Category Archives: Design
Best WordPress Design Award
Feb 24WPWebHost is currently running the Best WordPress Design Award. The wp-centric hosting company will choose their top 10 picks from the five categories, and then let people vote for the final results. The winners will recieve (in addition to the oft-cited glory and publicity)…
Lorem Ipsum: Dummy Text For Design
Jan 20When you’re putting together the design for a website, or something of that sort, it’s often helpful to put “dummy text” where content would eventually go. This allows you to get a better picture of what it will look like when you finish. The…
NETTUTS 960gs CSS Framework Tutorial
Jan 19NETTUTS has put together a great video tutorial on the 960gs CSS grid framework, something I have been experimenting with lately. A Detailed Look at the 960 CSS Framework CSS frameworks are bloated. CSS frameworks are for people who don’t know how to code.…
When Should You Use a CSS Framework?
Jan 13The web has been abuzz lately about CSS frameworks, such as 960gs and Blueprint. There have been tutorials springing up right and left, and articles discussing the merits and problems with them. What is a CSS framework? Wikipedia defines it as: A CSS framework…
Design Spotlight: Usability Post
Dec 26Usability Post has undergone its first major redesign. The new theme looks good, having a somewhat more unique look than the old one.
Jakob Nielsen vs. The Designers
Dec 19Jakob Nielsen is a purported “expert” on web usability, though his theories are often subject to controversy. To quote Wikipedia: Nielsen is a leading web usability pundit, with an expertise based on human factors engineering, but he has earned the ire of graphic designers…
Welcome to Webmaster-Source 5.0
Dec 13Welcome to the fifth iteration of Webmaster-Source.com! As you may have noticed, the latest redesign has been completed and is now up for everyone to see. The new design is a lot less…bland than the previous. At the same time, though, it’s a lot…
How a Simple Layout Can Be Changed with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds
Dec 4Collis Ta’eed has put up an amazing new design article over at PSDTUTS called How a Simple Layout Can Be Mixed ‘n’ Matched with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds. It’s pretty amazing how much colour and background can change the look and feel of a…
Design Your Way to More Blog Comments
Jan 7StylizedWeb has an interesting post up on increasing the number of comments on your posts. It covers a lot of ground, and has some tips worth trying. Engaging Readers, Design Your Way to More Blog Comments First the post explains why people comment, and…