In Expired Premium

WDL Premium: Light and Textured Web Elements Kit

Posted by on Jun 16, 2011 | One Comment

For our WDL Premium members, here’s an awesome kit containing 60 web elements from WeGraphics. In this kit you will have at your disposal pixel perfect buttons, ribbons and icons to enhance your next website and realize eye catching layouts just in few minutes. Buttons are provided in standard, hover and active versions. Play with layer styles to personalize the look of your web elements. All the layers of the .psd file are carefully organized in groups. (more…)

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In Freebies

8 New Free Fonts for Your Designs

Posted by on Jun 15, 2011 | 21 Comments

One thing we really like to do here at WDL is to keep you supplied with all the latest and greatest freebies. Whether it’s icons, textures, or e-books, were always on the look out for things that will make you’re life easier. This week we’ve come up with a collection of brand new free fonts that you’re sure to find very useful in your upcoming designs. (more…)

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In Tips

Strategies for Task Management Working with Clients

Posted by on Jun 14, 2011 | 10 Comments

Work as a freelancer can be challenging, there’s no doubt about that. Not just physically, but spending so much of your day coding projects and writing e-mail conversations can take its toll on your mental capabilities. Task management is a huge part of running a successful freelance business. (more…)

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In Inspiration

30 Brilliant Examples of Texture in Web Design

Posted by on Jun 13, 2011 | 17 Comments

Textures are being used in every sort of design. Nowadays you can see beautiful textures used in business cards, mobile apps and definitely in website designs. There are lots of high quality textures available in the market as well as free ones that can help you to achieve brilliant results. Appropriate use of texture helps to create realistic and detailed feel to a design. In this showcase you will find 30 fresh examples of textured websites featuring minimalistic, clean, subtle and grunge textures. Hope you’ll find this collection useful and inspiring. (more…)

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In Inspiration

Retro Inspiration

Posted by on Jun 10, 2011 | 7 Comments

Retro is a word that derives from the Latin prefix retro, meaning “backwards” or “in past times”. I think extremely interesting that we look back and get inspired by designs produced a while back, or even some recent ones that use the retro style. Since Friday is always a good day to relax and browse some inspiring images, we decided to gather a list with retro inspiration to show you. (more…)

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WDL Premium: Founder – Business WordPress Theme

Posted by on Jun 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

Today for our premium members, we’ve got a new premium WordPress theme from Mojo Themes. The Founder WordPress theme delivers a sleek & minimalistic feel that is packed with features. It offers a custom CMS homepage with a eye catching featured area as well as sub-featured area. (more…)

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In infographics

The Anatomy of an Effective Web Design

Posted by on Jun 8, 2011 | 16 Comments

A web design is made up of various components, all working together to accomplish a goal – whether it be building a community or selling a product. These parts must compliment each other in a way that creates a good experience for the user. Miss the mark on one element and potential subscribers or sales could be lost, but execute correctly on all parts and chances are you will have created an effective web design. Here’s an infographic that helps break it down for you. (more…)

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In Tips

5 Web Design Blunders of Small Businesses

Posted by on Jun 7, 2011 | 9 Comments

You’ve decided to invest a lot of time and money into building a better web presence for your company. The last result you want to see from all this hard work and money is no growth in traffic or business from the new website. Before your company can reap the rewards of releasing a new website, you should take time to consider some of the key factors that lead to a more visible and customer friendly website. Here are a five major design blunders and what to do about them. (more…)

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In Inspiration

21 Excellent Examples of Sliders in Web Design

Posted by on Jun 6, 2011 | 23 Comments

A while back we showcased here a list of 30 Inspiring Examples of Slideshows in Web Design and we also had a post showing 13 Super Useful jQuery Content Slider Scripts and Tutorials. Slideshows and sliders are really interesting elements for organizing and showcasing content. They are not only used for images but also for general content and website navigation. So check out these examples and get some inspiration for how you might use a slider in your next project. (more…)

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30 Creative Examples of Responsive Web Design

Posted by on Jun 3, 2011 | 25 Comments

Responsive web design means that the website will respond according to the medium that is being used to view it. These days websites are not only viewed on standard computer screens, but after the evolution of smartphones and tablets there’s a necessity to make websites that look good on multiple devices. In this roundup we have showcased some amazing and outstanding responsive web designs that use media queries to provide an optimal presentation on various screen sizes. (more…)

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