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eCommerce Design: Function and Fashion

Rob Toledo — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:17 +0000

The experience of shopping online is centered on usability. And with good usability comes an attractive aesthetic design, as well as a functional one. The key to successful eCommerce is a perfect balance of these two important qualities. This challenge is bigger than you may think; there are those web designers who mainly focus on [...]

WordPress Shortcodes Plugin + 3 Premium WP Themes

Luigi — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:37:28 +0000

You already know that WordPress is one of the best CMS tools out there. You can create some amazing looking content and easily update it. There’s even “shortcodes,” which enable your WordPress installation to do even more effects. They’re basically “short cuts to lengthy code”. Thing is, you need to search around and install a [...]

50 New Inspiring Business Card Designs

Tony Gentile — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:18:54 +0000

Business cards are no longer used just to provide basic information about yourself and your company. Today, more and more companies are using creatively designed business cards to convey the image and personality of their businesses to leave a long lasting impression. In this post you will see business card designs ranging from really creative to very simple and [...]

SEO Ready Premium Business WordPress Theme

Tony Gentile — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:44:36 +0000

The Featured “Theme of the Week” on Designrfix.com is Crystalline – Ultimate Business WordPress Theme . In an ongoing series of weekly posts, we will spotlight the latest themes designed for WordPress, Magento all the way to OpenCart. Your design team here at Designrfix will hand pick a theme to spotlight from different marketplaces such as [...]

20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability

John Siebert — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:21:18 +0000

A site’s usability determines its effectiveness. If it loses the battle for usability, it won’t be able to attract a high amount of website traffic and suffer from increasing abandonment rates. In the cut throat world of the internet, such websites have no reason to be online. This is why designers must focus on building [...]

How to Convert Your Site to Mobile in 5 Minutes

Tony Gentile — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:08 +0000

The past three years have seen smartphones become ubiquitous as web surfing mediums the world over. Statistics show that mobile devices now comprise a considerable portion of all web traffic. Therefore, in terms of web design, it’s no longer sufficient to create a website that performs and displays nicely on desktop machines alone, but rather [...]

Free PSD Mockup Templates For All Your Design Needs

Tony Gentile — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:15 +0000

One great thing about viewing other graphic artists Photoshop PSD files is that you can examine what kind of methods and techniques they use to achieve their works of art. In this post you will find an amazing collection of free high quality PSD Mockup Templates such as Media Players, iPhone 5, iPads, Business Crads [...]

10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development

Simmon Pierre — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:27:19 +0000

CSS development is a major part of web design; however, it takes a significant amount of time and effort for a web designer to develop CSS from scratch. The good thing is, there are some great tools out there which make this tedious task much simpler. These CSS Development tools will help you in simplifying the process [...]

Stunning Responsive Retina Ready WordPress Theme

Tony Gentile — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:26:18 +0000

The Featured “Theme of the Week” on Designrfix.com is Pravda – Retina Responsive WordPress Blog Theme. In an ongoing series of weekly posts, we will spotlight the latest themes designed for WordPress, Magento all the way to OpenCart. Your design team here at Designrfix will hand pick a theme to spotlight from different marketplaces such as [...]

So You Want to Be a Freelance Web Designer, Huh?

Sherice Jacob — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:49:02 +0000

Have you absolutely had it up to here with your boss? Sick and tired of the demanding schedule, the stressful deadlines, the abysmal pay and office politics? Dreaming of days when you can work anytime, anywhere while still in your pajamas? Looking forward with gusto to long, creative-fueling walks spent with exotic coffee in hand? [...]

10 Wireframe Tools To Fit Your Budget And Design Needs

Ludmila Pasol — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:47:35 +0000

Wireframes have become indispensable for professional web and software development projects. They help all parties involved—the client, managers, graphic designers and developers—to visualize the final product and identify potential problems early on in the process, thereby minimizing the headaches at later stages. While paper and pen are great tools for sketching initial wireframes and experimenting [...]

Creating Community: If You Build It They Will Come

Rob Bowen — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:30:25 +0000

The web design community does a lot of things well, and they are praised for those instances. Just as when they do things badly, there is an amount of chiding that comes along with it. Today we are going to look at one of the things the online web design community does the best, and [...]

70+ Must Have jQuery Tutorials

Tony Gentile — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:45:07 +0000

Welcome to day 7, the last installment of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have assembled an awesome collection of some wicked jQuery tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these web design and development tutorials will arm you with all the necessary techniques in-order to achieve those latest web design trends. Lastly, it’s been an [...]

HTML5 Tutorials: 30+ Useful Tips And Tricks To Get You Started

Tony Gentile — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:25:06 +0000

Welcome to day 6 of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have assembled a great collection of some very useful HTML and HTML5 tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these web design and development tutorials will arm you with all the necessary techniques in-order to achieve those latest web design trends. Hope you [...]

CSS Tutorials: Web Design And Development Techniques

Tony Gentile — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:52:30 +0000

Welcome to day 5 of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have assembled a stunning collection of the latest CSS and CSS3 tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these web design and development tutorials will arm you with all the necessary techniques in-order to achieve those latest web design trends. Hope you like [...]

20 Fantastic After Effects Video Tutorials

Tony Gentile — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:55:43 +0000

Welcome to day 4 of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have have compiled a great collection of very useful Adobe After Effects CS6 tutorials from around the web. I am confident that these tutorials will guide you in creating some of the most amazing motion graphics for your next design project. Hope you like [...]

Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part3)

Tony Gentile — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:37:29 +0000

Welcome to day 3 of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have have compiled a great collection of very useful Cinema 4D tutorials from around the web. These tutorials will serve as a stepping stone to creating your own Hollywood style movie FX. I am confident that these tutorials will guide you in creating some [...]

Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part2)

Tony Gentile — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:31:20 +0000

Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part1)

Tony Gentile — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:31:15 +0000

70 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials That Every Designer Should See

Tony Gentile — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:24:17 +0000

Welcome to day 2 of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have assembled a stunning collection of some of the latest and most creative Illustrator tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these 70 awesome Illustrator tutorials will guide you in creating some of the most amazing Illustrations for your next project. Hope [...]

100 Photoshop CS6 Tutorials

Tony Gentile — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:45:22 +0000

Back by popular demand, it’s Designrfix Tutorial Week! Every day we will publish one article to get your creative juices flowing with free online tutorials in Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4d, just to name a few. So tune in daily, and discover all the latest tips and tricks to arm yourself with the knowledge to kick-ass in your next design project.

Rokas Mežetis: Artist Of The Day

Tony Gentile — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:53:16 +0000

Rokas Mežetis is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists and the second is to [...]

Terra: Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Template

Tony Gentile — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:35:49 +0000

The Featured “Theme of the Week” on Designrfix.com is Terra: Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Template. In an ongoing series of weekly posts, we will spotlight the latest themes designed for WordPress, Magento all the way to OpenCart. Your design team here at Designrfix will hand pick a theme to spotlight from different marketplaces such as Themeforest and [...]

Naoto Hattori: Artist Of The Day

Tony Gentile — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:28:14 +0000

Naoto Hattori is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists and the second is to [...]

Designing A Website: 30 Great Web Design Tutorials

Tony Gentile — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:26:12 +0000

If your next design project involves creating a website layout from scratch, you do not want to miss this article. Today we have an amazing treat for you, your design team here at Designrfix has done an excellent job in scouring the Internet in search of the best web design tutorials. These Photoshop tutorials will [...]