Some designers advocate skipping the Photoshop process and moving from wireframes directly into HTML/CSS. This is possible for smaller projects but not always advisable. Adobe Photoshop offers the best tools for testing color schemes, gradients, icons, and detailed page elements before moving the layout into your browser. If you’re a little rusty in Photoshop then… Continue reading 28 Photoshop Tutorials for Learning New Web Design Techniques
A Detailed Introduction To Node.js And MongoDB
Node.js is a rapidly growing technology that has been overtaking the world of server-side programming with surprising speed. MongoDB is a technology that’s revolutionizing database usage. Together, the two tools are a potent combination, thanks to the fact that they both employ JavaScript and JSON. At first glance, coming to grips with Node.js and MongoDB… Continue reading A Detailed Introduction To Node.js And MongoDB
Bhagaskara – Onepage PSD Template
Andreansyah Setiawan has released Bhagaskara – Onepage PSD Template. This template designed based on 1170px grid system and use Google Font Lato. Fully customizable (responsive) solution to showcase your creative informations with a modern and professional touch! Preview Download Bhagaskara – Onepage PSD Template from here.
20 Best Online Courses Websites for Web Designers and Developers
If you want to learn everything about web design and web developing, then these best online courses websites are a great choice! Sure, you can start by following free tutorials online or reading how-to articles, but this can take a while and you may not get the results you are looking for. Online courses websites… Continue reading 20 Best Online Courses Websites for Web Designers and Developers
20 Beautiful and Creative Logo Design for Designers Inspiration
A beautiful Logo is all about a website’s main creative part. It tells the whole theme of the website. For a designer sometime needs to follow and take inspiration from some beautiful logos created by some famous and experienced designers. Today we collect 20 Beautiful and Creative Logo Design for Designers Inspiration. Related Posts: 20… Continue reading 20 Beautiful and Creative Logo Design for Designers Inspiration
Create and Theme an Evernote Powered Blog With Postach.io
What You’ll Be Creating Postach.io is a blogging system with a difference. It has one feature in particular which makes it especially interesting: instead of an admin panel you simply create your posts inside Evernote. You can use any Evernote app, which means Postach.io blogging is multi-platform, automatically backed up, and (if you’re already an Evernote user) very familiar. In this tutorial… Continue reading Create and Theme an Evernote Powered Blog With Postach.io
The Design Pattern & Wireframe Libraries Guide
In this article, Chris Bank of UXPin – The UX Design App details many of the top sources for finding wireframe examples, design patterns, templates, stencils, sketches, and other examples of web and mobile user interface designs for endless wireframing and prototyping inspiration. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “(Design) is a journey, not a destination.”… Continue reading The Design Pattern & Wireframe Libraries Guide
Freebie: 70 Ecommerce and Shopping Icons (AI, EPS & PSD)
Courtesy of our friends Vecteezy, we have another freebie for you guys today. We have a huge and exclusive shopping icon set that would be a perfect fit for when you are building your next ecommerce website. In total there are 70 icons in the set, covering all aspects of modern ecommerce on the web,… Continue reading Freebie: 70 Ecommerce and Shopping Icons (AI, EPS & PSD)
The A to Z of Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop CC (and versions before it) is filled with tools, panels, and effects meant to give users as much control as possible over their illustrations, photo editing, designs, and more. Whether you’re a Photoshop ace, in need of brushing up on the latest updates, or the program is completely new to you, this list… Continue reading The A to Z of Adobe Photoshop
44 New Photoshop Illustrator Text Effects Tutorials
Are you searching for some useful and professional level tutorials on creating text effects, if your answer is yes, then you are at right place. Here we are presenting 40 new and useful Photoshop & Illustrator tutorials that will help you in creating amazing text effect that can bring your boring design to life. Professionals… Continue reading 44 New Photoshop Illustrator Text Effects Tutorials
The Top 50 Free Web PSD Templates for 2014
With the Internet now so easy to use, designers and developers have a personal blog or website where they interact with their audience. Building a whole new website for these kinds of interactions can be very time-consuming for many designers since they can busy with certain projects. Therefore, using free web PSD templates can be… Continue reading The Top 50 Free Web PSD Templates for 2014
Best Node.js Tutorials and Resources for Beginners
Node.js is increasingly gaining popularity among web developers. Due to all hosting companies Node.js remains the prerogative of dedicated servers and VPS. Actually VPS is a solution that even a small startup can afford. For more details refer to the documentation on nodejs.org. As you know, Node.js supports modules. You can find the folder for… Continue reading Best Node.js Tutorials and Resources for Beginners
What Makes HTML5 The Future Of The Web?
