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Using Wordpress to build websites as a CMS

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:51 GMT

Wordpress is much more than just a blogging platform. With a few tweaks it can be a CSM for building entire sites.

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7 More Sites Strictly for Web Developers

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:17:44 GMT

In an attempt to make amends for letting down developers with our last list, Arbenting is back with a carefully constructed list of 7 more sites strictly for the web development community.

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9 Web Developers That MUST Be Followed On Twitter

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:16:26 GMT

This web roundup will list nine developers that absolutely must be tracked on Twitter. They represent the best of the best and are extremely active in the community.

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Design Showcase Of Creative Online-Shops

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:19:52 GMT

Times when online-shops were boring and unattractive are over. To attract customers' attention designers tend to design online-shops according to the atmosphere it has to create. An online-store in which retro-products are offered is designed in a r

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Ultimate Source for tiled background patterns

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:59:10 GMT

An excellent resource for repeating background patterns / images, patterns such as these can be used for a host of things such as a web page background, or adding extra detail to containing blocks, adjust the visibility and youve got a great new loo

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Convert your images to valid XHTML/CSS for only $50

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:11:09 GMT

ImageToCSS is offering image -> XHTML/CSS conversion for only 50$, while other services range from 100-200$!

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Steven Snell had his sights on the big leagues

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:56:18 GMT

Steven Snell had his sights on the big leagues. As a kid growing up in a small city, he wanted to be a professional athlete and while most kids would try their hardest and fail miserably, Steven "was smart enough to know that the odds were stacked a

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14 Design Retrospectives

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:34:50 GMT

Looking at the results of a good website design helps improve and inspires our own designs, getting into the mind of a designer can be invaluable.

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Typesites Reviews Objectified

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:31:01 GMT

Typesites reviews the production blog for Helvetica director, Gary Hustwit's new film: Objectified.

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10 Beautiful Grunge Wordpress Themes

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:23:19 GMT

Showcase of grunge style themes for wordpress. These themes are free to use.

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30 Must See Comment Designs for Web Designers

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:32:07 GMT

Comment design is an art. Comment design is often overlooked by a lot of web designers when they are designing their blog. It tends to be one of the last things a web designer works on and because of that it suffers. This list shows 30 blogs where...

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22 Amazing Online Web design magazines you should look at

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:24:54 GMT

While looking for some nice resources i found some really cool online art and design magazines that provide some very interesting reading while i wasnt working, they contain alot of inspirational work and provide a good source of knowledge.

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Websites you Shouldn´t have missed in JULY 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:56:51 GMT

Today we have a round up of useful CSS, Ajax, Tutorials, tools, Graphics, WordPress and articles we've found in JULY that is worth your time.

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4 Color Picking Tools

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:44:22 GMT

Some nice tools for picking colors for your design projects.

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A Guide to Learning WordPress

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:39:28 GMT

A step-by-step walk through of the best, easy to understand tutorials in setting up and learning WordPress.

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WordPress + jQuery + Coda Slider + BustATheme = WP CODA

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:39:18 GMT

...The result is a wordpress theme that mimics the functionality of the very popular Coda website that is the object of so many developers envy. Every aspect of the Coda website was duplicated and this theme works in every major browser.

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Best Steve Jobs quote I have ever heard

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:29:41 GMT

"When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple with all these simple solutions, you don't really understand the complexity of the problem. And your solutions are way too oversimplified, and they don't work...Then you get into the pr

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Unit Interactive :: Labs :: Unit PNG Fix

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:25 GMT

Super simple fix for PNG transparency in IE.

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The Definitive Guide to Web Design Awards

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:01:54 GMT

There are scores of web site award programs out there, some more illustrious than others. They can range from full-fledged international competitions, to a showcase style website that takes submissions from everyone. Picking a contest to enter or t

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Design Sludge

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:29:29 GMT

A Web Design gallery with a difference; designsludge.com brings you the worst in web design

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DesignFTP Interview

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:24:14 GMT

Chris Corriveau from Genevate was kind enough to give Silver-Solutions an exclusive interview regarding their latest beta application, DesignFTP. We decided to give the application a test run and give our readers an in-depth review.

