On a recent design I was working on I wanted to use an extremely subtle and light texture on the background to create a little more depth and dimension to the background, rather then simply just using a solid background color. I tested out many different background textures and patterns so I thought I would share with you some of my favorite light background patterns you can download and use. Read More
Custom post types aren’t something strictly defined. Basically it is any type of content you use in your blog. For example, WordPress comes with some default post types you’re probably familiar like blog posts, pages, attachments, navigation menus and more.With custom post types you have the possibility to create more interesting and unusual user experience in your blog by expressing more creativity using them. Custom post types allow users to easily create and manage such things as portfolios, projects, real estate listings, event calendar, quotes, ticket system, and whatever you can imagine.In this list I would like to share 15 useful WordPress tutorials for creating custom post types for any kind of your projects. Read More
When creating new website designs I always reach the point where I need an extensive font collection to enable me to experiment with different headline and body combinations. When coding the design into the browser I often use Google Fonts, this gives me a vast array of fonts to choose from, all of which are also free to use and download! Take a look and download some of my recently used sans-serif fonts which are compatible with Google Fonts and let me know some of your favorites. Read More
For today I have selected 15 fresh and useful CSS3 tutorials for your next project. CSS3 and HTML5 are the topics that you see and hear everyday and I think it is the right time to start diving into it. While there is no freedom in expressing our ideas in CSS3 prior to weak support in major browsers we want to be the first ones when it is fully supported right? Besides chasing the trends you will gain valuable experience in CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery which will help you to solve your problems in your projects.In this compilation you will find only newest CSS3 tutorials on creating amazing transition effects, slideshows, navigation menus and much more. Read More
There’s a huge variety of logo styles out there, but few logo trends are cooler than the retro look. Vintage logos – the kind that you could easily imagine seeing in a 50’s diner – are actually surprisingly difficult to design. They need to look cool, slick and stylish – without looking tacky or cheesy. In other words, to be truly cool, they need to be more Mad Men than Happy Days.We’ve brought together a collection of beautifully crafted, retro logos that will hopefully inspire you for your next design. Read More
Gallery based WordPress themes provide a great way to showcase products and personal work, gallery themes are also great for starting your own niche focused WordPress gallery of items, as an example logos, designs, or photography compositions. Today I have selected 20 of the best WordPress gallery themes you can use to create your on WordPress powered gallery. Some themes are also responsive which means the actual gallery items adapt and re-order, depending on screen size or device the gallery is viewed on. Read More
The environment you work in needs to be perfectly setup for you to do your best work and be productive. Having a quiet and tidy workstation setup is an essential part of keeping you free from distractions and providing you with a creative space to work from. In this we look at a showcase of clean and minimalist workstation setups. Read More
Maintaining a business card gallery means I get to see a whole amazing selection of varying business card designs and printing techniques, today I am showcasing some of the great business card designs that were submitted in April 2012. I particularly like the edge painted business card effect as seen on the WHP Creative and BrainUp cards, take a look! Read More
This week I have been creating a new WordPress theme and have been searching for and test driving many different sans-serif typefaces to use in the design and add to my font collection. There are many freely available sans-serif fonts out there, but I though it would be a nice to share with you my recent collection of 15 beautiful and free sans-serif typefaces that I am currently testing. Read More
Information has been vital component of the Internet for ages and that is the reason why people started to design websites – to access all available and needed information easily. Most of the information on the Web is text or typography and it plays very important role in website design too. Appropriate use of typography can improve overall design look so you definitely should pay some attention to this aspect of design.Today I would like to present you some nice CSS3 techniques for improving your web typography. Unfortunately these experiments won’t work on all browsers because of weak CSS3 support but it is always interesting and fun to give a try on upcoming stuff.Here are 15 unusual and beautiful CSS3 typography effect examples and explanations how to do them. Read More