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Think Design | Graphic Design Freebies, Resources, and Inspirati. Spyre Studios - Web-Design & Inspiration Blog. MyInkBlog. InstantShift | Web Designers and Developers Daily Resource. Blogging. Screenalicio.us - Get inspired! Oriental Gallery - Oriental Design Inspiration, We Show Websites Design You Have Never Seen. 101 Best Websites - CSS Showcase, Flash and Javascript portfolio. The Daily Slurp. CSSloaf - The all in one CSS website gallery. Web Design Inspiration, CSS Gallery and Video Review Podcast - Unmatchedstyle.com. One Pixel Army | CSS Web Gallery | Web Design Inspiration. CSS Based Web Design Gallery - Designers love nature! The Design Inspiration - Daily Logo Designs, Illustration Art, Website Showcase, Photos and Patterns.

StyleVault – Web design showcase. Popular Links. Best Web Gallery - Flash + CSS Gallery. CSS Drive- Categorized CSS gallery and examples. CSSclip | web design inspiration and gallery. CSSMania. Noupe Design Blog. Inspired Rookies: The Most Popular and Ever Useful Web Designing Tools. This is the fist post in a new Inspired Mag series dedicated to design newbies / beginners / rookies etc – designers with less than 20 different pieces in their portfolio and (almost) no followers on Dribble. If you feel Web design plays a great role in many aspects of a website; one of which is the physical or the overall layout. While some bloggers or webmasters do not dwell much on the physical side of their sites, it is still very important to attract visitors and boost readership.

The physical aspect is still very important for your site’s success, thus, you cannot just afford to sacrifice its importance. This, however, wouldn’t be possible without the help of the web designing tools which have always been the best friends of any webmasters or graphic designers. Web design does not necessarily mean graphic representation; it also includes CSS formatting, scripting and coding. 1. This is one of the pioneering software for graphic editing. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Web Design File | Web Design Inspiration / Web Design Awards.

Fresh Perspectives – Presented by the All-New Lexus CT Hybrid. Design Inspiration + Visual Art Inspiration | Designflavr | Web Creme | Web design inspiration. Network :: Gallery. Computerlove - Contemporary Creative Culture. A selection of graphic projects.

Carbonmade : Your online portfolio. Fuel Your Creativity. Jamie Wieck - Design, Illustration & Creative Thinking. The Import / Design Inspiration / Design Blog. Web design showcase » Blog Archive » Design Slurp. The Slurp Network | Apple Slurp. Web Design Gallery | The Web's Best Websites Showcase for Inspiration » screenfluent. The Inspired List. Must Read Inspirational Blogs & Websites for Creatives #6. What do you mean your RSS reader is already full? You don’t wanna see mine! Anyway, this week we’re featuring some new, inspirational and (unfortunately) must read blogs for all you design, freelancing & creative ppl out there.

Type Goodness This is a showcase, as well as a resource of inspiration and finding anything related to type. We cover anything from Digital, to Print, to showcasing free fonts Theme Flash The primary purpose of this site is to act as a platform for sharing web design related knowledge and resources Devise Function Devise Function was launched in January 2010 by professional web designer Matthew Heidenreich, who currently runs the website providing tutorials and resources to developers and designers across the web Johnny Holland Magazine Johnny is the means through which we communicate, with respect for his character.

Pattern Pulp App Sites Daily showcase of great Mac & iPhone app websites Now – you! Pass4sure offers you latest 642-746 tutorials! Must Read Inspirational Blogs & Websites for Creatives #5. Here we are again, showcasing some 10 cool new blogs & websites we come across lately aka Inspired Websites. Feel free to leave a comment and suggest other interesting stuff for the creative community. MIX Online An opinionated group of designers and developers providing thoughtful, relevant articles & opinions that encourage friendly dialogue. A must-follow! Web Without Words A visual playground. Every week they take a popular and known website and reconstruct it by removing all words and images, replacing them with blocks (what is typical in the “concepting” phase of a design process) Doctype Doctype is the show for people who make websites, and is hosted by Nick Pettit and Jim Hoskins of Done21 Lounge Nuvelle Lounge Nouvelle is a collaboration of individuals writing about the issues and trends of society and contemporary culture DJ Designer Lab New blog with design trends, news & ideas Success Secrets of the Graphic Design Superstars Josh Medrano Creative Roots Inspect Element Zavose.

