Antonio Riveras

I’m a huge WordPress fan. Every project I work with ends up being a WordPress site. I can be honest and say that it’s the only CMS I know how to work with besides CushyCMS and that’s the main reason I choose to work with it.

Even so, I have more reasons than the previously stated.

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When buying elements on the river you see alot of different categories, with items ranging from business cards to backgrounds for the web. When designing these kind of elements you have to consider who is buying it and not only design something that you think is pretty.

My thing is trying to figure what kind of graphics a programmer would want to buy…

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Graphic River is a great market, sure. But the competition is getting tight, more and more creative artists are starting to upload outstanding work for all you programmers out there. Selling is a competition and it’s important for you to know just how to gain first place, and sell well on Graphic River.

Look at what’s popular

Take a look around the gallery and see what’s popular and selling the most. Pick something you’re familiar with, don’t try to exceed in something you don’t have a clue about.

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It was only about a year ago that WordPress was introduced into my life. All the positive feedback I read on forums and blogs made me order the book WordPress Complete and start learning everything there is to create WordPress Themes. WordPress is an excellent tool if you’re a designer or developer and want the opportunity to create a flexible web site.

When creating a WordPress theme the steps look something like this:

Photoshop –> XHTML/CSS –> WordPress.

How does each step look like then?

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Wordpress is a great platform for anyone who has a website. It’s very flexible and comes with a ton of plugins so you can enhance it’s power. Plugins come in many forms and variations. These plugins are for optimizing your wordpress site for the search engines.

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If you could buy graphics for your web site, not entire site templates…Would you? Some people might find this strange, but it’s actually a great market for those who don’t have the necessary design skills but come with an arsenal packed with programming and coding skills.

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I just got my jQuery Headers approved for sale on Graphic River. These headers come in 3 different colors and include a live demo!
You can purchase this item here for only $2.00!

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A lot of web designers have a hard time adding that ”extra touch” to their designs. The competition between designers is hard and you have to create a design that in someway stands out from the rest.

My advice is to go with your own style and NOT try to mimic some other designer. It’s OK to be inspired, but it’s NOT OK to rip. Now, withouth leaving the topic: what should you to do spice up your web design?

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That’s right, I’m aiming for the big win. All I had to do was to create my own collection of 30 items and adding the link in the comments of the post. My collection is called ”Programmers Dream” and consists mainly of web elements such as menus and buttons. Some FlashDen items were added but mainly items from Graphic River.

If you’re interested in seeing my bookmarked collection don’t hesitate to check it out here.

Today Envato opens up their biggest competition yet! An awesome chance to win $3500 to spend on the ultimate creative set-up. All you have to do is create a collection of your favourite items from the 5 different Envato marketplaces.

You do this by bookmarking the items you want and then post a link on the blog post. Simple enough, read more about it here.