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4 Best Magazine WordPress Themes 2013
Blogging and writing as a hobby can mature your skills and enhance your inner capabilities. If you have enough creativeness, then with your writing, you can alive your feelings and live them through your words. There are many tools and application which gives Bloggers and Writers to express their gratitude and feelings towards writing by providing flexible plug-in and easy architecture, but Word press placed in top whenever the list of these types of open source and Content management tools have been listed.
Handpicked useable, responsive and detailed blog-magazine wordpress themes
Maestro – Fully-functional Business Instrument
Maestro is an amazing Co-operative category theme with improved professional looks and Crumina Team template. It is a fully functional business theme used strictly for making co-operative sites or building professional portfolios.
Official Retina Responsive Word Press Blog Theme
Retina responsive Word Press Blog Theme is another Blog/Magazine category theme with Colorful, responsive design and RTL language support. It is a customizable theme with 30+ short codes.
Flavor – Responsive/HD Magazine/Review AJAX Theme
Flavor is a Blog/Magazine category Word press theme famous for its advanced platform with professional features. The themes is integrated with AJAX sorting and filtering with like and view counts.
Raiden — A Minimal Word Press Theme with Style
Raiden Word Press theme is design to focus the readability factor of blog and Magazine. It is a stylish blog theme which supports 10 Word press Post Formats and completely suitable for any personal Blog.
These are some of the best responsive Word Press themes used by Bloggers and Designers. Have we miss some of your favorite Word press theme? Which themes from the listed above you used in your blog?
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6 Logo Design Trends of 2013
Creativity, inspiration, imagination and little motivation is the recipe behind a successful classical Logo which become the trademark and emblem of any organization. A logo design expresses the inspiration and impresses the mission statement on which the organization is up to. An interesting logo hides different meanings in its own. It hides the source of ideas, zeal of imaginations and a spirit to explore the limits.
Today we are highlighting the best five logo design trends following in 2013. These trends have been followed by many developers and graphic designers in their design and piece of art. We list them according to their style, their simplicity and their creativity.
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Object Based Logo
Object based Logos are designed and inspired by the things we see around our self every day and night. These Logos gives a recreational architecture and a new soul to the non-animate bits and pieces and give them a new look. Object based logos can be seen in various organizations that are known for their creativity and art. Some of the honorable mentions are Apple and Twitter logos.
Twist Effect
In these days twist effect is the famous logo design effect added to the Logos to show the elasticity and friendliness. Twist effect also shows the impression of a complete domain in which the organization is setting up its work. It starts and end facing each other vertically or horizontally reflects that the organization never forget its past and by no means leave its loyal customer when they are in peak of success.
Bracketing
Unlike any other logo design, the bracket logo design expresses the relation of trust and equality. It always shows the combination of two equal things and combined them graphically to make them considered as one. Bracketing logo design is the latest logo trend of 2013 and has been used by many web and logo designers when they need to show the meaning of equality and strength. The bracketing design is used by creative and artistic designers because they have to be used in a way that if any of the part separated rests no meaning for the left.
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Mobile Emulators to test your Website
Nowadays, smart phones are rapidly replacing the use of laptops and personal desktops. It’s more convenient for people to browse using their smart phones and definitely, more time saving. Due to this, it’s significant for website designers and especially developers to make sure they don’t forget making it mobile friendly.
With the advancement of science and technology, different software’s have been introduced in the IT market which tests the performance and capabilities of different web-sites. These software applications are named as Emulators who enable the user to test the display of different website in a cell-phone terminal. Most featured which have been checked and tested in these Mobile Emulators are dimensions, behavior, advance features and resolutions etc.
These emulator’s help making sure that the website is responsive on several mobile platforms such as iPads, iPhones, Androids and Blackberry without actually checking it from that device. Emulators will make sure, if the website is compatible with the targeted devices or not. In addition, it also helps in detecting the problem, error or bug which may occur while viewing the particular site from a mobile device. Likewise, they also help fix the pixels and sizes of the web pages too.
