16 Super Pretty Free Floral Backgrounds

Looking for free floral backgrounds? When I’m looking for images my first stop is always the free image site www.sxc.hu. Their stock is huge which is a good thing, but sometimes there’s a lot of free images to sift through before you find the best of the bunch.
My search for free, pretty floral background yielded [...]

Changing the Default WordPress Admin Username

When you set up your Wordpress blog you are given the defult username “Admin” as your login name.  You’re probably aware that this is considered a security risk as hackers then only have to crack one piece of information (your password) to get into your account.
Ok, I admit that even though I have a web [...]

Using WordPress Admin Panel to Change Admin Username

I recently wrote about changing the default Wordpress Admin username through logging into the backend database.
I appreciate that some people may not be confident doing this .. or even know they have access to the databases! So, here’s how to do it in the WordPress Admin Panel.
1. Log into your WordPress Admin Panel
2. Click on [...]

A Face Only A Mother Could Love …

Call me strange if you will but I secretly love (well not so secret any more I guess!) handmade, fabric toys that are slightly on the odd side.
The ones with the lopsided ears and eyes slightly out of alignment. Or even better the ones that you have NO clue what animal they are actually supposed [...]

5 Free Web Tools That Kick Butt

Is there anything sweeter than finding a new app or design tool that’s useful and free? Nope, I don’t think so either.
Here’s my top 5 favourites, the ones I use again and again.
1. Pick a New Colour Scheme @ www.colorschemedesigner.com
Picks simple colour schemes for you for websites, brochures etc. This is a recent find and [...]

10 Things I Hate About Your Website

Ok, don’t get grumpy about the title here, I’m just using a bit of creative license to lure you in to read this post
So, let’s go. Here they are folks, my top 10 annoying things online …
1.    Intro Pages, especially Flash ( see #6)
Didn’t we move on from intro pages years ago?
2.    The [...]

How to Create a Super Shiny Pencil Graphic

Ok, so I know what you’re thinking … how often will I need one of those? But this is so cool you’ve got to try it out.
I’m no photoshop wizard (actually Photoshop minus 101 is about my level) but I just had to try to make this pencil when I found it here: http://psd.tutsplus.com/drawing/how-to-create-a-super-shiny-pencil-icon/
The tutsplus.com [...]

Is Choosing Your Wordpress Theme Just Like Dating?

If you’re building your site on WordPress you’ll know that trying to choose a WordPress theme is a bit like sending a 25 year old single guy to a ‘Looking for Love’ convention for women.
The choice is vast and no sooner have you found one that you think is just perfect then you find yet [...]

Love it, loathe it?

Ah yes, the baroque-inspired, louis ghost chair by Philippe Starck. There are definitely two separate camps of thought on these. You either love them, and yearn for your own pair (if not the full set of eight) or you loathe them and can’t see what all the fuss is about.
I’m firmly in the former camp. [...]