Uber Best: 9 Fresh Roundups With The Coolest Articles From The Design Community. OK, here is an impressive list of over 150 amazing articles so please use it carefully. Do not read everything today, and if you get a headache while bookmarking, please call your doctor :] PSDtuts: Best of the Web – July 2009 The month of July had a lot of interesting articles on furthering one’s self as a designer. Whether you are looking to become famous, or more proficient and informed, we got you covered. Also, did you know that marketing tips from a children’s lemonade stand can help you market yourself as a designer? Well all that is included in this month’s web roundup. Flashtuts: Best of the Web – July 2009 With another month having come and gone, it’s always nice to take a look at what it had to offer us on the web.

Vectortuts: Best of the Web – July 2009 Each month we round up some of the best vector content on the web and post it here for everyone to enjoy. MyInkBlog: Best of the Design Community, July 2009 This month’s roundup focuses a lot on HTML 5 and CSS 3 techniques. Inspired Daily Bookmarks – volume 1. Trend Hunting. 10 Outstanding Data-Viz Blogs that You Probably Don’t Know – But Should! This is a special guest post by Tiago Veloso from Visual Loop – a non-stop stream of Infographics, Maps, Charts and many other Visualization Goodies, with lots of new posts everyday. Be sure to check out Tiago’s first massive hit on Inspired Mag – Info-Visualization Through the Eyes and Talent of 10 Brazilian Designers As the Christmas Season arrives, and 2010 comes to an end, nothing more proper than a “gift” for all you awesome Inspired readers. No, I’m not making a Christmas infographic round-up this time, as perhaps some of you might expected for my monthly contribution.

Instead, today I bring a selection of Infographic blogs that are not as popular as the main ones, simply because most of them are new, but nevertheless, worth following. Everyday Venn Everyday Venn is the playful expression of language and its relationships. Some of my favorites: Encouragement Revenge Efficiency Famous Rivalries And we thank you, Justin!! Edison vs. Facebook vs. Sperm Whale vs. Visualising Data Tha Singers. CreativeDepart: Supporting Creative Journeys. Tips for Designers, Bloggers and Tech Users. Webmasters Tools. Ultimate Resource list of Patterns and Backgrounds. Have you been in search of that perfect pattern or background to enhance your latest design? Well look no further! In this post I have compiled a great list of websites that offer an amazing selection of unique patterns and backgrounds for you to use in your designs.

So take advantage of these great resources by incorporating one of these patterns in your next creation. Enjoy! Shizoo-design.de shizoo-design.de k10k.net k10k.net hugemagazine.com hugemagazine.com colourlovers.com colourlovers.com patternwall.com patternwall.com theinspirationgallery.com theinspirationgallery.com bgpatterns.com bgpatterns.com pixeldecor.com pixeldecor.com squidfingers.com squidfingers.com thedesigninspiration.com thedesigninspiration.com idesignpatterns.com idesignpatterns.com www.noqta.it www.noqta.it kollermedia.at kollermedia.at pattern8.com pattern8.com twitterpatterns.com twitterpatterns.com everydayicons.jp everydayicons.jp photoshopedia.com photoshopedia.com fbrushes.com fbrushes.com stripedbgs.com stripedbgs.com tilemachine.com.

Web Design from Scratch - Web Design Articles, Tutorials & Resources. Links - Design. A Year of Design Lists - Articles and Features. DesignFloat - Web Design News & Tips. CSS Nature Gallery | Showcasing the Best Website Designs Worldwide. Visualsafe | webdesign inspiration. CSSelite.com – CSS Gallery » Showcasing the best in CSS web design and development. Web Design Blog - Designers Inspiration Community - Web Development Blog - Web Design Blog – DesignM.ag. Web Design Gallery | The Web's Best Websites Showcase for Inspiration » screenfluent. Web Design Inspiration, CSS Gallery | Design Fridge.

