Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

HTML5 Essentials & Good Practices

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

HTML5, together with CSS3 and responsive design are the new buzz around web technologies these days. This article will help you get started using HTML5 on your projects today and show you some good practices to put what you learned to good use.

Link: Web Design Ledger

20+ Free Textures For Your Delight

Friday, December 16th, 2011

As you know, here at WDL we like to find freebies and share them with you. It saves you time, and you can focus on doing what’s important, like creating amazing designs. So for today, we’ve rounded up some really nice textures. Whether it’s used in a small area or as a web site background, textures can do a lot for a design. A lot of texture or just a little can go a long way in adding depth depth and setting mood for a design. I hope you find these useful.

Link: Web Design Ledger

SimpLESS: Your LESS CSS Compiler

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

SimpLESS is a desktop application (Windows, Linux & Mac) that compiles your .less files into valid CSS.
You start by dragging & dropping your project folder onto the SimpLESS window, then write LESS-Code with variables, mixins, operations and rules and finally save your .less file and you’re done.

Link: Code Visually

23 Inspiring Single Page Designs

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

A website should be designed to accommodate it’s content. So when there’s not a lot of content, it might be make sense to place everything on one page. If you’re thinking about taking this route for your next project, we’ve gathered a few examples to inspire you. In this collection, you’ll see a variety of approaches to single page web design – from parallax scrolling to the classic ‘all in one place’, no scrolling needed. There’s a lot of inspiration here, enjoy.

Link: Web Design Ledger