25 Examples of Big Typography in Web Design

Here at WDL we love typography and we are constantly showing our readers good typo usage, from print to logos, from web to random typographic works, we really feel the need to keep the juices flowing in that area, and we could not forget to mention all the free fonts we like to show you! So today we decided to show our love for typography gathering some examples of big typography in web design. From bold and colorful letters to delicate handwriting ones, you will find a lot of inspiring examples of how to get attention using typography, enjoy. (more…)

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Illustration Inspiration

Illustration is a pretty common element of web design and we already showcased a few lists of illustration in web design here: May/2011, Nov/2010 and Mar/2010. So today, to inspire your Friday we decided to gather a few examples of beautiful illustrations. From delicate to strong and colorful lines, you will find a lot of nice examples to make you start thinking about including illustration in your next project. (more…)

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WDL Premium: Wumblr WordPress Theme

Today, for our WDL Premium Members, we present Wumblr, a Tumblr-esc WordPress theme from the guys over Themify. The theme will make your WordPress installation look and feel like a Tumblr blog. It has 9 different post formats including 15 different color presets that help customize the look of each post. (more…)

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8 Productivity Tools To Save More Time

With Google’s recent launch of another promising Social Network, the things that could potentially distract us aren’t really decreasing. As the overall buzz increases online, I found that our workflows become more complex too. (more…)

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20 Inspiring Food Related Websites for Your Delight

Food related websites are getting better and better. There are a lot of new apps and services being launched to help those that love food. From organizing recipes to suggesting new restaurants, there’s always something new popping up. So today we decided to gather some good examples to inspire you. You’ll see that food websites are usually great inspiration for things like using big and colorful photography, elegant typography, and occasionally subtle textures. Enjoy! (more…)

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WDL Premium: Wood Grain Vectors Pack

Here’s a high-quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members. This Wood Grain vectors pack is from Go Media. Inside it you will find detailed wood grain vectors. Half of this pack has a grainy look, and the other is clean, illustrated, absurdly detailed. They’re great for when you need more control than a texture can offer, check it out. (more…)

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SEO Essentials for Freelance Web Designers

The life of a freelance web designer brings you freedom in your work and allows you to escape the confines of a boring 9-5 office life and develop your creativity within the comfort of your own home. However, as a freelancer, you’ll have none of the support structure that a professional web designer can rely upon in a large agency; you cannot rely on the marketing department to create contacts with clients on your behalf. Therefore, the only way for you to survive is to showcase your unique web design skills, present your passion and flair for design and make sure to avoid the common SEO mistakes in web design that can ruin the chances of your site ranking high and block your path to success. (more…)

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Reveal: A Responsive Portfolio Theme for WordPress

At Theme Trust, we just released our latest and greatest WordPress theme. This one is called Reveal. It’s responsive and designed to showcase your portfolio. The “responsive” part means that it’s built to look great across multiple devices and screen sizes, which includes the desktop and mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone. You’ll love its minimal and clean styling. It also has Ajax powered project viewing which gives visitors a fresh way to checkout your best work. (more…)

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Techniques for Constructing Usable Registration Forms

Most websites offer a way for users to sign up into their databases. This is often coupled with a username or e-mail address tied to a unique user ID number. The process of creating a user database is heavily developed and streamlined to a point. However there is still a lot of debate in the realm of registration forms and layout design.

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Fresh Examples of HTML5 Websites

We already showcased HTML5 websites here a couple times (Apr 2011, Dec 2010, Aug,2010 and so on). And since a lot of sites are embracing the duo of CSS3 and HTML5, we decided to gather a new list, with some fresh examples of the new standard in use. Today we also gathered some interesting links so you can take your HTML5 knowledge to the next level. Also, make sure to check out Dive into HTML5, they have tons of useful information there. Enjoy! (more…)

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