30 Website Navigations that Make You Wanna Click It

Hacked STOP Signs

Rio Ferdinand Online Magazine

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