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Friday Freebies for July 31st, 2009

July 31, 2009 0 Comments

What better way to kick off the end of the monotony of the work week than tons of free stuff like cheat sheets, icons, Photoshop brushes and more? Below is the second in our series of roundups, "Friday Freebies" containing tons of free items for your design projects. Have a great weekend!
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Cross-Browser Blockquotes Using CSS and jQuery

July 28, 2009 6 Comments

Back in December 2005, Simon Collison posted a tutorial on how to get "Swooshy Curly Quotes Without Images" on 24 Ways. I'd like to expand on that concept using jQuery, automating and skipping adding the additional span tags each time getting the same effect.
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Easy Snow Covered Text in Photoshop

July 25, 2009 0 Comments

I've seen many complicated tutorials around the internet on how to give your text that "snow covered" look for holiday projects, christmas cards, whatever. It's not really as difficult as it may seem to make your text look "snowy", it's as simple as applying one layer style and changing the settings.
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Friday Freebies for July 24th, 2009

July 24, 2009 0 Comments

What better way to kick off the end of the monotony of the work week than tons of free stuff like cheat sheets, icons, Photoshop brushes and more? Below is the very first wrap up, "Friday Freebies" containing tons of free items for your design projects. Have a great weekend!
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10 Absolutely Stunning Free Wallpapers

July 15, 2009 0 Comments

Designer wallpapers are a dime a dozen these days, but to find any that are truly stunning is in the eye of the beholder. Here are ten free wallpapers to spruce up your desktop.
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Setting Up WordPress On Your PC Using XAMPP

July 13, 2009 2 Comments

Having a local environment to test out new WordPress plugins or to develop and test your own themes before using them on your site is very beneficial and easy to set up. This tutorial will walk you through the step by step install of Xampp and WordPress on your pc including enabling mod-rewrite and configuring permalinks.