Clean and pure CSS FORM design

Some readers of my blog hate html tables and often ask to me which is the better way to design FORMS with CSS, without using tables to place each form element in a table's cell. How I said some time ago... tables are not evil. Sincerly, in some case I used pure CSS code to design forms but, in general, ...

Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers

After weeks of development, we are happy to announce the release of “Blogging Icons Set” specifically designed for bloggers. There are total 12 shiny and modern icons for your blogs. It comes with 3 sizes, 24×24, 36×36 and 48×48 in png format. Blogging Icons Set is released ...

30 Amazing Free Vector Icons, Buttons, Stickers, Banners, Labels and Speech Bubbles

1. Labels 2. Free Web 2.0 Services Vector Package 3. 3D Luggage Tag 4. Trendy Circles 5. Web Stickers Round 6. Collection of 90 free ‘Web 2.0′ Style Buttons 7. New RSS Icon 8. Bright Web Banners 9. Promotional buttons by ~unicko 10. theCoffeeandTvMilkBox by ~HappyStalin 11. 165 Lovely ...

$4.7B ad drop feared for newspapers

Print newspaper sales this year appear to be on track to drop by some $4.7 billion to less than $37.5 billion, a level not seen since the mid-1990s. The prediction comes from Paul Ginocchio of Deutsche Bank at a time of growing dismay among media executives who, for the most part, have watched sales ...

25 of the Best FREE Photoshop Plugins and Filters Resource Sites

1. Plugins World - Directory of plugins for Photoshop 2. Richard Roseman Plugin Downloads 3. Cybia - Plug-In Filters - The Works Series 4. Photoshop Filters Factory 5. The Plugin Site 6. Mehdi - Plugins Photoshop 7. Xero Graphics : Freeware plugins 8. freephotoshop.com - Adobe Photoshop Plugins ...

Is that really WordPress?

WordPress’ power, flexibility and ease of use have turned it into an amazingly popular personal publishing platform. The power and flexibility of WordPress never ceases to amaze me! But WordPress isn’t powering only personal blogs these days. Corporate websites, news sites, online magazines, ...

Creative Examples of WordPress Themes Modifications

We know well that everyone wish to have a WordPress Theme more personalized and unique . But what to do in case we can’t create new themes? Very simply: modify an already existing theme. Even I have gone to this method on my personal blog, transforming Dilectio theme created by Design Disease, ...

WPCustomization V2 Launched

Contrary to popular belief, I did not end up selling WPCustomization. Instead I let it take a long winder and sprint hiatus until I finished with school. Today I’ve launched V2 of the site with an amazing re-design by Matt Davey and myself. The rates are simplified and we’re immediately ...

rob goodlatte

Rob Goodlatte’s site is a prime example of an evolution in the right direction – the improved version of the previous incarnation and the developed maturity of its designer. It’s quite fascinating to track the changes that led to the site’s makeover that was unveiled last July. ...

Google Spreadsheets Tips: Gantt Chart (Microsoft Project-like) using Widget

Google Spreadsheets is a powerful web application to do everything you do using Excel. A nice way to use it is to manage a project plan with a gantt chart (microsoft project-like) and share it on-line with your team.This is a free and versatile solution to do that. This tutorial illustrates how to use ...

This Month’s Best: May 2008

Every month, I’ll be posting some of the best tutorials, resources, and articles related to web design and development found throughout the month. Have a look at these wonderful links I’ve managed to find this month. Tutorials How To Fix Video Slowing Down Your Page Load Time A short and ...

Websites you shouldn’t have missed in May 2008

May was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity. Today we have ...

Popular Posts - May 2008

The fifth month of 2008 is now complete and this blog is celebrating the completion of its eighth month of existence. This site has continued to show excellent growth each month, so I like to wrap up each month with our popular posts for that month and also to thank everyone for supporting Hack WordPress ...

Manage Your Advertisers With the OIO Publisher WordPress Plugin

When most people start out blogging, it is usually because they love to blog. Remember those days? Over time, you either quit or continue to grow as a blogger, and it is almost inevitable that at some point you will start to look into monetizing your blog. Whether you use Google AdSense, affiliate ...

Create an Impressive Mock-up of a Grunge Box

Learn how to create impressive mock-up designs. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Vanishing Point Filter to get quick and professional presentation results. The final result is a realistic looking box, which looks well-worn, as if it was shipped worldwide. Use these techniques to create ...

New Screencast: Designing a Unique Page for Twitter Updates

This week I take you through the creation of simple webpage to display your recent ‘Tweets’ from Twitter from start to finish. This covers the design in Photoshop, to including the javascript stuff provided by Twitter to the markup, to the CSS to style the page. Written tutorial here and ...

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we’ll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience. This is the first of a five part set of tutorials where we’ll use Photoshop to make text ...

How To Design and Create a PHP Powered Poll

Polls are fun! They can help engage the readers of your site and give both you and the poll-taker valuable information. Let’s walk through building a poll from scratch. All the way from the Photoshop design to the PHP / MySQL that powers it. Here is what we will build: VIEW DEMO 1. Design the ...

How To: Creating a YouTube Video Tabber

If you’ve ever had any interest in purchasing a news premium WordPress theme, you’re probably familiar with the works of Adii, who is the guy behind the Premium News themes.   Not only am I a fan of much of his work, but I also am a fan of his blog, where he is truly an open book and isn’t ...

10 Twitter Users You Should Follow

Twitter is awesome. It’s a great tool for quick communication and an even more awesome tool for social networking. If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know I’m quite active and love to tweet (update my status) with funny and random things, but still talk about news on WordPress. Anyways, ...