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If you have come across plenty of infographics online, you may have thought about releasing your own. There are a lot of tools out there to help you do this fairly easily but your design will be far from unique, design-wise. To help you with this, our friends at Vector Open Stock have released a freebie exclusively for hongkiat.com readers.

Vector Open Stock is home to more than 1600 original vector graphics, with ten free vectors released every day. In this freebie pack, they have included icons, bars, world maps, pie charts, and other design elements that would fit perfectly in an infographic.

While the elements are primed for content to do with fashion, mobile preferences, career, work, and transportation, you can use them in any other setting that fits with your infographic.

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The landscape of business is constantly changing and so does the technology and marketing techniques involved. A lot more businesses are using the power of infographics to really reach out to their target market.

If you’re a designer doing some work for businesses in all shapes and sizes, chances are you have probably gotten some free vectors, PSDs and the like from Freepik. After all, Freepik.com is one of the biggest sites on the web for you to search for free vectors, stocks photos, PSD files and even SVG icons.

Below, we have a special treat that’s been designed by Freepik, exclusively for our Hongkiat.com readers. This “Modern Business Infographic Elements” consists of 3D elements, device graphs, gradients and other cool elements for you to choose from.

Available in AI. and .EPS format, go ahead and take a look for yourself.

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We’re back, this time with a gem of a giveaway!

Courtesy of Pixelkit, we have here 25 handpicked flat icons to be given away to hongkiat.com readers. Available in a variety of sizes – from 32×32 to 512×512 – the icons are available in PNG as well as layered PSD files and are scalable vector graphics, easily resizable with no loss in quality, for use.

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We featured Simon Rahm’s Long Shadow Flat Icon Set giveaway a while back. Well, Simon is back with another set of icons to give away to our readers. We know that a lot of our readers are fans of Adobe Creative Suite (and if you haven’t checked out Adobe Creative Suite Toolbar Shortcut Wallpapers, you’re welcome).

This time, Simon has applied the long shadow design to some of our favorite Adobe Creative Suite Icons, namely:

• Adobe Story,
• Fireworks,
• Illustrator,
• Flash,
• InDesign,
• Premiere Pro,
• After Effects,
• Contribute,
• Encore,
• OnLocation,
• Photoshop,
• Prelude,
• Speedgrade,
• Audition,
• Dreamweaver,
• Flash Catalyst,
• Flash Builder,
• Bridge and
• CS7.

Preview

Here’s a larger preview of the icons.

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Time for another freebie!

We recently published a post about the emergence of a new trend called Long Shadow Design. As a follow up to that, this freebie contains a long shadow flat icon set as designed by one of our readers Simon Rahm.

Simon, a 16-year old student from Austria, emailed us that he was inspired by the post, and started working on his own flat icon set. Here’s what he presented us and has since agreed to publish as a freebie exclusively for hongkiat.com readers:

More flat design related posts:

• Showcase of Beautiful Flat UI Design
• Ultimate Guide to Flat Website Design
• 20 Beautiful Flat WordPress Themes

Download Icon Set

The icons in this icon set are available for download in PNG and AI. Get it in the sizes you need or go ahead and download the AI file.

Download Long Shadow Flat Icon Set (PNG)

• 12×12
• 16×16
• 24×24
• 32×32
• 48×48
• 64×64
• 128×128
• 256×256
• 512×512

or you can just get the AI file from this link below:

• Download Long Shadow Flat Icon Set (AI)

For more of Simon’s work, check out his portfolio here.

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Until the business card finds a better, faster, more convenient replacement, it serves as the most secure connection one can make with another in the offline world of business. Putting all your contact and business information into one handy 3.5 by 2-inch piece of paper, is the best reminder you can leave with your potential and existing clients.

There are plenty of things one must look into when designing a business card, but if budget is a big constraint for your business or the new startup you are working on, these ten business card templates may be the break you need. Created by Meng Loong of Free-Business-Card-Templates.com, these exclusive business card templates are available in PSD format for hongkiat.com readers to download and use.