A growing increase in the usage of mobile devices by both individuals and enterprises, have called for businesses to ensure possible support for mobile users, both in the B2B and B2C communication realm. Multiple mobile operating systems, hardware devices, and access processes originated intimidating challenges for mobile support. Looking for a resolute seamless solution? HTML5… Continue reading What Makes HTML5 The Future Of The Web?
15 Stylish Fonts For Your Next Project
On a recent search for a new typeface for a project I came across the free font called Anke Sans, I really loved it and added it to my collection. I wanted to also bring you some of the other fonts I came across, some of which are both free and not free to download.… Continue reading 15 Stylish Fonts For Your Next Project
15 New & Free Super Handy Icon Sets
Icons are a requirement for any web-related project or just application project. Creating your own custom icons for each project is rarely practical as it’s so time-consuming. On the other hand, finding those hidden treasures in a pool of tens of thousands of icon packs also takes time especially if we are talking about free… Continue reading 15 New & Free Super Handy Icon Sets
Designing an Elegant Blog Layout in Photoshop
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create a simple, elegant blog layout in Photoshop. We’ll use a strong image above the fold (wherever that may be) with some straightforward messaging, followed by very clean and elegant typography. Tutorial Assets In order to follow along you will need the following (freely… Continue reading Designing an Elegant Blog Layout in Photoshop
20 Pixel-Perfect Patterns and Backgrounds Packs
If you’re looking for cool patterns and backgrounds for your designs, you’ve come to the right place! Have you seen that there’s a new trend when it comes to patterns and backgrounds used in designs? More and more blurred, abstract backgrounds are being used. Also, shapes like triangles are a common element found in these… Continue reading 20 Pixel-Perfect Patterns and Backgrounds Packs
Some of the Best Photos From National Geographic
Today for you daily inspiration dose of Photography, we have showcased some of the best and truly amazing photo from National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society‘s historical mission is “to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world’s cultural, historical, and natural resources. Hope you will like these stunning photos… Continue reading Some of the Best Photos From National Geographic
Create Color Swatches From Your Designs
What You’ll Be Creating The combination of images, graphics and typography create a cohesive design that gets noticed. All of these elements also feature a variety of colors all working together through the design. But how do you know what colors to use? Which colors work together and which ones should you stay away from?… Continue reading Create Color Swatches From Your Designs
Making a Nice Ubuntu Desktop Wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS6
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a nice desktop wallpaper using Adobe Photoshop CS6. You will find it very useful to create another wallpapers. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS6 with the size 1920px by 1200px… Continue reading Making a Nice Ubuntu Desktop Wallpaper in Adobe Photoshop CS6
How Wearable Technology Will Impact Web Design
Remember how wearing a calculator watch back in the day made you feel like George Jetson or his boy Elroy? Technology has come a long way from spelling out naughty words (upside down) on your calculator. These days, you can make calls, record videos, check your health, and buy coffee from your smartwatch–and that’s just… Continue reading How Wearable Technology Will Impact Web Design
Understanding and Working With the WordPress Options Table
In the earlier parts of this series, we looked at the tables in the WordPress database and the relationships between them. In this part I’ll cover a table which is different from the others – the wp_options table. As you can see from the diagram below, this is the only table which sits on its… Continue reading Understanding and Working With the WordPress Options Table
20 Useful Dribbble Tools for Designers
If you’re a graphic or web designer, then you definitely must bookmark all the websites in the list below! These are some awesome Dribbble tools for designers! You’ll find lots of freebies, design tools and downloadable graphic elements. Among the great Dribbble tools in this list are: online color pickers, Dribbble freebies compilation websites, apps… Continue reading 20 Useful Dribbble Tools for Designers
Building a Mega-Navigation Menu with CSS3 and jQuery
Larger navigation menus will typically include separate dropdown lists to appear on hover. But for some websites it can be necessary to expand this dropdown across the entire page. Designers might call this a “mega navigation” for its influence over the whole menu. In this tutorial I want to demonstrate a method of creating one… Continue reading Building a Mega-Navigation Menu with CSS3 and jQuery