Out of the hundreds of web application frameworks and content management systems available, only a select few surface for the masses to see. The reason is – not everyone who use your framework have a creative eye for making good design. Of course the more people utilize your framework – the more creative your user [...]
Ahhh – so many choices when it comes to what open source software to use: Joomla, WordPress, Drupal…but aren’t they at times – a little overkill? For smaller web designers like myself, I still get the usual client who just wants a simple website to advertise their services. Most of the time they will have [...]
Just in time for Halloween – I give you “Argyle’s Drudge”, a fully layered Photoshop file that can be the base design of your next blog. In time for Halloween because it does have that messy, random and scary feel to it – don’t you think? The design is wholly unexpected – colors of October [...]
I’m a big fan of Woothemes. It seems that each time they come out with a theme – they push the boundaries of web design. Take a look at their latest creation: Therapy – I can’t help but fall in love with the fine background gradients, smooth and seamless transparencies and nice rounded edges. But [...]
Grid based web design is becoming an art that each web developer must master. News portals, magazine layouts as well as showcase websites all adhere to the intricacies of the grid – which when mastered, is definitely a good addition to your web skill arsenal. We all know that a typical grid design uses some [...]