Operating a computer is quite easy nowadays. We all click our way through our desktops, we all know how to open our e-mail or how to save files in folders. Working with computers has become such a common practice that we barely realize how these actions are framed by metaphors. If you are looking for a quick and easy fix for symbols or icons, using dingbat fonts can help you save lots of time. Dingbats are symbols and shapes that are created to describe fonts in the position designated for alphabetical or numerical characters. Remember to take extra care on your choice of symbol. They should be...

By: DesignMag - As the community of WordPress designers and developers continues to grow, and as new versions of WordPress are released, there are more opportunities to learn different techniques and tricks that you can apply in your own work. In these 10 tutorials you will find strategies that should prove to be very useful in your own theme development. 1. Using Custom Taxonomies to Create a Movie Database Custom taxonomies in WordPress are similar to tags and categories, but they provide almost endless possibilities. In this tutorial Justin Tadlock shows a practical use for custom taxonomies...

While front pages are usually the part of blogs that get showcased, blog design includes a lot of other details that can add to the overall look and appearance of the blog, not to mention usability. The pages of individual blog posts provide opportunities for design and styling in a number of different areas. In this post we’ll look at a few aspects of blog posts and showcase some design elements that are used to make the post more helpful, inviting, or attractive. 1. Design Reviver Design Reviver also includes a large lead image above the post title. Sub-Headers: Readability is obviously...

By Marko Prljić If we look at web design today, it’s anything but simple. Sometimes you need that extra Photoshop knowledge in order to achieve the look we need.In this step-by-step tutorial, we are going to show you how to create five killer effects for your site.   1. Faded Shadow With a little bit of Blur and Quick Mask we can create shadows that fade out in any direction we want to. With this effect you can make boxes look like they pop out of the background. This example is from mint.com. Step 1 First thing first, the background. As usual by now, within New Document same dimensions...

By Marko Prljić If we look at web design today, it’s anything but simple. Sometimes you need that extra Photoshop knowledge in order to achieve the look we need.In this step-by-step tutorial, we are going to show you how to create five killer effects for your site.   1. Navigation Menus The most important part of a website: the navigation. I’ve chosen the example that uses some transparency and fade out effect (taken from legacylocker.com). Step 1 Open a New Document, same dimensions from previous example. Create a New Layer and fill it with Gradient Overlay using the color hex...

By Marko Prljić If we look at web design today, it’s anything but simple. Sometimes you need that extra Photoshop knowledge in order to achieve the look we need.In this step-by-step tutorial, we are going to show you how to create five killer effects for your site.     1. Awesome Buttons Now what is a site without a great “Call to action” button? The design style and colors will depend on your overall site style and importance of each button. Here is one example of a simple but effective button that we’ll be trying to recreate (taken from transmissionapps.com). Step 1 Open...

Background that stand out! yeah thats it, they maybe the background but they are getting all the attention using HTML background creatively whether as tiling or fix could definitely bring out the character of the entire website experience. Here in this post we feature awesome websites with creative use of background. enjoy!     1.Dejan Beljic   2. Football Made in Africa   3.BAR-T   4. Aspired Mind   5. Ndesign Studio   6. Sam-sys       7.VixML   8. Getting Crazy   9. The Rox   10. Lyrical Media   11.Corvus Art   12. Wild About Gardening   13. Sprocket...

Glow and shades are fast becoming web design trend, with careful touch on the effect it could be really effective in bringing the entire design of the website. Here in this post we feature some 20 examples of very effective use of glow effect in web design. 1. drew wilson 2. tao effect 3. lisa moseley 4. foehn 5. wcria 6. aronil 7. entropiads 8. albertlo 9. icon dock 10. barack obama 11.elemental 12. darjan panic 13. markup-service 14. real mac software

Excellent websites for design inspiration is a well-designed and well-executed navigation menu it could have great impact on appreciation the site. In this post we feature some 12 gorgeous navigation menus from a great deal of variety, regardless your theme or concept these could sure give you some inpirations     1. Carbonica 2. Fall for Tennessee 3. Soh Tanaka 4. Africa Tour 2008 5. MacAllen Ridge 6. Mint 7. Grooveeffect 8. Vitor Lourenco 9. Designsensory 10. Jobs on the Wall 11. The 9513 12. Interactive

Flash developers + designers look out for this! here we have 12 extremely useful flash components for you and there are completely free. check them out!   1 Stackflow with Scrollbar StackFlow is an advanced 3D Flash component powered by PaperVision 3D and featuring XML support, over 50 customizable properties, 3D camera control, auto-scroll, rich API and more.   2. FLV List Gallery V. 1.3.1 FLV List Gallery Flash Component combines extensible functionality and easy to use user interface for multiple flash video files playback. FLV List Gallery supports XML and RSS 2.0 feeds and is fully...