Category / Misc

5 Things You Need to Know About Raytracing

Ray tracing is a widespread technique in computer graphics. You've probably seen stills and movies that involved ray tracing, whether in the graphics community or in movie theaters or on TV.

graphic, misc, tips

pxleyes

101

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Tutorial on How to Create an Explosive Text Effect in Photoshop

2010

23

FEB

Tutorial on How to Create an Explosive Text Effect in Photoshop in easy ten steps

graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop, tutorial

213

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Free CG Software That Actually Works

2010

22

FEB

A comprehensive overview of free CG tools that you can actually use and not just look at.

graphic, misc, tools

pxleyes

25

0 comments

Weekly Inspiration No. 05

2010

20

FEB

If you're looking for something to inspire yourself then you just have to take a look at our new weekly blog. Enjoy this sensational collection of creative art work and design!

design, inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

cssstyle

179

0 comments

25 Beautiful Portrait Photography of Various Animals

25 Beautiful Portrait Photography of Various Animals by amazing photographers from Different sites

181

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Beautiful Wildlife Photography by Frtosi

2010

19

FEB

Beautiful Wildlife Photography by Frtosi from DA

183

0 comments

Top 10 Sites to Learn AJAX From

2010

18

FEB

Top 10 Sites to Learn Ajax From a great collection

ajax, css-html, misc, tutorial, usability

354

0 comments

11 Tips for better blogging

In my first post, i will give you some tips on how to be a better blogger and how to success in your blogs! I’m not very experienced blogger but i think that i can give some advices that are useful. These advices aren’t something difficult and they will increase the quality of your blog.

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

ssstratos

141

0 comments

Creating a new blog: What to watch out

There are some things that you have to watch out when you will start a new blog. If you want lots of readers, you have to follow some steps that will reach you to the top. However, the best advice is to stay calm!

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

ssstratos

59

0 comments

How to select your host

A good host is really important for your site so you should choose the best one. There are a lot of companies that offer web hosting services. Also, there are free hosts but usually they have some limits. Let’s see how to select the best host for your site.

misc, mysql

ssstratos

11

0 comments

30 Amazing and Meaningful Action Photos From Real Life

As an amateur photographer,action photography is also one of my interests.These kind of photos not only pause the life but also they are all really meaningful.With one photo you can tell everything without using hundreds of words

misc, photography

57

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Getting Paid to Write

Writing articles and tutorials is a great way to share your knowledge and experience. Even if you have a blog of your own to post on, it can be rewarding to submit articles to popular design blogs and sites. Submit your articles to this list of 35 web sites.

77

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How to Build Web Cred as a Designer

2010

17

FEB

Credibility on the web is not easily earned. To be a successful designer, you need people to recognize you as skilled, competent and professional. Here are some tips to put your name out there and earn some legitimate Web Cred.

visualswirl

237

0 comments

More Google Buzz Tips, Resources, Extensions, and Icons to Keep You Buzzed.

2010

15

FEB

Here's a quick round up of the best tricks, resources, and tutorials that have sprung up in the last few days to keep you buzzed.

freebies, icon, misc, tools

lamnguyen

29

0 comments

Ever Wondered The Workstations Of Designers and Bloggers?

I’m sure many people wonder the workstations of our friends and thank you very much for helping me to create this post.Some of the bloggers will send later and i will add them here of course.

78

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Mouth Watering Realistic 3D Food Artworks

2010

13

FEB

Mouth Watering Realistic 3D Food Artworks gathered from Deviant ARt

inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

293

0 comments

40+ Creative And Unusual Business Card Designs

2010

12

FEB

Today i will be showcasing of some really unusual but creative business card designs.I’m not sure if all these can be used in business and a little bit risky i think but if you ever decide to use these kind of business cards

design, inspiration, misc

50

0 comments

Valentine’s Day Gifts For Geeks

2010

11

FEB

Valentine's day gift ideas for techno geeks. HTTPanties to 8-bit ties, they all are awesome.

gadget, graphic, misc, wallpaper

goospoos

40

0 comments

Getting Credit for Your Work

2010

10

FEB

For a web designer or developer getting credit for your work is hard. At a design studio or agency you might get a link at the bottom of a website you designed or develop linking to your web site. As a freelancer you probably won’t even get that.

