Articles by Web Design Ledger from April 2011

Advertise here with BSAIcons are an important element of an effective and attractive web design. An appropriate use of icons will help you to achieve a professional and solid website design look in yo...

Advertise here with BSAHere’s a new set of vectors for our WDL Premium Members. This pack from Designious contains 28 conceptual birds silhouettes, perfect for adding a unique touch of nature to...

Advertise here with BSAIn 2003, acclaimed filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenged his idol Jorgen Leth to recreate his 1967 masterpiece The Perfect Human. Not only was he to recreate one of his best films...

Advertise here with BSALast week at Theme Trust, we released our latest in a line of sleek and minimal portfolio WordPress themes. This one is called Craft and it’s perfect for des wanting to sh...

Advertise here with BSAPortfolios can be designed in several forms, specially those related to design, photography and other creative professions. The most traditional ones show pro eminent typography...

Advertise here with BSAThe Awwwards recognize and promote the talent and effort of the best developers, designers and web agencies in the world. An international jury made up of some of the most impor...

Typography is one of the most important aspect of effective web design. Proper font use can improve your website’s readability and user experience. Well selected fonts can help you to make your ...

This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of high-res Photoshop brushes from Vandelay Premier. This pack includes 8 high resolution brushes that are ideal for adding a soft or subtle textur...

Typography is an art form rarely covered in the spotlight. Web designers too often indulge into page graphics and CSS effects. Ironically page text is what carries the information you’re trying ...

Typography is an art form rarely covered in the spotlight. Web designers too often indulge into page graphics and CSS effects. Ironically page text is what carries the information you’re trying ...

As we can find on Wikipedia, “Form refers to the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object.” And here I believe that this is also the perfect explanation… forms in web ...

Many of us creative types spend a lot of time seeking out “inspiration”. In fact, if you’re like me it’s your job to find and write about art or other things that might spark a...

For our WDL Premium Members, we have another high-quality vector pack from our friends at Go Media. In this set there are 32 stunning color radials. You’ll find that these vectors span the space...

To say that Twitter is popular and lots of people use it, would be a massive understatement. But the more popular a web service becomes, the more people you have wishing it could do more. Thankfully, ...

I’ve mentioned here before how thankful I am for the support Theme Trust has received from you, the WDL Readers. To show my gratitude, I’m giving away some free themes. Ten readers will wi...

HTML5 is certainly here to stay, from a numerous list of articles, events and buzz about this latest revision of the HTML standard. Some websites using HTML5 proudly show the official logo and state t...

What a better way to end your week than with some freebies. It’s Friday and I’m back with some more great free fonts. One can never have too many fonts in their design resource library. Th...

Nearly every business from local plumbers, large blue-chip organizations and even churches have websites, and each and every one wants to spread the message about their products, services and profiles...

For our WDL Premium members this week, we’re releasing a Genesis Framework child theme, called Apollo from Mojo Themes. The Apollo theme is a business-style theme that will provide a high-end lo...

Although Google Chrome is just a few years old, it has become the browser of choice for most web developers and designers. Chromes browsing speed and the huge list of free ad-ons and extensions availa...

The importance of a website’s navigation shouldn’t be overlooked. After all, without it, one wouldn’t make it much further than the home page. That’s why designers spend extra ...

Have you ever imagined life without color? We are so used to seeing colors that they have become something we take for granted. We can judge the significance of colors with the fact that most are ...