http://www.1stwebdesigner.com 1stwebdesigner is a design blog dedicated to bloggers, freelancers, web-developers and designers. Topics focus on web design, tutorials and inspirational articles. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:52:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I created very similar article yesterday, but this one is because I read my feed and saw there are many similar articles with web design related inspiration. This time I wanted to show you the next step - beautiful showcase websites, which collects WordPress based blogs and delivers long run ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/13-beautiful-wordpress-showcase-sites/ There are millions of blogs around the world, so it's really a challenge to stand out with unique design. Maybe somebody will tell, that all matters is content, but I strongly disagree. Right now, my own blog design looks quite miserable, so I really know that matters. If you leave ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/55-really-creative-and-unique-blog-design-showcase-inspiration/ This article is created for every Twitter addict, who enjoys to tweet, wants to be noticed - such beautiful Twitter icons are very eye-catchy, standing out from the crowd. No matter what you are blogger, web designer, graphic designer, you cannot ignore Twitter trend. I believe this is the most ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/50-free-social-twitter-resources-and-icon-sets/ Patterns actually can be found almost everywhere - in print design, web design, graphic design etc. For example if you use pattern in web design, just set CSS repeat-x-y and you'll get beautiful background,but image will be very small and page load time will be much faster. There are ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/22-free-seamless-vector-pattern-resources-perfect-for-web-design/ I feel like now everybody knows and uses all those popular plugins, which everybody mention on their blogs and repeat many times without big sense. That's one of the reasons why I wanted to feature not so well known, totally new or just useful plugins you've probably never seen before. ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/20-new-useful-and-promising-wordpress-plugins/ If for whatever reason you don’t know jQuery, it is a "write less, do more" JavaScript library. It has many Ajax and JavaScript features to allow you enhance semantic coding and user experience. From jQuery homepage - “jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/53-jquery-tutorials-resources-tips-and-tricks-ultimate-collection/ And again I create wallpaper related article, because I believe, when desktop backgrounds are changed on a regular basis, it will help you inspire daily. This time I decided to create wallpaper collection totally related to every designer fashion and style brand - Apple company. Simply looking at Apple logo, ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/40-high-resolution-and-elegant-apple-wallpapers/ Since Twitter launch in Year 2006, it has grown to create network what most people would call a social media revolution and it became one of the most popular social media networks, which if you're serious about blogging, you can't ignore. Twitter has their own tools for displaying Twitter status on ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/31-useful-twitter-plugins-for-wordpress-to-choose-from/ Successful, eye-catching and mainly user-friendly site navigation sometimes is key to whole web design, because users usually search for navigation at first, when they visit website. Also don't shy to experiment - portfolio websites can stand out just by that, creating something beautiful and unusual. In our days there are ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/30-menu-creative-javascript-navigation-menu-examples/ Digg is one of the best and the biggest social network right now. If you know how to treat it, you can get amazing floods of traffic regularly. However using just their homepage and simple techniques always aren't enough. Do you know what's hot now, how many of your friends ... http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/development/30-most-valuable-digg-tools-you-should-use-daily/