119

0 comments

Webmaster and SEO Resource Center

The Webmaster and SEO resource center is a hub for webmasters to download free web site templates, find jobs, search resource books, and learn the best ways to promote their web site.

misc, seo, template

omnistarva

28

0 comments

Giveaway:One-Year Membership From Elegant Themes

2010

9

FEB

We all know ElegantThemes is one of the most popular theme provider in this business.The site is managed by Nick Roach a talented and professional web designer/WordPress developer.

misc, wordpress

37

0 comments

Adventures of Paper Robot

35 moments of little robot’s called Danbo daily life and adventures with its little brother.

inspiration, misc, photography

Carmello

170

0 comments

Using Philosophy to Better Understand The Methodology of Design

2010

8

FEB

While these facets of the design process are undeniably crucial, it is high time designers took a step back to fully understand and absorb the structure of the design process and its subsequent application in the industry.

design, misc, tips, trend

49

0 comments

30 Creative Examples of Glossy Effect Logo Designs

30 Creative Examples of Glossy Effect and 3D Logo Designs

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

402

0 comments

50 Fantastic Examples Of Origami Art Work

Origami,from oru meaning “folding“, and kami meaning “paper” is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds

239

0 comments

22 Creative Video Advertisements of January

2010

7

FEB

This set consists of 22 creative video advertisements, collected in January, including market giants, new players and non profits.

inspiration, misc, video

Carmello

232

0 comments

10 effective tips to slow down and decrease your blog traffic

2010

3

FEB

It is really something weird, yet funny , to write how to decrease your blog traffic. But again i think to learn things in a humorous way is easy and can be memorized for good long time. This is what i am trying to do here.

misc, seo, tips

257

0 comments

A Complete Guide to Writing Guest Articles

Guest articles (articles written for a website other than your own) are popping up all over the place. Web design websites are rapidly growing at a rate that would not be possible without the help of guest articles.

inspiration, misc, tips, trend

203

0 comments

9 unseen but useful features you might be missing of web developer firefox addon

2010

2

FEB

Working today on web developer addon of firefox , found some really cool features apart from outline element , edit css , remove cache etc. That means this web developer addon made by chris is a bundle of several other important small firefox addons which you might be missing.

329

0 comments

Beautiful Animals Photography by sooper

Beautiful Animals Photography by sooper deviant from deviant art

187

0 comments

35 Mind Blowing Digital Paintings by Gary

35 Mind Blowing Digital Paintings by Gary Tonge from Deviant Art

192

0 comments

Invoicera Unveils its New Invoicing Application for Designers & Freelancers

2010

1

FEB

Invoicera has recently unveiled the release of their new fully blown web application with tons of powerful features to further simplify the management of bills and invoices. The new version is a complete makeover and you may probably even fail to recognize it.

design, misc, trend

207

0 comments

SublimeVideo – HTML5 Video Player

SublimeVideo is HTML5 powered video player. This video player allow user to play videos without the need of browser plugins or Flash dependencies. It has custome styled control, full window mode and fullscreen mode support.With this video player, user can jump anywhere in the video and it’ll start buffering from that point.

css-html, design, misc, tools, trend

mupet

33

0 comments

Skin and Cosmetic Brushes 3 in 1

Here you find plenty of Freebies for Designers collected by Designers needing them on their daily business... 3 Brush Sets for creating natural, smooth skin.

freebies, misc, photography, photoshop

cssstyle

212

0 comments

35 Examples Of Creative And Meaningful Typography Art

2010

29

JAN

Typography is one of the most creative art which blends silhouettes,shapes,3D and illustrations with words and letters.This is not only the technical creation but

graphic, inspiration, misc

232

0 comments

Unbelievable Lego Art From Nathan Sawaya

2010

27

JAN

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things.Yes he is a lego artist,brick artist or whatever you think

264

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Amazing Photography of Nature and Animals by Scott

2010

26

JAN

Amazing Photography of Nature and Animals by Scott Stulberg a world class photographer

160

0 comments

25 fresh and creative logodesigns

Need inspiration for logodesign? Have a look at this showcase including 25 great examples for creative logo design.

design, font, graphic, inspiration, misc

cssstyle

235

0 comments

Worth Watching Long Exposure Photography

2010

22

JAN

Worth Watching Long Exposure and high Speed Photography

inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop, wallpaper

317

0 comments

30 Amazing 3D Room Interiors

2010

20

JAN

30 Amazing 3D Room Interior renders by awesome 3d artists

403

0 comments

40 Mind Blowing Surreal Photo Manipulations

2010

18

JAN

40 Mind Blowing Surreal Photo Manipulations by awesome manipulators from DA

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

393

0 comments

14 Mind-Blowing Mind Map applications and web services

2010

15

JAN

Today i have collected 14 major resources for mind map applications and web services for better organisation.

misc, tools, trend

468

0 comments

26 Creative and Inspirational Dark Colored Blogs

Mostly webmasters prefer light color combinations in the themes they use and especially white is the most prefered color.But in the last few years,we see

design, inspiration, misc

361

0 comments

2010

12

JAN

Start Your Own Business

In this article we will show you how to get started in your own business. This will be part of a continuing series.

