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27 Must-Have Starter Kits For Web Designers. Starter kits are great timesavers for web designers and they are particularly useful for those who often create mock-ups for project pitching on daily basis.

27 Must-Have Starter Kits For Web Designers

If you are a designer-cum-programmer think of it as your code snippets So what’s in a starter kit? We think it varies – depending on what each designer routinely worked with. For GUI designers, keeping a copy of form elements (buttons, checkboxes, tab, drop down menus, etc) helps speed up the process of creating screens and layouts; on the other hand, browser (IE, Firefox Safari) templates with web safe area keep web designers reminded how/where they should prioritize their contents. Experienced designers will usually customize and keep a personal version of starter kit, some might have few too! In today’s article, we attempt to show you some of the best design starter kit we’ve come to know. GUI, Form Elements and Web Components Yahoo’s Design Stencil Kit Probably one of the most complete kit for designers. Browser Screens Templates. Get your Blog Mobile Ready in 5 Minutes for FREE. In case if you are reading this on your Mobile device, by now you would have got used to the nicer mobile interface powered by our mobile site m.technofriends.in.

Get your Blog Mobile Ready in 5 Minutes for FREE

For the mobile site, we are using a relatively new, but very easy to use service from a Bangalore based MobileMotion. The product (now in private beta) is called MobStac Blogger and in this article, i will walk you through the very simple process of setting up the mobile edition of your blog and the features provided by the product.

As the service is in private beta, you must use the coupon code TECHNOFAN when signing up for the service (as mentioned in the steps below). Features provided by MobStac Blogger 1.) 2.) 3.) Apart from the above, MobStac Blogger will soon also add support for choosing themes. Steps you need to follow to get your mobile website up and running. 1.) 4.) Do give MobStac a spin and share your experience in the comments section below. Update 1 a. B. C. How to Design a Clean Business Website with Photoshop. The focus of this template is on a design agency that offers a range of web-based services.

How to Design a Clean Business Website with Photoshop

The primary aim of the page we’re designing, therefore, is to promote what the business does and what services they provide. This is the first part of a tutorial on building a clean business website. This first part will focus on creating the design in Photoshop, and in the second part, will focus on converting the PSD outcome to a working XHTML template.

"Clean Business Website" Series Final Result Here’s a screenshot of the design we’ll be creating. Overview In this tutorial, I’m going to assume that you have a basic understanding of Photoshop and know how to do basic tasks such as adding text, drawing shapes, and resizing/rotating objects. My goal in this walkthrough is to show that you don’t always need lots of fancy effects in a design to make a nice-looking template. The design we’re going to build has a header that contains the name of the company and the navigation area. Create the Document.