Here is a handy tutorial for those looking to create websites in CSS. The key feature of this guide is that it is a specific CSS Slicing Guide. That means you can learn how to prepare and export a design mock-up or image, for example in Adobe Photoshop, and create a “sliced” and coded XHTML [...]
CSS Slicing Guide
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
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Free Website Tools and Services
March 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Entrepreneur.com has corralled together The Top Ten Free Website Tools and Services. As they appropriately mention, there are a lot of great tools and services that provide a quality product at a great price. But in the spirit of the internet being a public place to share and build together, free tools that are genuinely [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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Fonts and Typefaces for Professional Design
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Smashing Magazine consistently makes pertinent posts with numerous resources for designers. If you can handle the scrolling and load time, check out their list of 80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design. They discuss a range of font or typeface choices for designers and web developers to use for a variety of projects. The classic fonts [...]
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Free Open Source Website Templates, Tools, and Resources
November 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Design Vitality has posted a list of 100 Web Design Template Sources, Tools and Resources for web designers. The unique aspect of these web development resources is that they utilize the Open Source Model. The focus is on collaborative development, and intellectual property restrictions are more relaxed. These templates and tools are very helpful for [...]
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