Tag Archives: design

Beautiful Designs with Smoke Typography

Beautiful Designs with Smoke Typography

There is something very beautiful and mysterious about smoke. Using smoke in a design can produce some amazing visual effects, as you can see in this collection. In case you want to incorporate smoke effects... 

Kentico CMS License & 1-Year Maintenance

Kentico CMS License & 1-Year Maintenance

Today, we are announcing an awesome giveaway: a full license to Kentico CMS which includes one-year maintenance/support. Read on to see how you can participate and get a chance to win this awesome prize... 

SnackTools Makes Creating Rich Media Content Easy

SnackTools Makes Creating Rich Media Content Easy

Creating rich professional-level Flash media components isn’t simple for the ordinary designer or developer who doesn’t have a strong command of Flash/Flex. And even if you were a Flash/Flex... 

10 Free Newspaper & Magazine WordPress Themes

10 Free Newspaper & Magazine WordPress Themes

Have you ever looked at a newspaper and thought I wonder what that would look like in a web design, or I wonder how I would go about coding that out? Well I have put together showcase of the top 10 Free... 

20 Beautiful And Inspirational iPhone App Website Designs

20 Beautiful And Inspirational iPhone App Website Designs

There are so many iPhone applications available for download today. Many of them have their own website that tells everyone about them, aswel as being included on the iTunes app store. Showcased here... 

Become a User Experience Expert

Become a User Experience Expert

In today’s web design world, so much emphasis is put on SEO, which forces us to design for machines. Even though this is a necessity for web designers, the focus of a design should be on that of the... 

Adding Depth with Pixel Perfect Line Work

Adding Depth with Pixel Perfect Line Work

A pixel is a single point in a raster image. Computer displays are capable of showing millions of these at a time. So how can one lone pixel have an impact on a web design? It probably can’t. However,... 

40 Breathtaking Examples of Aerial Photography

40 Breathtaking Examples of Aerial Photography

Aerial photography can be very inspirational since it provides a view of our environment and surroundings from a perspective we are not used to. It was first practiced in the 1800’s by photographers... 

WDL Premium: PhotoSpin CS Flash Component

WDL Premium: PhotoSpin CS Flash Component

Today we’re giving you the PhotoSpin CS Flash component from, Digicrafts. FotoSpin provides a unique touch and spin control experience to the user. This component normally goes for $49.90, which... 

Headers and Footers that Grab You Coming and Going

Headers and Footers that Grab You Coming and Going

Headers and footers are always a big concern in web design. These two powerful sections of a website hold great importance and are always something to worry about when designing a page. The header is... 

The Most Popular Articles of 2009

The Most Popular Articles of 2009

The end of 2009 marked WDL’s first full year in existence, and what a great year it was. We feel that we’ve put out a lot of valuable content that has been helpful to our readers who we greatly... 

40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs

40 Brilliant Type-Only Logo Designs

Logos do not always have to include some type of symbol or icon to be effective. When done well, using type only to create a logo can be very effective in representing a company. These types of logos... 

Seven Useful Web Development Tips & Tools for Cross-Compatibility

Seven Useful Web Development Tips & Tools for Cross-Compatibility

As a web designer, you would think that the major Internet browsers would’ve come to some sort of agreement on standards and best practices after all this time. In reality, browser compatibility... 

Easy Website Updates with PageLime

Easy Website Updates with PageLime

PageLime makes the process of editing static websites laughably easy. There are times when a full CMS like WordPress is far too complicated when only simple edits are required – not to mention...