37

0 comments

54 Most beautiful Waterfalls Photography

54 Most beautiful Waterfalls Photography gathered from Deviant Art by amazing photographers

258

0 comments

10 most wanted web icons search engines

2010

11

JAN

Icons are very much needed in almost every web design , templates etc. May be it is wordpress or some other platform , themes do need icons to give all the grace.

icon, misc

365

0 comments

30 must have RSS feed for web designers and developers – OPML file

2010

10

JAN

Today we have collected 30 RSS feed which every web developer and designer should follow. These are niche site in their segments and one should subscribe them for better knowledge and inspirations.

480

0 comments

35 Spectacular Cinema 4D Digital Artworks

35 Spectacular Cinema 4D Digital Artworks and Illustrations

456

1 comment

80+ Brilliant Photos with Mighty Tiger

2010

8

JAN

It is the beginning of the 2010 and it is year of the Tiger. For this reason, we have collected the best pictures honouring this remarkable creature. Showcase includes 81 photograph of various kinds of tigers.

inspiration, misc, photography

Iniwoo

305

0 comments

15 Incredible Photography Roundups

15 Incredible Photography Roundups Related to inspirational photography, macro photography, nature photography etc.

306

0 comments

Highly detailed Anime Illustrations By Jenny

2010

7

JAN

Highly detailed Anime Illustrations By Jenny Jinya from Blasting Art Inc.

284

0 comments

40 Beautiful Fairy Illustrations and Manipulations

2010

6

JAN

40 Beautiful Fairy Illustrations and Manipulations gathered from Deviant Art

279

0 comments

30 Beautiful Black and White Photography

2010

1

JAN

30 Beautiful Black and White Photography gathered from Deviant Art

614

0 comments

40 macro Photography of Water Drops

2009

31

DEC

40 macro Photography of Water Drops gathered from Deviant Art. Very inspirational Photography

518

0 comments

Giveaway:Win 30 Credits For Rollip-High Quality Photo Effect Tool

2009

30

DEC

It’s time for another giveaway from DesignBeep.This time the giveaway is really interesting.Some guys developed a web site ROLLIP which is an online photo editing tool.

freebies, misc, photography

472

0 comments

Beautiful Digital Paintings by Cypherx

2009

29

DEC

Beautiful Digital Paintings and airbrushing illustrations by Cypherx

422

0 comments

37 Beautiful Waterscapes Photography

2009

28

DEC

37 Beautiful Waterscapes Photography gathered from deviant art

287

0 comments

Stunning 3D Street Art From Kurt Wenner

Kurt Wenner born in Ann Arbor, Michigan is an artist best known for his realistic street painting and chalk murals using a projection called anamorphosis. These 3D chalk drawings on pavement have been featured in many newspapers and on several television shows

design, inspiration, misc

369

0 comments

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations

2009

26

DEC

35 Realistic 3D Robot Illustrations and Character Designs

484

0 comments

Is your email marketing campaign in compliance with can spam

In 2003, Bush Government passed Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003, which is popularly known as CAN- SPAM Act. The law was basically aimed at standardizing and regulating the commercial emails. Read the full article.

freebies, misc, tools, trend, tutorial

ritesh

49

0 comments

17 Brilliant Examples of Matte Painting

2009

25

DEC

17 Brilliant Examples of Matte Painting and Illustrations gathered from Deviant ARt

417

0 comments

Scuba Diving: What Rules to Follow?

2009

24

DEC

The beauty of scuba diving is that you get close to nature. It can be tremendous fun and you learn a lot about underwater life and the sea or lakes. This type of diving can be done by men and women. Children also take to it easily. However, there some rules you should know about before deciding to dive. To be able to dive you need to be able to swim. (Continue...)

mydivebuddies

47

0 comments

Scuba Diving: What Rules to Follow?

