Stripe, a wonderful developer-friendly payment gateway, just became even more useful: there is now a WordPress plugin for it, Super Stripe.
You can now securely accept credit credit card payments on a WordPress site without PCI compliance headaches like a SSL certificate, security scans, maintenance routines, and so on. All that stays with Stripe and is now readily available to you through an easy to install and configure free plugin.
Oli Gardner shows how fundamental design principals can be used to increase conversions on landing pages, breaking it down into two important aspects of conversion centered design: persuasive design for lead gen forms and persuasive design for calls-to-action (CTAs).
We live in a three-dimensional world, something that designers are trying to recreate in web design every day. The element of depth can add a greater touch of reality to certain design projects. The key to simulating reality on the 2D screen is by creating depth using images. Carrie Cousins demonstrated how this can be accomplished in a variety of ways, from the photography itself, to layering of images, manipulation and the use of special effects.
A great list of box shadow code snippets with demos and explanation for each technique:
1. Fixed Top Toolbar
2. Sub-Navigation Dropdown
3. Glossy Shadow Button
4. Notifications Flyout Menu
5. Apple Page Wrapper
6. Apple Content Box
7. Featured Links
8. Framed Images
9. Glowing Input Fields
10. Elastic Shadow Buttons
Something to think about in connection to the hot topic of post-PSD era of web design:
To be fair, I don’t think we’re in a post-PSD era, but I do think we’re moving towards a post-“full-comp” era. I can’t envision a project where I don’t use Photoshop. Photoshop isn’t the problem. It’s a great tool. My favorite, actually. It’s the stigma that comes with presenting a full comp (I define “full comp” as an image of a website viewed on a desktop, typically around 960px wide).
~ Dan Mall
The Post-PSD Era. A problem of expectations
Nice roundup of available options for membership in WordPress by Chris Lema, grouped by price, content dripping, pausing memberships, and even the ability to use Stripe. The last option is for those who dislike PayPal but still need to easily accept membership payments.
Normalize.css is a small CSS file created by Nicolas Gallagher and Jon Neal. It provides better cross-browser consistency in the default styling of HTML elements, preserves useful browser defaults rather than erasing them, corrects bugs and common browser inconsistencies. It’s a modern, HTML5-ready, alternative to the traditional CSS reset.
Jake Rocheleau explains how to change the default WordPress URL rewrite system and create your own pretty permalinks using the $wp_rewrite class:
Arshad Cini brings together thin fonts which are really popular among designers.These fonts are all free both for personal and commercial use:
20 Free and Popular Thin Fonts (Commercial Use Allowed)
