The All-New Design Shack Is Here!
It’s been a little while coming, but I’m pleased to let you know that the all-new Design Shack is now very much live! We’ve tweaked the design to be a little simpler and more streamlined, and added plenty of new features (with lots more to come over the next few weeks!)
Read on for a little explanation about what’s new in the latest iteration of the site, and what you have to look forward to over the coming month!
December 6th, 2010 Posted in Design ShackHow to Get Your Site Featured in Our Web Design Gallery
Here at Design Shack we love good inspiration and seek to provide you with daily bits of visual sustenance that will help you become a better designer by expanding your horizons and opening your mind up to different styles of design.
We’d love to feature your work in our gallery and want to make sure you fully understand the process so you can effectively decide whether or not you should make a submission. The following will serve as a basic guide for anyone interested in submitting a site. It will delve into our goals for the gallery, who should submit designs, some tricks to getting in and even how to handle a rejection notice.
August 3rd, 2010 Posted in Design ShackHappy Christmas!
I’d like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the site this year, written an article, or submitted their design. We’re certainly ending this year on a high, and are looking forward to everything we have in store for 2010.
I hope that you have a wonderful rest over Christmas, take the time to recharge your batteries, and start the New Year full of fresh, creative inspiration.
Thanks for reading Design Shack, and Happy Christmas from myself and Josh!
December 26th, 2009 Posted in Design ShackDesign Shack: Now With More Facebook
Come check out our new Facebook page. Be a fan and stay up to date with all our posts and community links.
And while we’re on the topic of social media, be sure to follow us on Twitter as well!
We’re Joining the Smashing Network!
I’m pleased to announce that Design Shack has become a member of The Smashing Network, offering us another outlet to get in touch with new designers and network with some other really fantastic websites.
A big thanks to the Smashing Magazine team – we’re really looking forward to growing Design Shack further, and hope that you’re enjoying our new articles. Thanks for reading – you make the site what it is!
November 22nd, 2009 Posted in Design ShackIntroducing Our New Editor
I mentioned a few days ago that we have taken on board a new site editor for Design Shack, and I’m pleased to introduce him to you today! Joshua Johnson will be taking charge of the news and tutorials published on the site, and it should lead to some fantastic new content.
Read on to find out a little more about our awesome new editor!
October 9th, 2009 Posted in Design ShackFeeds, Articles & More
We’ll be making a few changes around here over the coming weeks, aiming at turning Design Shack into a far better resource for designers around the world:
- We’ve hired an editor. Our new writer will be making regular news posts, and writing some fantastic tutorials and inspirational roundups. Introductions to come shortly!
- We’re merging our feeds. Over the next couple of days, we are merging all our feeds into one. You’ll now receive all our new CSS gallery entries, news, and tutorials through one RSS feed. If you’re not happy with this, just let us know via email!
- More freebies! We’re teaming up with a few designers and developers to give away more free themes, graphics and scripts through the site.
I’m really looking forward to turning Design Shack into an even more inspiration place to visit! Here’s to the future.
October 6th, 2009 Posted in Design ShackRSS Feed Changes
With the new design and move to WordPress, there are a couple of changes to note regarding RSS feeds. We’re operating two main feeds as before – one for the CSS Gallery, and one for Articles and Community News. If you’re an existing subscriber to the news feed, you’ll now automatically start to receive community news posts.
If you’d rather not receive community news updates, simply head over to our feeds page and subscribe to the ‘Articles Only’ RSS feed. I hope that you’ll find the new content useful, and am looking forward to keeping your RSS reader updated with daily inspiration!
February 4th, 2009 Posted in Design ShackOnwards and Upwards
Design Shack launched proudly in 2003 and has been gradually growing and expanding ever since. Over the past 6 years the site has gained a fantastic readership, I’ve had the chance to meet some great people, and certainly hope that you’ve been a little inspired by the articles and designs we’ve featured.
2009 marks the start of a refresh for Design Shack, and I’m incredibly excited about what the year has in store. The previous site design has been in place for a couple of years and, whilst I was thoroughly pleased with it at the time, I felt that a shift towards a more professional style was required.
February 4th, 2009 Posted in Design ShackFollow Us on Twitter
A few of our kind readers wouldn’t stop pestering us…! All updates to the CSS gallery and news will now be sent to Twitter, providing another yet another way to subscribe to Design Shack.
We are also likely to use this method to notify you of competitions, updates and new features to the site – so make sure you don’t miss out and become a follower.
See you there!
May 6th, 2008 Posted in Articles, Design Shack