The front page of a blog is obviously of great importance to the overall design.

Up until a few years ago, most blogs simply showed posts in order of publication, the most recent at the top.

Then excerpts became popular, and later magazine-style front pages.

The purpose of the front page will, of course, vary a bit from one type to another; for example, a personal blog will be different from a professional multi-author blog.

In this post, we will take a look at the options that bloggers and designers have for showing content on the front page, and some reasons for choosing each.

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

Often, when faced with a looming project, we forget the simple things. The size and depth of the project overwhelms leading to creative block.

Once blocked, the frustration builds leading to even more block, procrastination, missed deadlines and a wealth of other problems.

If you’re in any creative field, chances are, you’ve been there.

As a former high school writing teacher, I found that just the prospect of writing was enough to leave students floundering.

This became an even bigger problem when students were faced with the timed writing of state required tests. Enter the FAT-P.

Appearance is crucial for obvious reasons in the fashion industry. With that in mind, many fashion e-commerce sites can be an excellent source of design inspiration.

Attractive design and photography can make the products more appealing to visitors and increase sales.

There are a lot of different design styles and approaches that are used by online fashion shops, but generally photography and product/model images play a large role.

Sometimes the design and layout is minimal, allowing for more empasis on the products. Others feature huge photos as the primary focal point of the page.

In this post we’ll feature 35 inspirational fashion website designs that represent a variety of styles that are sure to inspire you.