DummyImage: Quick Dummy Image Generator “When we want to setup a layout for our next website project, it is quite handy to have a tool that quickly generates placeholder images. DummyImage is a simple online dummy image generator that provides a quickest and easiest way. All you need to do is add desired width x height to the end of URL “http://dummyimage.com/”.”

Drawter: Draw CSS Code For Website “Drawter is a unique tool geared to help web designers in creating websites. It is an app based on javascript and jQuery library that literally lets you draw website’s CSS code. Just choose a tag such as h1, h2 or div and draw it out; Drawter will automatically generate the HTML and/or CSS code behind it. “You can either work in the draw mode or edit mode and set various page details like page title, page doctype and ...

Colors are powerful tools and an important thing all designers should understand when creating websites.

25 Creative E-Commerce Website Designs “E-Commerce sites are often considered to be boring and unattractive, however, that is not always the case. This post showcases 25 e-commerce sites that demonstrate creativity in the design. It may be the layout, graphics, design style or site structure, but all of them break the mould of the typical e-commerce site. For more inspiration from e-commerce sites, see our gallery CartFrenzy.”

First I want to welcome you to my very first article for 1stwebdesigner. Today I'll show you how to create a very nifty looking dynamic shadow with a few teaspoons of jQuery, a pinch of CSS and some transparent PNG’s as Base. I'll explain every line of used code, so you can easily follow along [...]

Create a Shiny Psdtuts+ Folder Icon in Photoshop “Icon design is an essential element in any designer’s tool chest. No matter how simple or how complex your design is, a nice looking icon will almost always help to spruce things up. In this Photoshop tutorial we will demonstrate some easy steps to help you to produce your own shiny Psdtuts+ icon in Photoshop. These steps can be easily modified to produce a family of icons for your website.”

The ingredients of a recipe for the success and growth of a website.

clientsfromhell: I asked a client if he had any content to populate the site we were developing. He replied, “No. It just has to look like a populated website so that it can be perceived as one”

Win 5000 Business Cards from UPrinting: Webdesigner Depot have “partnered with UPrinting to bring an amazing contest to WDD. One week from today, we will be awarding 10 prizes of 500 free business cards each!!! You can choose from a variety of business card styles, such as the traditional US Standard, square, slim and specialty shapes. Let your creativity flow and design the cards any way that you want. We will ship them to you worldwide absolutely free of charge.”

Using many plugins can affect a website's performance, and thus, you must be highly selective in choosing the plugins you install. In this article, we share with you the WordPress plugins that we use on our sites.