Jason Bayless on 2013-01-10 With the release of the retina screen by Apple it would seem the future is a very high resolution one, with more and more users slowly using a retina or high resolution device to browse the web on it would seem the retina device is the future. With this in mind, its pretty important to understand how to create retina graphics and how to implement them on your WordPress site.
In this article I am focusing on the use of retina graphics within your WordPress website.
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Jason Bayless on 2013-01-07 Instagram is arguably one of the most popular photo sharing social networks, boasting over 30 million active users happily snapping away. With this in mind its only logical that users may want to display their photos on their own website.
In this post I wanted to focus on jQuery plugins that will enable you to pull in your own Instagram pictures, I have included a selection of jQuery Instagram plugins that you can use on WordPress, Drupal and if your not using a CMS I have also included jQuery plugins that you can use directly on your site.
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Jason Bayless on 2013-01-03 Landing pages are some of the toughest website layouts to put together. You need to converge with a series of different techniques for attracting your visitor’s attention and getting them interested enough to perform some action. In this tutorial we will create a simple newsletter signup page which is advertising a new iOS application.
The dynamic form effects will be handled in jQuery with some additional CSS3 properties as well. I haven’t connected any backend script into the form. But there are methods for situating a full registration form, such as MailChimp or even your own custom storage. This layout is a fantastic example of what can be accomplished using just a little bit of HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript techniques.
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Jason Bayless on 2012-12-31 Typography is one of the most important element in visual communication. It plays a major role in every kind of design starting with print, web and finishing with mobile where it provides a lot of information for the user. If you want to improve your designs you definitely want to pay some special attention to it.
Every designer has his own font collection and it’s not a secret that we – designers tend to want more and more of beautiful and nice fonts. In this post today I am sharing some really nice free fonts released in 2012 to update your typography toolbox for fresh projects in new year of 2013.
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Jason Bayless on 2012-12-20 In the last business card design inspiration post for the year, I wanted to bring you the best business cards of 2012. Hopefully this post will serve you well should you need some card design inspiration for the coming year – I think I have 100+ different business card designs, all featuring unique and super cool printing techniques.
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