Archive for May, 2009
Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools
Dainis GraverisToday I wanted to collect ultimate list of font and typographic related online tools available on Internet. There are tools for You to create Your own fonts, find unknown fonts just by selecting text or submitting image, siFR tools and resources, few Firefox plugins and several more CSS related online resources to help your web development process. Also I've found several communities where You can ask typographic related questions or just find people like you, just check out those tools and make easier development process.
36 Eye-Catching Jquery Navigation Menus
Navigation menus have really important role in any website. For big sites full with a lot of pages and articles, drop down menus and tabs are popular because they can make it a lot more easier to navigate and move through site, also you can save space on website displaying content on dynamic tabs. Also if you want to create a navigation menu, that really stands out of the crowd, jQuery could be the right choice to choose offering bunch of customizable options. That's why I present to You 36 really good jquery navigation menu examples for every need.
Learn How To Use Tweetdeck Effectively And Save Time
TweetDeck is the most useful application for managing Twitter that I’ve found ever. It is fully customizable - you have full control of every column, user, related tweet - this application is really time saver if you use it on regular basis. In this article I am trying to show real power of Tweetdeck, which seems to be hidden on the first moment, it is an Adobe Air-based application that runs on any platform (it requires Adobe Air 1.5 to be installed first) - at first I would suggest You also to play with settings, rollover buttons, they are often self explaining also revealing many hidden features.
30 Creative And Eye-Catching Web Designer Portfolios
This time I wanted to showcase and promote web design companies or web designers with extremely creative portfolios as well as own showcase sites. With Internet possibilities now many designers showcase their works on their online portfolios, I could never stop to list portfolios. There are tons more creative sites available, but I tried to select the best picks of my own choice. I also believe these sites and screenshots can present also current design trends.
Bannersnack Giveaway Contest And 9th Month Feedback
Hello! It's been a while since I created just feedback article, telling about successes, what am I doing, what I am planning to do in future with this blog. And there is one more reason I am celebrating 1stwebdesigner site reaching 4,000 RSS readers and 260, 000 unique visits per month. This is my first blog and now it's just 8 month old.. I am pretty impressed with such huge achievements and I don't plan to stop! Now I am just a little more inactive because I still learn in academy and we have examination period, which I try to pass as best as I can. After that 1stwebdesigner site will get redesigned to suit even better for our readers needs, it will be much lighter design for readability and more features You should enjoy.
27 Twitter Tools To Help You Find And Manage Followers
This is my first Twitter related article, I am using Twitter a lot lately so it is really unforgivable not even have one article related to Twitter. Now I am starting to correct this mistake and here comes list with 27 Twitter tools, which will help You find more followers, manage them, find who doesn't follow You back, who stops following, statistics and much, much more.
As Your first added follower on this list You should follow @1stwebdesigner, if You want design related tweet links.
110+ Massive WordPress Video Tutorial Collection
On this list You'll find all available WordPress video tutorials on Internet with a lot of links for every level of knowledge. Video screencasts in my opinion teach You skills a lot faster than the best book You can find. In future You should check for updates on those sites, because WordPress is rapidly growing, but sites offering such great video screencasts stay and update.
Get Yourself busy and good luck, I really hope these links will help Your development process!
65 Very Creative and Funny Photoshopped Images
There are countless tutorials, articles, resources all about how to use Photoshop more efficiently, tips, tricks. Photo manipulation is one of the most interesting skills and most creative art dressed in future/present digital age in my opinion. On this list You'll find showcased many artists from Worth1000 site - which is popular with its numerous contests and amazing photo manipulation works. Every pick has been carefully picked from the crowd - some of these works are really funny, some works look unbelievably real - but all of those works will inspire You a lot, I assure this! If You still don't know - everything is possible with Photoshop and here You can see, what can be done with Photoshop power in it's best performance!