The beauty of scuba diving is that you get close to nature. It can be tremendous fun and you learn a lot about underwater life and the sea or lakes. This type of diving can be done by men and women. Children also take to it easily. However, there some rules you should know about before deciding to dive. To be able to dive you need to be able to swim. (Continue...)

mydivebuddies

42

0 comments

How to integrate google maps into flash

One of the most important skills for Flash developers to learn is how to utilize the vast collections of Web APIs that are available for services such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and mapping using either Google or Yahoo. Layersmagazine teach us how to integrate Google Maps into your Flash application using just a few lines of code. .

design, flash, misc

mupet

372

0 comments

30 Beautiful Rainbow Photography

2009

23

DEC

30 Beautiful Rainbow Photography gathered from Deviant Art, Natural Photography of beautiful rainbows are always beautiful

271

0 comments

Reviewing List Articles Trend: 30 Powerhouse and Prospective Design Blogs

2009

22

DEC

In the numerous hours you've spent surfing the Internet, I'm sure you've come across countless online content with titles that start with numerals and go along the lines of these headings like "40 Most Inspiring...", "65 Incredible...", and "10 Most Popular...".

design, inspiration, misc, trend

179

0 comments

40 Creative and Humorous Photography

40 Creative and Humorous Photography gathered from Deviant ARt

481

0 comments

Ultimate Christmas Resources For Designers

2009

21

DEC

This roundup article shares 60 useful resources for designers, which includes tutorials, icons, design materials, Wordpress themes and fonts.

dicky83

312

0 comments

25 Amazing and Dark Photo Manipulations by Morbidia

2009

18

DEC

25 Amazing and Dark Photo Manipulations by Morbidia Morthel From Deviant Art

graphic, inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

402

0 comments

7 Questions, 7 Designers – Day 1

This is the first in a seven part interview series in which I put a number of design related questions to seven awesome designers including: Chris Spooner, Sneh Roy, Mike Smith, Jeff Finley, Brad Colbow, Grace Smith and Nick La. Come join the discussion!

design, graphic, misc

echoenduring

320

0 comments

Open Source iPhone Applications

2009

17

DEC

With the lifting of NDA by Apple, many developers have open-sourced their iPhone applications. While the phone OS itself may be closed, you can still run free and open software. Here is a list of the best open source on the iPhone.

jsguru

457

0 comments

Color Theories In Advertising Design #2 Green Color

2009

11

DEC

Today we are going to talk about the green color and how it reflects on consumers, what are the feelings and moods that green color produces, and how can we use that in design. What are the main groups of products that mostly utilize green color packaging, what are the trends, and what are the expectations. Think positive, think green. In a good way.

design, graphic, misc, tips

printradar

465

1 comment

2009

10

DEC

Speed Up Firefox

Firefox is an internet browser that is preferred by many web designers and internet savvy people because they know that it is more secure, more standard compliant, and allows better customizations. Although Firefox is a very fast browser it can be better. In this article we will give you some good tips to make your Firefox preform better and faster.

browser, javascript, misc, tips, tutorial

518

1 comment

Web Application Interface Design Guide

A guide covering the basics of Interface Design. From the initial planning stages to the final touches.

design, graphic, misc, tips, usability

agrublev

618

0 comments

Top 6 Ugliest Web Design Company Websites

It’s not really hard to find beautiful websites, and it’s even easier to find beautiful websites of web design companies. I searched the web for quite a while and selected the top 6 ugliest web design company websites. You won’t like them, i promise.

css-html, design, inspiration, misc

tutsvalley

587

0 comments

Take a advantage of 10 new handy features of Google Docs

2009

9

DEC

In this post post I am sharing a list of newly added features by Google Docs. In this list includes features like Bulk upload, Shared folder, Docx import, Snap to grid and much more.

tutorialfeed

52

0 comments

Make A Profit From eBay

When people think about selling their stuff on the internet they automatically think about eBay. eBay is the leading auction companies on the internet and people have made fortunes selling the junk they had in their attic. For most of us, we experience the exact opposite, hopefully with this article will give you some tips at maximizing your earning potential in the eBay market.

freebies, misc, seo, tips, tutorial

74

0 comments

Give Away 20 Google Wave Invitations from Queness

Google has released Google Wave few months ago, Google stated that Wave will change and impact the way we manage or use our email. I was lucky because my friend invited me 2 months ago and I get a chance to play with it for quite a while. And now I have received 20 invitations and I want to give it to Queness's readers.

freebies, misc, trend

3015

32 comments

Create A Memorable Password

2009

8

DEC

In this article we will give you hints about how you can create a memorable password that is easy for you, but hard for anyone else.

browser, misc, os, tips, usability

59

0 comments

60 Humorous Print Advertisements to Tickle Your Bones

The use of humor has become a common practice in advertising. Humor is by no means a guarantee of better ads but its effect can be enhanced with careful consideration of their objectives as well as the audience, situation, and type.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc

475

0 comments

Google Wave Giveaway – 10 Invitations Up For Grab

2009

7

DEC

I know many of you haven’t had the opportunity to try the the Google Wave tool so this is your chance. Today we are giving away ten (10) invitations for Google Wave to our readers. So all you have to do is enter the contest and maybe you will be among the 10 lucky winners.

