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Back in 2007 – in dog-years, that’s 14 years ago, in ‘Net years, probably the square of 14, Randa Clay wrote this piece Design inspiration: 6 Outstanding Logo Sites | Randa Clay Design. Suffice it to say that I only knew one of the six – and they all rock. Go see for yourself – [...]
David Dailey, a professor of Computer Science at Slippery Rock University, has – among other interesting things, SVG animation with JavaScript and SMIL, and a collection of public domain images from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Here are some samples: Following: A flying squirrrel from the “Mammals” category; a “Phaeton Butterfly” from the “insects” Category, and [...]
The super-talented Randa Clay has a timely basic explanation of the new(ish) image handling functions in current versions of WP. Check out “How to Efficiently Manage Your Images in WordPress.” While you’re there, don’t miss Randa’s portfolio. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those [...]
NB: we note for the record that this blog – and particularly this discussion – are currently running the K2 theme – in order to approximate a neutral forum. Remarkablogger has a post and thread about the respective virtues of the Thesis Theme and the new Headway Theme. If you’re considering using either theme system, [...]
LogosforWebsites is just that: logos for websites – in the various formats that one needs when building a site: banners, header images, favicons, and variously sized and shaped logos to fit in spaces as available. And while there’s a distinctive style and flavor – the logos tend to be rich, sometimes floral, not crisp, cool [...]
John Haydon is one of the most knowledgeable (as in practical knowledge) about social media and its applications for nonprofits, and businesses large and small.It’s clear that the big social networking apps - have great utility – but not always clear how to make use of them. Here’s Haydon on How to add a Facebook [...]
CMS plugins for WordPress at wpthemesplugin.com – some of these are new to me – but not only do they seem well-suited for WordPress-as-CMS use, some seem well-suited for any blog with more than one author. From the post: More Fields. This allows you to add extra fields on the write/edit page, and can be [...]
. Amazingly low prices for good work at Marvel Logo Design. Here are some pieces from their portfolio which caught my eye: Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now or learn more. [...]
Pixelita Designs has a gallery of 10 Uncommonly Gorgeous Thesis Themes. We’re big fans of the Thesis Theme – (which is in evidence at my primary site, Popular Logistics) and of Pixelita Design as well, a Texas-based design firm that’s done some brilliant work. They’re sufficiently prolific that, in addition to their primary site, they’ve [...]
Graham Smith, a freelance designer in the UK (actually, East Sussex, if you must know; and since I’m just an ignorant provincial, I don’t know where it is). But Mr. Smith of East Sussex – site, portfolio at imjustcreative.com does logo and identity work. To my eye – the work is all brilliant – a [...]
Adrian at Rubiqube: the excellent WordPress Tutorial: Adding Tabs to Your Blog Sidebar Also don’t miss his Visual WordPress Theme, which I find quite attractive: Visual: The WordPress Theme for Passionate Bloggers. A screenshot, and more after the jump: Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access [...]
WPPro (WordPress Pro) has undergone a site redesign, based on a design by Jason Reynolds and as before, powered by WordPress using a grid design build on the solid Blueprint CSS Framework. one difference is that the theme is not available for download. Some back-end stuff is pending, but to most part the site is [...]
Beautiful work from Logo Instant: Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now or learn more. It’s free!
If not inspiration, awe. 25 Sources For Logo Design Inspiration. By Dainis Graveris on 1st Web Designer. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign up now or learn more. It’s free!
Typography – 20+ Quality Free Sans Serif Fonts – which is one of a number of useful (and free resources available on ThinkDesign. I particularly liked Quicksand: Also not to be missed: 48 Word Press Resources Lorem Ipsum Test Post Pack One of their own free themes, Versatility Lite: ThinkDesign – Blog of Think Four. [...]
Magazine-style themes from DivaGeekDesigns, sixteen of them. Including: Beachler Mag, from WPJunction; Corporate Free magazine style Theme, from WP Junction; And, as noted, a bunch of others. 16 Free Magazine-style themes at DivaGeekDesigns. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your [...]
Srini’s WordPress Laboratory is where the Quotes Collection plugin was developed. It’s easy to use, comes with its own widget – just add content. It’s a randomizing quote rotator – but also lets you put the entire set on one page or in one post. I’m currently using it on a site I’m building for [...]
Kevin Muldoon at Blogging Tips has spotted 3 WP plugins that are new to me; one fills a clear need; another may extend WordPress functionality in entirely new directions. Check out his post, 3 New Interesting WordPress Plugins. Restricted Site Access apparently permits login/password restriction of all or parts of a blog. Assuming there aren’t [...]
Design Disease, first of all, are the authors of several deservedly popular free WordPress themes. But they also do very good custom work, some of which can beseen in their portfolio.One of their recent site designs is for HostGator, an excellent hosting company which has recently announced that it has bought renewable energy credits equivalent [...]
Cicero on the virtue of Handstands Insofar as we know, Cicero 1 never expressed an opinion about handstands. We’re using color to signal dummy copy within this post. The original image was 1024 pixels wide. Now, having adjusted the “medium” size for an uploaded image at 250 pixels, we can insert an image, select “medium” size [...]
Blogging Tips – written, it seems, by a large gang of extremely skilled web and graphic designers – is a blog I wish I’d been reading from the beginning. Some posts well worth reading: Improve Your Blog Typography with Typogrify A Few Tips On Paragraph Length (a question which should be considered, in my view, [...]
Matt Garrett’s BlogTactics.com – which I came across quite by accident – is a blog about the business of blogging. There’s some paid content – and I gather that Mr. Garrett does some consulting about Internet businesses – but nonetheless useful pieces on subjects as: blog monetization SEO (search engine optimization) Blog Setup Blog traffic [...]
20 Best WordPress Themes For Small Business. Some free – and some of the most excellent and reasonably-priced “for sale” themes – an excellent list from BestWPThemes. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or the web. Sign [...]
The mysterious Seth W.1, has written two very helpful posts on Blogussion. Membership Sites: Can You Make Money from Them? is actually about two things: Using WordPress as a membership site – with its native capabilities, and with some plugins. The answer – depending on the content and/or the audience – yes!. But we’d like [...]