Web Design, Icon Design, Freelance, Onur Oztaskiran - Monofactor

Monofactor to be Updated – Maintenance Notice

Onur Oztaskiran — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:51:10 +0000

This weekend I will update my website (June 28-29th)

In this period, you will drop into the maintenance mode page for all weekend. I appreciate your understanding in advance =) (means first timers won’t be able to see/download free stuff).

I will tweak monofactor a bit; add some nicer stuff on my sidebar, my portfolio items and showcase, my blog posts and some archiving improvements.

I promise to come back with a better turnout.

Thank you everyone.

Onur

Portfolious: Wordpress CMS

Onur Oztaskiran — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:22:23 +0000

Type: Wordpress Theme
Category: Business CMS
Price: $35 USD

Free iMac icon – PSD Vector

Onur Oztaskiran — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:56:15 +0000

Like I promised, one of many upcoming free stuff is up.

I created this one to use on my projects. The file contains a photoshop psd format scalable vector shaped iMac icon. Customize it, shrink it, iconize it, do anything you want =)

I hope you like it. Here is the download link.

Oh and again, please do not directly link to the download link without letting me know. You can only spread this post by sharing this post’s link.

Thank you!

What’s up With Monofactor Lately?

Onur Oztaskiran — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:58:49 +0000

I know it looks like sometimes I kind of abandon my blog. Which is not actually true.

I keep my ideas and thoughts to share in keep. It’s just that I’ve been really busy with client projects and personal ventures.

So I’m coming back with a few updates very soon.Here are what’s coming up:

Some free stuff which I think will love me even more =p (more icons, a psd, an html and a wordpress theme)
Some tips for wordpress theming

I know most of you people love this website and I will try taking more time for the blog.

See you with the updates!

Cleanity Admin Skin

Onur Oztaskiran — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:27:11 +0000

Type: Admin & CMS Skin – Fully featured
Category: Html Site Template
Price: $12 USD

Wordzine Magazine Theme

Onur Oztaskiran — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:44:48 +0000

Type: Wordpress Theme
Category: Community Blog/Web Magazine
Price: $25 USD

Typography Matters, It Always Does.

Onur Oztaskiran — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:27:07 +0000

Whether it is for graphic design or web design, or any other medium that contains visual elements; typography is one of the top critical subjects that comes with a few important rules.

These rules are global. But for web design, it slightly differs from other mediums.

I Would Like to Remind You One Thing:

Design is essential, but when it comes to design for the web; the immortal motto is the same: “Content is king”.

Web design relating to the information design gets us to this point. People use the web for one main purpose: Information.

And since we still have a limited amount of font faces available for browser styles, we always have to consider users’ reading preferences.

Remember the “comic sans” era that dominated the amateur sites’ text type and banned with a huge word of mouth? There was a reason for it.

Type on the web need to be both aesthetic and easy to read. If you maximize the aesthetic level, you will loose readability. If you maximize readability, you may not have a design at all.

If you just noticed the slight change on my single blog page font, you will see what I mean.

The font you used to see in my blog detail page was the same with the font, Lucida Sans Unicode.

Which I think helped the whole concept of Monofactor stay intact, but maybe a little less readable on the long text parts.

So I changed the font to Helvetica, Arial on single blog pages.

This change I believe made the blog entry text even more readable.

In fact, my statistics show that the bounce rate went down and time on site has increased since the font change on the entries.

Like I said, typography matters =)

Goldmine Wordpress Theme

Onur Oztaskiran — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:54:39 +0000

Type: Wordpress Theme
Category: Portfolio Blog
Price: $25 USD

Fusion: Incredible Site Template

Onur Oztaskiran — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:53:24 +0000

Type: Html Template
Category: Creative Business
Price: $15 USD

Smart Admin High End CMS Skin

Onur Oztaskiran — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:51:52 +0000

Type: Html Template
Category: Admin Skins
Price: $10 USD