Showcasing Your Customized Theme
Having been offering free WordPress themes for more than a year, I have seen some designers customizing my themes in a nice way. I hope to see more beautiful work from you! The time is ripe to showcase your beautiful work on my site. No matter what you have modified, simple or complicated, as long as I feel that the modification is nice and could give inspiration to others, I’ll feature your site/blog in my forum (yes. I am going to open a support forum for my themes soon!). For example, I like the simple modification of the Girly Nature theme as shown in this site which shows different way of displaying the font design in the header and the post title. I also like the big customization of the Paper Craft theme as shown in this site where you see the designer made a big change to the graphic of the original theme. I will create a section in my upcoming forum where you can showcase your customized work of my themes. I welcome all my theme users to actively participate in this program. Simply submit your site/blog for review. The following shows just a few modification examples from using my...
Read More60 Photoshop Illustrator Tools and Tutorials
The Photoshop Illustrator is easily the preferred option by many especially when it comes to graphic and web designs. Nonetheless, this software is one hard shell to break. There are a slew of things that need to be learned particularly involving the advanced tools that we require in enhancing our design and highlight some important details. This article outlines sixty of the most important techniques that you can use in order to maximize the use of Photoshop Illustrator in creating great designs. 1. Crash Course in Illustrator CS3 This is a condensed Illustrator tutorial program designed for beginners. It is a 30-day program broken down into 20-minutes modules that cover the basic techniques and fundamentals of Illustrator CS3. 2. An Easy-To-Follow Guide in Using Illustrator Brush Panel and Paintbrush Tool This comprehensive tutorial outlines the simple in using the Brush Panel and the Paintbrush Tool of the Illustrator. It shows of the effective and practical techniques for users in creating their own brushes. 3. A Comprehensive Guide in Using the Illustrator Pen Tool This tutorial presents the simple steps in using one of the most important tools when creating paths. This tutorial tackles the important features, useful shortcuts and the techniques associated with Illustrator’s Pen Tool which is easily the most important Illustrator tool. 4. A Comprehensive Tutorial in Using Illustrator Live Trace This tutorial shows how you can use the Illustrator Live Trace in creating appealing illustrations in your designs. 5. Illustrator CS3 Selection Tools Tutorial This tutorial shows how to pick the appropriate selection tools while working on objects, shapes and points. 6. Symbol Spraying Tool Tutorial This tutorial shows the simple steps in using the Illustrator CS3 Symbol Spraying Tool as an effective aid in simplifying the illustration work that you are doing. 7. A Comprehensive Guide in Using the Rotate Tool This tutorial shows how you can use the Rotate Tool of the illustrator to duplicate a shape. This tool allows the user to create beautiful designs, create exact patterns of specific shapes, and add appealing characters and a lot more applications. 8. Introductory Tutorial on Gradient Mesh Tool This basic tutorial on Illustrator Mesh Tools tackles the basic techniques in creating a multi-colored object with color transition features. 9. Practical Tips in Using Gradient Mesh Tools The Gradient Mesh Tool is one of the most amazing yet confusing tools of Illustrator. The tutorial outlines some practical tips in using the Mesh Tool more effectively using an innovative tutorial format that is easy to follow. 10. An Informative Tutorial on Illustrator Spiral Tool This tutorial provides answers and unlocks the mysteries of Spiral Tool. It provides a practical explanation of some confusing terms like Decay, Segments and Radius as it is applied in the Spiral Tool. 11. Tutorial on Illustrator Align Tool and Pathfinder This tutorial shows the simple steps in using the Pathfinder and Align Tool in order to achieve the perfect drawing that we need in our illustrations. This tutorial also shows how we can use this tool as alternative to the Pen Tool in creating simple icons. 12. Tutorial on Custom Illustrator Brush This is a simple way to create Custom Brush in Illustrator. This tutorial shows how simple and easy it easy to create brush in Illustrator. 13. Tutorial on Illustrator Blend Tool This tutorial shows the uses of Illustrator Blend Tool beyond the creation of abstract lines. It shows some interesting ways in using this Illustrator tool in creating a slew of shapes and effects. 14. Tutorial on Illustrator Shortcuts This tutorial shows how you can use 26 Illustrators shortcuts...
Read MoreA new WordPress theme site is in the making
I am so excited to let you know that I am in the progress of making something very unique. It is a big site that I have been planning for months. I promise you that this is something you have not seen elsewhere (at least the big part of it) so please follow this site now to get the first hand information! For my theme users, since I am dedicating most of my time working on this new site, I can only release a new theme (the theme in the Upcoming New Theme section) this month.
Read MorePremium WordPress Themes from Top Designers
This post will be constantly edited to show the latest update. #1 WpRemixVisit WpRemix Single License: $75 Multiple Use: $275 Main Features WYSIWYG Page editor, smart drop menu, dynamic code, flexibility, add-on module, support forum, color scheme, grid-based layouts, theme admin options List of a few sites built using the WPRemix theme # of themes: 50+ PSD files not included WP Remix a WordPress powered master theme, is completely customizable, quality coded & comes bundled with many layout options that helps everyone create custom websites in minutes. #2 WooThemesVisit WooThemes Single theme: from $70 All themes: from $150 Main Features Detail theme documentation, WooNinja support forum, grid-based layouts. # of themes: 40+ PSD files included the Developer package Woothemes are all built on a solid code framework which we have fine tuned over time. With a new backend to let you easily control the theme options and multiple theme styles to every theme, it won’t take you long to get up and running. #3 StudiopressVisit StudioPress Single theme: $59.95 All themes: $199.95 Main Features Theme admin options, search engine optimized, auto-sized thumbnail management, developed for localization, # of themes: 10+ PSD files included StudioPress is a place to get professionally designed themes for your business website. If you are a small business or an individual looking to establish your online presence, you are definitely in the right place. ...
Read MoreInk Stain
Latest Version: 3.00 Added on: 2015/05/31 Stain can be dirty but if process with a bit of imagination, it could look artistic. Here you can find a few types of ink stain such as smudged ink, dripped ink and sprayed ink. Hope you like the effect. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Ink Stain theme. Main Features – Different design for sticky post feature – User-friendly Options page – Custom Header Menu – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Translation Help Needed This is my first theme that allows localization. If you wish to translate this theme into your own language, you can do so with the use of the Poedit program. To find out how this works, please refer to this comprehensive guide. When you have completed the localization, kindly send me the translated files so I can share your work (with your credit) with other users. Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Drop-down Menu The Ink Stain theme has a multi-level drop-down menu that is using the latest function in WP 3.0. There are two ways to create the drop-down menu. 1) When you create hierarchical pages, the drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation. 2) You can manually define the header links using the custom menu. To do it, first, click on the “Menus” link found under the “Appearance” tab in WP admin. Then follow the instruction on the page to add your custom menu. This feature only works with WP 3+. Plugin There is a featured content section below the header menu. This feature is built in using the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) plugin. Please download the latest version and follow the instruction found in “Readme.txt” to do the setup. If you do not want to show this feature, just don’t install the plugin. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying the Font Style – Download this font PSD zip file (also include the font that I use) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/GIMP/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the image using this name: bg_header.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the /styles/default/ folder Part 2: Activating the Style – Login to your WP admin – Go to the options page of the Ink Stain theme under “Appearance -> Ink Stain” – Find “Theme Style” under “Layout Setting” – In the pull-down menu, select “default.css”...
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