Businesscard template #1 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #2 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #3 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #4 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #5 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #6 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #7 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #8 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #9 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

Businesscard template #10 [ Preview – Front – Back ] [ Download ]

We hope you like it and feel free to spread the word!

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Creating WordPress Themes from scratch can be challenging. After completing this task multiple times, you might start seeking a more straightforward approach. I’ve discovered that building on a basic template can significantly speed up the project timeline and reduce stress.

Therefore, I’ve designed a unique WordPress template called “Bare Responsive”, available for download below. The design is mobile-friendly and responsive to various screen sizes. It includes all the standard WordPress template files, and you have complete freedom to modify them as you wish.

My goal is for this template to serve as a foundation for WordPress development, offering a better starting point than a blank slate.

Along with the template files, I’ve also provided some sample data (also available for download below) that you can import and use to test the design.

In the following article, I’ll discuss some of the WordPress features and how you can leverage them in your themes.

Inside the Header

Within the header.php file, I’ve added numerous extra metadata and third-party scripts. It’s advisable to modify the author meta tag to reflect your name or your website’s name.

I’ve also incorporated an external stylesheet link to the Google web font Quando, which I utilize for the header text.

You might observe that I’ve employed a custom navigation setup within the WordPress Themes. There’s no strict need to modify the PHP code. However, it’s beneficial to review the parameters for wp_nav_menu() to determine any desired alterations.

What you should consider is creating a new menu within the WP Admin under Appearance > Menus. Subsequently, you can link this new menu to the “header-menu” located in the template file.

This approach allows you to integrate custom links, pages, and even sub-pages into the top navigation without needing any coding.

Custom Theme Functions

One of the most intriguing sections of code to customize is within the functions.php file. It contains all the default theme properties, encompassing navigation menus and widgetized sidebars.

I’ve configured two separate, widgetized sidebars. By default, there’s no need to add anything to them, as the template displays non-widgetized data. However, it’s straightforward to locate these sidebars under Appearance > Widgets.

The main sidebar is positioned to the right for all standard layout styles. As the screen width decreases, this sidebar becomes hidden and is substituted with a responsive sidebar. This new mobile-friendly sidebar comprises only two elements and appears below the page content.

Having this flexibility is beneficial, as you might opt to populate both sidebars with the same content. Alternatively, you can establish entirely distinct content for each sidebar, which might be more effective.

I’ve also defined several other functions within the theme file.

Initially, I’ve removed the #more hash from the end of blog post links. I’m not fond of this standard WordPress feature, as it seems somewhat intrusive.

Additionally, the archive pages don’t include a “read more” link by default. To address this, I’ve incorporated it into the HTML using a custom WordPress filter.

Potential User Modifications

The “bare-responsive” theme is designed to be straightforward, allowing you to upload the template and begin editing files directly within the WordPress admin panel. While you have the option to work with the files individually, this can be challenging without a WordPress blog to test the modifications.

Emphasizing simplicity, I’ve restricted the theme files to just the essentials. Additionally, all the responsive mobile CSS codes are consolidated in the style.css stylesheet.

You can adjust the template styles as needed to better align with your preferences.

The custom script.js facilitates the mobile responsive dropdown navigation panel. I believe this approach offers an optimal solution for header navigation, resulting in a seamless appearance.

If you wish to modify the CSS styles of the mobile menu, ensure that you maintain the consistency of the IDs and classes with the jQuery script.

Concluding Remarks

I genuinely hope that this “bare-responsive” template serves as an inspiration for budding developers. Navigating WordPress can be daunting, and having a foundational code can be immensely beneficial.

I’m open to addressing queries and welcoming feedback, recognizing that no template is flawless.

Collaborating with fellow developers is a valuable way to enhance your skills and identify common pitfalls. So, dive in and start coding!

Downloads Theme and Related Files

wptestdata.xml

Download and import this XML file into your WordPress to give it some dummy content.

Download XML

Bare-responsive WordPress Theme

This whole project is purposefully released as open source under the MIT license which means you can edit and distribute unlimited copies for any project as long as you do not claim it your own, or re-sell it.

Download WordPress Theme

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