Design

Simple Accordion Effect Using Jquery: How to

August 4, 2011

There are quite a lot of tutorials on the web about the accordion effect. But, none appears to be clear. Being a webmaster & web designer myself, I find it difficult to understand the tutorials out there. So, I thought I should explain this stuff in the most simplest way possible and that’s what we have got in this article too. To those who do not know what an accordion effect is, just take a ...

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How To Make Entire Block Clickable Using jQuery?

August 3, 2011

I’m sure many web masters out there link various websites on their blog. Some tweak the links with a background color while few keep it simple! What if we make an entire block click-able rather than just the anchor tag present in the block. To better understand about the same, take a look at the “Random Posts” section on the footer of SML. You’ll notice that only the links are click-able but not the entire ...

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Most Commonly Used Custom & Web Safe Fonts By Web Designers

August 3, 2011

When it comes to designing a template, the first and foremost thing one should consider shall be the font that he/she is going to use on his/her blog. Well, there are hundreds and thousands of custom fonts available out there on the web. I’ve just hand picked few of them that are most commonly used by web designers. To play safe, I’ve also enlisted the top 8 web safe fonts whose importance shall be highlighted ...

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How to Design Attractive Subscription Box With Hover Effects Using CSS Sprites

July 26, 2011

Subscription box is a must have for any blog or website to let readers connect with you on various social networking site. Though to make most out of it, it’s important to have an attractive subscription box on your sidebar or at any prominent space around your blog post. In this article, I’ll illustrate the same effect but with a more practical example. I’ll be using the same technique to create an attractive subscription box with ...

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Embed PHP, CSS Codes in WordPress with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved Plugin

July 25, 2011

I have been writing about WordPress and lots of Thesis customization posts here at ShoutMeLoud from long. Earlier I used to use an addon for Windows Live writer which made my work easier to embed code in WordPress post. Though later on that addon was not updated and therefore I had to look for another options to show codes in my WordPress posts. Here I’m sharing about a useful WordPress plugin call SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin ...

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How to Be A Better Designer

July 22, 2011

It isn’t a strange fact that many webmasters turn into web designers these days because it is quite obvious that a webmaster tries to tweak some design stuff, more often than not, to improve the appearance of his blog. Gradually, he tends to learn web design and seeks a path into the world of web design. Only a handful of people reach great heights choosing web design as their career while many do not. So, ...

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What should you look at when getting a Custom Blog Design?

July 14, 2011

Over the years, I’ve noticed a lot of blogs pouring into the web with unique & creative designs. These blogs are either designed by some unknown company or by the owner himself. Usually, no issues arise when blog owners are themselves web designers but when it comes to a third party, the actual problem starts! So, in this article, I’ll just list out few points that you should consider before getting a custom design from ...

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Image Hover Effect Using CSS Sprites

July 13, 2011

How many times you have visited a site and when you hover your mouse on logo or any image, it changes. This is call image hover effect. In this tutorial, I will be sharing how to add such logo hover effect, or how to add CSS hover effect in WordPress blog. Using this Image hover effect guide, you will be able to add hover effect anywhere on your WordPress blog. I’m sure many people, especially ...

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