Web Designer Ledger
webdesignledger.com · Group blog · on HN since 2009
Web Designer Ledger is a web design site publishing roundups of icons, fonts, jQuery plugins and design resources, plus business tips for designers.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for free icon sets and design resources, though one is tired of its recycled icon-set roundups that repeat the same old sets.
50HN people shared it
8linked it in comments
68stories submitted
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9 years agolast shared
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Most-shared posts
- 1Stunning Examples of Data Visualization2 people · 19 points · first shared 2009 · 7 comments on HN
- 2Dreaded Favors Asked of Web Designers1 people · 29 points · first shared 2010 · 26 comments on HN
- 3Icons for Web Designers1 people · 25 points · first shared 2010 · 5 comments on HN
- 4Blogs for Those Who Love Design1 people · 21 points · first shared 2009 · 2 comments on HN
- 5Value-based billing: Escaping the trap of trading hours for dollars1 people · 6 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 640 Super Sleek Fonts for Clean Web Design1 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · 2 comments on HN
- 720 Examples of Simplistic but Effective Logo Design1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 8How Wearable Technology Will Impact Web Design1 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 918 Seriously Helpful Cheat Sheets for Easier Coding1 people · 3 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 10Best jQuery Plugins of 20101 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 118 Useful Responsive CSS Frameworks1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12jQuery Plugins for Images1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13JQuery Mistakes you Shouldn’t Commit1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14Getting Started in iOS User Interface Design1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 158 Code Snippets for New Website Projects1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
acrum · 2011-04-26
http://designfestival.com/
http://blog.typekit.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
http://methodandcraft.com/
http://webdesignerwall.com/
http://www.netmagazine.com/
http://webdesignledger.com/
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/
http://www.alistapart.com/
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/
Should be enough to get you started.
proexploit · 2010-01-22
What are you looking for? Just icons for actions? Check out http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/the-best-icon-sets-for-minimal-sty… I just pulled it off delicious, used some icons from it 10 minutes ago. If you're looking for images, try http://sxc.hu. Something else? What type of thing are you looking for?
taitems · 2009-07-29
I hate to complain, but I am so tired of these articles that just repost all the same old icon sets that have been out for years (or years in the digital sense). Every month a new one of these posts comes out, but with the same icon sets as every other post. Pet peeve.
http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/21-best-icon-sets-for-designing-we…
http://speckyboy.com/2008/07/28/96-best-ever-free-icon-sets-for-web-de…
http://www.problogdesign.com/resources/30-best-free-icon-sets-for-blog…
http://www.webiconsets.com/
And the list goes on.
sickmate · 2015-10-01
In their blog post on medium[1], they mention that it is built on git. webdesignledger.com[2] claims that it supports full version control.
[1] https://medium.com/@FolioForMac/building-a-better-time-machine-5c236db…
[2] http://webdesignledger.com/folio-version-control
maxbrown · 2013-01-17
IMHO with CSS3 you can design a site that's nice enough in just HTML/CSS... if you're already a web developer I would spend your time designing in the actual HTML/CSS. Start trying to mimic good design elements. You probably won't get to the absolute top tier of design, but my assumption is you want to get to "good enough".
If you're insistent on Photoshop first, I would start with a bunch of tutorials:
http://webdesignledger.com/tutorials/20-high-quality-photoshop-web-des…
http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/
bartech · 2011-07-29
What about adaptive / responsive design?
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/12/guidelines-for-responsiv…
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-creative-examples-of-respons…
I know it's easier to throw the same page no matter what screen size it is.
First you say that there is no single solution:
"You can not have one magic solution for all."
and then:
"Well, very simple. The iPhone is capable of rendering and interacting with the full page. It was the first browser to do so - it don't require a lite version. You could tap, zoom, pinch, drag and get the full depth of the page."
You just defend your ugly design by "it's not doable" and by "we know better"
edw519 · 2010-09-28
Nice post. Bookmarked and saved in my folder for great web design resources.
Although I'm not sure why anymore. No matter how much I try, my designs always come out horrible. Every time I ask someone for their opinion on a concept, they're first answer is, "Hire a professional designer."
Funny, I can visualize 9 layers deep into embedded code or enterprise data, but I have trouble with orange, purple, and all fonts.
FWIW, here is a list of the other links in that folder. Maybe they'll help someone else more than they've helped me.
http://colorschemedesigner.com/#
http://websitetips.com/colortools/sitepro/
http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp
http://960.gs/
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/15-stunning-examples-of-data-vi…
Flemlord · 2010-04-14
I do a lot of charting for financial services software. The best practical book that I've found is The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures. Simple but practical guidelines for displaying pie/line/area graphs.
But for your situation, check out some of these sites which focus on more complicated graphing techniques:
http://www.perceptualedge.com/examples.php
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2009/04/50-great-examples-of-infogra…
http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/news.php
http://patternbrowser.org/
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/15-stunning-examples-of-data-vi…
http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/