Nothing beats the thrill of starting a new site on the web. You have fresh ideas, your thoughts are wide open, and you’re ready to fill a brand-new site up with all your vision. As exciting as this moment can be, the prospect of finding just the right WordPress theme to fit that vision presents [...]

You’ve probably read plenty of web design advice or noticed some tips around the web, especially if you have any interest at all in customizing your own theme and creating your own graphics. You want to create a kick-ass design yourself, but when you’re a beginner, where should you start? We’re asked that question all [...]

I like cake. I especially like watching talented people create incredible cakes, like Chef Duff on Ace of Cakes. Week after week, Duff and his crew at Charm City Cakes keep cranking out cake after amazing cake. Go ahead. Have a peek at what these guys do. I’ll wait. Sometimes I wonder exactly how the [...]

Ebook design has evolved so much beyond just the content that ebooks are now like little portable websites. Unfortunately, there’s very little written about ebook design trends out there – beyond a ton of sites touting ebook design skills or ebooks with great content. When it comes to defining what makes an ebook design look [...]

At the beginning of each year, I like to take a spin around the virtual world and see what other designers predict as hot trends for site design. Spotting a trend that’s going to last a while isn’t always easy. At first glance, some trends might show promise but on closer inspection don’t have the [...]

Part of our job involves helping people choose the right theme for their goals and aspirations. Customers often already have an idea of which theme they’d like to use, but we often have to ask, “Why do you want to use this theme? Is there a reason that you’ve made this your choice?” In other [...]

James recently did a little research on what other graphic designers and WordPress site developers are charging for their services. It’s good to know what the competition is doing and how we compare. He noticed some wild pricing extremes. One site offered themes at two different rates, one low, one high. There didn’t seem to [...]

A blog isn’t just a two-column private journal anymore. People are noticing. They ask questions like: Just what can be done with a blog? What’s a blog, a website and a combo site? Can I have a static home page and a back-end blog? You can do just about anything you want using WordPress. Blogs [...]

Jeez, Harry! How do you come up with this stuff?” After a long hard day of busting my brain over our site design overhaul , Charlie’s question made me grin. I often admire the creativity of others, whether I see it in design or the written word. I enjoy the creativity people express and the [...]