Siiimple. Design|snips | Collecting Snippets of Good Design. Make Better Websites - Inspiration & Showcase for Quality Design and CSS Websites. DONE - Daily Design Workout 2008 - design inspiration ideas creativity typography. Screenalicio.us - Get inspired! Styleboost. Design Snack/ CSS, HTML and Flash Web Design Gallery. One Pixel Army | CSS Web Gallery | Web Design Inspiration. Readers Pick: 16 Sites for Web Design Inspiration. A while back I wrote "Where to Go to Find Design Inspiration", where I listed some of my favorite places to peruse when I’m looking for design inspiration.

At the end, I posed the following question to the readers: "Where do you go for design inspiration? ", and asked that you contribute suggestions. This is a list of places that readers have recommended. Some I haven’t heard of, and several I’ve added to my own favorites list. Without further ado – I present 16 sites that you visit for design inspiration. 1. Suggested by: chandan (Digg profile) I’ve written about The Best Designs before, so I didn’t list it down this time around. 2.

CSS Remix is (according to their tag line): "A Fresh Blend of the Best-Designed Web 2.0 Sites", though there are some non-Web 2.0 themed sites included as well. 3. Suggested by: Pat of Atrick Design CSS Mania is a regularly updated CSS-based web design gallery that includes many design genres. 4. screenfluent Suggested by: Damien 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. CSSREMIX.

CSSclip | web design inspiration and gallery. Creattica. Trend Hunting. Design Informer - The Latest in Web and Graphic Design. Design Gallery, Deals, Tutorials & Community. 55+ Extremely Useful Online Generators for Designers. In 2008 when I launched my personal blog to share my experiences, I decided to call it Balkhis instead of using my full name (Syed Balkhi). As time passed on, I regretted that decision because it created a lot of confusion. People thought that my last name was Balkhis instead of Balkhi. I basically combined my last name with the first letter of my first name.I was @syedbalkhi across all social media platforms, so the brand wasn’t consistent.People didn’t know about my personal blog as much because they didn’t relate Balkhis with me.

Well as I focus more on my personal brand in 2015, I made the crucial move of switching domain names. As you noticed with this change, I got a new site design. I didn’t want to spend too much time creating a custom theme, so I used my friend Michael Hyatt’s theme which you too can buy if you like: GetNoticed. I did customize it to give it a bit of personal touch.

The main reason why I chose this theme is because of all the amazing functionality it comes with. pForm - Free HTML Form Builder - Create Web Form Template Online. 20 Tools to Make the Life of a Web Developer Easier. Developing a well-rounded aesthetically pleasing website can be a daunting task even for the most seasoned web developer. You must identify current trends and standards and determine ways to incorporate them into your designs. Luckily, there are many free tools which are available that can help you speed up your efforts and work in a more efficient manner. Below are 20 tools which are sure to benefit all developers. Typetester Typetester is an online application for comparing how different fonts and font attributes will appear on a given set of text. Its primary role is to make the life of a web designer easier by allowing them to quickly and easily visually compare different typefaces. pForm Create a php form in seconds with this free and easy to use tool.

ColourLovers An international site created for color lovers. Firebug Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. HTML Entity Character Lookup 960 Grid System Em Calculator. The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers. Cheat sheet is a reference tool that provides simple, brief instructions for accomplishing a specific task. We have collated a set of best cheat sheets for web developers. It includes some of the popular programming language, e.g. jQuery, Mootools, Prototype, PHP, MySQL and etc… Please feel free to suggest some of the cheat sheets we did not mention. 1. jQuery Cheat Sheet 2.

Mootools Cheat Sheet 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. extJs Cheat Sheet 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Web Design Cheat Sheet : 70+ Cheat Sheet Resources for Web Designers. Posted By Thomson Chemmanoor Cheat sheats, or reference sheets, are a helpful and quick way to remember things. Web designers, by nature of their work, are forced to cram their heads with TONS of information ranging in many different areas. In this particular post, we have created a dynamite list of 70+ helpful cheat sheets we found on the web to help web designer’s manage all this information. If you are a web designer/web developer looking for reference sheets on HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, JAVASCRIPT, PHOTOSHOP, COLORS & HTACCESS, this list is for you! Also comment on your favorite cheat sheets and any other which we have missed. HTML Cheat Sheets 1.HTML Cheatsheet from Web Monkey for Beginners 2.Forget what some of the tags in HTML do? 3.List of up-to-date HTML tags / codes Cheat Sheet 4.HTML cheat sheet is a one-page A4 printable document 6.A free online cheatsheet by VisiBone 7.HTML Code Cheat Sheet to look up HTML tags 8.HTML Cheat Sheet lesliefranke.com 9.HTML Cheat Sheet by Dave Child 14.

