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)

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 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

20 More Sets of Free Icon Fonts

Icon fonts do have their pitfalls and there are certain things you should consider before using them. To ensure that your icons always load and have reliable fallbacks for browsers that don’t support @fontface, you should take a look at the guidelines set-out by the Filament Group, Bulletproof Accessible Icon Fonts. And just like they… Continue reading 20 More Sets of Free Icon Fonts

Full Throttle Development: Website Design Software Webydo Goes Parallax – Participate in The Closed Beta (Invite Only)

Webydo’s developers must be on steroids. The community-driven development process sparks more innovation in a few months than other companies find in their whole lifetime. The latest feature announcement promises the availability of one of the hottest trends in web design today, Parallax Scrolling. And it promises to deliver it code-free and with pixel-perfect accuracy.… Continue reading Full Throttle Development: Website Design Software Webydo Goes Parallax – Participate in The Closed Beta (Invite Only)

How To Make Your Graphic Design Practices Sustainable

2014’s hottest trends in graphic and web design revolve around reducing visual clutter and minimizing work for users. A new frontier in design, though, is going to be reducing pollutants and minimizing environmental waste. Hopefully, your design firm is already aware of the need to reduce your environmental impact. Reducing waste is necessary for every… Continue reading How To Make Your Graphic Design Practices Sustainable

20 Best Free Buttons Designs PSDs to Download

Buttons are important design elements, and thus they must be eye-catching and user-friendly. There are a lot of Photoshop freebies on the web, but not all of them are high quality. Also, maybe you don’t want to spend time on creating a brand new button design, that’s when freebies com in handy. We selected some… Continue reading 20 Best Free Buttons Designs PSDs to Download