Posted by Kayla Knight in Freelancing on 17. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
The popularity of WordPress and themes are still on the rise, and we can see that selling premium themes seems to be a business model that is not going away anytime soon. With its gain in popularity, many web designers are looking into creating premium themes as either a complete stream [...]
Many times designers will depend on other great designs for inspiration, trends, or ‘tricks of the trade’ to get by. However, learning the basic design principles and getting a feel for how they are applied to web design is essential for the career of any designer. In this post, we’re going to take a close look at one of those basic design principles, and how it applies specifically to web design. Read more…
In this tutorial we’re going to go over how to design and code a sleek contact form powered by JavaScript. Of course, some server-side scripting will be needed to get the mailer to work, which we’ll get to later. For part one of this two-part series, we’ll cover how to design a sleek contact form in Photoshop. Read more…
Every developer has their programming language of choice, and for many that choice is PHP, with a MySQL database. There is no doubt that this coding-combo is among the most popular option for creating web applications, as it is used for many of the top applications today (Wordpress, phpBB, Drupal, and Joomla to name a few). Also, many new clients request PHP-based websites or applications for new jobs every day. Any aspiring developer knows that learning PHP and MySQL can lead to great opportunities down the road; the popularity of the language isn’t going away any time soon. Read more…
Posted by Kayla Knight in Design on 17. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
Within the last ten years, web design has impressed us with glossy gradients, smooth reflections, and even plain and bold colors. With this new trend in simplicity and open space, came a better understanding and appreciation for adequate user interfaces. Now, though, in more recent designs we’re beginning to see these [...]
Posted by Kayla Knight in Coding on 17. Jul, 2010 | No Comments
Although not programmers, every web designer needs to know at least a bit of JavaScript to do decently in one’s career. XHTML and CSS are great, but they can only do so much for a web page. Adding the interactivity and/or special effects that JavaScript can allow can not only enhance [...]
Posted by Kayla Knight in Uncategorized on 10. Mar, 2010 | 2 Comments
For anyone that’s been following the blog, I thank you for your patience while getting things set up. Finally, I’ve found a theme that’s here to stay, and will be updating content shortly. Also, a big thanks to WooThemes, for providing me with a theme while I’m much to busy/lazy to create my own!
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Posted by Kayla Knight in Design, Showcases on 24. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Experimenting with unique wireframes that are still effective and usable to users is always a great challenge. Changing up where things are placed on a page can create a huge impact on originality, as well as putting focus on certain points that wouldn’t normally get focus.
For inspiration, here are ten blog designs that decided to [...]
