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15 Minimalist Designs That Inspired Me

Posted December 22, 2008 in freelancenews

15 Minimalist Designs That Inspired Me
I’ve always liked minimalism! Little use of images, and a strong focus on typography and content instead of graphical elements always did the trick for me.

15 Incredible WordPress Theme Customizations

Posted December 18, 2008 in Web Design

Given the quality of WordPress, it’s no surprise that it’s become the platform of choice for many web professionals.

Due to its incredible popularity, though, the majority of WordPress sites look very similar. It can be hard to find a site without the same-old header, footer, and sidebar that is seen on the majority of themes.

But those sites do exist. If you look hard enough, you can find the incredibly talented designers that take WordPress to an entirely different level. By combining an eye for design, technical know-how, and a sense of “outside-of-the-box” thinking, these designers create customizations that make you wonder how you lived without WordPress as your CMS.

Check out the sites below for 15 of these impressive theme customizations, and see what can happen when you take the standard function of WordPress and step it up a notch.

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Why Designers Hate Comic Sans

Posted December 17, 2008 in freelancenews

Why EXACTLY Designers Hate Comic Sans!
While the question might be hard to swallow, it provides for some serious thought. What exactly do designers hate about comic sans?

New Book From FreelanceFolder: The Unlimited Freelancer

Posted December 17, 2008 in News

Last week we published an article about why freelancing is so hard, and we discussed a lot of the things that aren’t so great about freelancing.

This week, I’m happy to announce that FreelanceFolder is releasing a new book. It will help address all of the negatives we talked about earlier, and much much more.

The book is called “The Unlimited Freelancer” and it’s all about overcoming the difficulties associated with freelancing and giving you the ability to grow your business in any direction you want. We cover everything from breaking the feast and famine cycle, to creating business systems and distributed teams, all the way to planning your business for massive growth.

The book is scheduled for release in early January, but you can find out all about it on the full book page.

Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers

Posted December 17, 2008 in freelancenews

Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers
You may have tough teachers and think that it can’t be worse, but wait until a business person has a hundred grand riding on your art!

6 Ways to Get the Email Response You Need

Posted December 17, 2008 in freelancenews

6 Ways to Get the Email Response You Need
Have you ever sent out a crystal clear email only to receive a client response that leaves you baffled? With no way to put it simpler, what do you do?

How to Design a custom Hoodie

Posted December 17, 2008 in freelancenews

How to Design a Custom Hoodie Mock-Up
How to create your own custom hoodie design, and mock it up on a photorealistic template

CSS Only Image Roll Over Navigation With Drop-downs

Posted December 17, 2008 in freelancenews

CSS Only Image Roll Over Navigation With Drop-downs
A single image navigation rollover tutorial with drop-downs using nothing but CSS that works in all necessary browsers

Web Design Trends: Call To Action Buttons

Posted December 16, 2008 in freelancenews

Web Design Trends: Call To Action Buttons
How to design the perfect ‘call to action’ button and 30 examples of good call to action button designs.