Giveaway from PSD2HTML ²⁴⁶

May 9, 2012 • General Stuffs → freebies

If you follow Web Designer Wall, then you have noticed the PSD2HTML banner ad on the sidebar. PSD2HTML is not only my long time supporter, but they are also one of the most recognized vendors in PSD slicing services. Today I'm happy to partner with PSD2HTML to give away PSD to HTML slicing services to you. We are giving away 5 prizes (worth $200 each). To win one of the prizes, leave a comment to this post. The giveaway ends on May 31, 2012.

Update: the contest is closed and the winners are: David, André, Andrew, Donna, and John.

Free Base WordPress Theme ¹³⁶

Apr 17, 2012 • General Stuffs → Downloads, WordPress

Although WordPress has made it very easy to create a custom WordPress theme, but it still takes time to learn and build it. So I've created a Base theme based on the free Basic theme from Themify. I've stripped out the framework and the extra functions that you might not need. It includes only the basic styling, responsive design, custom menus, and widgetized sidebar. This Base theme is intended to let you build your custom themes using it as a foundation. The main goal is to save your time and simplify the work flow. It is great for non-coders and quick client works.

Download Base Theme

Mobile Navigation Design & Tutorial ¹¹⁸

Apr 4, 2012 • Tutorials → CSS, design, Javascript, Responsive Design

One of the common challenges when designing responsive design for mobile is the navigation menu. If the site has many sections or pages, it gets challenging to squeeze all the items into a small mobile resolution. The navigation most likely ends up running into multiple lines or the buttons stacking on top each other. So I'm going to review some of the design solution and provide a quick tutorial on how to create a mobile navigation with jQuery.

View Demo Mobile Nav

Design Process of ShopDock ⁶⁰

Mar 22, 2012 • Tutorials → design process, Responsive Design

Today I would like to share the design process of an ecommerce theme that I recently designed. Shopdock is an Ajax ecommerce theme where the user can quickly add/remove items to the cart with a single click. It is actually inspired by one of my sites, IconDock. The design process was quite challenging to make an Ajax shopping cart with a responsive design. I will explain why certain design directions are taken to handle the design challanges for both desktop and mobile.

Montreal Meets Ticket Giveaways ⁴⁶

Mar 13, 2012 • General Stuffs → event, freebies

A friend of mine, Francois Hoang, is organizing a design conference called Montreal Meets in Montreal, Canada Apr 7, 8, 2012. The speakers included Fabio Sasso, Shelby White, Radim Malinic, James White, and Scott Hansen. I have two tickets to giveaway. Comment in this post before March 23rd, 2012 for your chance to win one. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, I also have a 20% discount code for you: webdesignerwall.

CSS Social Buttons ¹¹⁴

Mar 6, 2012 • Tutorials → Coding, CSS, Downloads, freebies

I'm proud to announce my latest CSS experiment—The CSS Social Buttons. They are not another "pure CSS3" or "HTML5 canvas" icons. These icons use the basic traditional background-image technique. The purpose of these icons is to provide a cross-browser, consistent and versatile CSS that can be applied in any design, app or theme. Basically, it is one master stylesheet that contains various design styles. It allows you to display many different button styles by combining the CSS classes.

View Demo CSS Buttons

Download Demo ZIP

Giveaways: 2012 FITC Tickets ¹³

Feb 22, 2012 • General Stuffs → event, freebies

I've got two FITC Toronto 2012 festival tickets to giveaway and all you need to do is send one tweet for your chance to win. For those of you who don't know what FITC Toronto is, it's a design and technology focussed conference which is comprised of three days of learning, networking and partying, April 23-25. I will be attending the event as usual. This year's event has features over 70 renowned digital creators from around the globe, covering everything from HTML5 to making digital art.