By Daniels Mekšs on September 2, 2010
When building a website, there are so many things and aspects to keep in mind. It often happens that in that mess we forget about some basic things like favicon or maybe about dummy content removal from test site. It’s much easier to go trough all those things when you have all of them written down.
In this article you are going to find bunch of different checklists, questionnaires and tips covering almost everything for an upcoming website. You probably will need just one of these tools, so choose carefully. Read some tips and decide which tool fits the best for your project planning and development process. Continue reading “Ultimate List Of Web Design Checklists: Get Work Done!”
Posted in Development | Tagged automate, checklists, Development, questionnaires, webdesign
By Taimur Asghar on September 1, 2010
Designers are always attracted towards creative work and new sources for design inspiration. There are plenty of websites for getting inspiration like deviantArt, Behance Network, Flickr and many more. Since Flickr has started, it happens to be one of the biggest source of inspiration, there are also some groups that have been established to showcase the work of designers.
Today we have browsed the most valuable source of inspiration simply known as “Flickr” and extracted a useful list of groups for Logo and Web Design inspiration and displayed two images of sample work by members of these groups for your inspiration. Continue reading “20+ Awesome Flickr Groups for Logo and Web Design Inspiration”
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged flickr, Inspiration, logo, Roundup, showcase, web design
By przemek on September 1, 2010
Javascript is now extremely important. Some sites use javascript for a tiny enchantments, many of today’s webapps are depending on it, some of them are even totally written in js. In this article I’ll point out some important rules, how to use your javascript, which tools to use and what benefits you’ll gain from it.
Continue reading “Performance Optimization: How to Load your javascript faster!”
Posted in Development | Tagged cdn, javascript, jquery, labjs, optimization, packing, performance
By Hilde Torbjornsen on August 31, 2010
Just like there are different client types, and different people in general – there are a few different types of designers. In this article we will have a look at some of the characteristics of some of these and give you some tips on how to improve. Hopefully you will have a few good tips on how you can become an even better designer when you’re done with this article!
Continue reading “Discover What Type of Designer Are You?”
Posted in Design | Tagged Design, freelance, Types of Designer, webdesign
By Kevin Stanley on August 31, 2010
This article is the continued part 2 version of Getting Started with ZenCart. In part 1 we learned about ZenCart, and it’s basic files and getting started with the “Bare Bones” template. We also learned a little about the admin screen provided by ZenCart. In this part 2 version I will go more in depth about using and customizing ZenCart OpenSource Shopping Cart. Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with Zen Cart (Part 2)”
Posted in Tutorials | Tagged Development, ecommerce, guide, shopping cart, tutorial, ZenCart
By Matthew Corner on August 30, 2010
I recently read a forum thread about designers and developers, and the hourly rates they charge. One commenter made a great point, saying that you can start to charge more per hour, if you are more efficient, and faster at producing quality work, as long as quality is not compromised for speed. Apart from practice, how can you actually speed up your coding you may be thinking. Well there are plenty options out there to aid you in doing so. Continue reading “5 Killer Ways to Streamline your Coding Efficiency”
Posted in Development | Tagged coding, Development, Snippets, tips, tools, tricks
By Kevin Stanley on August 30, 2010
In this article I will be covering the basic installation and functionality of ZenCart eCommerce shopping cart. I have been using ZenCart on clients eCommerce websites for a while and found the most common questions about installing, and modifying along with the most edited files to get you up and running with ZenCart. I will also cover some basic theme creation for ZenCart as well. This should be an excellent starting point for everyone looking to setup an online store and create a custom look and feel. Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with Zen Cart (Part 1)”
Posted in Tutorials | Tagged Development, ecommerce, guide, shopping cart, tutorial, ZenCart
By Hilde Torbjornsen on August 29, 2010
Logo design showcases are quite popular these days, and it’s understandable as they come in all shapes and colors. Looking at how designers can take a complex message and turning it into a simple logo can be very inspiring to any designer. This time I’ve made a collection of green logos. Many have an eco-theme while others are just green because it’s a cool and fresh color.
Continue reading “Going Green with 75 Amazing Nature Friendly Logos”
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged green, Inspiration, logo, logo design, showcase
By Ari Suardiyanti on August 28, 2010
Whenever you visit website these days, every single one of them is trying to compete one and another. Despite the difference of products or services they offer, their mission remain the same: to engage their visitor or customer. If you find adding big text, icons, or illustrations on web design isn’t so entertaining anymore, let’s add textures.
Some web designs use solid or gradient colors as their background, others use illustration to make it look attractive. As for textures, you can add it as the background of a web design, create a certain effect on the text, or even add it to the buttons or other web graphic elements. In this post, we will show you 5 types of texture in web design for your inspiration. Continue reading “Get Inspired: Beautiful Examples of Textures in Web Design”
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Design, doodle, elegant, grunge, Inspiration, textures, vintage, webdesign
By Taimur Asghar on August 27, 2010
Use of Flash in a website means heavy use of animation, images, videos and sound effects, this is why they take lot of time to load, therefore users must have abundance of tolerance and patience . Although many users know about the loading procedure of flash sites but some of them don’t, so to eliminate this confusion designers use preload feature in flash websites.
Preloader is what you see before the main page appears. It can be done by simple bars or counters or percentage signs, but to make website interactive and stand out designers develop and implement creative ideas of making preloads. Continue reading “40 Creative Flash Preloaders for your Inspiration”
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Design, flash, Inspiration, Preloaders, showcase
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