70+ Subtle Patterns Perfect for Minimal Designs When taking a minimalistic approach to designing a website, the key is to keep things clean and clutter free. It’s important not to over-design and use tons of graphical elements, but this doesn’t mean you can’t use any. So for this post, we’ve rounded up a collection of subtle patterns for when your minimal design needs a little something. Subtle Light Tile Pattern Vol3 Subtle Light Tile Pattern vol1 Subtle Light Tile Pattern Vol2 Noisy Grid Subtle Grey Tiny Grid SubtleNet 10 Fresh Light Patterns for Websites 35 Tiny Pixel Patterns Light Photoshop Patterns Photoshop backgrounds at PSD Graphics How to Make WordPress Easier for Clients, Part 2: Hiding Menus In part 1 of this series, we discovered how easy it is to simplify the WordPress interface for clients. In this article, I describe a technique for hiding unnecessary menus. Why would we want to do that? The fewer options your client has, the less you’ll need to explain, the less they’ll need to remember, and the less likely they’ll do something, er … unexpected. Before you add any code, I’d recommend you check your WordPress user roles. I’d also suggest you log in as that user and remove any unnecessary items using the Screen Options drop-down. Now make a note of the menus the client doesn’t need. OK, so let’s add a little code to your theme’s function.php file. There are two lines you should edit: $restrict (line 5) contains a comma-delimited list of menu items which will not be shown to any users — including adminstrators. I hope you and your clients find it useful. Contributing Editor
The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design Advertisement Texture is becoming integral to design. It’s gone beyond being a trend — it’s now a simple and effective way to add depth to a website. Wielding the power of texture is a great responsibility. It increases the effectiveness of websites and is a quality tool in the arsenal of designers. It can guide the user’s eye and emphasize the importance of key elements. However, texture has long been synonymous with “dirty” or “grungy” design. Textures vs. Before we get into textures in depth, let’s distinguish between patterns and textures. The Function Of Textures We love texture on the Web for a multitude of reasons. Grabbing Attention With a Call to Action Texture can highlight elements such as titles, headings, icons and buttons. When used minimally, texture separates the content from the rest of the website. Notice how Poco People2’s grunge logo is accentuated against the clean background. Cultural Solutions UK3’s branding is the opposite: a clean logo against a textured background.
25 Free Textures for your Delight Since here at WDL we believe it is our duty to keep our readers up to date with freebies and useful resources, we decided to gather a new round of free textures to spice up your library and give your designs a whole new look. From paper and wood to walls and paint, here are 25 new free textures for your delight. Source: Abduzeedo’s TTT About the Author Gisele Muller loves communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Related Posts 908 shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. Read More 293 shares Spring Up your Designs with Some Free Flower Textures Textures are a good way to add personality, depth and interest to a design. Free Resources for Web Designers Serious Analytics for Social Relationships Twitalyzer's Data Use and Privacy Policy Twitalyzer makes use of publicly available data in all cases, regardless of source. We rely on public Twitter streams, publicly available data from Klout, PeerIndex, and Rapleaf, and reserve the right to add other data from the public domain from time to time.
The What, Why and How of Textures in Web Design The use of textures and patterns in webdesign has come a long way in only a short amount of time. From cliche grunge and gaudy vintage textures, today's best websites use texture in a wide variety of ways to create a more immersive experience, define the personality of the site and create a more refined look and feel. In today's tutorial, we're going to jump straight into some of the ways that you can use texture and patterns to enhance your next design, serve up some inspiring examples of textures used in the right way and also provide a series of mini tutorials to give you an introduction to some of practical ways to include textures in your next project. Ready to get started? Before we get started, let's take a moment to quickly define the difference between textures, patterns and background images. While the terms are often used interchangably, there are subtle differences between the three that will help you think about the best solution for your designs. Great! Our final result:
80+ Fresh New Textures for Creating Web Site Backgrounds As you’ve probably figured out, I love designing with texture. I also love sharing textures here on WDL. When done properly, a texture used as a background can add depth and set the over all mood for a web design. Here are over 80 textures that have all been released in just the past couple of months and can be very useful for making backgrounds. These are all beautiful as they are, but for truly unique results, I encourage you to use these as foundations for your own creations. painted textures vol. 12 (12 textures) Vintage IV Texture Pack (9 textures) Two vintage textures (2 textures) A Little Dirty (8 textures) 8 new paper textures (8 textures) Nebulae Grunge (10 textures) Grungy Dirty Wood (20 textures) Light Grunge (5 textures) Concrete (5 textures) About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts 294 shares Spring Up your Designs with Some Free Flower Textures Read More 285 shares New Free Textures for your Delight
How to create a distinguishable textured web layout in Photoshop In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a textured web layout, starting from the concept on paper to Photoshop design. We will discuss about site structure and will use the 960 grid to organize our contents. Also you will learn how to use layer styles to create an engraved text effect. Give it a try! Preview Become a Premium Member and get unlimited access to source files and premium resources for only 7$/month. Introduction To create a web layout is never simple. After have sketched on paper for a while, I had in mind how to structure the layout. Another important feature is to have always in mind that a layout design shall be turned into a coded layout. The final result is not too light, because of the use of textures and the huge amount of details, but fortunately today internet speed connections allow us to give “less” attention to a site page weight. After established the main structure of the layout, I started surfing css galleries finding for inspiration. Step 2: the header
101 Free Grunge Textures and Backgrounds EmailEmail Everyone is expecting presents from Santa, but we wanted to be the first and give you an early gift! That’s why we’ve handpicked a huge collection of High Resolution Free Grunge Textures and Backgrounds. We’ve checked each and every grunge pack to make sure that only the best grunge backgrounds with the highest quality would make it to the list. You can download and use these free grunge textures not only for web, but also for print as we’ve tried to select only the print quality textures. 6 Grunge Paper Textures by buzillo-stock Download Victorian Grunge 5 High Res Textures Download 4 High Resolution Grunge Textures by ImaginaryRosse Download 6 Grunge Background Pack Download 20 Grunge Textures Download 4 Free High Resolution Grunge Textures Download 20 Free Hi-Res Yellow Grunge Concrete Textures Download 4 High Resolution Grunge Wall Textures Download 6 Concrete Grunge Textures Download 5 Grunge Textures by GraphicsFuel Download 3 Grunge Textures from FreeStockTextures Download Download Download
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