freebies, misc, tools, trend

61

0 comments

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations

40 Mind Blowing Female Vexel Illustrations gathered from Deviant Art

design, inspiration, misc, photoshop

608

0 comments

Service Review - Link Popularity Matters

2009

4

DEC

Building a hotel in the middle of nowhere is no good. Similarly building a website, either for yourself or your clients, is pointless if they cannot be found via search engines.

misc, seo

335

0 comments

Earn Money With Crossloop

2009

2

DEC

In the following article we tell you how to use Crossloop effectively to earn extra money helping people with their computer / website related issues.

misc, tips, tools, tutorial

90

0 comments

30 Spectacular Magical Photo Manipulations

30 Spectacular Magical Photo Manipulations gathered from Deviant Art

inspiration, misc, photography, photoshop

472

0 comments

How to make a website: an introduction to XHTML

2009

30

NOV

XHTML is the best markup language to make websites. It's easy to learn, clean and powerful. Now that you have a global understanding of web design, and that you possess all the tools you need to make a website, I'll teach you the basics of XHTML.

css-html, misc, tutorial

554

0 comments

Ultimate Online Tools Collection for Web Development

2009

29

NOV

Check out all these web development tools based on queness community news. I'm amazed by the number of web development tools available online today and I believe they will able to save you some precious times and emergency needs.

7485

2 comments

31 Stunning Futuristic Scifi Illustrations

2009

24

NOV

31 Stunning Futuristic Scifi Illustrations and digital artworks

inspiration, misc, wallpaper

389

0 comments

We are giving away 1 Copy of Fanurio Time Tracking Software

Fanurio is a time tracking and billing software application, highly appreciated by freelancers for its intuitive interface, flexible timer and ability to produce detailed invoices.

freebies, misc, tools

387

1 comment

A Child's Christmas

Are you looking for an inexpensive way to create wonderful gifts for your family this Holiday Season? Would you like to involve your children? Do you want to lift the Christmas Spirit in your home?

amomswish

67

0 comments

Don’t miss these link exchanges and free ads spots!

Thanks to its nice community (in other words, thanks to "you"), Woobzine is growing beautifully! That's why I wanted to give you a nice reward by offering 3 free ads spots on woobzine for 3 months, link exchange, community news and dofollow comments.

548

4 comments

How to make a website: the nature of Web Design

2009

23

NOV

Understanding the nature of web design is necessary for anyone who wants to be a good web designer. But, what is web design? In this article I'm going to give you a simple yet effective definition which will help you to improve your web design skills.

misc, tips, tutorial

499

0 comments

30 Amazing Celebrity and Models Pencil Sketches

2009

19

NOV

30 Amazing Celebrity and Models Pencil Sketches artworks and illustrations , worth watching

525

0 comments

405 Web Design Blogs You Should NOT Read (and 14 you should)

2009

18

NOV

Sure, reading blogs is necessary for inspiration and to improve your web design skills. But have you ever noticed how time-consuming it is? Fortunately, I have a solution!

freebies, inspiration, misc

630

1 comment

12 Extremely Handy Online Tools for Web designers and Developers

Here is a list of useful online generator for web design and development. They are small web applications but can easily save up large amount of times and efforts. Make sure you bookmark this page for future reference.

freebies, misc, tips, tools

8801

6 comments

15 Spectacular Mythological Beasts Illustrations

2009

16

NOV

15 Spectacular Mythological Beasts Illustrations gathered from deviant art , includes histories and overviews of these creatures

inspiration, misc, photoshop, wallpaper

362

0 comments

7 Design Elements and Techniques that will make your Website stand OUT!

Introducing some of the most used and well known design elements that make websites stand out and look better.

design, graphic, misc, template, tips

agrublev

678

0 comments

7 Great Stories From The Past Week You Should Check Out

As we aim to help the community and provide you with the best possible resources, we’ve put up a list of seven great stories from our colleagues that you probably shouldn’t miss from the past week.

design, graphic, inspiration, misc, photoshop

printradar

306

0 comments

J2ME – The Mobile Initiative of Java: Creating a simple MIDlet

2009

5

NOV

In this modern world, the market is full of small-footprint mobile devices e.g. Cell phone, pager, smart phone etc. These devices are generally 16-bit or 32-bit processors with a memory in the range of 128 KB – 2 MB. Sun Microsystems’s Java, the language that is portable across platforms, came up with an initiative to [...]

gadget, misc, tutorial

619

0 comments

15 Best Advertising Programs for Design Bloggers to Mint Money Online

2009

3

NOV

Designer’s community is one such creative community, which along with other business domains is optimizing this moneymaking opportunity and using it well.

