What would you like to read about in the coming months? Let me know in the comments what type of articles, tutorials or collection of cool stuff you would like to read about!
CSSgirl Dev & Design -
Master of CSS and Dirty Diapers
Category Archives: General
Jan
Downtime apologies
Nov
2
Apparently, somewhere around October 26th or 27th my database took a dump and for whatever reason all my posts went missing. :(
But, thanks to my new all-time favorite WordPress plugin – WordPress Database Backup – all my info was restored. I suggest that if you are a WordPress user you download and install this plugin if you value your content. I’ve set my plugin to send me a daily backup – and it is the only* reason all of my content and hard work was saved.
* Yes, my host could have restored my posts from their backup, but wanted to charge me $25 to do so.
51 Fresh and Brilliant Websites in Orange
May
26
I don’t know about the rest of the world, but here in New York we’ve been waiting (un)patiently for Spring to finally arrive admist chilly temperatures and non-stop cloudy and rainy days. Well it looks like this week Spring is finally showing itself with nice and toasty temperatures and lots of sunshine.
Whenever I think of Spring I think of bright, happy colors – yellow, green, pink, purple, blue and most of all orange. The past few days I’ve been increasingly drawn to orange designs. I even bought a nice shade of orange paint to redo my bedroom in.
I love orange, and according to color theorists “orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.” Orange is a bright, happy vibrant color that stimulates your appetite – hence why you see it on a lot of food packaging. For more information on color theory or where to find color inspiration check out the article 17 Great Resources – Color Inspiration For Web Design.
After adding a bunch of orange based designs to my “ColorLove” bucket on dribbble I realized my lust for orange wasn’t shared by just me! A lot of designers seem to shy away from orange, but I love to see it used – either as the prominent color in the design or as a beautiful highlight or accent color. So, I went on a massive search and compiled a collection of 51 brilliant website designs that use some shade of orange in the design.
CSSgirl Portfolio – ICodeCSS.com
May
18
Well, I got one item mostly checked off my list – getting my portfolio live! I’ve added a small selection of work I’ve completed. Feel free to browse through my portfolio, and if you like- hire me :D
Working on the portfolio has been a super intensive project. I really hoped to get more done on CSSgirl today – like adding some new content, editing my Work Request & Hire Me forms, seeing if this permalink redirection plugin recommended by @davidius works for me and general bug testing.
Can’t wait for tomorrow!
CSSgirl 2011 – The Redesign & Relaunch
May
17
The new CSSgirl – It’s finally here!
The new CSSgirl has just launched (utilizing HTML5 and CSS3 :D ). I do expect there to be some bugs, some complaints and some kinks, but hey – it’s better than what was there before :D