100+ Resources for Web Developers | BlogWell. Photo Credit: SMITHMag Update #1 – March 14, 2008 Update #2 – September 22, 2008 Translated into Italian at Geekissimo There is some amazing stuff out there on the Web–resources, tools, tricks, and tips. So we’ve put together a list of over 100 resources to help make your life as a developer easier; where to find snippets of code, sites that automate processes, cheat sheets, lessons, useful tools and a couple of silly videos to give your brain a break if you make it through to the end. Code Photo Credit: Josh Lewis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. .htaccess Creator Online tool to create .htaccess files 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. jQuery jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you write your web pages. Cool Online Tools Photo Credit: Stavros Markopoulos 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.

Documentation and Reference Photo Credit: Perreira 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Testing Photo Credit: Sebastian Bergmann 49. 50. Creattica. Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials. InstantShift | Web Designers and Developers Daily Resource. Learn How to Make Websites | Mozilla Developer Network.

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Logo and Graphics Generator. Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers. CSS Cheat Sheet. HTML Cheatsheet. CSS Basics. Web Developer's Handbook | CSS, Web Development, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc. Vitaly Friedman's The Web Developer's Handbook creativity | css galleries & showcases | color tools | color schemes, palettes | color patterns | fashion: colors selection | color theory | royalty free photos | css daily reading | web design daily reading | css layouts | css navigation menus | css techniques | css: software & Firefox Extensions | css-web-tools & services | html-web-tools & services | accessibility checkers | miscellaneous tools | ajax | javascript | DOM | fonts | typography | RSS | CMS | blogging | specifications | usability & accessibility | add a link (free) | seo tools | seo references | howtogetthingsdone | freelancers resources | web2.0 | 2read Advertise here!

Creativity css: selected showcases css galleries & showcases color tools color schemes, palettes color patterns fashion: colors selection color theory royalty free photos specifications usability & accessibility add a link (free) seo tools seo references howtogetthingsdone freelancers web 2.0 2read: this week. Inspiration - Smashing Magazine. 40 Online Generators for Web Designers Should Bookmark. Online Generators for Web Designers can be a great way to save time in your web design projects. High-quality generators can create graphics or code or even layouts in a matter of seconds or minutes, things that might take an hour or more if done by hand. Online generator are those tools that help us to create those popular “XHTML valid” CSS banners, micro buttons or css website templates in seconds.

In such cases online generators can be of great help which do the necessary job and some tools don’t have to be downloaded also. We all know that backgrounds play a crucial role in a design. Web Designers sometimes spend a lot of time in making pattern or stripe backgrounds and there are also tool to help you out here. In this article, I have listed some of the online generators that can save you some time and still give you great results. Advertisement 1. 2. The web form generator from Web Form Factory automatically generates he necessary backend code to tie your form to a database. 3. 6. 30 Must See Web Generator for Lazy Webmasters.

Here’s a list of 70 hand-picked, easy to use, and free web generators that will save you tons of time and energy. I have grouped these tools into 10 categories: Color Palettes, Robots.txt, Website Screenshots, Favicons, Web Backgrounds, Webpage Elements (buttons, tabs, etc), Memes, Forms, Logos, and Dummy Texts. The best part about these tools is that they are completely free (some need you to signup though). If you are looking ways speed up your work and channel more time and energy to new content ideas and marketing strategies, I believe the list is a must-bookmark. According to my last check on WordPress.com stats, there were more than 42 million blogposts published in May 2014 – and that’s just WordPress.com alone.

Who has the time to create everything from scratch these days? Category #1: Color Palettes Generator Functions/Details: To generate color palettes based on image input.Allow users to compare, review, and select color combination at ease. Palette Generator Pictaculous Kuler. Loads.in - test how fast a webpage loads in a real browser from over 50 locations worldwide. Font Generator.