Forrst.com has become a community of over 23000 Developers and Designers in only a few months, and this tutorial will teach you how to use a simple Forrst API call to grab the public data for a forrst user.
As of March 2011 this still works, but may change as their API is still being developed. We will use a simple PHP get file contents call to grab the JSON data, and then convert that into a useful PHP array, which in turn will be used to generate a simple html display.
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We’ve teamed up with our friends at Themes Kingdom, an awesome group of people working hard to bring you amazing WordPress Themes, to hook up 5 lucky readers with lifetime memberships (worth $29 a year). Continue reading to learn how you could win this giveaway.
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Today we are starting a new series where we will detail the Item of the Week from the HV-Shop. This weeks Item is our WordPress Layout #6. This design features character illustration and very rarely seen widgets on the right hand side. The widgets include Flickr and Advertising. You will love everything about this layout, especially the price.
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I was going through the submissions to the Flickr group today and found some amazing artwork was submitted there. I wanted to showcase a few of my favorites from recent submissions. I will be trying to go through at least once a month and post on the recent submissions or general submissions overall. Anyway, take a look at the amazing artwork this time around.
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Today we are starting a new series that will give you guys a chance to view the top five posts throughout the design community each month. These posts will come from various sources, including large design blogs, and individual design blogs. This month was a great month for articles and roundups, which make up most of this months top posts.
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With the implementation of CSS3 in most modern browsers, using it in place of images for buttons is now an option. CSS3 buttons have the advantage of being easier for screen readers to process, as well as being lighter on your page load times. Also, editing them doesn’t require you go into Photoshop, instead you can just edit your source code! In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use CSS to style links to look like buttons, with minimal hassle.
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While browsing across the internet today I stumbled across an amazing resource, that I immediately got a subscription to, WeGraphics. The site is full of amazing resources, tutorials, and tons of great articles.
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The awesome people behind 365psd and Designmoo put together a growing set of awesome design resources to raise money for the recovery efforts in Japan. 100% of the proceeds go to the Red Cross. Please help us raise support by purchasing this awesome bundle, sending out a tweet, or both.
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Today we are continuing our new series of User Interface Design. With the vastly rising popularity of mobile apps and mobile web design User Interface Design is now a huge area for Designers to become proficient in. In this quick tutorial I will be walking you through the process of creating a few simple form elements in Photoshop.
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Seeing as how my last tutorial about the “jQuery slide effect” had a great response I thought I’d be back to write another simple easy-to-follow jQuery tutorial for you guys.
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For this tutorial we will be dipping into a little bit of icon design for iOS applications. The example icon for the tutorial’s sake will be an iPod Shuffle icon that would be used for a music related app or something of that sort. The tutorial should give some exampled of how to shade elements in an icon as well as bases that typical iOS icons would use.
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Today we are going to be making another release in our UI Series. This release consists of the PSD, PNG, and ICO files for the following Candy Icons. The icons include a Chocolate Bar, a Chocolate Roll, a Chocolate Bar, a Candy Apple, and a a set of Cherries. Check them out and download them today!
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