Resource Roundup
06/05/09 10:43
- Saddle your iron horses, it's roundup time again. As you can see we have another fine selection for you below. Thanks for all the suggestions and please, if you come across any more interesting software, resources or articles you'd like to share with fellow RapidWeavers, then don't hesitate to send them in.
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Resource Train
21/04/09 16:51
Innovative Design? Cue Henk. Or in this case, Autocue Henk. Because he's gone and done it again, added yet another innovation to his impressive portfolio of themes. This time it's scrolling content with fully customisable speeds, plus four Extra Content areas. All of this brought together and fashioned in Henk's unique and inventive style. And because actions speak louder than words, that's all we're going to say... except that you can see Autocue in action here.
Fresh on the Stacks bandwagon is Joe Workman's CushyCMS Stacks Plug-in. Although still in beta this looks like another worthy addition to the growing library of Stacks. You can find out more about CushyCMS here.
New additions to the Design page are:
Here are some Design Freebies:
A new jQuery category on our Resources page includes:
Two great jQuery Tutorials for beginners:
And our jQuery Effect of The Week
Among our new Resources you'll find:
Articles that caught our attention:
On Writing:
Our Read of The Week is Chris Guillebeau's:
Which segues neatly into Marketing:
Finally, if you too come across an interesting resource or article you'd like to share with fellow RapidWeavers then don't hesitate to send it in using one of the many links provided.
Fresh on the Stacks bandwagon is Joe Workman's CushyCMS Stacks Plug-in. Although still in beta this looks like another worthy addition to the growing library of Stacks. You can find out more about CushyCMS here.
New additions to the Design page are:
Here are some Design Freebies:
- 17 Sets of Excellent Hand Drawn Design Elements
- 50+ Sources To Download High-Quality Free Vector Stuff
A new jQuery category on our Resources page includes:
Two great jQuery Tutorials for beginners:
And our jQuery Effect of The Week
Among our new Resources you'll find:
Articles that caught our attention:
- White Space: How to Get it Right
- 35 Type Based Logos
- Button Design Showcase
- 30 Brilliant Typefaces For Corporate Design
- 7 More Useful Tips To Help Your Site Convert
- Design To Sell: 8 Useful Tips To Help Your Website Convert
- Tabbed Navigation, and What Makes it Useful
- 25 Examples of Cool Coming Soon Page Designs
- 10 Cool Things We’ll Be Able To Do Once IE6 Is Dead
- Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well
- CSS is like…
- Become an Expression Engine Superstar in 5 Days
On Writing:
Our Read of The Week is Chris Guillebeau's:
Which segues neatly into Marketing:
Finally, if you too come across an interesting resource or article you'd like to share with fellow RapidWeavers then don't hesitate to send it in using one of the many links provided.
Full Steam Ahead
12/04/09 12:49
Still rocking from RealMac's endorsement of RapidWeaver Central in their monthly newsletter, we're now rolling out our first update, which includes a couple of new categories — Mac Sites and Fonts — and a shedload of new Resources. Here's a few to whet your appetite:
- Buttonator
- Color Fields Colr Pickr
- Color Hunter
- Color Theory @ ColorJack
- Copyscape - Search for Website Plagiarism and Duplicate Content Online
- CSS rollover buttons
- Designrific — 71 CSS menus for free
- flShow — Free Flash Slideshows
- Copyblogger — Copywriting Tips for Online Marketing Success
- SEOmoz — a hub for search marketers worldwide
- IE NetRenderer — Browser Compatibility Check
- Kotatsu — a simple html table generator
- Special HTML Characters
- istockphoto — Search Royalty Free Images & Photos
- StockExpert — Royalty free stock photography community
- Webcredible — User experience, usability, accessibility & web design
One of our favourite CSS sites is CSS-Tricks, where CSS and jQuery fans can find some great articles, tutorials and downloads. On the subject of jQuery, here's another great resource, entitled: All the jQuery resources you’ll ever need. Among them is a cool tutorial which answers the question that often appears on the forum, how to create Supersized Dynamic Full Screen Backgrounds without resorting to Flash. And for tab-lovers, check out the idTabs jQuery plugin, it really is elementary. For font enthusiasts with an iPhone comes WhatTheFont for iPhone. And for the best social media icons all in one place visit Web Design Ledger.
Thanks for all the suggestions and please keep them coming in.