It’s February! That means it’s almost March, and that means it’s almost going to get warmer. Kinda reaching there, aren’t I? Anyway, here’s this month’s desktop calendar wallpaper. Give your computer some new digs!
Click to download the free February 2012 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper in 2560X1600, 1920X1200, 1920X1080, 1680X1050, 1440X900 and 1280X800 pixels.
The eightieth version of Found Friday is here, and this week we have: a beautiful wood iPhone case; a collection of great plugins for those of us using WordPress as a CMS; a neat little tool designed to help hang things and such (bad description, but scroll down and have a look); a new t-shirt from the folks at United PixelWorkers and A Book Apart; and a must-watch video for any creative. Read on!
The iPhone is a beautiful device – nobody’s arguing that. But the glass backside sacrifices durability for beauty. Here’s a solution to that problem: a beautiful and durable wood iPhone case! Want.
WordPress is a great publishing platform, but most anything can be improved. That’s what this list of plugins from the folks at DigWP does: aim to improve the use of WordPress as a CMS.
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Buttons are a great way to grab a website viewer’s attention, and a way to hone your user interface design chops. They can be used to effectively drive traffic to desired subpages, drive more sign-ups, or any other collection of goals you’ve established for your website design. In this Photoshop tutorial, we’re going to go step-by-step through the creation of a circular, inset button with some subtle details and lighting effects, achieved using vector shapes and Photoshop’s layer styles palette. You’ll end up with the button below (and you can download the source file at the bottom of the page to boot)!
Please note: for this tutorial, you should be familiar with basic Photoshop elements like: the gradient tool, the color picker, the ellipse tool, the type tool, and the layer styles palette.
It’s Friday! Let us help you celebrate with five great designy finds from the web. This week, we have: a must-use plugin for those using WordPress as a CMS; a limited-time, free bundle of design goods; the world’s simplest mailing list setup; a preview for an upcoming type film for typography nerds; and a beautiful, inventive coffee machine. Because, you know, we all run on coffee. Enjoy!
WordPress is famous for its ease of use; however, it can still be daunting to total n00bs, like some of your clients. We normally use a Dashboard Tips Widget with our client WordPress builds; however, it’s a little janky and not that great to set up. Enter Dashboard Site Notes: a WordPress plugin that lets you author notes and site guidelines for your clients through the WordPress interface, so they always have reminders nearby. A must-install in my books.
Everyone likes free stuff! Especially designers. This bundle has a bunch of icons, UI elements and the like for designers. It’s free for another 27 days or so. Check it out!
This week’s Found Friday is a goldmine for web designers & developers. We have a great demo/download for some beautiful CSS buttons; we have a neat online app for creating Photoshop-esque “layer styles” in CSS; a site showcasing OpenType features on the web, for you fellow typeheads; an interesting looking book on “common sense for designers”; and a minimalist site for playing a band’s top YouTube videos sans clutter. Check ‘em out!
A great tutorial with source files, these CSS buttons combine beauty & usefulness.
For those of us who dabble in both Photoshop and CSS/HTML, this neat little tool might come in handy. It’s a GUI that looks exactly like Photoshop’s layer styles palette, but spits out CSS styling for live web rendering of the same effects.
