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Recently Woothemes released a new Premium Wordpress Theme called Aperture.

Aperture is a multi-functional photo-blogging theme with a non-blog home page, consisting of a latest posts slider, a visual category display, a blog module and areas of stylish widgetized spaces. With 12 alternate styles and a visual archive system you should be able to house your photos/portfolio.

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In this post you will find a bunch of Exceptionally Good Wordpress Themes and details on why they stand out from the rest.

Wordpress is a seriously popular blogging platform but with popularity comes endless options offered by the huge community. This is certainly a major advantage and it means you’re never alone with a problem. But there are literally tons of Free Themes and Plugins that you can combine in endless ways introducing a risk that looking around for the perfect setup removes focus from the main purpose…creating content for your blog readers.

Going for a Premium Theme may get you started much faster but what should you look for and is it possible to find Free alternative that provides the features normally only found in Premium Themes?

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Logos are visual images of the brands they represent. Having the right logo that delivers THE MESSAGE and that people recognize is really important. Good Logos are not easy to create or get hold of at all as it requres great knowledge of the business domain and target group to do it right. Logos must be relevant, timeless and perfectly aligned with the strategy and the products and or services offered.

In this article you will find a huge collection of Tutorials, Logo Inspirations and Online Tools and services that you may use to develop your brand and create the perfect Logo. This is the Logo Designers Huge Essential Toolbox that I’m planning to update now and then as I stuble upon new interesting resources.

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When you’re designing a new logo, web template, poster etc., the right font can really make a difference and support a great concept. In my opinion you can never have enough fonts at your disposal and the more choices you have, the better opportunity there is to find the perfect one for your specific situation.

This article provides one of the largest collections of Good Font Resources and Directories and will be your doorway to more than 100.000 Free Fonts!

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I said it before: Icons can be very important building blocks when you’re creating a design. They are in my opinion especially useful when creating designs for web sites but it’s definitely not limited to that. If you like good looking high quality Icons and if you’re a collector just as I am you shouldn’t miss this Icon Set from VisualPharm. The Icons are very aligned with the green trend ) and they are all perfectly crafted into the detail. I think the creator really did a great job I think and then giving them away for free. 

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Competition has ended! Winners have been announced here.

Some time ago I posted an article with 50+ Essential Techniques and Tools for Visualizing your Data. It really was popular and for a good reason I think. Communication is hard and even when people talk face to face it can be really difficult to explain a complex context involving large amounts of information or data. Going online makes communication even harder and increase the risk of misunderstandings and that is where tools for visualizing your information comes in handy.

I recently became aware of a new product from Extend Studio called FusionChart. It has been build as a plugin for Adobe Dreamweaver. In this article I’ll provide a review of the product and we’ll se what it can do and how easy it is to work with.

Extend Studio has kindly offered to give away licenses to their FusionCharts for Dreamweaver – Developer Edition to three lucky tripwire magazine readers. Basically you have to leave a comment and take part in the draw but the details on how to participate is described in the bottom of the article.

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I have provided large collections of Icon Sets in earlier posts because with really good Icons at hand Designer can save themselves a great deal of time. The same is true for Free Photoshop Brushes, Shapes, Textures and Patterns that are quite essential when creating Designs in Photoshop. In this article you will find a very large collection of free resources you can download for Photoshop and guidance on how to use them in your designs.

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Here you go – A handful of High Quality Icons Sets to boost your creative process. Icons are powerful building blocks in designs and if they are used in the right way they can really improve a design and the ability to communicate the designers message. Deviantart is a great resource for finding Free Quality Design elements. After investigating the Icons picked out here go take a look at their huge collection.

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In this article tripwire magazine provides one of the most comprehensive compilations of Tutorials for Wordpress. The article is mainly focused on version 2.7+ but most resources will be relevant for earlier versions as well. Wordpress is without discussion one of the most popular blogging and publishing platforms ever. Mastering both simple and advanced Wordpress techniques will enable you to create blog solutions that are highly accessible and attractive to your target audience. Read on and take control over Wordpress.

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In this article tripwire magazine provides a tutorial on how the jQuery based Social Bookmarking Counters on the site was created. Most people are generally busy and this means that readers on a blog or website don’t time to waste on articles that are not really good. The main principle in web 2.0 and social services is to leverage upon the opinion of the community. Showing the post popularity on services that most of your users use will provide them with voulnable information when quick decisions on what to read next has to be made. I believe this kind of functionality is good and I also see it used in different variations on more and more blogs. [demo]

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