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October’s Digital Art Inspirations (37 images)

Anders — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:19:22 +0000

The following are some amazing creations of digital art. Starting this month JungleJar will feature monthly inspirations to help get you inspired to go out and create something amazing. Click on each image to find out more about who the talented individuals who created them.

Winners of the One Flag Adbusters Competition

Anders — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:34:36 +0000

Okay so this is kind of old news since this competition was held in late 2008. However the designs that the winners came up with are quite compelling. The idea behind this competition was to create a flag that was free from language and well-worn clichés – that embodies the idea of global [...]

Wordpress.com Introduces a New PicApp Shortcode For The Bloggers

Christopher Hennis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:11:41 +0000

"We all love adding great images to our blog posts, and today we’ve enabled a new WordPress.com Shortcode that adds millions of available premium images to the mix, all for free." announces the Wordpress.com Development Team..

Looking at Wordpress Custom Fields and Images Further

Christopher Hennis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:07:21 +0000

You may remember a previous article I wrote here on JungleJar.com called Using Custom Fields To Post Your Images, but if not, I'm going to reintroduce a few of the code snippets and methods I wrote about in the tutorial about how to save and display image data from custom fields within Wordpress. In this article I'm also going to cover a few of the small yet robust code block methods I myself tend to practice quite a bit that I didn't previously touch on. So, if you're looking for a solid tutorial on how to use Wordpress Custom Fields to display blog post thumbnails in an easy and flexible manner, then this article is for you.

JungleJar Interviews Christopher Muniz of DesignGive.com

Christopher Hennis — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:03:03 +0000

After my constant bothersome attempts to contact them, the Design Give team finally cracked and made time to finish up our interview. To give you a general idea of what Design Give.com is all about, and why this interview was so important to me, I'll offer up to you this beautifully written statement by the team.. "As artists we were given a talent to create, it's up to you to use those talents to try and make a difference in the world."

A Closer Look at CSS Tab Designer

Christopher Hennis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:38:17 +0000

Do you ever find yourself sitting in front of Photoshop for hours trying to mock up a decent navigation menu, or searching the web for the most aesthetically pleasing color palettes for your users to click on that doesn't remind them of McDonalds or a funeral parlor? Face it, sometimes we all lose our mojo for a moment or two, and then we are forced to validate ourselves not just to the W3C, but also to our website visitors, design clients and portfolio piranhas. And then we remember that through the general kindness of a group of web designers and/or developers, and through organizations such as The Creative Commons who work to guarantee that kind freedom, we don't always have to be the Picaso of style sheets.

List Of Markup Validation For Common Websites

Christopher Hennis — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:39:11 +0000

I was browsing the W3C Markup Validation Service entry on Wikipedia awhile back, and came across a very interesting little thing they did. They had the idea of checking a list of some of the most common or popular websites on the internet such as Google, Apple, AOL, MSN, etc. What I saw back then was relatively surprising to me. What I saw today when I went back to that entry on Wikipedia was even more shocking as they updated their list by nearly double and only had one website to add to the ones that came back valid...

54 Free Mind Blowing Desktop Wallpaper Sets

Christopher Hennis — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:11:53 +0000

This article features desktop wallpaper sets that are, without a doubt, the absolute cream of the crop, and the epitome of beautiful and flawless digital artwork sized down to cover your desktop perfectly. While the wallpaper artist list might not be that extensive, I settled on the fact that it just wouldn't be. With the few artists I've featured, the amount of quality high resolution wallpapers is almost overwhelming.

CommentLuv Plugin Functional With Comments

Christopher Hennis — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:07:20 +0000

The infamous CommentLuv Wordpress plugin now runs on JungleJar.com. We did this to encourage people to comment, as the plugin displays a prominent link back to the last posting on their website..

The Beasts of 9 Creature Contest

Christopher Hennis — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:16:03 +0000

What news is better than Tim Burton releasing a new animated movie? Not much, but what nicely coincides with this fact is The Beasts of 9 Creature Contest where you can win sweet prizes for designing your own creature that you think belongs in the movie. Better hurry too -- You only have until September 18, 2009.