Archive for the “Design” category
Tumbled reaches 200 downloads
by Davinian on May 16, 2008
Today I’m celebrating as my first free WordPress theme – Tumbled, has reached 200 downloads. Now 200 is not a massive amount, but it still amazes me when I see it being used. It was my first attempt at designing (…)
125Cards.com has landed
by Davinian on February 6, 2008
125Cards.com is about design, style and how we can improve those lovely little 125 x 125 Adverts and Cards that we so love to place (drop) on other peoples websites. They are meant to advertise what we are selling, be (…)
Ugly Squeeze Pages and Design
by Davinian on January 5, 2008
The Landing Page or Squeeze Page as it is more commonly know, is seen by some as the most important part of any opt-in email or affiliate driven website. A typically Squeeze Page tries to entice its “target” audience with (…)
Dealing with Numpty Hot-Linkers
by Davinian on October 3, 2007
Man, what is it with silly pictures of monkeys and numpties who like to hot-link images? I have just spent the last 2 hours sorting through my inbound links to this site trying to cross-reference genuine incoming inks against stupid (…)
A Something and Nothing Day!
by Davinian on August 28, 2007
It has been one of those days for me today, I tried to write this morning, but kept finding myself being distracted by other things. When it happens it is damn hard to break out of it. If I catch (…)
Tumbled – A WordPress Theme
by Davinian on August 23, 2007
This is my first WordPress theme I have made publicly available, and it’s not something I have had sitting around for ages either – I started it yesterday afternoon with the soul intention of making it purely for public release. (…)
My Top 5 Website Building Tools
by Davinian on August 22, 2007
Designing and editing websites and blogs can be much easier with the right tools. Here is a list of my top 5 website building tools: Smultron: A free text editor for the Mac which is both easy to use and (…)
Tweaking a few things
by Davinian on August 21, 2007
After yesterdays stats overdose, I’m back on track – well I’m only checking stats every two hours and feel I can get myself back to only checking them twice a day again by the end of the week… I hope! (…)
Hacking WordPress themes is better than fishing?
by Davinian on August 15, 2007
There is nothing I enjoy more than getting my hands dirty with a little bit of custom WordPress code. I’ve just finished sorting out this blog and have decided to dive right in again and redesign the theme for one (…)
I’m never happy with the way my blogs look
by Davinian on August 14, 2007
I think it is fair to say that I am constantly trying to find a better look and feel for my website – this must be the 100th + such theme change for Davinian, and I suspect it wont be (…)