Sunday, July 25, 2010

Writing for the Web: Improve Your Skills in 9 Easy Steps

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They say that the pen is mightier that the sword. This is especially true when writing for the web, as we don’t usually see each other face to face. By Aidan

How to Improve Your Website With A/B Testing

In recent years, competition on the Internet has grown fiercer, and many businesses are looking for anything that gives them that competitive edge...a/b testing can help. By Kean Richmond

4 Dangerous Mistakes Web Designers Make When Presenting Content

Everybody these days knows that content is king. No website ever sold anything without content to persuade its readers to buy. And it’s the job of the web designer to present that content as effectively as possible. By D. Bnonn Tennant

Texture Used in Web Design: Examples, Best Practices, and How-To

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We're beginning to see these minimalistic and well-laid out designs come in not so plain ways. Modern designs are beginning to use more texture than before, but still using texture in an intelligent way to keep web spaces clean, organized, but just much more aesthetically pleasing. By Kayla Knight

50 unique and inspiring website designs

Unique and Inspiring Website Designs

This collection is comprised of websites offering many different services/merchandise. They're colorful, funny, artistic and more. What they all have in common is the fact that they do stand out a bit. By Hilde Torbjornsen

Planning and designing a custom web app

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So you've got a great idea for a new online tool, and you seemingly have many of the skills to create it. By Kayla Knight

Concrete5

Concrete5 is an extremely user friendly content management system. Content management systems (CMS) make life easier for the not so technical website owner. By Brant Wilson

Examples of Solid Colors in Web Design



With today’s trends in web design, it is hard to find websites that don’t incorporate gradients as their focal point. While gradients add detail, you can still achieve a good look with a less is more approach using solid colors. By Matthew Heidenreich

Anatomy of JavaScript Puzzle

What do we mean by JavaScript puzzle and what unique features does it have? JavaScript puzzle uses some simple features. To show the individual pieces of a picture it uses the concept of DHTML. Hence it gets rid from using multiple graphic files for various purposes. By Denbagus.net

25 Great Navigation Website Designs

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Navigation is very important to a design. It’s one of the first things a user looks at. Take a look at these designs and see how different some are and also, the various styles that each designer makes. By Julio A. Rivera

Cloud Computing, 10 Web Operating Systems



A Web Operating System is a Web platform which allows the user to use a virtual Desktop through a web browser rather than using any particular local operating system. By Teylor Feliz

40 Website Design Layout Tutorials that Yield Professional Results



When designing and developing a new website, it’s important to understand the fundamental techniques involved in web design, as well as targeted techniques for a given style. By Eric Shafer

Ultimate Guide to HTML Emails – Basics, Tips, Tutorials and Resources

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HTML emails is a great marketing tool, and if built good, they work great. In 2009 HTML email ROI was $43.52 for every dollar spent on it. If you are a freelancer be aware that sooner or later your clients will start asking for you to build HTML emails. By Daniels Mekss

Beginner's guide to content strategy



Consistently publishing content requires that we deal with a foe known as content management. Content management is just what it sounds like: a way to manage the creation and dissemination of content. By Andrew Maier

What CSS3 Can Do For You: CSS3 Generators and Other Helpful Tools

Here are some useful tools to help you in learning and manipulating CSS3. By Aext.net

Layersapp: Capture anything on your screen as a PSD layered image

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Wuonm, the guys behind Layersapp, are located in beautiful city of Madrid, Spain. It is privately funded Spanish company founded in the year 2006. With a lot of concentration on the Mac and iPhone platforms, Wuonm is formed by knowledgeable and skilled people who are devoted to programming and have enthusiasm to produce innovative and distinctive applications. By App Sheriff

Building Rich Internet Applications with Frameworks

Building Rich Internet Applications with Frameworks

JavaScript libraries, ICEfaces, Adobe Flash 4, Microsoft Silverlight, and now, HTML5 have been competing for web dominance as the world wide web is thrown into a new era — an era dominated by rich internet applications (RIA for short). By Eric Rowell

10 Interesting CSS3 Experiments and Demos

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You’ve heard it plenty of times before: We’re at the precipice of a transition in the way we, as developers, do things. By Jacob Gube

10 Stunning Email Newsletter Design

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Email Newsletter is one of the most powerful internet marketing tools and it has various useful functions. It keeps your loyal clients. It invites potential clients to receive updates about you. It helps you to build a unique relationship with them. By Dzineblog

UI Design Framework for Web Designers



Vincent (no last name given) has designed a beautiful, extremely useful, feature-rich interface design framework for web designers who create their initial design mock-ups in Adobe Illustrator. And it’s free for personal or commercial use (credit link required). By Jeffrey Zeldman