Creating Wireframes with Pencil (Firefox Addon)

As a request from the previous article, I’ve decided to create a tutorial on how to create wireframes using Firefox. OK, we wont be using just Firefox but an additional addon – Pencil -, which makes creating graphic user interfaces and various types of sketches an easy task.

October 5, 2009 5 Comments | Read More »

Choosing the Right Web Hosting for You

Hopefully you now know what form of web hosting that is suitable for your website. The next step is picking a web host, something that can be tricky as there are quite a few to choose between. Below you find a couple of tricks that will help you find a hosting plan matching your needs.

August 31, 2009 Comment this | Read More »

An Introduction to Web Hosting

When looking for web hosting you might become somewhat puzzled by all the different forms of web hosting. What do they all mean and which plan is the perfect match for you and your website? Below you will find descriptions of the most popular types of hosting, making your decision easier.

August 19, 2009 9 Comments | Read More »

Hack Your Wordpress Plugins for Speed

Back in September 2007, Steve Souders published his book High Performance Web Sites. This book is describing ways to improve your site speed and at the same time to create a better user experience. In the book there is one rule that says: CSS at the Top. By this, Steve is saying that you should put the CSS in the Head section of your HTML using the LINK tag. The reason for this is because the page renders progressively: first text then styling.

August 4, 2009 33 Comments | Read More »

Wordpress: Tutorials and Resources for Designers and Developers

Do you know what Wordpress is? Of course you know… everyone knows – the best open source and most advanced blogging platform. It has great plugins and one of the best if not “the best” community ever. And through this post I want to capture all the movement around this great tool: themes, developers, tricks, cheat sheets and other.

July 31, 2009 34 Comments | Read More »

How to Create a Community News Section in Wordpress

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Community News section in Wordpress. There are 4 simple steps and for anyone with little Wordpress knowledge this should be a relatively simple.

July 13, 2009 14 Comments | Read More »

7 Ways to Better Promote Your Blog Posts

Increasing our traffic is one of the most important thing in the blogosphere along with advertising. In order to gain more traffic or to get ads on your blog, you need to promote your blog posts more effectively. This posts wants to give you a hint on how to do that. Here are 7 ways to better promote your blog posts:

June 18, 2009 8 Comments | Read More »

Tutorial: Realistic Jeans Texture in Photoshop

This is a fast tutorial that with will teach you how to make a simple yet realistic jeans texture. It has simple steps and it takes minimum Photoshop knowledge in order to complete this tutorial. Good luck!

May 11, 2009 9 Comments | Read More »

GIF, JPG and PNG File Formats: Pros and Cons

There are 3 main file formats flowing across the web. Each file format has its advantages and drawbacks. In this post I will showcase the pros and cons of GIF, JPG and PNG. So, read the post and decide which file format is suitable for your images.

May 1, 2009 4 Comments | Read More »

CSS Code Readability Tips

cssReading and writing seem to be simple actions yet they are not. When it comes to web design, these actions are vital for various reasons and they have a higher priority in the web design process. What I’m trying to say is that it is crucial to write code in a good way. That is because any other person that interacts with the code should feel comfortable with it.

February 23, 2009 28 Comments | Read More »