Articles by Web Designer Depot from December 2011

As the year draws to an end, we’d like to take this chance to wish you all a Happy New Year!!! Thanks for supporting WDD during 2011, like you’ve done consistently now for over 3 years. We...

With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, a lot of people and experts are crowning him one of the greatest innovators of our time, if not of all time. It’s rather hard to disagree, as he’s he...

Lets share a dirty little secret that really isnt so secret: the economy is bad and its impossible to make money ends meet. Whether you freelance or have a full-time position, chances are you are not ...

Some of the truest words I’ve heard to date are, “If you don’t plan on creating your own business, then you plan on being broke.” While, there are many people out there who hav...

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...

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 ...

Webdesigner Depot is always looking to add some new regular content contributors! With more than 80,000 RSS subscribers and over 340,000 Twitter followers, WDD is great exposure for bloggers and desig...

Surprising as it may sound, colleges and universities seem to have finally figured out social media. Long berated for giving only the most modest efforts at developing an online presence, higher educa...

There are a ton of options out there for font replacement, including some great WordPress plugins that make font replacement easier than ever. Sure, you can hard-code your font replacement into your t...

Christmas is right around the corner, and creating Christmas-themed designs can be a lot of fun. Here we’ve compiled more than sixty fantastic Christmas design resources, including fonts, icons,...

Everything changes. The Internet and web design are certainly no exceptions to the rule. As we move through the days and months ahead, its likely that in short time well find ourselves talking about n...

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...

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 ...

Coming very soon, we’ll be launching an awesome bundle of free design goodies, with icons, textures, PSDs and much more! You’ll want to get your hands on this one soon as it will only be a...

Whether you just want to create a slightly customized theme or something completely unique, creating a WordPress child theme can greatly speed up the development process. Child themes let you start wi...

[Editor's note: This is a sponsored review for Approval Manager 2012] Getting your designs approved by clients in a timely manner is vital to smoothly managing any project. But it’s often more t...

A visually stunning presentation is sure to leave a positive impression on your audience, whether you are using it to market a product, introduce your services or communicate information. Today, the w...

The December edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, some JavaScript tools and resources, color tools, e-commerce platforms, and a number of gre...

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...

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 ...

Designers and developers are pushing the envelope with what’s possible in interactive design on a continuous basis. And awesome new examples come out all the time. One of the newest examples is ...

Above all the social networks out there, I found that Twitter is by far the most powerful to build and grow a personal brand around yourself. Having yourself established online can be very helpful in ...

Designers of all types can gain inspiration from animals found in the wild. Many great designers exhibit behaviors similar to the movement, characteristics and instincts of natures creatures. Accompli...

As WordPress morphs more and more into a CMS rather that just a blogging platform, there are a lot of instances where you might want to add calendar functionality to your WordPress-powered site, beyon...

Im amazed at companies, especially marketing firms, that stop their social media. Its usually a blog that hasnt been updated in a year or the proud display of fans numbering less than ten, eight of th...

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...

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 ...

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.The above quote is from William Edwards Deming, the man who almost ...

The web is changing day in and day out at an incredibly fast pace. What I found that matters most to me when using new tools is that the switching cost needs to be as low as possible. The less “...

Illustration is an incredibly versatile tool that can find many different uses in design. And when it comes to web design we can find an extremely wide variety of implementations. Today I want to dig ...