486

0 comments

50 Open Source Tools For Web Designers

2009

1

NOV

A collection of 50 Open Source Tools dedicated to web designers. This set consisits of Editors, Graphic Manipulation Programs, FTP Applications, Coding Tools and much more that ever Web Designer longs for. Try out these Open source Versions and make a difference.

design, graphic, misc, tools

jsguru

515

0 comments

Smashing Magazine Redesigned, Introducing Smashing Network – With VIDEO!

This Halloween holiday, 18 extraordinary blogs come together with only one absolute goal in mind to form the Smashing Network.

freebies, inspiration, misc, video

537

0 comments

Spray Paint Textures Pack – 25 Free Images

2009

30

OCT

You can never have enough spray paint textures. Almost every design I work with has some type of spray paint texture in it. Just drop them in your designs and add a hue/saturation adjustment layer to change the colors. Easy as that. This stunning pack includes 25 images that are all around 3000 pixels at 300 dpi. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, freebies, graphic, misc

443

0 comments

Awesome interview with Tyler Finck, horizontal websites enthousiast and developer

An interview with developer Tyler Finck about horizontal websites trends and how to develop them.

javascript, misc, trend

428

0 comments

Useful Money Management Tools for Designers and Freelancers

Managing your finances at times can be a very tricky and complicated task. Proper allocation and transfer of money not only requires careful planning, but also the services of some highly effectual and efficient tools. Not too long ago, there were only a handful of money management tools to choose from.

design, misc, tools

carumillani

413

0 comments

8 Tips and Tricks on Developing Usable Websites

2009

29

OCT

Tips and tricks on creating websites with higher usability.

design, graphic, misc, seo, usability

agrublev

571

0 comments

101 invaluable questions to build your Web Design Client Questionnaire

2009

28

OCT

With these 101 invaluable questions, you'll be able to build an awesome Web Design Client Questionnaire and gather all the information you need to create outstanding websites.

design, misc, template, tips, tutorial

724

0 comments

Mixed Media Pack – 29 Free Textures

2009

23

OCT

With this pack you get a spectacular combination of media styles in each texture! Images were created with spray paint, acrylics, markers, pencils, crayons, and finger-paint! With over 25 high resolution images, you’re sure to find something that will fit perfectly into your designs. Commercial and personal use is okay.

design, freebies, graphic, misc

363

0 comments

Watercolors Pack | Volume 2 – 30 Free Textures

This is our second collection of high quality watercolor images that are sure to make a great addition to your designs. Try switching the colors by adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer or a gradient layer and changing the layer style to overlay. Personal and commercial use is welcomed and encouraged!

design, graphic, misc

357

0 comments

Realistic 3D Graffiti Inspiration

Love it or hate it graffiti has been very influential in design. With graffiti pioneers like Daim, realistic 3D graffiti pieces have pushed the limits on what you can do with spraypaint. Check out the detail in the letters, shadows, and colors. You will surely get inspiration for your next typography design your working with.

401

0 comments

55 Awesome Online Photo Editors

An online photo editor tool if used professionally can bring a lot of difference to the image. A colossal presence of photo editors available online for free really makes it difficult for user to choose the best one.

design, misc, tutorial

411

0 comments

Giveaway: Participate and Win Free Invoicing License

2009

20

OCT

For your participation in the survey, we have three licenses of Invoicera to give away. Invoicera is an incredibly convenient online invoice management application that makes keeping track of payments easy.

carumillani

365

0 comments

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Preparation

2009

19

OCT

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Preparation, from gathering information to meeting the client, in 400+ lines and 23 quotations!

misc, tips, tutorial

427

0 comments

10 Blunders to Avoid on Business Websites

2009

16

OCT

Websites are the most preferred way for promoting a business online. For that reason, you must focus on blunders that are responsible to hurt the website performance.

design, graphic, misc, tutorial, usability

522

0 comments

All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Planning and Process

2009

14

OCT

Having a keen understanding of Web Design Project Planning Process is invaluable. With a clear organization, you’ll be able to work better and more efficiently. Moreover, with this document you’ll be able to show your clients what they are paying for.

design, misc, tips, tutorial

573

0 comments

Must Follow Invoicing Practices for Freelance Designers

How often people have talked about the benefits that enterprises and businesses can derive from e-invoicing and streamline their invoicing process. Therefore, we now do from various survey reports and experiences that advantages of using online invoicing for SME’s are stupendous. But are these advantages limited to businesses or service providers only? I suppose not.

carumillani

374

0 comments

How To Display Form Fields Based On Selection With Or Without jQuery Cookie

2009

13

OCT

Over these years, adding JavaScript to a form has become very common. The introduction of JavaScript has changed the way in which a user interacts with an online form.

javascript, misc, tips, usability

418

0 comments

Improve iPhone’s UX with custom TLD

2009

12

OCT

One simple, but awesome way to improve the user experience on iPhone when it comes to Safari web browsing.

browser, design, misc, usability

442

0 comments

Why is my PHP script not sending emails?

