Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category
Posted on October 16, 2009 - by Dr. Div
PTO (Paid Time Off) Calculator
A quick application I put together in PHP and Javascript that helps you calculate how much PTO time you will accrue in a given period of time. (more…)
Posted on October 6, 2009 - by admin
The Ecoki iPhone App
We are very happy to announce the launch of our first iPhone Application. The Ecoki Reader is a simple iPhone application that lets you stay on top of all things Ecoki. The application is an easy way to read the latest news on the iPhone. Lots of updates are coming soon!.
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You can view the new Ecoki Reader website here.
A very big thank you to Nicolas Cormier for developing the iPhone Application. Chacola.com
Also a very big thank you to Aran Seaman for his amazing work on the Ecoki iPhone Reader page!
Posted on September 29, 2009 - by Dr. Div
How to Style Google Custom Search Field with CSS + Rounded Corners (curves)
The idea is simple: The Custom Search code that Google provides has this structure:
FIELD + BUTTON.
The only thing we are adding here is a DIV (leftCurve image) right before the field. So the structure becomes: DIV + FIELD + BUTTON. The rest is pure CSS. (more…)
Posted on September 15, 2009 - by admin
101 Design resource sites
We love prowling the web for the latest trends and design inspiration. Here we have composed a list of common resources we use. The primary focus of this list is inspiration, it can come from a photograph, font, or a website. The secondary focus is improving your design skills, which can be done by keeping up to date with tutorials and reading other graphic design blogs. We hope you enjoy our personal list of great sites, and we will be adding to this list in the coming weeks and months as there are a lot of great new sites coming online every other day now.
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View our latest community site. Ecoki.com
Free Font Downloads
Free Fonts and Other Resources: Web Page Publicity
Huge Collection of Free Fonts: Da Font
Nice Selection of Free Fonts: Urban Fonts
Fonts and Other Freebies: Simply The Best Fonts
1001 Free Fonts for Download: 1001 Free Fonts
Over 9000 Free Fonts: Creamundo
A Small List of Free Fonts: Best Free Fonts
Paid Font Sites
A Large Selection of Fonts for Purchase: My Fonts
Quality Fonts for Purchase: Veer
Information and Fonts for Purchase: Fonts
Font Resources and Sales: Font Haus
Stock Photos and Vectors
The Best Stock Photo and Vector Website: iStockphoto
Quality Photos for Purchase: Shutterstock
Stock Photos and Other Pay Downloads: Veer
Quality, Affordable Vectors for Purchase: Vector Stock
Stock Photos With a Great Selection: Jupiter Images
Stock Photos and Photography Network: Stock Vault
Quality Stock Photos: Corbis
Free Photos and Vectors
Submit Vectors or Download Others for Free: Open Source Vector Art
Tons of Great Free Vectors and Photos: Deviant Art
59 Pages of Free Vector Art: Free Vectors
Large Gallery of Free Vectors: Vecteezy
Quality Vector Downloads: Vector 4 Free
Neat Collection of Free Photos From Around the World: Free Stock Photos
Great Collection of Free Vectors and Resources: You The Designer
Great Free Stock Photos: Free Foto
A List of Free Downloads: Bittbox
700 Free Stock Photos: Free Picture Click
Website Templates
A Few High Quality Wordpress Themes: Evan Eckard
Over 2000 Free Web Templates: OSWD
A Small Selection of Nice Templates: Open Source Templates
A Large List of Free Templates: Free CSS Templates
Nice Wordpress Templates for Download: Free CSS Templates
A Combination of Free and Pay Templates: Free Templates Online
Affordable, Quality Templates: Templamatic
Free Blog Templates: Blogging Themes
CSS Galleries
The Best Sites on the Web: CSS Remix
A Frequently Updated Gallery of Sites: CSS Mania
An Organized List of Nice Sites: Most Inspired
CSS Gallery of Quality Sites: CSS Design Yorkshire
A Selection of Only Nature Based Sites: CSS Nature
A Selective List of Well Designed Sites: Web Creme
High Quality CSS Showcase: CSS Tux
Nice CSS Websites: The Designed Tree
A CSS Collection Organized by Category: CSS Elite
Inspiration
A Great Site About Everything Type: I Love Typography
An Incredible Illustrator: Burst of Beaden
A Great Designer and Illustrator: Fully Illustrated
Customizable List of Design Resources: Cork Dump
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada: GDC
Freelance Advice Blog and Resources: Freelance Switch
Amazing Collection of Logos: Logopond
Stunning Desktop Wallpapers: Desktopography
A Graphic Design Magazine: Computer Arts
Tutorials
The Best Photoshop Tutorials: PSD Tuts
