Yearly Archives: 2013
As a web design enthusiast, I’m constantly on the look-out for what’s hot and what’s not in the web design world. While some may think that trends are just passing fads, I beg to differ – trends are what makes ideas grow to fruition, and what better way jump early...
We all love desktop wallpapers as they always come in handy and you will always find a wallpaper to express your feelings or mood. I know some of my friends who keep changing their desktop background almost on a daily basis. Unless like me, who rarely change their desktop wallpaper....
Merry Christmas! Today is Christmas and the end of this year is already on our doorsteps. Although, We never wait for special occasions to announce good freebies as we at InstantShift love to giveaway things regularly, all year long. But this time it is Christmas, so it must be special....
As we approach the end of 2013, it’s time to look at the upcoming web design trends for 2014. Above all, web designers have got to realize what it takes to stay competitive. They need to mix disciplines and understand that there’s a lot more to HTML conversion than they...
Doing anything in Adobe Illustrator really does take two times longer as it can be a little tricky to get your hands around. In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a zippo lighter in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will use basic tools (Rectangle, Ellipse, Pen tools)...
One of the clearest indicators that blogs are here to stay is the fact that so many famous authors, writers with published works to their names, and journalists from the old-school paper and print era have all taken up blogging to some degree. In the words of Tom Ferrick, a...
The demand for good icons are too much in these days and finding the best icon sets is not that easy. Being a successful creative web artist has a lot to do with the way you work. Sure, you can’t teach good design in some lessons or you can’t create...
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Christmas is but a few days away! And everyone is getting prepared for celebrate this event by blessing, passing gifts, sending wishes to warm-up the feeling of holidays. It is the time of year when your loved ones come together to celebrate the event and exchange Christmas gifts and good...
A weeks ago, we created a contest at instantShift called ElegantThemes Giveaway had announced the 3 winners of lifetime memberships of ElegantThemes WordPress Themes Club (total value of $747). We’ve got more than 100 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we have left with 71 valid comments. It’s...
The security of a WordPress based website should always be a top priority for every single site-owner that chose this platform and there are literally millions of websites that are currently vulnerable to website attacks. Most people believe that they just need to keep their WordPress version updated and all...
Here, we are presenting some cool and funny optical illusions for you. What makes optical illusions so interesting is that it always leaves you perplexed and questioning about your eyesight. You keep thinking about the photograph and wondering if it is real or not. Although many people find optical illusions...
Everyone knows that content is king, but content writers are the real brains behind the blog posts, newsletters or sales pages you seek to attract potential customers with. It makes sense to hire freelance writers to fulfill your content needs because besides saving money and time, you get to have...
The end of this year is almost coming and Christmas is already on our doorsteps. It’s never too late to hang your stockings, keep milk and cookies and wait for Santa Claus to drop in at your home with lots of gifts and Christmas cheer. We all love desktop wallpapers...
WordPress! is an award-winning CMS, which enables you to build Blogs, Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular blog software available. Best of all, WordPress is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. InstantShift is...
In recent years people have started to experiment with numerous systems of embedding web fonts into their pages. This is great for times when designers really want to have total control over their typesetting. This method has a few drawbacks, however. Most notably people using certain types of browsers won’t...