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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Nov 27, 2012 | 5:59 am UTC
Typically, to create a column layout, you would need to add the first or last classes to reset the margin space and clear the float. Today I'm going to share a very simple CSS trick to create a respon...
Typically, to create a column layout, you would need to add the first or last classes to reset the margin space and clear the float. Today I'm going to share a very simple CSS trick to create a responsive column layout using nth-of-type pseudo class. I use this trick to code the WordPress themes at [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Oct 11, 2012 | 4:25 am UTC
I'm sure you all are using viewport meta tag for responsive design, but did you know that the viewport tag can also be very useful for non-responsive design? If you haven't got the time to convert you...
I'm sure you all are using viewport meta tag for responsive design, but did you know that the viewport tag can also be very useful for non-responsive design? If you haven't got the time to convert your design to responsive yet, you should read this article on how to use viewport tag to improve the [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Sep 7, 2012 | 6:06 am UTC
Long ago I wrote a tutorial on how to make decorative image galleries using an extra <span> tag. It requires jQuery to append the span tag which isn't quite user friendly. Today I'm going to s...
Long ago I wrote a tutorial on how to make decorative image galleries using an extra <span> tag. It requires jQuery to append the span tag which isn't quite user friendly. Today I'm going to share a better method without using Javascript. The same result can be achieved by using :before or :after pseudo element. [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Aug 17, 2012 | 8:30 pm UTC
The previous post on creative business cards was very well recieved. Today we going to share another 60 well designed embossed business cards that stand out of the crowd. Embossing your business card...
The previous post on creative business cards was very well recieved. Today we going to share another 60 well designed embossed business cards that stand out of the crowd. Embossing your business card is a great effect to grab your audience's attention, along with printing on different mediums, sizes of card and utilising complimentary techniques [...]

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Wake Up Later: Freelance + Passive Income Aug 11, 2012 | 3:52 am UTC
Tracing back to the first century, the ampersand began as a combination of the letters 'e' and 't' to spell "et" (meaning "and" in Latin). Although its form evolved over the centuries, you can still s...
Tracing back to the first century, the ampersand began as a combination of the letters 'e' and 't' to spell "et" (meaning "and" in Latin). Although its form evolved over the centuries, you can still see the "et" in many modern forms. Nowadays, it's a part of every designer's toolbox as one of the most distinct elements in typography.

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Wake Up Later: Freelance + Passive Income Aug 7, 2012 | 12:00 am UTC
Ambition and comfort rarely run together. I began freelancing more than five years ago, while living in Atlanta, Georgia. Cost of living was low, I had no children, my newlywed wife was wor...
Ambition and comfort rarely run together.
I began freelancing more than five years ago, while living in Atlanta, Georgia. Cost of living was low, I had no children, my newlywed wife was working, and business was easy to come by. I soon moved to the Midwest, and enjoyed a comfortable life, working my own hours at my own rate. The work was a bit boring, but I was very fortunate to be where I was and I can't ever complain about having a job and a roof over my head. But I also knew that I was getting less ambitious and more uninspired as each year ticked by.

