Light Mesh

First Aid Kit

French Stucco

Rough diagonal

White Wave

Light Sketch

Farmer

11 Light Subtle Patterns

35 Tiny Pixel Patterns

Minimal Patterns 1

Text2Res3

Minimal Patterns 2

Paper

Church

Cross Scratches

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.

Create a WordPress custom post type

How To Create Custom Post Meta Boxes In WordPress

How to Use Custom Sidebars on Posts and Pages

Add a Custom Column in Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

Build a Short URL Service with WordPress Custom Post Types

How to Convert Plugins to Use Custom Post Types

Custom Post Type Helper Class

How to Create Advanced Search Form in WordPress for Custom Post Types

Creating a Tabbed Widget for Custom Post Types

Custom post types in WordPress

Using Custom Post Types to Create a Killer Portfolio

Rock-Solid WordPress 3.0 Themes using Custom Post Types

Extending Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0

Quick Tip: 3 Tools for Making “Instant” Custom Post Types

Event Posts in WordPress

Yanone Kaffeesatz

Droid Sans

Josefin Sans

Open Sans

Abel

Poiret One

Quattrocento Sans

Dosis

Ruluko

Muli

Quicksand

Gudea

Advent Pro

Chivo

News Cycle

PT Sans Narrow

Economica

Antic

Marvel

Puritan

In this compilation you will find only newest CSS3 tutorials on creating amazing transition effects, slideshows, navigation menus and much more.

Orman Clark’s Vertical Navigation Menu: The CSS3 Version

How to Build a Kick-Butt CSS3 Mega Drop-Down Menu

Page Transitions with CSS3

Skin Orman Clark’s Video Interface Using jPlayer and CSS

Get more out of your CSS transitions with jQuery

How to Create an Image Slider using jQuery and CSS3 [Tutorial]

Tutorial For A CSS3 Animated Hover Effect

Item Blur Effect with CSS3 and jQuery

HTML5 & CSS3 Toggle slideup and slidedown without JavaScript

How to Create Login Form with CSS3 and jQuery

Fullscreen Background Image Slideshow with CSS3

CSS3 Image Styles – Part 2

Apple-like Login Form with CSS 3D Transforms

Animated Web Banners with CSS3

CSS3 breadcrumbs

We’ve brought together a collection of beautifully crafted, retro logos that will hopefully inspire you for your next design.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/25861-Gilford-Sons-Logo-Final

Gilford & Sons have a beautifully designed logo that remains simple yet functional & classy. The two tone effect shading and the stern, professional typeface create a sharp, retro logo that’s full of character.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/462253-Ms-Tidy-Logo

The logo for Ms Tidy Residential Cleaning uses hand-drawn typography and a character to add personality to the design.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/132881-Smart-Goal

The logo for Smart Goal uses clean, angular lines to create a vintage effect. The design also uses plenty of texture to help give it a slightly faded, retro look.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/466724-ARRC-Logo

The American Road Racing Club logo is beautifully designed, and looks like it’s straight out of a 1950’s American car club. The circular badge style and the faded texture of the logo both hint at a retro-style, and are used to great effect here.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/395127-Lunchpad

Lunchpad makes heavy use of a retro-inspired typeface to create a 1950’s vintage look, and despite the playful font, the black and white style helps to keep the design looking sophisticated.

Studio 85 have created an ultra-clean mark that looks professional & classy, while the circular design gives the logo a badge-like quality.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/312181-STUDIO85-3

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/336286-Mr-Dj

Mr DJ event services have a complicated logo, but it’s full of personality – and the quirky, retro style helps to make the logo memorable and fun.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/278266-Vintage-Hydroplane-Federation

The logo for the Hydroplane federation is reminiscent of the 1950’s vision of the future and looks like something out of the Jetsons. The bright red and the muted green in the design help to add to the retro feel of the logo, while the typography has a very vintage feel to it.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/333411-Tokyo-Bicycles-Logo

The logo for Tokyo Bicycles has a retro cartoon feel to it, with big bold borders and muted colours complementing the hand-drawn typeface perfectly.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/359504-Six-Yard-4

Six Yard have used angular lines in their logo to form a badge, while a ribbon is used in the background to add a touch of elegance. There’s something very retro about the solid, bold typeface and the texture of the shading on the ribbon that makes the design look strong.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/287891-Bubbles

Tonic’s logo is based on a custom-designed typeface that could easily be at home on a 1950’s fizzy drink bottle. The playful font suggests that Tonic is a fun, interesting & quirky brand, while the shading and highlights in the type help to make the logo “pop” slightly, and keep that retro feel.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/64770-Neo-Retro-Aviation-Logo-Red-

Avionics Masters have an astonishingly retro style logo, from the vintage effect font to the silhouette of the plane, it’s hard to find a more vintage design.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/368811-The-Collective-Logo

The Collective coworking space in Italy have opted to used two very vintage typefaces in their logo – the first is bold and strong, while the second has a more retro hand-written quality to it. Both complement the other in a surprisingly effective way, while the colours in the design also have a very retro feel to them.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/482059-ONST-Creative-Logo-Final-

ONST Creative have an amazingly designed, extremely fun & quirky logo. The typeface is very heavily inspired by retro designs, while the robot that’s featured is straight out of the 50’s.

Source: http://dribbble.com/shots/104327-Bottle-Cap-Logo

Tim Dobbins has used a number of techniques to give his logo a retro feel. The choice of red and faded white work really well together, while the angled lines surrounding the word “Designer” help to add texture. The hand-drawn font also completes the logo and really adds a vintage quality to it.

Are there any retro logo designs that you’ve found that deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments.

Dan writes for gift ideas experts The Handpicked Collection, who specialise in wedding gifts and presents. In his spare time he studies graphic design and practices his skills in Illustrator.

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