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  • Muppet Doodle Muppet Doodle Take control digital puppets to celebrate what would have been Jim Henson's 75th birthday
  • Overcoming Creative Block Overcoming Creative Block Creativity doesn't always come at a snap of your fingers. Here is a brief look at ways to overcome creative block.
  • Print Stylesheet Print Stylesheet Print stylesheets are often overlooked when designing a website so here are some tips on how to format one.

Tips and Tutorials

  • Wordpress Post Thumbnail WordPress Post Thumbnail A function that creates a simple way to add a featured image without the need to use a custom field.
  • Zebra Stripes in WordPress Zebra Stripes in WordPress An easy way to add alternating colours to posts within a loop
  • @font-face @font-face How to apply @font-face so non-websafe fonts can be used easily on a website.

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Freebies

  • Vector Peeling Stickers Vector Peeling Stickers A set of simple vector peeling round stickers. For both personal and commercial use.
  • Vector Curling Page Vector Curling Page Two very simple vector page curls, created in Adobe Illustrator CS3. Free for both personal and commercial use.
  • Painted Swirl Brush Set Painted Swirl Brush Set 7 simple swirl paint effect photoshop brushes free for both personal and commercial use.

Resources

  • fount Fount The Fount bookmarklet will tell you which web font you are actually seeing
  • Stripe Background Generator Stripe Background Generator Create seamless tiled striped backgrounds with this stripe generator
  • Website Speed Testers Website Speed Testers Don't make your visitors wait for the site to load, make sure its fully optimised with these speed testers.

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Web Design Pond is a blog that offers web design tips, tutorials, inspirational showcases, templates & articles

It was created by Helen Harris, a web and graphic designer from the North East of England. I currently work for a small Newcastle Web Design company and my personal design portfolio can be found at Dizi Designs.

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