Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

Theme Screenshot

Take a look at the theme for yourself!

Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

Theme Features

Just some of the ZillaPress features can be found below:

• Valid XHTML Strict 1.0 Tableless Design
• Full Localisation Support
• 12 Widget Areas
  • 3 “Main” Widget Areas
  • 3 “Page” Widget Areas
  • 3 “Post Page” Widget Areas
  • 3 Footer Widget Areas
• 7 Custom Widgets
  • Latest Tweets
  • Tabbed Content
  • 125×125 Ads
  • 300×250 Ad
  • 120×240 Ad
  • Flickr Photos
  • Video Widget
• Extensive Theme Options
  • Mimics WP UI / No Branding
  • Custom Logo Upload
  • Plain Text Logo Support
  • Custom Favicon Upload
  • Google Analytics Tracking
  • FeedBurner RSS Support
  • FeedBurner RSS to Email Support
  • Author Bios on Post Pages
  • Manage Social Sharing
  • Much More…
• Content Configuration
  • Featured Post Selection & Display
  • Inbuilt Related Posts (same category)
  • Inbuilt Social Network Sharing
• WordPress 3.0 Ready
  • 2 Custom Menu Locations with pre-3.0 fallback
  • Post Thumbnail/Featured Image Support
• jQuery Support
  • jQuery Improved Drop-down Menus
  • jQuery Powered Infinite Carousel
• Social Networking
  • Enable/disable sharing
  • Select which networks to allow
• Page Templates
  • Archives Template
  • Full WIdth (no sidebar)
  • jQuery improved Contact Form
• Optional 468×50 Banner support
• Pull-quote Shortcodes
• Layered PSDs for customisation
• Extensive Documentation

Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

Deadline is suitable for a variety of users, from the occasional personal blogger to the full-scale newspaper publishers. The theme options and inbuilt custom widgets will have you controlling content layout, managing your own advertising, pulling in your latest tweets, showing your latest video, displaying your latest photos and much, much more.

Deadline has been developed to not only look great out of the box but also be that perfect canvas for keen developers to be able to customise their own content-heavy website.

Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

Theme Screenshots

Enough garble, here’s what the theme looks like!

Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

Theme Features

Deadline sports a full range of options and settings, here are some of the main features.

• Valid XHTM Strict1.0 Tableless Design
• 5 Colour Schemes (orange, red, green, blue, purple)
• Full Localisation Support
• 7 Widget Areas
• 7 Custom Widgets
  • Latest Tweets
  • Tabbed Content
  • 125×125 Ads
  • 300×250 Ad
  • 120×240 Ad
  • Flickr Photos
  • Video Widget
• Extensive Theme Options
  • Mimics WordPress UI / no branding
  • Custom Logo Upload
  • Plain Text Logo Support
  • Custom Favicon Upload
  • Google Analytics Tracking
  • FeedBurner RSS Support
  • FeedBurner RSS to Email Support
  • Author Bios on Post Pages
  • Much More…
• Content Configuration
  • Configurable Homepage Content Blocks
  • Inbuilt Related Posts (same category)
  • Featured Post Selection & Display
• WordPress 3.0 Ready
  • 2 Custom Menu Locations with pre-3.0 fallback
  • Post Thumbnail/Featured Image Support
• jQuery Support
  • jQuery Improved Drop-down Menus
  • jQuery Powered “News in Pictures” Section
• Social Networking
  • Enable/disable sharing
  • Select which networks to allow
• Page Templates
  • Archives Template
  • Full WIdth (no sidebar)
  • jQuery improved Contact Form
• Custom Default Images
  • Custom default Gravatar support
  • Custom admin login logo support
• Optional 468×50 Banner support
• Pull-quote Shortcodes
• Layered PSDs for customisation
• Extensive Documentation

Theme Demo, Screenshots and Download Here

After recently working on a project which required a number of custom-made icons, I’ve decided to do a bit of sharing! While originally the icon set consisted of around 10 icons, I decided to extend the range, add additional styles (rounded and circular) and release them freely for you to use where you want, how you want, whenever you want with no restrictions – not even a link back, well, only if you want to!