Following are some of the best mobile device emulators:
Responsinator
Responsinator become my favorite smart phone emulator after testing the website and useability of it’s interface. It features all common devices on single page
Screenfly
Screenfly is the mobile emulator tool provided by QuirkTools which enables the user to test the resolution and adjustment of Web-site at different modes and pixel sizes. Screenfly is a unique tool in itself because it first asks the user for the web-site URL which has to be tested and then pack it for the Desktop. Currently Screenfly tool can support 8 different Mobiles with different Desktop and Net Books sizes
Responsive Px
This allows you to figure out how responsive your site it. It helps correct the breaking points in your website’s design and lets the user test screen pixels. You can fix them pixel by pixel as well. It also provides you with the option to adjust scroll bars. You can check the functions of your device over different platforms and screens.
Beautiful & Stunning Design of Most Awaited IOS 7
Creativity and imagination are the name associated with the most profound Computer software’s and hardware organization; Apple Inc. Apple is known for its out-of-the-box concepts and designs introduced by its late founder Steve Jobs. It is known till date for its prestigious design impressive Information technological advancement. The applications and Machines introduced by Apple made a unique and well-known place in Computer technology market for years and they are still count as the trademarks of the revolution in Computer design history.
IOS 7 Design:
Prior to the release of IOS 7, there are many rumors about the interactive and stunning design of IO7. Most of the apple fans are eagerly waiting to see the changes made in the latest version of IOS platform. Here today, we are discussing the interesting and eye-catching blissful conceptual design of IOS 7
“Biggest change to IOS”
According to the CEO of Apple the design and organizational structure of IOS 7 is the biggest change to IOS since IPhone.
The official news release of Apple also states the connectional design of IOS 7 is rather “flat” than wide. The design brings together the concept of Google and Windows phones.
In addition, some of the native apps of IOS 7 will get a fresh and better bigger icon in IOS 7.
Resources also claimed that the new IOS 7 have no recreational havoc designs. Instead, it will feature a simple Black and White design
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Mobile App UI Inspirations 4
Handpicked Mobile Applications User Interface Inspirations part four.
mitmi 2.0
Time to Cook
Astro / Grow through interaction
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Web Design Inspirations
Creativity going beyond and beyond day by day in website development. Specially with HTML 5 and CSS 3 possibilities. Listed are some excellent Website Design Inspirations.
More awesome website design inspirations are available too.
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Voronezh State Child Library / web site
Milicano
Packaging Inspirations
Creating packaging for any product does not mean that just wrap up the stuff and give it to customer. Packaging is very important part of any product which needs to be useful, attractive, creative and easy to carry.
I have chosen few best packaging inspirations and ideas hope it helps.
More awesome Packaging Inspirations
Flower Garden- packaging for flower
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Quick Guides to Create Logo
As new techniques and trends can be seen in logo design that help to create good logo concept. Today we are showing two quick guides to create logo designs.
Visit Branding Guide section to see full examples of corporate stationary and logo design inspirations.
X-clusive Logo
Akos Venesz Logo
By: Akos Venesz
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Is Your Website Reaching the Right Audience?
When you build a website, there are many important factors that need to be realized. The entire process of completing a website isn’t usually done just to say you had a website. Netscape says that there may be close to 649 million websites in the world and while some are done for fun, for the most part, they are done with the purpose of selling an item, product, or service. If your target audience is the 18-45 age range and male and your website is only reaching the 46-60 age range and female, you need to determine where your strategy went wrong.
This holds true for web based websites and mobile websites. No matter what method people are using to check out your website and what you have to offer, there is way to track them. In fact, if you aren’t using these services – some of which are included with the price of your website – then you aren’t doing enough for your website to succeed. What are the best ways for you to be sure your mobile website is reaching the correct target?