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Aug 1, 2012 | 8:30 pm UTC
FITC is hosting SCREENS, a two day conference dedicated to development for mobile device and operating systems, this September 27-28 in Toronto. The conference features two full days of presentations...
FITC is hosting SCREENS, a two day conference dedicated to development for mobile device and operating systems, this September 27-28 in Toronto. The conference features two full days of presentations covering a ton of topics relevant to iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry development including HTML5, NFC, PhoneGap, jQuery, responsive design and much more. Update: [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Jul 20, 2012 | 3:17 pm UTC
I've been using Photoshop CS6 for a while and I have to say that the interface and user experience is a big improvement. Instead of releasing more new tools, Photoshop CS6 put a lot of focus on the ba...
I've been using Photoshop CS6 for a while and I have to say that the interface and user experience is a big improvement. Instead of releasing more new tools, Photoshop CS6 put a lot of focus on the basics — the essential tools that we use very often such as crop tool, type, layer group, [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Jul 12, 2012 | 7:24 pm UTC
I'm honored to announce that I've been featured on Offscreen magazine issue #2. Offscreen launched its first issue in Feburary 2012 and quickly became well recognized in the design community. So I'm p...
I'm honored to announce that I've been featured on Offscreen magazine issue #2. Offscreen launched its first issue in Feburary 2012 and quickly became well recognized in the design community. So I'm proud to be selected in the logbook section (thanks Kai Brach). I have five copies of Offscreen #2 to giveaway. As usually, post [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Jun 28, 2012 | 3:24 am UTC
Previously I wrote a tutorial on mobile navigation, today I'm going to share a CSS tutorial on how to make an expandable search form that is suitable for mobile and responsive designs. This trick uses...
Previously I wrote a tutorial on mobile navigation, today I'm going to share a CSS tutorial on how to make an expandable search form that is suitable for mobile and responsive designs. This trick uses native CSS properties — no Javascript or extra markups required. It is a simple and effective way to design a [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Jun 7, 2012 | 4:30 am UTC
Lately, I've been blogging a lot about Responsive Design. I've covered the technical side of media queries, basic implementation, full design tutorial, some CSS tricks, and a list of awesome responsiv...
Lately, I've been blogging a lot about Responsive Design. I've covered the technical side of media queries, basic implementation, full design tutorial, some CSS tricks, and a list of awesome responsive sites. Today, I want to talk about setting breakpoints in responsive design. How should you set the breakpoints? What is the general guideline? I'm [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials May 28, 2012 | 5:00 am UTC
Today we have a guest post by Andy Walpole sharing his experience from creating the Lightbox Ultra on Mozilla Demo Studio. Several years ago developer Lokesh Dhakar created the familiar Lightbox scrip...
Today we have a guest post by Andy Walpole sharing his experience from creating the Lightbox Ultra on Mozilla Demo Studio. Several years ago developer Lokesh Dhakar created the familiar Lightbox script with Prototype and script.aculo.us. It's smooth animation and sleek aesthetics were an instant hit in the web design community and it was used [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials May 16, 2012 | 2:04 pm UTC
Making the design to be responsive is very easy as shown in my Responsive Design in 3 Steps tutorial, but maintaining the elements to look aesthetically balanced on all breakpoint layouts is an art. T...
Making the design to be responsive is very easy as shown in my Responsive Design in 3 Steps tutorial, but maintaining the elements to look aesthetically balanced on all breakpoint layouts is an art. Today I'm going to share 5 of my commonly used CSS tricks along with sample cases for coding responsive designs. They [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials May 9, 2012 | 3:37 pm UTC
If you follow Web Designer Wall, then you have noticed the PSD2HTML banner ad on the sidebar. PSD2HTML is not only my long time supporter, but they are also one of the most recognized vendors in PSD s...
If you follow Web Designer Wall, then you have noticed the PSD2HTML banner ad on the sidebar. PSD2HTML is not only my long time supporter, but they are also one of the most recognized vendors in PSD slicing services. Today I'm happy to partner with PSD2HTML to give away PSD to HTML slicing services to [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Apr 18, 2012 | 3:36 am UTC
Although WordPress has made it very easy to create a custom WordPress theme, but it still takes time to learn and build it. So I've created a Base theme based on the free Basic theme from Themify. I'v...
Although WordPress has made it very easy to create a custom WordPress theme, but it still takes time to learn and build it. So I've created a Base theme based on the free Basic theme from Themify. I've stripped out the framework and the extra functions that you might not need. It includes only the [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Apr 4, 2012 | 5:45 am UTC
One of the common challenges when designing responsive design for mobile is the navigation menu. If the site has many sections or pages, it gets challenging to squeeze all the items into a small mobil...
One of the common challenges when designing responsive design for mobile is the navigation menu. If the site has many sections or pages, it gets challenging to squeeze all the items into a small mobile resolution. The navigation most likely ends up running into multiple lines or the buttons stacking on top each other. So [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Mar 23, 2012 | 4:38 am UTC
Today I would like to share the design process of an ecommerce theme that I recently designed. Shopdock is an Ajax ecommerce theme where the user can quickly add/remove items to the cart with a single...
Today I would like to share the design process of an ecommerce theme that I recently designed. Shopdock is an Ajax ecommerce theme where the user can quickly add/remove items to the cart with a single click. It is actually inspired by one of my sites, IconDock. The design process was quite challenging to make [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Mar 13, 2012 | 6:26 pm UTC
A friend of mine, Francois Hoang, is organizing a design conference called Montreal Meets in Montreal, Canada Apr 7, 8, 2012. The speakers included Fabio Sasso, Shelby White, Radim Malinic, James Whit...
A friend of mine, Francois Hoang, is organizing a design conference called Montreal Meets in Montreal, Canada Apr 7, 8, 2012. The speakers included Fabio Sasso, Shelby White, Radim Malinic, James White, and Scott Hansen. I have two tickets to giveaway. Comment in this post before March 23rd, 2012 for your chance to win one. [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Mar 6, 2012 | 7:36 am UTC
I'm proud to announce my latest CSS experiment—The CSS Social Buttons. They are not another "pure CSS3" or "HTML5 canvas" icons. These icons use the basic traditional background-...
I'm proud to announce my latest CSS experiment—The CSS Social Buttons. They are not another "pure CSS3" or "HTML5 canvas" icons. These icons use the basic traditional background-image technique. The purpose of these icons is to provide a cross-browser, consistent and versatile CSS that can be applied in any design, app or theme. Basically, it [...]

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Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials Feb 22, 2012 | 8:36 pm UTC
I've got two FITC Toronto 2012 festival tickets to giveaway and all you need to do is send one tweet for your chance to win. For those of you who don't know what FITC Toronto is, it's a design and tec...
I've got two FITC Toronto 2012 festival tickets to giveaway and all you need to do is send one tweet for your chance to win. For those of you who don't know what FITC Toronto is, it's a design and technology focussed conference which is comprised of three days of learning, networking and partying, April [...]

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