Welcome to the new decade! In the last decade we have witnessed a new emergence of the world wide web, specially after the dot com bubble-burst. This new emergence not only marked newer and more innovative applications of the internet and it’s contents, it also opened up a whole new …
2 January 2010
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We have seen it happen for MySpace, we have seen it happen for Blogger, now it’s time for Twitter. Backgrounds, styles & templates are always in demand and they seem to make it big whenever a successful site offers those customizations. I was looking for some Twitter backgrounds and was …
12 December 2009
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What’s so special about portfolio designs? Well, it is a showcase of a designer’s talents, works and unique style all combined in one. A designer whose own site stands out from the rest of the web is surely to get some serious attention. Here’s a showcase of 10 beautiful and different portfolio designs to draw some inspiration.
22 November 2009
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Serif fonts are often preferred for body text, as they are considered easier to read than the sans-serif fonts. Moreover, serif fonts are great for classic and retro style designs, both in web and in print. So if you have been looking for serif fonts for that classic piece of …
18 November 2009
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The main advantage of vector graphics is flexibility. Vectors can be scaled to any size without a loss of quality. And that makes it excellent to be used in web designing. Here’s a set of 7 beautiful vector patterns you can download and use.
17 November 2009
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A good navigation system has always been important for websites. Not only does it open up a website’s contents to its visitors, but also provides an opportunity to stand out if it can be designed and made to function well. Previously a good way of displaying “cool” navigation was by …
10 November 2009
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Web development requires the use of several softwares. From imaging, designing, coding to usability testing and deployment, several softwares come into use regularly to create the most beautiful and useful websites. These softwares are often pretty expensive and not-so-flexible. Enter open source. Open source softwares are fast becoming preferred alternatives …
8 November 2009
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If you liked our previous collection of Photoshop brushes, here’s more. This collection comprises of 240+ “Splatter” brushes you can use to create wonderful effects with Photoshop.
2 November 2009
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As of October 2009, WHATWG (Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group) announced that the specifications of the next major revision of HTML, known as HTML5, is in the “last call” state. As we wait for the next generation of HTML, people across the globe have already started designing their sites …
1 November 2009
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I have more than often come across queries about image optimization. There are times when you simply need to resize some image dimensions for fitting your web page or maybe reduce the image file size for faster loading or crop the image to highlight a particular part or create a …
27 October 2009
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I have always loved cartoons! Right from my childhood days till now cartoons have somehow attracted me. So I am, obviously, pretty amazed to see how thousands of websites and blogs use cartoony designs nowadays. Saying that, here are 15 of the most notable sites using cartoony themes to inspire …
21 October 2009
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It’s really boring to see the typical page-not-found error on the browser. Not only is it boring, but once you reach there you have no other options but to either press the back button or re-type and url. So everytime a visitor to your site lands on a broken page, …
16 October 2009
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Photoshop is probably the most popular and widely used designing and image editing software. It’s powers can further be greatly enhanced with the help of some essential cheatsheets and references which you can download.
15 October 2009
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