Apr 19
Typography is an art form rarely covered in the spotlight. Web designerstoooften indulge into page graphics and CSS effects. Ironically pagetext iswhat carries the information you’re trying to spread, thusshould hold muchhigher importance to your visitors. I find the problem isn’twith a lack ofinterest but a lack of knowledge on the [...]
Tagged with: Basics • Practicing • Typography
Apr 18
As we can find on Wikipedia,“Form refers to the shape, visual appearance, orconfiguration of an object.”And here I believe that this is also the perfectexplanation… forms in webdesign are a way to gather information, but they mustalso take on a “form” oran appealing visual appearance in order to beeffective. So we [...]
Tagged with: Design • Examples • Excellent • Forms
Apr 17
I’ve mentioned here before how thankful I am for the support Theme Trust hasreceived from you, the WDLReaders. To show my gratitude, I’m giving away somefree themes. Ten readerswill win a theme of their choice plus support for thattheme.How to EnterTweet the following message:… Read More »
Tagged with: Giveaway • Premium • Theme • Trust • WordPress
Apr 16
For our WDL PremiumMembers, we have another high-quality vector pack fromour friends atGo Media. In this set there are 32stunning color radials. You’llfind that these vectors span the space betweenbasic & extreme, modern &aged, standard & avant garde…. Read More »
Tagged with: Color • Pack • Premium • Radials • Vector
Apr 15
Many of us creative types spend a lot of time seeking out“inspiration”. In fact, if you’re like me it’s your job to find and writeaboutart or other things that might spark artistic inspiration in the mindsofreaders. I’m not here to make light of that either, it’s what I do andIlove it. However, [...]
Tagged with: Getting • Inspiration • Search
Apr 13
To say that Twitter is popular and lots of people use it, would be amassiveunderstatement. But the more popular a web service becomes, the morepeople youhave wishing it could do more. Thankfully, there are some of thesepeople thatare willing to act on their wishes and build tools to enable this“missing”functionality and [...]
Tagged with: Tools • Twitter • Useful
Apr 12
HTML5 is certainly here to stay, from a numerous list of articles, eventsandbuzz about this latest revision of the HTML standard. Some websites usingHTML5proudly show the official logo and state the sentence “support the futurenow”.So to support all this buzz and the technology we decided to gather a newlistshowcasing websites using [...]
Tagged with: Examples • HTML5 • Using • Websites
Apr 08
What a better way to end your week than with some freebies. It’s FridayandI’m back with some more great free fonts. One can never have too many fontsintheir design resource library. That’s why I’m always on the lookout forgoodones. So here are 7 new high-quality free fonts for your designs. Enjoy!…Read [...]
Tagged with: Fonts • Free • HighQuality
Apr 07
Nearly every business from local plumbers, large blue-chip organizationsandeven churches have websites, and each and every one wants to spread themessageabout their products, services and profiles, and what they can offer youas aconsumer. That is where SEO comes in. SEO has become a valuableonlinemarketing tool for businesses of all shapes and [...]
Tagged with: Designing • Friendly • Website
Apr 06
For our WDL Premiummembers this week, we’re releasing a Genesis Frameworkchild theme, calledApollo from Mojo Themes. The Apollotheme is a business-styletheme that will provide a high-end look for yoursite. It’s tailored for largeamounts of content and you can rest assured thatthe Apollo child theme willblend beauty with functionality…. Read More »
Tagged with: Apollo • Child • Framework • Genesis • Premium • Theme