Archive for the Web Design Category

35 Excellent Wireframing Resources

35 Excellent Wireframing Resources

Wireframing is one of the most valuable parts of any web design project. It can save a designer tons of time by hashing out the details of a site’s architecture, functionality, and content prior to actually starting a visual design. But if done ine.. Read More

Usability, Web Design | 12.7.09 | 4 Comments

Designing Websites for Kids: Trends and Best Practices

Designing Websites for Kids: Trends and Best Practices

How would you like to design a beautiful, colorful, stimulating website that is captivating, memorable, and allows you to let your creative juices flow without the need to worry too much about conventional usability and best practices? In today’s w.. Read More

Be a Designer, Web Design | 12.6.09 | No Comments

100 Premium Like But Free Wordpress Themes: Year 2009

100 Premium Like But Free Wordpress Themes: Year 2009

1. TouchRiver Free Wordpress Theme Touchriver is a 2 column widgetized magazine theme. Theme is enabled with javascript based custom fonts, featured post slider, About Us section, flickr gallery etc. View Demo 2. Cypher Free Wordpress Theme .. Read More

Web Design, Wordpress | 12.6.09 | 6 Comments

10 Ways to Green Your Home Office

10 Ways to Green Your Home Office

If you’re a freelancer who works at home full time or most of the time, give yourself a pat on the back. You’re doing the planet a great service. By working at home you’re reducing the use of fuels and limiting the amount of pollution gener.. Read More

Feng Shui, Web Design | 12.6.09 | 3 Comments

The Best jQuery Plugins of 2009

The Best jQuery Plugins of 2009

Content Sliders This year we saw a growing popularity in using content sliders as a way to display several pieces of content within a limited area or to engage the user with the sliding animation. Normally this is done in a featured banner area near.. Read More

Web Design, Wordpress | 12.6.09 | 1 Comment

Top 5 Most Popular Colors

Top 5 Most Popular Colors

Colors can affect the usability of your Web site. Web browsers have standard colors that are used for links (blue for links, violet for visited links, and red for active links). When you use other colors, you run the risk of confusing your customers... Read More

Web Design | 11.13.09 | No Comments

Beginner’s Guide To Ruby On Rails: Part 2

Last week we published Getting Started With Ruby On Rails, the first part of our Ruby On Rails introduction. We explained basic ideas behind Ruby and presented concepts and essential components of the language. In this article you’ll learn more abo.. Read More

Web Design | 06.6.09 | No Comments

Getting Started With Ruby On Rails

If you’re a Web developer who’s been curious about Ruby on Rails but has never gotten around to trying it out because you couldn’t find a suitable overview of its advantages, then this article is for you. We want to bring Ruby on Rails close.. Read More

Web Design | 06.6.09 | No Comments

53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without

53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without

CSS is important. And it is being used more and more often. Cascading Style Sheets offer many advantages you don’t have in table-layouts - and first of all a strict separation between layout, or design of the page, and the information, presented on.. Read More

CSS | 06.6.09 | No Comments

None Profit Website Design

None Profit Website Design

Non profit websites share many of the same best practices as any website. They need to be user friendly, easily navigable, and use appropriate fonts, colors, and other design elements. But often a non profit website needs to offer more than your typi.. Read More

Web Design | 06.6.09 | No Comments