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Entries from December 2007

Summer Color Inspiration

December 29th, 2007 · No Comments

ColourLovers is known for palettes of color, with sets for every season. Here is a beautiful set of Summer Color Palettes for Inspiration. The palettes cover a variety of light and fun colors, reminiscent of summertime themes, like beaches and pool parties. The rest of the site also has a trove of other color related [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design

Open Source Software

December 26th, 2007 · No Comments

If you’re looking for the very best in open source software, check out Open Source Living. They provide a comprehensive archive of the web’s best open source software. Multiple categories are provided, like web, graphics, video, audio, and many more. Open Source Living also provides opportunities for developers to contribute and share their own software. [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design · Programming · Website Design

Web Development Cheat Sheet Guide

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

When a programming project is underway, it’s helpful to have resources at your disposal if problems arise. Whether you’re coding in CSS, HTML/XHTML, AJAX, XML, or using new MicroFormats, here is a web development cheat sheet guide for various programming languages. Having quality resources like these at your fingertips increases efficiency and productivity. And while [...]

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Tags: Programming · Website Design

Design Inspiration Gallery

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

For those looking to be inspired by top notch design aesthetics, check out this Design Inspiration Gallery. It’s full of designs for Logos, Business Cards, Flash Websites, and CSS Websites. All designs can be voted on, and the highest rated ones are given prominent placement and credit is always given to the designer. FaveUp is [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design · Website Design

Over 10000 Free Fonts

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is an amazing website full of more than 10,000 free fonts. The font preview and navigation may take some time to load, but once it does, this is one of the easiest fonts sites to peruse. Typeface previews are available in a list format, without excess clicking or separations between 10 or 20 fonts. [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design · Website Design

Web Design and Design Inspiration

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Sawse has posted a very helpful list of sites to visit for those needing some inspiring web site designs or design inspiration. They’ve categorized the list into 3 sections; inspiration, guides, and resources. The ever popular CSS Zen Garden is first on the list, but there are many more sites for professional and amateur designers [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design · Website Design

Free Icon Sets and Graphics

December 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Smashing Magazine has done a great job again by putting together a fantastic list of 20 free icon sets and graphics. Icon sets are always helpful for designers, especially when you have them on hand, and don’t have to go searching the far corners of the web to find high quality work. Icons are also [...]

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Tags: Graphic Design · Website Design

PHP 101: PHP for the Beginner

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Zend Developer Zone has a great set of tutorials on the programming language PHP. These are intended for anyone without any prior knowledge of PHP, but have an interest in learning how to program web applications with PHP. Even experienced programmers may find a useful hint or snippet of code. There are even sections covering [...]

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Tags: Programming

Web 2.0 Design Resources

December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Vandelay Design has a recent post filled with Web 2.0 Design Resources. Website design has become a very complex industry, with multiple sub-industries working together to create increasingly interactive features. However, the aesthetic design of a website has taken on a distinctive style in “web 2.0″ themes. Notable features of the style include the use [...]

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Tags: Website Design