2009

29

SEP

It has happened to most of us; everything appears right but the email sent by the script never reaches the destination address. This article takes you through the steps to troubleshoot the problem.

misc, php, tips

prasanthmj

496

0 comments

Large Format Posters Giveaway

2009

4

SEP

In this contest two very lucky Readers/Subscribers of tutsAZ will win (each one) a large poster that you can stick on your wall. The sponsor of this giveaway is LargeFormatPosters.com.

freebies, misc, tips, tools

420

0 comments

Graceful flash degradation

2009

2

SEP

Article containing pointers to improve flash websites, accessibility and usability of websites that contain flash elements.

flash, misc, usability

560

1 comment

Do you need a invoicing software?

2009

26

AUG

Everybody knows that when it comes to send the invoice to your client… well, it’s a pain in the “back”. Because you have to make your own invoice in excell or word or notepad. But some guys thought that would be nice to create a software (online or not) to help your invoicing process much, [...]

435

0 comments

18 Factors that will Increase the (cash) Value of Your Website

2009

22

AUG

How can you increase the cash value of your website? I have put together 18 factors to increase the value of your site. Score high marks in all of these and you can be sure your site will be worth more than a just a few pounds.

design, misc, tips, tutorial

amd00x

618

0 comments

5 Tips and Tricks For An Effective eCommerce Site With 10 Brilliant Examples

2009

20

AUG

Customers appreciate the convenience of ordering online, but if a site is cumbersome, is veiled about its pricing and polices, or does not seem to provide personal benefit, they leave.

inspiration, misc, tips, usability

484

0 comments

5 Tips for Naming Your Business

2009

18

AUG

The cornerstone of every brand, here are some of the qualities you should look for in a name.

532

0 comments

The Customer is Not Always Right

2009

17

AUG

I have worked in many roles in the service industry, from supermarket cashier, and computer salesman, to freelancer developer, and I can tell you that the customer is usually wrong, but in most cases it’s okay for them to be wrong, or at the very least we tolerate it.

495

0 comments

9 Unusual Ways to Increase Traffic to your Website

2009

6

AUG

If you’ve been doing online marketing for any time at all, then you already know the traditional methods of attracting visitors to your website and increasing traffic. But at some point, these methods begin to lose effectiveness and new marketing and promotion channels must be discovered. Listed here are nine non-traditional methods that can help you increase website traffic.

misc, seo, tips

mediacontour

670

0 comments

12 Tips on Pricing your Web Work

2009

5

AUG

In this post, I will discuss how to establish an appropriate price for a website, when you do freelance. So, you have started doing freelance, but cannot decide what to charge? I know the feeling. When I first started doing freelance, deciding the price gave me a great deal of difficulty. ....

design, graphic, misc, tips

HLamarche

735

0 comments

10 Simple Ways to Make Life Easier for Your Website’s Users

2009

30

JUL

Compatibility, usability, interaction, visual appeal, and support for a website’s users are all important aspects for a designer to consider when looking to present the most interesting and user-friendly site possible. By implementing the simple suggestions below, you can dramatically improve your users’ experience and the overall performance of your site.

design, misc, tips, usability

mediacontour

688

0 comments

Beautiful Launching Soon pages

2009

24

JUL

At some point everyone is going to need a website. Doesn’t matter if it’s a blog, a forum, a portfolio or something else, but you’ll need it. Oh, right! You have the domain but you don’t have the website finished, no? Well, you have nothing to be scarred of. Because you can design a “Launching [...]