A Talented Photoshop Designer: Abduzeedo
Photoshop Tutorials and Web Design Resources: Web Design Library
Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator and More: Tutorial Vault
A Few Neat Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials: Design Spice
Great Photoshop Tutorials and Downloads: PS Wish
Tutorials for Every Computer Program: Tutorialing
Free Photoshop Downloads
A Couple Free Patterns for Download: Design Spice
Free Photoshop Brushes: Design Fruit
Free Photoshop Actions: Visual Blast
Tons of Free Photoshop Brushes: Brusheezy
A Few Nice Free Photoshop Brushes: Obsidian Dawn
Great Grunge Brushes and Others: Photoshop Brushes
Free Background Patterns for Photoshop: Free BG
Over 150 Free Background Patterns: Squidfingers
Design Blogs
A Frequently Updated Design Blog: Veerle’s Blog
A Design Magazine and Blog: Smashing Magazine
A European Design Blog: Design In Europe
A Unique Nerdy Blog: Design You Trust
The Personal Blog of a Graphic Designer: Larissa Meek
A German Design Blog: David Hellmann
The Blog of a Canadian Geek/Model: Mostly Lisa
A Graphic Design Blog: Bittbox
A Blog About Freelance Graphic Design Advice: Freelance Switch
A Design Blog Full of Resources: You The Designer
A Popular Design Blog: Fazai 38
Colour Palettes
A Flash Site of User Generated Colour Palettes: Adobe Kuler
Using Colours From Photos: Colr
Colours, Palettes and Patterns: COLOURlovers
A Colour Palette Generated From Your Images: Color Palette Generator
See The Results of Your Palette on a Website: Color Spire
Create and Email Colour Palettes: Color Blender
Tips and Tricks
Vector Do’s and Dont’s: iStockphoto
The Web Design Polish: PSD Tuts
Promote Your Design Business: Freelance Switch
How To Increase Web Traffic: You The Designer
Coders
Quality Programming: XHTMLized
Professional Web Slicing: PSD Slicing
XHTML in 24 Hours: We Use Scissors
Affordable, Quality Coding: PSD2HTML
From Design to Code, Quick and Cheap: Front Enders
Designer Geek Merch
Great Nerdy Clothing and Accessories: Veer
Nice T-Shirt Collection: Design Loot
Graphic Design T-Shirts and Accessories: Cafepress
Geek Merchandise For Everyone: Think Geek
Graphic Design T-Shirts: Zazzle
Unique T-Shirt Designs You Can’t Find Anywhere Else: Allmightys
Newly added resources
A great new marketplace for stock graphic design: Inkd.com
A fantastic resource for finding information on corporate brand identity: Brands of the World
We just launched a fun eco focused site ecoki.com
Posted on August 23, 2009 - by admin
AppleReviews $5,000 Giveaway!
AppleReviews.com is giving away $5,000 worth of Apple accessories, hardware, apps, software and more in our Hyper Giveaway! Visit applereviews.com, and join us on twitter at twitter.com/applereviews for a chance to win.
We will be doing weekly giveaways leading up to the Hyper Giveaway in September.
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Posted on August 17, 2009 - by Dr. Div
Where to Get Firefox Standalone Installer
If you are a web developer/designer like me and that your company’s IT blocks out Firefox website, they probably didn’t think of blocking the mozilla’s releases page. (more…)
Posted on August 10, 2009 - by admin
The Swish Life Magazine
The Swish Life is a fresh, new lifestyle magazine dedicated to those who love a little bit of everything.
Whether its the latest in culture, up-to-date tech debuts, or the newest cars on the market, we’re there. Regardless of your interest(s), The Swish Life strives to provide you with everything from an ongoing art exhibit to men’s beauty tips (and we know you want them).
Launched in late 2009, we’re on our way to bringing you what you need, love and want: an e-magazine that delivers you everything in one.
Whether you’re tuning in for a news update, perusing the latest sculptors, or seeing what’s the latest on the runway, we welcome you to The Swish Life. With this design we worked with the great Liam at We Function and Derek at Valen Designs.
And suggestions? They’re always welcome. Fire them at us at contact@theswishlife.com
View our latest launches
TheSwishLife.com The Swish Life Magazine
Ecoki.com The Most Active Eco Community
Applereviews.com The site for everything apple
Enviramedia.com Environmental Investment Group
Designslurp.com The home page for Vector illustrators
Tweethawk.com Nature Based Free Twitter Wallpapers
Posted on July 29, 2009 - by Dr. Div
How to FTP on Firefox
Since Firefox came out, I’ve always wondered why it doesn’t provide the FTP login feature that Internet Exporer has (File > Login As). (more…)
Posted on July 2, 2009 - by Dr. Div
Simple Javascript Alert for a Required Field
Here is a simple way of checking for existence of any value in a specific form field: (more…)
