Design Vitality

A lot of people have emailed us requesting more time to complete their entries and after hearing it from so many people, we have decided to go ahead and give you one more chance to win some of the cool prizes. The last day to submit your entry is now December 19th.

There will be no more extensions, so wrap up your themes and get them submitted! (more…)

Do you feel like something is missing from your site? Do you want to give your design a little snap? Make your site stand out with icons! When used correctly icons can add flavor and character to your site. Below are the top 50 sources for designer icons for use on your website: (more…)

It’s happened to us all: We come across a site with very helpful information and we print it. What do we get? A broken layout, ads and cut-off sentences. How do we remedy this? We use these 15 tools and CSS stylesheets to create printer friendly websites of course! (more…)

Let’s face it: Owning a website for your business is pretty much a requirement in this day and age. What good is a website that only shows customers what your company sells? Why not actually sell to them while they are there?

Use any of these 20 open source shopping carts to maximize your sales potential. Some of these aren’t open source, but they are all free. Create an online store and increase your revenue. (more…)

There is over $1500 in cash and prizes and all you have to do is design a WordPress theme. This is an update for those of you who are planning on entering our 2007 WordPress Theme Design Competition.

The last date to submit your WordPress theme is November 30th. It is completely free to enter.

For details about the contest visit our WordPress Theme Design Competition page.

Dreamweaver is a very powerful webpage creator. Using Dreamweaver can help you save time when designing a website. Built in FTP, website testing, link checking and validation are just a few of the program’s powerful time savers. Why not save even more time and take a look at these powerful keyboard shortcuts?

For those of us that like hard-coding our designs, these shortcuts will still save us plenty of time. (more…)

We live in a world of automation. We get everything quicker and easier than before. Why not get the same when working on web designs? These tools and tips will show you how to quicken your workflow when designing or editing a website. (more…)

Traditionally the navigation sidebar is on the left in a 2 column design, or both on the left and right in a 3 column design. I was looking to find some (free) WordPress themes that look good with the sidebars on the right, rather than the left.

After looking through a horrendous number of themes, here is 15 of the nice ones I came across that have the sidebars on the right.
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What consumers see as freedom of choice when choosing a browser, CSS coders see as a nightmare. (more…)

Open-source programs and tools have really come a long way. Almost any program out there has an open-source equivalent. Using any combination of the tools below, it is possible to create, author and publish a website entirely for free (legally). (more…)