The Google Plus song

I stumbled across this rather cool video on Youtube today, a song about Google Plus, of all things! :) Enjoy.

WordPress Theme Development tutorial

Courtesy of Ecommerce Developer website here's a useful insight and series of tutorials into developing your own Wordpress theme: http://ecommercedeveloper.com/articles/2791-WordPress-Theme-Development-Part-1-Installation-and-Graphic-Design/

The tutorials are broken into six steps, and includes the Biolerplate HTML5 template. For more about Boilerplate see here: http://html5boilerplate.com/

Free Adobe Photoshop Actions

If you're an avid fan of Adobe Photoshop, and let's face it, who isn't?, then you'll like these cool Photoshop Actions. Best part is, they're free so head on over to the site below to see what's on offer. The image accompanying this article is one such Action on offer.

Click here to visit see all the free Photoshop Actions

Wordpress and Linux hosting that delivers

As a professional in the web development and design field, I've many years experience of dealing with web hosting companies; all shapes and sizes, some great, some not so great.

If you want the ultimate hosting solution, then Rackspace comes up trumps, if money is no object that is. So, there are many other hosting companies out there and they all vary in their offerings and products. Recently, I've been working with Wordpress in my spare time, and there's no doubt it's a mature and practical CMS solution if you're a web designer or developer.

So I wondered...which hosting company offers good, reliable Wordpress support and hosting, but doesn't cost the earth? After much reading of I decided to try Tsohost, a UK based cloud web hosting company based in Maidenhead, Berskshire.

Of course, I can only tell you of my own experience with them, and I'm very happy to report that Tsohost have been great. In fact, just recently, they updated their website and customer portal and control panel; and they've done a fantastic job.

Visit their website for details on what they have to offer, at very affordable prices...I'm not kidding!

Useful JQuery Libraries and JQuery Plugins

Spruce up your website with some JQuery, so, here are some excellent JQuery libraries and plugins to choose from. Courtesy of Smashing Magazine.

Click here to visit the Smashing Magazine article.

Cool Parallax Scrolling Websites Compilation

Webdesigndev.com has added an article showcasing 10 parallax scrolling websites, and there are some fantastic examples to be found here. Of note are the www.ok-studios.de, and www.ascensionlatorre.com websites.

Click here to visit the Webdesigndev website article.

Ian Hooton Photography

Ian Hooton is a London based photographer offering a diverse range of photography styles; everything from fashion to make-overs. Check out his work, it's good. Note: at the time of writing, the site is Flash based so you'll need the Flash plugin.

Click here to visit the Ian Hooton Photography website

LiveFyre real-time conversation platform

I stumbled across a rather interesting commenting system/platform, which LiveFyre describe as "Livefyre is the best real-time conversation platform on the web. Replace your outdated comment system and change the way people interact with content on your site". Visit the website to learn more.

Sean Gleason Photography

Some wonderful photography by Sean Gleason. Visit the website to see more.

Richard Moran Photography

Richard produces work for a diverse portfolio of clients, including Lloyds TSB, Mercedes-Benz UK, The Body Shop, Ernst & Young, Manchester City, The Church of England, The Alzheimer's Society, Opera North and The Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

In conjunction with some great agencies, including Golden, SAS London, Elmwood, Rufus Leonard, MARK, Bostock and Pollitt, Cogent Elliott and Salter Baxter to name a few.

Visit the website for more of his work

Best Wordpress plugins of 2012

WP Content Slideshow

I stumbled across this excellent article of the best Wordpress plugins for 2012. Yes I know it's only March :)

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/wordpress-plugins-2012/

Cheatsheets for Wordpress

Check out this great resource for Wordpress developers, including development and design cheatsheets.

Click here to visit the site

WP UI - Wordpress Plugin

I stumbled across WP UI today, and it looks like a powerful Wordpress plugin allowing you to add all manner of user-interface enhancements to your Wordpress website (i.e. posts). Powered by JQuery, features include sliders, tabs and accordions, to name a few. Support for CSS3 is also available in the plugin.

Click here to learn more about WP UI on the Wordpress website
Click here to visit the Capabilit website

Logo designs to inspire

Here are some fantastic logo designs to appreciate, some you'll no doubt be very familiar with. A great resource for inspiration too.

40+ Cool Typographic Logo Designs

50 Excellent Circular Logos

33 Creative and Beautiful Logos

24 Cool Logos with Hidden Symbols

50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration

Added more content to Digital Hardware

Lots to do yet but I've added more content to the Digital Hardware website, check it out. New content includes the Sony Nex-7 and the Fujifilm X-Pro1.

Click here to visit the site and feel free to leave your feedback.