Display an image using only HTML

Yes, this is horribly inefficient, but the idea is something worth linking to. Neil Fraser has written code to take an uploaded image and convert it to nothing but HTML. It does this by creating a table of 1 pixel by 1 pixel cells colored to match the image.
You can almost hear the [...]

Book Review: Color Harmony by Hideaki Chijiiwa

I’ve had the book Color Harmony sitting on my bookshelf for about a year now, and I go to it every time that I need a color combination for a web page. It was written for printers, but it’s great for web designers. In it you will find hundreds of 2, 3, and 4 [...]

Splat forum badges

Below is a badge set that I created that would be good on a forum looking for something less than formal. The Admin, Member, and Mod badges are included in red. A PSD file is included so that you can enter your own text and change colors.

Instructions for customizing the splats are included [...]

Need a custom smiley sign

Found a resource that lets you create custom smiley signs for your forum. Below is one that I created for FBW along with the the one that I created for a forum of mine.

One tip is that you may want to put a space before and after your text. Otherwise the [...]

How to install a theme in Simple Machines Forums

The basic SMF theme is fairly good. Heck, I’m using a slightly modified version of it on two different forums. But if you’re looking for something a little different then there are hundreds of themes available at the Simple Machines Theme Site.
Finding one you like
Below is the basic theme. Not too bad, but [...]