Practical Uses for the Post-Thumbnail Function in WordPress 2.9
Mar 19, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
We are all used to seeing an image below blog posts titles, be it on blog homepages or on individual posts. However, until recently, adding these images was not as straightforward. Before the ability to register post thumbnails in themes was introduced in WordPress 2.9, WordPress theme developers were forced to use the post metadata in order to display an image associated with a post. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add this functionality to your themes and we will play around with some of the function options.
Tags: custom, Design, development, image, Inspiration, plugin, practical-uses, Resources, theme, wordpress plugin
How to Scan, Absorb and Process Information
Mar 18, 2010 General, Resources, Tutorials
Learning new information quickly is very important to both designers and developers. That being said, regardless of your profession and whether it’s for school, work, or personal improvement, being able to retain the information without the need to spend hours studying is an incredibly useful skill. One of the best methods for learning new information quickly is to use the scan-absorb process method. This consists of scanning content quickly, absorbing the important points, and then processing it so you can apply it to your own projects.
Tags: absorbing, Design, development, info, read, relationships, scan, speed-reading
Starting Out Organized: Website Content Planning The Right Way
Mar 17, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
So many articles explain how to design interfaces, design graphics and deal with clients. But one step in the Web development process is often skipped over or forgotten altogether: content planning . Sometimes called information architecture, or IA planning, this step doesn’t find a home easily in many people’s workflow. But rushing on to programming and pushing pixels makes for content that looks shoehorned rather than fully integrated and will only require late-game revisions.
Tags: architecture, client, content, css, development, icons, pages, Photos, planning, project, Resources, Tutorials, wallpaper, workflow
CSS Bugs and Inconsistencies in Firefox 3.x
Mar 15, 2010 General, Resources, Tutorials
There aren’t many articles covering incompatibilities, or CSS differences in Firefox alone — and for good reason. Firefox has always done an excellent good job of supporting both CSS and JavaScript in a standards-compliant manner without too many awkward bugs. There are, however, a few CSS properties and selectors that aren’t supported by one or more of the versions released since version 3.0., which I will cover here. This article will cover bugs, inconsistencies, and nonsupport .
Tags: browsers, bugs, css bugs, development, image, inconsitencies, outline, proprietary, reference, white
Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.32
Mar 14, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think. Send us your recommendation for next weeks Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration (for our review), by clicking here: Submit News . Royale – Showcase of Ole Kristian Masdal Svendsen BountyBev – Bringing the Reward of American Craft Beer The Black Harbor – A Collective Exploration of Art & Design Browns Portfolio – Creativity is my 6th Sense LivingDesign by Asif R Naqvi SUNDAY VISION Made by Many goes SouthWest SodaraPulpLabs Carl Rosekilly Eastpoint Community Church Rain Creative Lab You might like… previous Weekly Inspirations Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.31 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.30 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.29 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.28 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.27 » Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration Archives »
Tags: development, Graphic Design, photography, Photoshop, recommendation, sodarapulplabs, stumbleupon, sunday-vision, weekly
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Mar 7-Mar 13, 2010
Mar 14, 2010 General
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter , however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS] http://bit.ly/d3d8w5 14 Visually Stunning Animated Infographics http://bit.ly/cuZ06V Google Logos: http://www.google.com/logos/ Are graphic designers valued and paid?
Tags: advertising, best of, compilation, designerdepot, development, favorite-tweets, naldz-graphics, twitter
Comics of the Week #16
Mar 13, 2010 General
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King , an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today. So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons .
Tags: advertising, comics, comics-of-the-week-16, daily, designer-depot, development, funny, humor, illustration, spoon-graphics, week
27 Great Sci-Fi Digital Arts from Deviant Art
Mar 12, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials
Science fiction has been widely popular for years. Nowadays, technology enables graphic designers and digital artists to illustrate the fantasy of their imagination through digital arts. There are so many futuristic Sci-Fi concepts that have been created by several famous digital artists. They often use Maya and 3D Studio Max for initial modeling and Adobe Photoshop for final retouching.
Tags: development, deviant art, image, inspirational design, latest-tweets, picture, smashing-network, Tips & Tricks, tools, trends, Tutorials
15 Desktop & Online Wireframing Tools
Mar 11, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Like most things today, the world of interaction design moves quickly. Although a pen and notebook may suffice when it comes to simply jotting down ideas, planning a series of website screens can sometimes demand additional precision and cohesion. This is where today’s wireframing tools come in. Engineered to make the design process as intuitive as possible, these tools allow you to construct a visual representation of your interface.
Tags: balsamiq-mockups, Design, development, Inspiration, interaction, microsoft-visio, mockup-screens, presentations, project, roundups, thoughts, Tutorials, user, ux-booth
WordPress vs. ExpressionEngine: Apples and Oranges?
Mar 10, 2010 General, Inspiration
This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have been asked numerous times for my opinion on the ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress debate, and why one would choose one content management system (CMS) over the other. My usual answer is that they cannot be compared.
Tags: advertising, article, changing-themes, content, custom, Design, designer, development, drupal, expression, expression-engine, Inspiration, user
