Archive for Web Design

Academica: A free WordPress 3.0+ Theme for Educational Websites.

SmashingMagazine release yet another freebie: Academica WordPress Theme. It’s a flexible and versatile free theme that can be easily customized and branded for any university, academy or non-profit organization.

40 cool Twitter Background designs.

DzineBlog look at some Twitter backgrounds that are impressive because of their original and very well-balanced graphics, and, in fact, because they have style! A Twitter background is much less demanding than that of a site or blog, but considering that thousands of people could relate to you through that, you should give it a bit of thought.

Getting started with Drupal: A Comprehensive Hands-On Guide.

Drupal is a popular open source content management system. With its powerful and advanced features, you can build complex websites with ease, compared to building them from scratch. With the support of a huge community and a big number of available modules, no wonder Drupal is a system you keep hearing about over and over again. Let’s dive right into this immensely powerful content management system at SixRevisions.

Producing better HTML Newsletters.

The output of HTML in email apps is still much more limited than in web browsers, which means that you have to adapt the way you are designing your email templates. DesignerDaily suggests a few tips to improve the HTML of your newsletters. However, if you’re looking for an email template to meet your needs, you have to look no further than CreativeOverflow. They have Premium templates at very reasonable prices.

Guidelines for Designing Data Tables.

Although no one single visual display is most effective for presenting quantitative data, tables are often an ideal choice when you need to present specific values. Information placed within a grid framework and aesthetically designed for ease of use provides an efficient way for people to look up and compare data. Although we think of table data as typically numeric, values may also be presented as words. Check out the article at UnderstandingGraphics.

100 free high quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition.

SmashingMagazine present a fresh collection of useful WordPress themes. They’ve split this collection into the following categories: gallery and portfolio themes, themes for bloggers, eCommerce WordPress themes, clean themes, magazine-style themes, minimal themes, mobile themes; pre-launch themes; and finally “Themes That Take WordPress Beyond.”

Learning to Code for the Web, logically.

Languages for the computer could be compared to math classes. You need to learn simple addition before you can even think about calculus. Going into it with the thought of languages building off each other might help you learn the languages more effectively. 1stWebDesigner applies logic to coding for the web.

Selling with Sex on the Web.

How has selling with sex manifested itself on the Web?  Webcopyplus recently spoke with Melody Nieves, blogger and marketing enthusiast behind sexidesign.com, a blog dedicated to exploring the role sex plays in marketing, for her take on sexy advertising online.

60 high quality free Tumblr Themes.

Tumblr is an absolutely free to use service and doesn’t require any installation or manage any software on their own servers. VisionWidget highlight some great Tumblr themes that will enhance your Tumblr experience, for those of you that want that quality feel to your Tumblr blog, but with little effort from yourself! Lazybones.

Mind blowing Music Website designs.

Most of the music sites at DzineBlog are, of course, built on themes that are either related or allude to music production, or to music in general. Some websites allow you to turn the knobs and play with spontaneous musical compositions, to CD albums that you can check out or a musician’s house that you can wander through.