May 2008: Top 10 Wordpress Templates

May 28, 2008

Welcome to May 2008’s edition of top 10 wordpress templates. In this post I will show you the best wordpress templates I have seen this month, some are free and some aren’t. (More Details links go to one of my other sites, Wordpress Island)

Skinpress’ Bluegrey Template (free) | More Details

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Blogging Pro Template (free) | More Details

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Colourise Wordpress Template (free) | More Details

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Omni Premium Wordpress Template ($80) | More Details

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Video Wordpress Template ($95) | More Details

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Clearpixels Wordpress Template (free) | More Details

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Toughpress Wordpress Template | More Details

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Rebel Magazine Wordpress Template | More Details

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Simnews Premium News Wordpress Template ($30) | More Details

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Pressword Wordpress Template ($17) | More Details

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Chrome is Crashable

The so called un-crashabale browser IS crashable. No, I’m not talking about 1 tab, not a process, or even the about:crash Easter egg. Without even needing to press enter, or click GO, just type :%. No period. Just a colon, and percent sign. EVERYTHING crashes. Make sure you aren’t doing important stuff.

Back Button To Big?

If you using Mozilla Firefox, you might not be liking that new, unusual over sized back button. While keeping other icons at a nice, easy to navigate size, just go to Customize on the bar, and select “Use Small Icons”.

FireFTP

A lot of people use applications to update their websites via F T P. However, they tend to be bogged down with all sorts of tools which the majority of people don’t need.

FireFTP is a great addon for Firefox which allows you to FTP direct from the browser, quickly and easily, and you can create folders and change permissions with ease.

Remove border from links

Have you ever noticed them dotted lines around links when you click them in Firefox? To get rid of them simply add the following CSS:

a:active, a:focus {
outline:none;
-moz-outline-style:none;
}

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Marta Dahlig - digital painter

Marta Dahlig is one of the most known deviants on deviantart.com with nearly 4 milion views on her profile and who knows how many on all her deviations. She is known for her 7 deadly sins drawings of women.

Space Glow Wallpaper Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a space scene from scratch, create glowing effects, and glowing shapes.

Red themed CSS and Flash design gallery - Part 1

I’ve decided to make the web design showcase themed as it is more easy to find what you are looking for. You will be surprised but there aren’t many quality red CSS and Flash sites. I’ve gathered in this showcase article 22, and 23 more are waiting for the release of Part 2 so they can show off their red design.

Kerem Beyit - digital painter

Kerem Beyit is a digital painter from Turkey. Besides the usual werewolves or the dragons from his drawings done in Photoshop you will also see interesting and mystical characters. The quality of his drawings made him receive awards and recognition from the computer graphics communities like CgSociety, CgChannel, CgGallery, 3DTotal and CgArena.

40+ Beautiful Hand-Drawn Websites

Hand-drawing websites are very popular on today’s design. CSSBuilt.com collects 40+ hand-drawn websites for your inspiration. Be inspired and enjoy!

Design blogs with Flickr Groups

Come join and share your work with the rest of us.

Best Photoshop tutorials of October on Design your way

A little bit late for this article but had to be here. It’s some kind of selection “best of the best” if you want. You’ll see in the following list articles that’ll teach you how to work your magic with Adobe Photoshop in illustrations, digital drawing, photomanipulation, typography and even on a blog design.