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jqTransform is a JQuery Styling Plugin released by DFC Engineering, that allows you to skin form elements. The plugin is released under the GPL license and it is compatible with IE 6+, Safari 2+, and Firefox 2+. You can easily customize the form via CSS.

NiceForms is a non-intrusive JavaScript method that allows you to completely customize your web forms.

Features include:

• Fully scalable form fields and buttons
• Customize the look of the forms by creating your own theme
• Buttons are automatically expanded to accommodate the amount of text present
• Supports Keyboard-only navigation

Starting with the basic XHTML code for a web form, Niceforms parses the DOM tree, gets all the input fields, hides them, and positions their new graphical appearance in place. All this is done while preserving the date transfer and selection features of the regular form. Everything is done via javascript.

Do you need a way to create a font from your very own handwriting? At fontcapture.com you can do that. There’s no software to download and install. All you need is a printer and a scanner. You just need to follow some simple steps to get the desired font: fill in the font template, scan and upload it to the website, and download your completed font. The generated font can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.

To install the font file in Windows browse to the “Fonts” folder (usually located in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\), and just drag-and-drop / copy the file in this folder. If you are using Mac, just double click on it and click “Install font” in the window that appears.

my Fontbook is a free and easy to use browser-based font viewer that allows you to easily review and catalog all of your installed fonts. It is an independent platform that can be used in any web browser. This application can help designers to save time since it provides a quick and easy way to view their font collection.

Features include:

• Font Viewer (Browse all installed fonts, rendered and sorted for your convenience)
• Proof Sheet (Print selected font with several style samples)
• Tags & Favorites (Tag and Rate fonts that you consider important)
• Glyphs (Preview for typeface characters that are listed with each ASCII code to make adding to web pages easy)
• Metrics (Get a better view of letter spacing and line heights)
• List & Swatch Views
• Sample and Body text
• Fast Font Rendering

MyFontbook tries to fill the gap between the limited font tools provided by your operating system and the expensive font management applications aimed at power users.

Blog Perfume is sharing a new set of 27 social media icons in 3 sizes. The new circular social media icons set includes AIM, Bebo, eBay, Hi5, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Windows Live, Ning, Orkut and Yahoo Messenger icons. Eli, the author of this icon set putted a very big emphasis on function in these icons with the right amount of details. This set also includes an icon template PSD file.

I was compelled to design these icons when through searching the web I couldn’t find a suitable set of simple, circular social media icons. What kind of age are we living in when you cannot find a good set of simple, sleek, circular social media icons? So here they are.

ColorSuckr, a project by Paul Burgess, is useful to create color schemes based on photos for use in your artwork & designs. The application extracts the most common 12 colors from the submitted image and also gives you the option to see the color scheme for each one. You can drag and drop the color results around the page, click on the color strip, hold and drag, let go to drop. The color text can also be shown and hidden by clicking the small grey dot next to the strip. ColorSuckr has also a nice feature: if you enter the URL to a web page, all the images that are found in that page are retrieved so you can choose which one would be parsed. Things can get even easier with the ColorSuckr Add-on for the FireFox browser. After you install the add-on, you can simply right click any image on a webpage and choose ‘Extract Image Colors’.

Divine Free Edition is an application useful to convert Photoshop designs to Wordpress themes. It’s enough to have a basic Photoshop knowledge and some web-technologies general notions. It takes just a few clicks to convert your graphics to a ready-made site. This software was developed as a tool for converting patterns (graphic templates) to HTML pages that any user (even unexperienced web developers) can work with. Therefore, the interface was optimized as much as possible for the user’s needs.

Features includes:

• Convert PSD to HTML
• Easy publishing from Photoshop® to your Wordpress™ website
• Built in FTP-client
• Widget ready Wordpress theme as output
• Supports all Photoshop® filters, layer blending options, layer effects, masks etc.
• Browser Compatibility: Resulting HTML/PHP code is div-based, Cross browser HTML / CSS code, Encoding support)

ColoRotate is an AWESOME tool useful to browse and create your color palettes in 3D mode & real time, offering you the freedom to let your imagination fly. This online tool is innovative because it removes the conventional complexity in colors selection on computers and it’s easier to use than the traditional computer palettes.

Joining the ColoRate community is absolutely free and you can use your Google Account to do that. Your personal information remains completely confidential. You can save your color palettes, share them with other members and also participate in the full spectrum of the ColoRotate community.

This excellent tool is efficient because offers you the possibility to quick drag-and-drop to adjust hue, brightness and saturation. Moreover you can import and export in Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE).

ColoRotate’s intuitive interface helps you to eliminate the need to memorize or jot down color combinations or numbers. Indeed, you can traverse across an open three-dimensional color space and choose (or design) the color palette that fits your needs. In the process, you can uncover color relationships that give your designs an aesthetic balance that will please the most discriminating eye.

This is an article from C. Reynolds – working with WHS and specializing in eCommerce Web Hosting. Chris is an enthusiastic designer, market researcher and a person enjoying the technical side of the online industry.

Choosing a color palette for your website may be one of the most important decisions you make when starting a new website. Believe it or not but the colors you choose could dictate the real success of your site when and if it becomes popular. If you choose really poor colors then people will typically tend to turn away and leave. Hence try to choose a palette that is inspiring and makes visitors come back. There are a number of factors to take into consideration when choosing a color palette. First good tip is to look at what other, successful websites, are doing with their choices of website colors? Check out 3 to 5 other sites (preferably in a niche related to yours) and note the color design parts that appeal you the most. Do you like bright and vibrant colors, Earthly tones (blue, mild brown to green) or maybe even pastel textures? Don’t be afraid to put a little of your own taste and imagination in your site. It is a reflection of you and it has to be something you believe in as well.
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