Articles by Web Designer Depot from June 2012

Being a business owner,entrepreneuror even just a freelancer can sometimes have its slower moments. When things get a little dry or you want to really increase your business, you’ve got to do so...

Restaurant websites have become infamous for their outdated designs, and frustrating user experience. How many times have you visited a restaurant website and asked, What was this web designer thinkin...

When I was in art school, before my senior year, I volunteered to help with the senior graduation. As an usher, I just had to smile a lot and wander the halls and back stage rooms at Lincoln Center. I...

The relationship between text and the rest of a page is one of the key characteristics of any design. Rhythm, emphasis and tone are all compromised without correctly scaled type. However, selecting te...

The June edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, grid tools, icons, analytics tools, frameworks, productivity and business tools, responsive...

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 ...

In the rush to make sure a WordPress blog adheres to the XHTML design standards set out by the Worldwide Web Consortium, a stunning number of theme designers dimly do not adhere to accessibility stand...

I was getting ready to quit my job and start a new company. It was one of those moments where you psych yourself up and rack your brain for any good excuse not to go through with it. Sort of like that...

A former coworker of mine, James Harmon, is a bright and very talented designer with experience in some top corporations. He recently posted on Facebook a quote of his own thinking: In life, everyone ...

Every company wants to remembered, every company wants to be recognized. Whether they have a great service or product or excellent customer service, they all want a special place in your heart. The wa...

A key component to any website design is type. Selecting fonts, sizes and colors can be a big part of how you outline your site. Just as important as the letterforms themselves, is the spacing around ...

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 ...

And here’s our new ZeroBundle! This is our second ZeroBundle, and this time we put the focus on icons! Everyone loves icons and this massive bundle includes hundreds of exclusive and amazing ico...

There are nearly a million buildings in New York City (including all five boroughs). That’s a lot of buildings. It makes me wonder whether James Gulliver Hancock, an Australian illustrator livin...

I’m a WordPress themes junky, as I’m sure a lot of the rest of you are. I love checking out new themes, both for ideas and inspiration, as well as to keep up to date on what’s happen...

Dieter Rams, a German industrial engineer, is one of the most influential designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is best known for his work with Braun consumer products. Among them are the T3 po...

The world seems to be getting a little smaller each day thanks to online communities and social networking. In turn, this world-wide community has created an international readership for a variety of ...

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 ...

The images Paul Cadden creates are so incredibly realistic that you might first mistake them for photographs. But look closely and you’ll see that they’re actually drawings. Cadden creates...

I posted on Twitter that I was having a case of writers block and asked what my followers wanted me to write about for my next article. More horror stories! was the resounding reply. Well, heres one o...

We’re thrilled to bring you an awesome giveaway from Elegant Themes. This site has been producing outstanding premium WordPress themes for years and has a very solid reputation. Elegant Themes h...

I recently had the opportunity to attend Adobe’s Reviewer’s Workshop in New York, where they covered the new CS6 product suite, including major overhauls to Illustrator, aspects of Photosh...

UI is the saddle, the stirrups, and the reigns. UX is the feeling you get being able to ride the horse, and rope your cattle. At least that’s what they used to say in the olden days. Rather, tha...

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 ...

It’s Friday and we’re back with yet another freebie! This week’s freebie is a set of 50 minimalist icons designed exclusively for Webdesigner Depot by Patrik Larsoon from SimplyPixel...

WordPress is the world’s most popular content management software solution, with more than 60 million users around the world. With a community that large, it’s only logical that the develo...