Unless you missed your coffee this morning, you’ve hopefully already noticed that Webitect has been outfitted with a fresh new theme design! Over the past few months I’ve watched a whole barrage of new blog designs (Design Informer, MyInkBlog, JankoAtWarpSpeed, Hongkiat, Tuts+, Visual Swirl) come out, all of which served to repetitively remind me that the Webitect theme was sadly lacking.

Well, no more! With this fresher and more optimized theme, I’m sure that Webitect will be a much more enjoyable place to be (even if it’s not so stunning as some of the blogs I listed above). In this post, I’m going to take you through the process of the redesign and show you around the new theme.
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We are always on the search for modern and trendy fonts simply because fonts are an important aspect of our creative designs. Just for this purpose, I put together a collection of 20 my current favorite modern fonts you may download and start using right away. All of them are free!

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The WordPress theme market is a huge opportunity for designers and developers, especially since sites like ThemeForest have made it so easy to produce premium themes and make money from them. If you do it right, you can easily make a substantial income solely from WordPress theme design.

Of course, in order to do it right you have to know the tools and tricks that enable professionals to create work that is worthy of that title. Let’s check out some of the most vital, helpful and game-changing hacks, tools and frameworks to help you achieve that professionalism in your themes.
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We’re all familiar with the often long, headache-inducing process of testing and correcting our code to get it working cross-browser.  Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to go through so much pain to achieve a good-looking result?

Actually, you don’t! With the right knowledge, tools, and smarts, you can tackle a CSS design and get it working quickly and painlessly. With this in mind, we’re going to look at some of the excellent tools, articles and resources that will help you work smarter and cut the pain out of writing cross-browser CSS.

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Today I’d like to try something new and have a fun discussion on what makes someone a ‘good’ designer. What’s your opinion?

I think it will be exciting to talk and compare opinions on what it really is the makes you a good designer. Hopefully you can even come away with some new thoughts on how to be better!  

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For our audience of designers, we’ve got some good news- this week will be Designer’s Week at Webitect!

And in case you wondered, yes, we had originally planned to focus on  jQuery plugins. But since last week’s was a development topic, it seemed time for some awesome design content. This week is going to be about the stuff that makes a designer’s life better – tips, tools and amazing resources. Be sure to check back, or better yet subscribe to make sure you don’t miss anything!

In parts 1 and 2 we explored API hooks, custom admin pages, custom widgets, saving plugin options and more. Today, I’m going to show you how to get your hands dirty with Wordpress’s write post page, which is where a lot of plugins output their main functionality.

We’ll be exploring how to add custom panels, create shortcodes, and interact with TinyMCE to add buttons and insert data. It’s time to dig in!

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It’s time to kick off a new year for Webitect – and it’s going to be good. I’d like to welcome everyone back with a bunch of special features and lots of knock-your-socks off content. Over the course of the next five weeks, we’ll be running several focused series digging in deep and giving you focused, high-quality tutorials, articles, and resources.

Sounds like fun? Come see the full schedule!

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