Free and really cute Blogging Icon Set

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Free and really cute Blogging Icon Set

Not that long time ago while searching for nice icons for a new blog project I came across WebIconSet.com. Nice little website has a fantastic selection of high quality icons that are totally free for personal as well as commercial use. I really liked the Application Icon Set and Mobile Icon Set, but here I also found a little gem – really cute Blogging Icon Set.

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10 fantastic free script fonts for web designers

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10 fantastic free script fonts for web designers

Script typefaces are based on fluid stroke created by handwriting or calligraphy. Elegant, formal, sometimes spontaneous or funky, often appear to be drawn using crayon, quill pen, flat-tipped brush or marker. They are commonly used in logos or headings of web pages as they add impact to wording and create contrast with body text.

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0to255 helps web designers find lighter and darker #colors

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0to255 helps web designers find lighter and darker #colors

0to255 is fantastic and incredibly useful tool that can help you find lighter and darker colors based on any color of your choice.

Built by Shaun Chapman (New York web developer) to make his job easier – can save minutes if not hours of your own time, when trying figure out what colour to use for button’s hover effect or darken border to make it contrast with surrounding elements.

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Drive is a must read and one of my favourite of the new wave business books. Interesting, entertaining and easy to read, with some fascinating examples of behavioral science and intrinsic motivation. This book will make you rethink everything you do to motivate yourself, your employees and how you run your business.

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How to display category description in WordPress

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How to display category description in WordPress

As you may have noticed in your WordPress blog, the description of a category by default is not displayed anywhere. Although not that many themes use this feature, writing quality description for your categories have some beneficial effects. It will not only boost SEO of the category archives, but will also improve user experience by displaying relevant information and complementing generally short category name.

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