11 Helpful Cheat Sheets for Popular Google Products

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 18, 2010 | 21 Comments

Think about all the tools you use each day to do your job. Chances are, more than one of them are made by Google. Google puts out great products that help us perform our daily tasks. Whether it be email, creating docs, or communicating with clients and colleagues, there seems to be a Google service for just about everything. But just like other tools and applications there are lots of features, which means more stuff to remember. So if you’re like me and have trouble memorizing things like keyboard shortcuts, we’re here to help. Here are 11 Helpful Cheat Sheets for Popular Google Products. (more…)

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10 jQuery Plugins and Techniques for Doing More with Images

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 17, 2010 | 9 Comments

When we see an image on a web page, it’s second nature for us to move our mouse over it or try to click it. We have come to expect some level of interactivity when it comes to images, especially with modern web design technologies, such as jQuery. If you happen to be working on a project that requires the images to have a little something extra, then jQuery is the way to go. To help you out, we’ve rounded up 10 jQuery Plugins and Techniques for Doing More with Images. (more…)

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Our Premium Content: Eleven Months Later

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Eleven months ago we launched WDL Premium, and it’s been a huge success for our members, our premium partners, and us. If you’ve not heard about our premium membership, it’s a way for us to bring you high-quality design files and other goodies from top companies. It’s truly been a win – win – win situation for everybody. It’s given our premium members access to incredible design files at an unbelievably small price. It’s given our partners targeted exposure for their other products and services. And it’s given us a way to keep Web Design Ledger going strong. (more…)

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WDL Premium: Grungy Wall Textures

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Today we’re giving our WDL Premium members a premium texture pack from PremiumTextures.com. These grungy wall textures are a great way to give a design a worn and weathered look. They’re ideal for quickly adding a lot of detail and interest to a large area such as a website background. There are 12 high resolution textures included in this pack. (more…)

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15 Fresh and Useful Photoshop Tutorials

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 15, 2010 | 15 Comments

Part of being a designer is keeping your skills sharp and up-to-date. Skills may span a broad range of tools, but probably the most used tool of all designers is Photoshop. In this post, we’ve collected 15 fresh and useful Photoshop tutorials to help you brush up on your skills and learn new techniques. The types of tutorials in this collection include text effects, photo manipulation, interface design, and more. (more…)

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48 Examples of Excellent Layout in Web Design

Posted by Gisele Muller on Jun 14, 2010 | 62 Comments

Beautiful graphics and colors are great and play a big part in web design, but most would agree that the backbone of a solid user experience is the layout. After all, what good is all of the eye candy if one can not easily read and digest the content. There is nothing better than opening a perfectly organized and readable website – a page where the layout invites you to browse the site’s content. There are several ways to organize and put together a nice layout for your website, and here we’ll show some examples of sites that use grids, columns and blocks to showcase their content. (more…)

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33 Beautiful Examples of Sunrise Photography

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 11, 2010 | 31 Comments

Sadly, the most beautiful part of the day occurs before many people wake up, but thank goodness there are those early rising photographers. They’re willing to set the alarm clock a bit early in order to capture the beauty of a sunrise so others can see. In this post, we’ve rounded up 33 beautiful examples of sunrise photography. The lighting produced by a sunrise can be quite magical. Hopefully, these photographs will help inspire you. (more…)

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30 Typography Focused Logo Designs

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 10, 2010 | 23 Comments

We frequently talk about typography here at WDL. Whether it be in web design or print design, typography plays a big part in making or breaking a design, especially if the design’s main focus is typography. In this post we are showcasing 30 typography focused logo designs. In these logos you won’t find any icons or symbols. It’s all about type. (more…)

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WDL Premium: Rocky Icon Set from IconDock

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 9, 2010 | 4 Comments

Today we’re giving our WDL Premium Members a beautiful set of icons from IconDock. The Rocky Icon Set consists of 290 minimal style icons. They are perfect for buttons, user interfaces, mobile apps, and more. This set is a 16 x 16px optimized version of the Rocky vector set, which is available at IconDock. (more…)

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11 UI Kits for iPhone and iPad Development

Posted by Henry Jones on Jun 8, 2010 | 17 Comments

Last week we posted a collection of printable wireframing templates which included some for iPhone and iPad app design. These are great for communicating early mockups and ideas, but when it’s time for those ideas to make the jump from paper to the computer screen, it’s helpful to have a library of UI elements at your disposal. Since we love saving you time, we’ve found some for you. Here are 11 UI Kits for iPhone and iPad Development. (more…)

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