Is Your Font So Bright, You Gotta Wear Shades?

One of the biggest mistakes that a lot of webmasters make can drive visitors away in an instant. What’s sad is the fact that this mistake can be so easily avoided that it is almost insane.  Take a look at your text on your website.  Take a good, long look at it.  Ask yourself these four questions [...]

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The Evolution of Freelance Web-Design

This post will take you from back in the days when I was freelancing as a web designer to the current present and describes how I set out to change the workflow of freelance web design work.

Before RichWP and when WordPress was for blogs

Every project followed the traditional way of consulting with the client first to understand their wants and needs, then going to the drawing board to come up with a design or two which I could [...]

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Showcase: Stunning Green Colored Websites

Web designers have pushed their limits to do the best they can for a greener earth. Although all websites sporting green color might not be from the “eco” niche, most of them are doing their bit to educate people about their own future. This is a list of few such websites that have used the color green at its best!

Lipton Green Mint

#DBDF0E #5CA242 #9FC029
#108CB5 #000000 #FFFFFF
  • Arial, Verdana, sans-serif

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List of Sites Offering Free Stock Photos & Images

Every website needs photos and other graphical to be more appealing to its visitors. Here is a list of 20 sites that offer free stock images. It is time to plunge into the world of free stock photographs. Just to make sure, read the licenses and what you are allowed with the images they offer.

Stock.Xchng

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New RichWP WordPress Theme Design: Minimal5

Today I have released the Minimal5 Design Preset, which can be applied to all RichWP Child Themes. It is a super minimal design with a clear and highly readable typography based on the Google Android fonts. Use it to create stylish magazines, business websites, portfolios and blogs. Its universal looks allow your content to shine bright. Check out the demos and see for yourself:

 

Minimal5 Preset & RichCORP Child Theme

 
Minimal WordPress Business Theme
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New RichWP WordPress Design: Rich & Bold 3


» Demo 1: RichGRID + Rich & Bold 3 Design Preset
» More Information about the RichGRID Theme
(You can apply the Rich & Bold 3 Preset to every RichWP Child Theme)

 

Less is more, just make it BOLD. Today I have released the Rich & Bold 3 Design Preset. As you might already know, there is another dimension to the RichWP FrameWork besides the layout enhancing child themes. The built-in design editor allows you to boot up design presets and customize them instead of designing from [...]

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Corporate Website Design – Case Study

A good corporate website design communicates your corporate identity and your company’s core values along with its products and services as early as possible in your visitors user experience. The first impression counts, so it’s better not to clog it up with unnecessary information or design elements [...]

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Showcase: Space Scenes in Web Design + Tutorials & Resources

Since I was a little boy I have been fascinated with everything out of this world. This fascination continues and I am happy to bring you this showcase of space scenes in Web design.

There are basically two types, the more realistic looking designs that completely depend on a space scene as a background image and those that incorporate comic-like illustrations.

Check out the sites below and get inspired. Realizing spacey Web designs with the design options of the RichWP WordPress Themes is no big deal. Have a good look at how background images and color schemes have been used.

At the end of this post you will find a link to resources like PhotoShop tutorials, graphics and illustrations that are available for free to get you started creating your own space scenes and designs.

Spacy Web Design - indiqo.eu
Real Galatic Space in Web Design - bei.ro [...]

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Designing with Large Photo Backgrounds & List of Show Cases

Like every photograph, large background images say more than a thousand words. It almost looks like an unstoppable design trend these days [...]

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51 Free Social Media Icon Sets

With the RichWP feature of easily adding social media icons to your website here’s a list of 25 icon sets to start digging through to fully equip your site [...]

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