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Dark+Vibrant Web Designs for Inspiration

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:26:10 GMT

Vibrant colors are pain for an eye. The designers choose those colors only for attractive. Some eye catchy title, attracting images, promotions etc.. Dark is most of them feel that negative color and sign for bad. I don't feel that. Even our R

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7 Websites No Website Developer Should Be Without

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:37:51 GMT

Are you a website developer? Or maybe striving to be? Then have we got a nice assemblage of invaluable sites for you to check out. These seven are the ones we believe that you need to be aware of to help keep you in the developer's proverbial loop.

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16 Interesting ways to browse Flickr images

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:36:48 GMT

flickr is a great tool but there are so many ways to view the images located on Flickr with these exciting mashup sitesrnrn[reposted due to no haveing link]

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300+ Free Hi-Res grunge textures you’ve never seen before! | Design Shard | Web Design Blog

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:31:56 GMT

Here is a free Hi-Res texture pack that i have made over the weeks for you all to download, the pack contains over 300 grunge, worn, torn and weathered textures that i have taken in and around my house with my camera.

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10 New Wordpress Themes

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:29:58 GMT

I made a list of 10 new wordpress themes that i like. Enjoy it.

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The Best WordPress Code Guide Ever

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:20:00 GMT

One page, every tag, beautiful displayed and explained. This is the best WordPress code guide ever.

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News ticker with horizontal scroller using Mootools

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:32:29 GMT

This tutorial is another version of my News Ticker with Mootools I published yesterday. I want to reply to all that wrote me asking for information about how to implement a news ticker with horizontal scroller. Don't panic, it's very simple to imple

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Vivid Imagery In Modern Web Design

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:19:22 GMT

By using vivid images designers can draw user's attention, communicate a message effectively and leave a memorable first impression. Practically all websites use images in their design, but few use vivid images to achieve maximum results.

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96 of the Best Ever Free Icon Sets - For Web Designers, Developers and Bloggers

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:47:40 GMT

This post is a list of the best and free Icon Sets for Web Designers, Developers and Bloggers that have ever been designed. I hope I haven't missed anyone!!!

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Office Website Showcase | Inspiredology

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:12 GMT

Designers are always faced with trying to come up with an innovative website without design the same old grid based site. Designers have tried to take their work environment and bring it to the web by integrating navigation, and other web elements t

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Is a Magazine Theme Right for You?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:06:28 GMT

An in-depth look at the pros and cons of magazine-style themes and when they should be used.

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10 Great Free Icon Packs for Your Website or Web App

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:52:57 GMT

10 Great Free Icon Packs for Your Website or Web App

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A Small Design Study Of Big Blogs

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:34 GMT

We have decided to take a closer look at blog designs, analyze them and find out which design solutions are common and which solutions are not used at all.

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5 Niche Social Media Sites for Web Designers

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:57:08 GMT

A list of niche social media sites, like Digg only geared specifically towards web/graphic designers

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16 Free Icons Sets (1300+ Icons) From DryIcons

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:30 GMT

DryIcons presents 16 beautiful & free icon sets that you can use in your web applications & designs.f

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Why I Love TemplateMonster.com

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:38:04 GMT

This is a post to my blog I made about how I use Template Monster for design inspiration, and how helpful it is.

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Brilliant Ways to Style Blockquotes

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:33:30 GMT

Blockquotes do have some styling by default. Most browsers will indent the text in a blockquote tag, which helps the user recognize that the text is different somehow. But who's to say that we need to stop there? Here are different ways you could st

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3 Great Open Source Software Website Enhancements

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:31:00 GMT

Open source software is software in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design. These three open source software downloads are all free and can be great additions to your site, makin

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Braintalk with David Airey from davidairey.com & logodesignlove.com

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:15:01 GMT

Designer David Airey from davidairey.com & logodesignlove.com is answering 15 Questions about his life and work.

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