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My Free WP Themes
October 17, 2009 – 6:26 pm | One Comment
My Free WP Themes

I’ve been really busy with some major changes in my life. Lots of things going on: working on a new WordPress plugin, Twitter and iPhone application, plus just started my own client-base for development of …

60 Resources for the Frugal Web Developer
September 22, 2009 – 4:44 pm | No Comment
60 Resources for the Frugal Web Developer

Photo by s2photo With the economy reeling and VC’s spending less and less on startups, developers have had to adapt how they create sites. Because of the world’s economic state, we’ve had to change how we develop. Some may see this shift as a grim prospect. Change…

Design Inspiration
June 20, 2009 – 3:53 pm | No Comment
Design Inspiration

Image Source: http://bevrnja.deviantart.com/art/fire-eye-126118962
Sometimes I can be very creative, and sometimes I am at a complete loss. Found a kickass site for inspiration that any designer/developer should have bookmarked: www.thedesigninspiration.com

2009 List of Best Wordpress Themes
May 23, 2009 – 10:30 am | 4 Comments
2009 List of Best Wordpress Themes

I’ve got to give it up for Smashing Magazine’s 2009 List of Amazing Free Wordpress Themes. They know how to pick them! If you’re a Wordpress Developer, than you know, good themes are hard to …

Five Crucial Components of Web Design
May 22, 2009 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Five Crucial Components of Web Design

Found this article by Wood Longacre — great read.
Author: Woody Longacre
Professional website developers know the importance of web design and the role it plays in making a website successful. Designing a successful website is no …

Web Design: What Fonts to Use?
May 20, 2009 – 1:21 pm | 2 Comments
Web Design: What Fonts to Use?

As web designers, it’s difficult not to get bored by using the same old fonts day in and day out with every new – or not so new – web design.  After all, web design …

CSS Code Snippets
May 20, 2009 – 1:01 pm | No Comment
CSS Code Snippets

CSS Code Snippets by Code-Sucks.com

Three Dimensional Elements
CSS Measurements
Positioning
Media Types
Opacity
Classes and IDs
Pseudo-Elements
Pseudo-Classes
Mouse Cursors
Table Border Attribute
List
Paddings, Margins, and Outlines Oh My.
Borders, Borders, and More Borders
How to Manipulate Text
CSS Background Properties
Setting fonts with CSS
Style Methods
Overflow Attribute
Pop-Up Images on …

Keyboard pants
May 11, 2009 – 2:03 pm | No Comment
Keyboard pants

[Zach] sent us a link to his keyboard pants . Frankly, we were astonished, not only by his craftsmanship, but by the fact that we were working on a pair ourselves. Admittedly his are much better looking and ours will probably never be finished. The inspiration for both his and ours, was this sloppy version . [Zach's]…

12 Excellent Examples of “Lazy Registration”
March 30, 2009 – 12:13 pm | No Comment
12 Excellent Examples of “Lazy Registration”

Photo by Paraflyer . Signup forms have long irked the casual visitor. During the process of discovery, nobody wants to stop and fill out details before they can “unlock” the rest of the site’s potential. As web users become more and more fickle , signup forms are becoming an increasingly large barrier that repels many…

Google Web Toolkit: Tools and Tutorials to Get You Started
February 26, 2009 – 9:58 am | No Comment
Google Web Toolkit: Tools and Tutorials to Get You Started

Google Web Toolkit is a monumental project for Java developers. Java is a language that isn’t usually associated with web development. PHP, Ruby, Python and others are typically seen as the languages of choice when building web applications. At least until recently. Google’s steady development and improvement of the GWT is…

15 Things Every Web Developer Should Be Thankful For
November 25, 2008 – 5:41 pm | No Comment
15 Things Every Web Developer Should Be Thankful For

Photo by xyber matthew . With Thanksgiving only a couple days away, it’s appropriate to look back on the things that we appreciate best about our jobs. Let’s face it: Web Developers have the best jobs around, right? We’re incredibly lucky to have the professions we do. Here…

Are Your Visitors Suffering From Widget Blindness?
August 26, 2008 – 11:44 am | No Comment
Are Your Visitors Suffering From Widget Blindness?

Photo by YanivG . Widgets are excellent for adding unique functionality to a web site. However, as the we becomes more “widgetized”, it’s starting to add strain on the web browsing experience for our users. The more widgets we add to our web pages, the worse it makes the web. Widget…