Give your flat design a boost with this Flattastic UI kit, designed by Vlade Dimovski, free to download and simple to use. The PSD is properly layered, with intuitive naming, making modifying it for your own projects a synch. The design features four pairs of complimentary colors perfect for any flat design: bittersweet, which is #FC6E51 and… Continue reading Free Download: Flattastic UI kit
Day: August 9, 2013
Useful Hacks to Make WordPress Work Better
If you came here looking for ways to break into someone’s WordPress site, you choose the wrong definition of the word hack. No, this article is all about ways to make WordPress work better for you and your visitors by getting your hands dirty with WordPress’ actual code, you know the functions.php files, .htaccess and… Continue reading Useful Hacks to Make WordPress Work Better
14 print inspired websites
For years, I’ve continuously read how print is a dying industry and how print designers are in danger. It’s hard to argue, when many big name newspapers and magazines of the past see more readership online than in print. It’s even harder when many of these magazines and newspapers cease printing altogether to go full-blown… Continue reading 14 print inspired websites
50+ Great Resources for Finding Design Freebies
No matter what kind of task you have or problem you need to solve, it is often a bad strategy to start from scratch. In the design space, it is a common approach to look for ideas and inspiration and to collect a sizeable toolbox of design elements to kick start a project and test… Continue reading 50+ Great Resources for Finding Design Freebies
CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects
In this tutorial I will show you how to create CSS3 menu with bouncing effect. In thisCSS3 menu tutorial we will use keyframes to apply bouncing effect on menu. With thekeyframes rule, you can create animation. During animation you can change the style as much as you want. As you know how important is menu navigation on… Continue reading CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects
How To Design a Responsive Site Correctly
Businesses must decide whether to build a native mobile apps or a responsive site for their digital presences. Should you invest in separate iOS and Android development or simply design a site that works across all devices? If you opt to build out a responsive site, here are some best practices to make your design seamless on… Continue reading How To Design a Responsive Site Correctly
Great Free Ribbon Photoshop Brushes For You
Photoshop is no stranger for designers, artists, and even people who is an avid fan of manipulating their own photos. Indeed, this is a great tool to transform each photo magically with a few strokes of a brush. Free ribbon brushes are used to create artistic designs for websites and print ads. With the right amount of… Continue reading Great Free Ribbon Photoshop Brushes For You
CSS 3D Image Flip Gallery With Dynamic Shadows
My recent book Pro CSS3 Animation walked the reader through a simple version of a 3D flip image gallery. After publication, I wanted to take it further: thus, this article. The UI challenge addressed here is the same focused on in many of my other CSS 3Dworks, such as the Origami UI: we live in a world of increasingly diversified… Continue reading CSS 3D Image Flip Gallery With Dynamic Shadows
Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option
The Media Temple Grid type hosting plan is the best value for blog, business or personal web hosting, for a number of reasons. First among these is the scalability it comes with: there is no fixed capacity, so you’re always online. The number of computers comprising the grid can be augmented with just a flip of… Continue reading Why Media Temple’s Grid Package Is Such A Likeable Hosting Option
How To Create a Set of Vector Weather Line Icons
Stroked line icons really complement a flat interface style with their minimal and basic appearance. Let’s take a look at building a set of stylised vector icons of our own. We’ll base them on the weather to allow us to create a set of consistently styled icons that would be a perfect match for a… Continue reading How To Create a Set of Vector Weather Line Icons
Tutorial: How To Build Input Fields with Tag-Style Item Blocks
Many newer social media communities and web applications are pushing the boundaries of interface design. Form inputs have changed a lot over just the past 4-5 years. One such feature is the tag select input field, where users can enter tags which appear as block items within the field itself. For this tutorial I want… Continue reading Tutorial: How To Build Input Fields with Tag-Style Item Blocks