How to replace standard Moodle icons with Tango icons

One of the things that I liked about different Moodle themes are their icon sets, because IMO the standard Moodle icons are ugly and uninspiring. However, what if I wanted to use a better icon set with all of my themes? Was there a way to replace the standard icons? And what would you replace [...]

Another Moodle Competitor?

Google has just launched an open-source course/learning software solution called Cloudcourse that may rival Moodle. The more I use Moodle, the more I don’t want to use it, so I guess any alternative is welcome, but…

Oh man, at first glance this looks really sweet. I live my life on Google already and the idea of [...]

Monster Using Color in Web Design List

Article: Find the Perfect Colors for Your Website

This is an excellent resource that deserves to be in every web designer’s del.cio.us. The links are organized under articles and tools, and one of my favorite never-before-discovered tools is the 100 Random Colors tool. The Palette Generator is pretty cool too.

See for yourself!

Adobe Lightroom

I just installed this application on the advice of a photographer that I am working with (I am going to redesign his site). The brief whirlwind tour I took last night kind of blew me away. I really liked the way it organized photos, but my main purpose was to check out being [...]

Got Standards?

My first-generation websites were like everybody’s–grey and boring. By early 90’s I’d mastered second-generation sites which proudly boasted lists, horizontal rules, and images (sometimes animated) that were lucky to match the background of the page. By the late 90’s I discovered the beauty of table-based designs that stretched to accommodate different screen sizes, and gave [...]