Download Buddycons from Webdesigner Depot

Scalable Vectors? Yep! (and some .pngs)

All 126 icons have been carefully created in illustrator meaning the icons can be efficiently resized to suit your needs. Yes, the original .ai file is included in the download! In order to be able to edit the raw files you will need a vector based editing program such as illustrator.

For those that don’t have access to such a program, I have provided the icons in 32x32px .png format.

Ok, enough chat, what do they look like?

Icons Included

Icons are included for: Twitter, Facebook, Lastfm, RSS, MSN, Windows, Virb, Viddler, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Linkedin, Xing, Email, Yahoo, Yahoo Buzz, Myspace, Delicious, Google, Skype, Google Talk, Google Buzz, Design Bump, Designmoo, WordPress, Bebo, AIM, AIM(alt), Qik, Slashdot, Mobile Me, Mixx, FriendFeed, deviantART, Design Float, Cargo, Ember, Github, Yelp, Tumblr, Livejournal, Google Maps, Dopplr, Evernote, Reddit, Newsvine, Netvibes, Blogger, Behance, Pandora, Orkut, Brightkite, Apple, Technorati, Stumbleupon, Sharethis, PayPal, Picasa, Posterous, Addthis, Squidoo, Vimeo, Dribbble – Phew!

In The Box

The download contains:

1. 32x32px .png circular icons
2. 32x32px .png rounded icons
3. original artwork (.ai format)

Licensing

You pretty much have free reign. Feel free to use the icons for both personal and commercial projects without attribution. You are free to modify them as you wish to suit your needs. While I do not ask for a mandatory link back to this page it would be greatly appreciated if you could include one, perhaps just a quick mention. Thanks!

Enough ramble, enjoy the icons!

Download Buddycons from Webdesigner Depot

Pros and Cons of Exposure

Gaining so much exposure in such a short space of time undoubtedly brings many benefits. The most obvious benefit of receiving so much exposure is a direct increase in client work. Whilst I was not struggling for work, enquiries began flooding in (and continue to do so even so far after launch) and in the last 12 months I’ve had the pleasure of working with some great people on some equally great projects. Other benefits include a raise of profile, increase in backlinks (for SEO), job offers, citations in publications, an increase in residual traffic, and much more.

There is a downside however and that is having to admit that you only have one pair of hands. While I’ve worked on some fabulous projects I’ve also had to turn down some amazing ones due to inconveniently needing sleep and the phrase “We’ll do it tomorrow, I promise!” becoming my favourite saying. Not much of a downside you may think, but on a personal level it does bother me that there are projects I would wholeheartedly love to work on but simply can’t – perhaps something you can identify with.

Personal Projects on Hold

For me there is a larger issue that arises from lack of time and that is having to put personal projects on the back-burner. Any freelancer worth their salt will capitalise on an increase in leads as nothing in this game is promised, but in doing so personal projects get delayed. There are a number of half-finished personal projects of mine floating around the web (and my hard drive) waiting for some much needed attention which, in an extremely long way around, leads me to the point of this post – ormanclark.com version two! Version two, as I’ve already mentioned, has been on my radar for far too long, and now I have finally managed to fit it in!

Version Two

Rather than a brand new concept, version two is more of an update and extension of the original. The single-page layout of the main content has remained as well as the earth/sky theme – although now has been extended to include outer-space. The 4 sections to the front page now include more up-to-date information and the graphical elements have had a much-needed face-lift.

The new version is still a little experimental in nature, using a mixture of jQuery, CSS3 and @font-face. Here’s a little run-down of what I’ve used:

1. jQuery ScrollTo Plugin
   This was used to animate the scrolling functionality between sections
2. jQuery Cycle Plugin
   This was used to rotate the “I’m currently working on” projects
3. jParallax
   This gives the effect of the projects floating in space
4. Typekit
   Typekit was used to securely use the @font-face functionality
5. ColorBox
   A lovely little lightbox script used for showing more detail about my work

The largest addition to the new version is the blog which of course is built on WordPress. For a long time I have planned on having a place to openly discuss subjects, comment on news and distribute freebies, and now I have it. As you should all know by now I only have one pair of hands and so I won’t be posting like a madman, only when absolutely necessary – there’s no need to add to the ‘noise’.

You can still see version one (bugs and all) of OrmanClark.com here