Essential Free Photoshop GUI Elements For Designers
FreebiesBy TimothyBlake · On June 14, 2010 An essential compilation which consists of some good GUI elements which are useful design resources for designers, who are working on web design projects a great way to speed up the overall design process with some ready made design resources available to download for free of charge. GUIFX Elements Pack “Victor” Wireframe stencils Token
Sliding JavaScript Dropdown Menu
This script has been replaced by a new with multi-level support here. This lightweight JavaScript drop down menu script (~1.6kb) allows you to easily add smooth transitioning dropdowns to your website. This can be used for navigation, dropdown lists, info panels, etc. The script has been tested working in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera and Safari. The markup for the menu including the mouse events looks like the following.
Upcoming Trends of Web Design in 2010
In 2010 we are seeing the continued mainstreaming of everyday goods and services onto the internet. As everything becomes virtual, the internet becomes the first port of call when a person needs a new good or requires a new service. More and more people, from all walks of life, are becoming familiar with the internet. Particularly in the last year, as smart-phones introduce the concept of web-services to people who would not normally have exposure to an internet connected computer. This changes typical user expectations and influences how clients want to market on the web.
50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers - Smashing Magazine
Being a web designer is not easy. Not only do we need to have a good understanding about visual design, typography, information architecture, psychology and a plethora of other disciplines; in our work, we need to take care of so many details, so that our job becomes more and more time-consuming, requiring dozens of tools, attention span and an effective workflow for beautiful, timely and functional results. And this is where small time-savers become handy. Be it a handy checklist, batch installer, dummy image generator or converter from Excel spreadsheet to HTML — all these things can save us a couple of minutes every day, making our work easier and more efficient.
40 Fantastic Pricing Tables for Your Inspiration
When selling a product or service online, a pricing plan is a not simply a portal the user has to click through to purchase their item. It allows you, as the merchant, do drive you’re deal home, and provide alternative deals that will secure you further purchases. It follows then, that the pricing plan’s on your website shouldn’t be neglected, and should offer the most important information to the end-user, in an intuitive easy-to-use way. Below are 40 fantastic examples of pricing tables / plans that show how successful companies are engaging their users in their pricing plans, from simple tables, to feature lists, to make your own plan tools. Each example briefly examines the pricing plan, so you can see for yourself what it is doing.
Create a Cool 3D Graffiti Text Effect using Line Art in Photoshop
Graffiti style text has a variety of applications in modern art, advertising and other forms of design. While it can be created with 3D programs, similar effects can also be achieved using pure Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to take a line art sketch of text and turn it into a 3D graffiti style text effect using some simple techniques and stock images.
38 jQuery And CSS Drop Down Multi Level Menu Solutions
Hello again, it’s time for the comprehensive programming article. Here you’ll find 38 mainly CSS and jQuery dropdown menu or just multi level menus with downloadable files and explanations as well. Mostly they are free. My favorite here is the first pick – Outside the box with a very unique navigation menu (free) and Mega Menu, which is premium. It’s always good to have such reference articles in your bookmarks and when you have to create some really big website with a lot of content and menu sections – just return here.
20+ Online Tools for Website Validation and Testing
As you probably know already, it’s important to check and test your Website to help ensure that it looks great and works beautifully regardless of the browser or platform used. Testing a website before launch is one thing that you cannot afford to take lightly. Just like a minor negligence while constructing a building can cost life of millions of residents , the same way a small error left unnoticed can prove to be fatal for your website. Therefore, this implies that we must run our website through all necessary tests. This includes CSS Errors, HTML Errors, Cross browsing Errors, WAP Errors (if your site is WAP enabled) and various other tests.Below is the list of Online Tools for Website Validation and Testing. So make it sure that you go through this post and run all the necessary tests on your website before making it live.
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40 High Quality CSS and XHTML Web Layout Templates :Speckyboy Design Magazine
Are you looking for a quick and easy to edit platform to speed up your web design process? Well, you have come to right place. We have collected 50 fantastic pre-built responsive HTML5 templates that with just a little bit of creative tweaking will have your web design project live in no time. And the best thing is they are all FREE! A readymade template is the perfect option for you to build a powerful website for your business.
40 Inventive Fantasy Art Tutorials Using Photoshop
Photo Montage technique always need to share with others, so we are sharing some beautiful imaginations about fantasy art using Adobe Photoshop, As designers, of course, we are exceptional with large amounts of imagination that helps us create cool and exclusive images. We tend to formulate a meaningful image that expresses cognizant and sub-conscious desires. Whatever the ingredients of the fantasy scene are, the results are always the same, beautiful, mysterious and thought provoking. The real beauty is that it could be anything that your imagination can gather. Read through these cool fantasy art tutorials and learn new techniques of photo manipulations, creating awesome effects and many others with Adobe Photoshop, hope you will like all of these listed tutorials and also can share in your comments you own fantasy inspirations for others. Create an Out of Bounds Fantasy Illustration
Create a Fancy Search Box using CSS
Nowadays, most websites come with a search box to improve surfing experience. To make your website looks good, beside having a nice looking theme, you would need a fancy search box to replace the classic ones. Let’s start 1.
20 Fresh & Easy To Follow Photoshop Web Interface Tutorials
Posted by Daniel in Photoshop, Tutorials on June 24th, 2010 with 7 Comments With the introduction to our community news, we have been receiving some great resources and articles. But many have been tutorials created by up and coming creative blogs such as trendyTUTS & GraphStock. Also with the overwhelming success of our first web interface showcase we had to do another! In today’s resource showcase we are featuring 20 easy to follow photoshop web interface tutorials, with utilizing your new design skills you may also be featured in the coming weeks! Please note that clicking on the screenshot below will take you to the full tutorial.
20 Fresh High Quality Free Fonts - Smashing Magazine
Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have to. In this selection we’re glad to present you Kilogram, Adelle, Ayita Pro, Hattori Hanzo Typeface, Andron, Tertre, Luxi Sans, Sapir, Otari and a couple of other high-quality free fonts. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the fonts — the license can change from time to time. 20 Fresh High Quality Free Fonts Link
