Each day the RSS Reader is packed with loads of content from various RSS feeds around the ‘net. We’ve sifted through all of the design related posts and are bringing you the fabulous finds of the week from the web.
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5 Most Reliable And Feature Packed Free Web Hosting Services
Most people are still in the search of reliable and best free web hosting sites. Some web hosting sites are really handy and make uploading the website is very easier and simpler. By the time, demand of php and MySQL are also increasing. Here is a list of some great free web hosting sites that make uploading a website a cakewalk. Via SmashingApps.
35+ Really Impressive Floral Typography
Most designer opts to create floral typography for their designs. That is because flowers are universal images that never go out-of-date. Some of you may remember drawing pictures of flowers as kids with the usual pen and paper. Now, there are several modern techniques in creating such images. With the use of either Photoshop or Illustrator and, of course, a dose of imagination, pretty and cool pictures can be created. Via BlueBots.
10 Free Server & Network Monitoring Tools that Kick Ass
When you have a website or a network, it’s helpful to be aware of any issues as soon as they occur. There are open source and freeware server/network monitoring tools that will supervise your infrastructure for any issues that may arise. These tools are meant to aid you in avoiding being taken offline and evaluating if your resource needs has outgrown your infrastructure. Via Six Revisions.
Getty Images Wants You!
The Flickr Collection on Getty Images has been growing and growing since it launched back in March – with a princely figure of nearly 60,000 images in the collection so far. It’s no secret that there are billions of amazing photographs on Flickr, so it made perfect sense for us to find an easy way for members to suggest their own photos to be considered for the Flickr Collection on Getty Images. Via Flickr Blog.
JQuery for Beginners: Using Simple JQuery Effects
JQuery is a Javascript library that attempts to make things like editing styles, creating animations, and using AJAX much easier than it has been in the past. Let’s be honest: Javascript can be very occasionally be a nasty code to program with, and JQuery attempts to tone it down a little bit and make it much more manageable. Via Cherrysave.
New Macbook Cover Designs Make Me Hungry
Apple fans will always praise Apple product designs and Macbook looks, and here we have a spinoff of those famous Apple logos we see on the Macbook covers. Let’s introduce the Carrot Macbook, the Chicken Macbook and the Fish Macbook. Via Walyou.
Pure Design Awesomeness by Niark
Featuring the awesome talent of Niark, a wondrous 34 year old French freelance graphic designer and witty illustrator living in Paris. Niark takes his inspiration from street art, music and graphics. Via Web Designer Depot.
10 Pre-Press Tips For Perfect Print Publishing
A lot of designers think CMYK is the way to go when designing for print. We will, of course, always use CMYK-based ink, but this does not mean you have to work with CMYK files. You can work with RGB images to perfectly optimize your print colors and save a great deal of time in the process. Via Smashing Magazine.
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Some great posts from Designora recently:
20 New and Free Woven Textures
One can never have too many resources for freebies such as textures, patterns or even preset gradients. Today we would like to share with you some textures from photographs of different woven styles and patterns. By Tom Michaels.
10 Fantastic Fusion Bookshelves
Modern interior design has developed extremely creative items. Every home item has infinite design possibilities, from elegance to simplicity to practicality. By Katherine Lum.
200+ Icons to Stylize Your Desktop
Today we are featuring 16 creative and different icon sets from three very gifted artists. These are bold and fresh designs that you can use to modernize and stylize your desktop. By J. Luzatto.
50 Photographs from Underneath the Umbrella
Amidst multiple typhoons in Southeast Asia, miraculous rainstorms in the Middle East, rare rain in Los Angeles, we in the Northern Hemisphere are rushed into to a traditionally very wet season. What everyone runs to buy as the water starts pouring down is the always handy umbrella. Here we’ve gathered some fantastic photographs taken from underneath the umbrella’s shield. By Ariela Ross.
Triple WordPress Top 10: Newest, Updated, & Most Popular WP Themes
WordPress is more than just a blogging platform, WordPress is a vibrant community always growing.
Themes fuel much of its fire and many have reached legendary status. To choose the appropriate design and layout is one of the more time-consuming aspects of opening or updating your own website or blog. By Paulo Piste.
20 Free Graffiti Fonts
The first step was to take art out to the streets. Now we’re taking it back from the street to our homes. This may mean that Graffiti has lost it’s rebellious attitude, but it also goes to show the amazing progress it has made since the dark ages, when it was still considered as vandalism or just plain dirty. By Sheer Ganor.
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