• 2 Feb
    How to make your type more appealing on the web

    It’s not uncommon for a designer in today’s world to pay little attention to how type is laid out, especially with the ever-so-convenient default settings of heading tags and web safe fonts found universally on the web.

    If we as interactive designers we’re able to take a little more time when it came to typography, than the results would show a unique, well thought of design as oppose to a “run of the mill” creation.

    There is a good chance that the majority of designers and designs you admire showcase good examples of typography.

    I’ll show you a few steps I take in tweaking set type to be more appealing than those default scenarios of 24px H1 tags along with 13px set in Times New Roman. Read more

  • 1 Feb

    We’re thrilled to see bring you another great giveaway of business cards from our friends at Uprinting.

    This time around we’ll be giving away 5 prizes of 250 die cut business cards each!

    What makes these cards different is their unique and attractive shapes. They are sure to get you noticed and will make your clients look twice!

    Use them as appointment reminders, mini-resumes, service lists, calendars, portfolios and product samples, to name a few.

    Read on for more information on how to participate…. Read more

  • 31 Jan
    Web designers, what to look for in a CMS

    There are a whole bunch of CMSes out there ranging from lightweight micro-blogging platforms to huge enterprise packages.

    I don’t want to mention any names here or tell you what to use.

    Instead, I’m going give you some important points to consider, so that you can make an educated decision on your own.

    And hopefully, not invest a huge amount of time and energy into a CMS you will have to abandon a year or two down the road.

    Read more

  • 30 Jan

    Firefox 10, due out January 31st (the same day Firefox 11 becomes an official Beta release), finally rounds out the browser’s growing collection of developer tools with Page and Style Inspectors.

    In some ways, these tools are similar to Firebug, but they’re also uniquely Mozilla-ey.

    Rather than try to reproduce Firebug or the WebKit developer tools, Mozilla has included only the most essential features, focusing instead on making the experience elegant.

    Does the new approach work, or will designers run screaming back to Firebug? Let’s take a look. Read more

  • 29 Jan
    tweets of the week jan 23-29

    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 Read more

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  • 28 Jan

    Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.

    The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.

    These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.

    So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.

    Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own… Read more

  • 27 Jan
    useful plugins for multi-author blogs

    Managing a blog with a single author can be time-consuming enough, but adding in multiple authors can exponentially increase the amount of time and effort it takes to manage.

    There’s editorial workflow, scheduling, and author management to consider, among other things.

    Below are fifteen plugins that can make managing your multi-author blog a lot easier.

    They include editorial workflow plugins, scheduling and calendar plugins, and plugins that will benefit your authors or make it easier to communicate with them. Read more

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