820

0 comments

The Art Of Applying Rule Of Five Plus Or Minus Two For An Effective Wireframe

2009

20

JUL

Working on your wireframes before starting on the details of design is a crucial step in web design.

design, misc, tools, usability

675

0 comments

We’re launching My Web Gallery

I’m happy to tell you that today we’re launching our design gallery: My Web Gallery. The site is new so be patient and kind with it because there are not many designs submited. As you will see you’ll find a submit page where you can submit website designs (flash and css), logos and business card [...]

design, misc

515

0 comments

Getting started with Facebook Connect & News Feed

2009

11

JUL

Using Facebook connect to the authenticate a user and post dynamicaly generated content to a user news feed using jQuery.

ajax, javascript, misc, tutorial

ashleyford

1128

0 comments

HTML Coder – Rewarding career

2009

4

JUL

HTML coder crafts a design into markup language. They increase a firm’s web site traffic by making it more accessible and usable. This is an especially important task in today’s internet-driven world, where 60-70% of traffic comes from the website.

css-html, design, misc, tutorial

raflec

682

0 comments

Mark Prints for Self on Other’s Blog

2009

3

JUL

For a change, this post is for readers from all niche, segment, interest, community and category. Even if you have no relation with the world of web designing you shall find reading it worthy.

design, misc, seo, tips, trend

651

0 comments

The Ultimate List Of Online Color Tools For Web Developers

2009

29

JUN

Web designers use color tools daily. So, i had collect an ultimate list of color tools. In this list, i had collect color wheel, color scheme, color palette and color picker.

dicky83

537

0 comments

Minimal design and who started it

2009

23

MAY

The basics about minimalism and how to learn more about it.

981

0 comments

What's Under the Hood: 8 Ways to View Page Source on Your iPhone

2009

20

MAY

As a self-taught web developer, I learned a lot of what I know by looking at other people’s source code. It’s unfortunate that I can’t do this on my iPhone with mobile Safari, at least not by default. That said, there are several methods you can use to view the source code of a site on your iPhone.

browser, misc, tips, tools

iphoneized

849

0 comments

Mindblowing vs Ordinary article titles

2009

15

MAY

Titles should contain such keywords in order to pre-blow you visitors mind before they read the first paragraph of your article. Make your title just like a spoiler!

864

0 comments

Social Spinner: An iPhone Optimized Social Bookmarking Widget

2009

24

APR

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Matteo Spinelli’s cool rotating wheel interface for the iPhone. It’s a very cool proof of concept, and Matteo left it up to us to figure out some real world applications for it. I thought this would be perfect for a social bookmarking tool. So with my limited coding abilities I sat down and pieced together the “Social Spinner”.

css-html, freebies, javascript, misc

iphoneized

2069

0 comments

50+ Cool Laptop Sleeves and Bags You Can Actually Buy

2009

23

APR

There are a lot of really nice sleek and cool laptop sleeves and bag out there, and chances are one must be perfect for your machine. If you want to be slightly different from the rest of the crowd, we want to show you some laptop sleeves and bag we thought really nice and purchasable.

1734

0 comments

Avoid spammers on your blog (2)

2009

15

APR

The previous spam avoiding post described a nice technique to hide URL input fields from spammer's eyes. The kind of spammers described in the previous post usually want to get their comment as close as possible to content areas. Current article describes a technique on how to avoid such spammers.

misc, tips, tutorial, wordpress

2253

0 comments

Stationary design showcase

2009

12

APR

I read lots of blogs and websites. I see a lot of showcase type articles every day. However, I haven't seen an article yet that showcases stationary design. I've seen logos, business card designs showcases, but no stationary design. Therefore, I wanted to fill up that space. Here's a roundup of creative stationary designs.

design, logo, misc, photoshop, trend

1812

1 comment

10 Tips to Design Usable Shopping Carts

2009

8

APR

Here are 10 tips to help you create usable e-commerce checkouts and shopping carts.

1201

0 comments

50 Trend-setting Design Studios and Agencies

Without further ado, we’d like to reveal you some of the group responsible for great websites we visit everyday. In no particular order, we present 50 Trend-setting Design Studios and Agencies. Full list after jump.

design, misc, trend

1410

0 comments

AJAX Cheat Sheets & Quick Reference Guides

2009

2

APR

a list of AJAX Cheat Sheets & Quick Reference Guides for AJAX Web Designers, Web Programmers, Coders & for Web developers for Quick coding with AJAX.

ajax, misc, tools

1440

1 comment

How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Résumé?

2009

1

APR

The economy is bad. No one’s job is really 100% safe, so it’s time we all bucked up and got our recession bags packed (just in case!). Your portfolio is already gorgeous, but have you created a drool-worthy résumé?

2687

1 comment

30 Fresh and Promising Design Blogs to Follow

2009

31

MAR

This article presents 30 new and fresh design blogs that are worth checking out. Weblogs featured here discuss web, graphic, and print design. Hopefully you’ll find a link or two (or more) that piques your interests enough to prompt you to subscribe to them.

2015

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