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Category: Design

Add SWFir to WordPress for nice rounded corners, shadows and other effects

Rebecca Markowitz | February 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

While collaborating with our colleagues at Red Door on a project, we came across SWFir, an amazing way to add some nice subtle effects to WordPress site images. SWFir automatically adds a flash layer on top of images that can round the corners, add a shadow, rotate, or add a border. I ... View Post

User Interface Icons in three different sizes

| November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

User Interface Icons.com has released 140 very pretty icons in .png format, and in 3 different sizes: 48x48 pixels, 32x32 pixels, and 24x24 pixels. Definitely worth adding to your icon arsenal.

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More feed icons

| October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

iLemoned points us to Zeusbox Studio's update to their Feedicons icon pack.

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Case study: How blog design contributed to Blogsolid’s success

| September 10, 2007 | 8 Comments

Blogging seems to be all about content. It's about what you write, how you write it, who you link to, etc. So how does design come into play? Most people say that design is important, and that you should have a professional design that is easy on the eyes, and simple to navigate. It ... View Post

Crystal icon set – free beautiful icons

| July 16, 2007 | 0 Comments

Everaldo has a few icon sets available for download. They are really beautiful: Crystal icon set - free beautiful icons

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Iconlet – the icon search engine

| June 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

I love icons. They're just so...cute. I also find that, when used in the right places, they really add a nice touch to blogs. Iconlet is an icon search engine. It's minimalist home page has a search field, and you enter the type of icon you are looking for. ... View Post

More CSS Layouts

| April 9, 2007 | 0 Comments

If you are looking for CSS layouts to use as a foundation for your blog or site, you can find a whole range of layouts here. You've got 750px width, 950px, 100%, and under each width you have 56 different layouts, with 1, 2, 3 and four columns, all with different ... View Post

If you want to be inspired, you have to see this site!

| March 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

CSS Import's latest entry in its gallery is one of the most amazing sites I've seen. It is the online CV and portfolio of Danny Blackman, a 3rd year BA Communications & New Media student at University of Leeds, UK and a freelance designer & developer. This is ... View Post