Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

WordPress 2.5 user experience review: Admin welcome screen

Monday, March 31st, 2008

With the release of WordPress 2.5 and the heavy duty modifications made to the admin section, I wanted to write a few pieces about the nature of the user experience after the changes. This being my first entry, I am going to talk a bit about the new welcome screen of the admin section. An initial glance shows a complete overhaul of the UI, which might scare some WP veterans, but to new folks would appear very stylish and “web 2.0″. I am a big fan of the (more…)

Design Tip: use and limitation of font styles

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

When designing an application, a lot of thought should go into what font-family you use. It is important to try and match the font to the look and feel of the site you are constructing. However, when deciding on a style, make sure that you do not switch between several different fonts on (more…)

Great resource to use when creating websites.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

How many times have you been developing a web application and want to use some filler text to enable yourself to see what paragraphed content will look like in your design? I recently came across a handy resource that generates (more…)

Design Tip: list-style-types

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Being that one of my passions in technology lies with design, I figured I would start giving some design tips I follow when making sites. This entry will discuss how I list items within an unordered list on a web page. First off, if you are listing items that are part of a procedure, you want to use an identifier that clearly demonstrates (more…)