Building your own wordpress themes will open your eyes to a lot of things, mainly the fact that you’ll be retyping a lot of code over and over and over again. So in this post I am going to show you ten wordpress code hacks that you can add to your arsenal that will not […]
50 Awesome Submissions From The CSS Awards
The CSS Awards website is like a regular CSS gallery on steroids. It’s not only a showcase of some of the most kick ass web designs around, it also gives a break down of each site and what they rate the sites in forms of design, creativity, usability and content. Today we’re going to feature […]
Grunge In Web Design: Samples And Best Practices
With the major focus for web design lately shifting to the minimal designs, apple inspired designs and clean cut layouts, it’s about time someone stands up and showcases the awesomeness that is grunge! I guess I’ll have to be that person today :) Grunge has undoubtedly become my favorite form of design and I know […]
8 Sure-Fire Ways Freelance Designers Can Earn Passive Income
Why wouldn’t you want to make some money on the side while you’re building your freelance business? Got your attention yet? Good. As a freelance web designer, I can speak from the heart when I say that there are times in my business building process that I just wish I could work on things I […]
40 Killer Minimalist Blog Designs
Regular readers of SpyreStudios will recognize that the love of minimalism runs pretty deep around here (judging by the minimalism articles we’ve published before: here, here and here). So today we’re going to explore the excellent use of minimalism in blog design. The designers of these blogs knew what was important and made sure that […]
25 Kick Ass Purple Portfolio Website Designs
Web designers set themselves apart every day with their own unique style and design. I want to showcase some of those designs who have went left of the normal path numerous trends set (you know the blue/green combo trend!) by designing with a color seldom used in the design community – Purple. There have been […]
40 Creative Uses Of Cufón Font Replacement
Cufón has been growing in popularity among designers as an alternative to sIFR. I have personally used it on a couple website designs for clients now, and I have to say, it’s a great tool to add creativity to your website without cluttering it with a huge amount of image tags. I went through the […]
Pretty In Pink: 25 Creative Websites That Make You Think Pink
Trends come and go but one that I have yet to see fade out is the color pink. It’s had its high times where almost everyone was using it, but lately we’ve seen it taper off from the forefront of the design trends in web-design. Some might still think that it’s overused, but I personally […]
25 Creative Retro Styled Website Designs
Inspiration comes in many forms and this article is no different. We’ve seen the numerous showcases around the web for minimal web designs, dark designs and so many others that have been drug through the mud. My goal is to make sure the showcase posts that I create are ‘out of the box‘ and something […]
WordPress Tutorial: How To Display A User Welcome Message
I believe that creating a great user interaction with your blog or website is key in keeping return visitors and helping with word of mouth advertisements and link love. I know I’m not alone in this either because on almost every blog about marketing, blogging, and tutorials you find that the owners have added all […]