Category Archives: Design

Tumbled reaches 200 downloads

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Davinian

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 a … Continue reading →

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125Cards.com has landed

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Davinian

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 it … Continue reading →

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Ugly Squeeze Pages and Design

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Davinian

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 marketing … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Numpty Hot-Linkers

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Davinian

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 hot-links.
Bizarrely, … Continue reading →

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A Something and Nothing Day!

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Davinian

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 … Continue reading →

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Tumbled – A Wordpress Theme

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Davinian

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.
So … Continue reading →

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My Top 5 Website Building Tools

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Davinian

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 powerful. … Continue reading →

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Tweaking a few things

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Davinian

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!
Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Hacking Wordpress themes is better than fishing?

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Davinian

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 … Continue reading →

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I’m never happy with the way my blogs look

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Davinian

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 … Continue reading →

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