Apr 19
Typography is an art form rarely covered in the spotlight. Web designers toooften indulge into page graphics and CSS effects. Ironically pagetext is what carries the information you’re trying to spread, thusshould hold much higher importance to your visitors. I find the problem isn’twith a lack of interest but a lack of knowledge on the subject.Continue reading »...
Tagged with: Basics • Practicing • Typography
Apr 18
As we can find on Wikipedia,“Form refers to the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object.”And here I believe that this is also the perfect explanation… forms in webdesign are a way to gather information, but they must also take on a “form” oran appealing visual appearance in order to be effective. So we decided togather some fresh examples of websites that have well designed forms. Fromregi...
Tagged with: Design • Examples • Excellent • Forms
Apr 17
I’ve mentioned here before how thankful I am for the support Theme Trust has received from you, the WDLReaders. To show my gratitude, I’m giving away some free themes. Ten readerswill win a theme of their choice plus support for that theme.How to EnterTweet the following message:Continue reading »...
Tagged with: Giveaway • Premium • Theme • Trust • WordPress
Apr 16
For our WDL PremiumMembers, we have another high-quality vector pack from our friends atGo Media. In this set there are 32stunning color radials. You’ll find that these vectors span the space betweenbasic & extreme, modern & aged, standard & avant garde.Continue reading »...
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 write aboutart or other things that might spark artistic inspiration in the minds ofreaders. I’m not here to make light of that either, it’s what I do and Ilove it. However, the reason I put quotations around the word inspirationabove is because many times in the...
Tagged with: Getting • Inspiration • Search
Apr 13
To say that Twitter is popular and lots of people use it, would be a massiveunderstatement. But the more popular a web service becomes, the more people youhave wishing it could do more. Thankfully, there are some of these people thatare willing to act on their wishes and build tools to enable this “missing”functionality and help make a service like Twitter even better. Here are 7 ofthese tools that will help yo...
Tagged with: Tools • Twitter • Useful
Apr 12
HTML5 is certainly here to stay, from a numerous list of articles, eventsand buzz about this latest revision of the HTML standard. Some websites usingHTML5 proudly 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 newlist showcasing websites using HTML5.Continue reading »...
Tagged with: Examples • HTML5 • Using • Websites
Apr 08
What a better way to end your week than with some freebies. It’s Friday andI’m back with some more great free fonts. One can never have too many fonts intheir design resource library. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for goodones. So here are 7 new high-quality free fonts for your designs. Enjoy!Continue reading »...
Tagged with: Fonts • Free • HighQuality
Apr 07
Nearly every business from local plumbers, large blue-chip organizations andeven churches have websites, and each and every one wants to spread the messageabout their products, services and profiles, and what they can offer you as aconsumer. That is where SEO comes in. SEO has become a valuable onlinemarketing tool for businesses of all shapes and sizes, but for an SEO campaignto be successful, solid foundations ne...
Tagged with: Designing • Friendly • Website
Apr 06
For our WDL Premiummembers this week, we’re releasing a Genesis Framework child theme, calledApollo from Mojo Themes. The Apollotheme is a business-style theme that will provide a high-end look for yoursite. It’s tailored for large amounts of content and you can rest assured thatthe Apollo child theme will blend beauty with functionality.Continue reading »...
Tagged with: Apollo • Child • Framework • Genesis • Premium • Theme