Free Html Theme: ProFolio

March 1st, 2012
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Daily Inspiration #1070

February 29th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

50+ Fresh Examples of Creative Coming Soon Page Design

February 29th, 2012
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InstantShift

When launching a new web app, or site, it can help to start marketing early. A “coming soon” page has several different purposes. Firstly, it allows you to show a teaser of your new app to people and to start the ball rolling with building the excitement. Secondly, it allows… read more

40 Examples of Brilliant Responsive Website Layouts

February 29th, 2012
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Specky Boy

Responsive web design become a very popular trend in 2011. It’s likely something we’ll see continuing well into 2012 as designers are beginning to support a myriad of mobile devices. Building layouts for the web can be tough, but inspiration is a huge factor.

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Daily Inspiration #1069

February 28th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Mission Transition

February 28th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Life and nature are one big transition. The sun slowly rises to mark a new day and then slowly sets to mark the end of the day and the beginning of night. We are created in the womb and from small cells we grow, are born and gradually age until… read more

Mozilla Marketplace: The One-Stop-Shop App Store for All Devices?

February 28th, 2012
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Web App Storm

If you had to pick a device that either had any native app you wanted other than a browser, or one that only had a browser and no other offline apps, which would you pick? Chances are, you’d pick the device with a browser. The internet’s a great place for… read more

Logo Design in 2011, A Case Study

February 28th, 2012
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InstantShift

2011 was the year that defined the importance of HTML5 and CSS3 and the best proves are the websites and applications based on these. In spite of this fulminate ascension, many other web design domains exploded or continued the expansion in the previous year. Logo design is one of… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.122)

February 28th, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

21 Examples of Fixed Position Menus in Web Design

February 28th, 2012
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Web Design Ledger

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A fixed position menu is that one that is fixed relative to the browser window, not only to the page, which means that if you scroll up and down the fixed menu will remain in the same position – so the user can quickly access the… read more

What’s All The Fuss About Vendor Prefixes?

February 28th, 2012
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What’s All The Fuss About Vendor Prefixes?

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Daily Inspiration #1068

February 27th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text?

February 27th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Depending on who you follow and what you read, you may have noticed the concept of “responsive text” being discussed in design circles recently. It’s not what you might imagine — resizing and altering the typography to make it easier to read on a range of devices — but rather… read more

Sony Announces Two New Xperia Smartphones

February 26th, 2012
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Mashable

As expected, Sony unveiled its Xperia P and Xperia U dual-core smartphones at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona on Sunday. It was the first press conference for Sony since it spun off Ericsson, with Sony’s smartphones now originating from a division called Sony Mobile Communications.

The first new addition… read more

Award Winning CSS-Based Websites For Your Inspiration

February 26th, 2012
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Award Winning CSS-Based Websites For Your Inspiration

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Best of the Week #211

February 25th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites

February 24th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

As Web designers and developers, each project we work with has a unique set of goals and requirements. But one goal we have for all of our projects is that we want them to make an impression on people — we want the websites that we create to be memorable.

A… read more

All About jQuery: Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins and Tutorials

February 24th, 2012
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Noupe

Every designer knows that jQuery is not only a handy tool, but it is also very popular and widely implemented. Thus, they try to master their jQuery skills. If you fit into this category then this post of over 40 fresh and cool jQuery plugins and tutorials is for you…. read more

Design Centric And Layered CSS Files

February 24th, 2012
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Design Centric And Layered CSS Files

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How To Create Pretty Search Forms With CSS

February 24th, 2012
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How To Create Pretty Search Forms With CSS

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Fancy FAQ page using CSS3 only

February 24th, 2012
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Fancy FAQ page using CSS3 only

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Sociality – Free and Premium Social Media Icon Set (CSS3 & PNG)

February 24th, 2012
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Sociality – Free and Premium Social Media Icon Set (CSS3 & PNG)

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5 Useful CSS3 Tools and Generators

February 23rd, 2012
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5 Useful CSS3 Tools and Generators

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We Have 3 Copies of ‘HTML & CSS – Design and Build Websites’ to Giveaway – Comment to Enter

February 23rd, 2012
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What a giveaway we have for you this week! We have three paperback copies of quite possibly the most beautifully designed web design book ever written (check out the screenshots below). It is called HTML & CSS – Design and Build Websites and has been written by Jon… read more

26 Fresh jQuery & CSS3 Tutorials From 2012

February 23rd, 2012
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DesignM.ag

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Web developers create some awesome jQuery & CSS3 tutorials. Today we want to list some of the best from 2012. Enjoy!! If you like these tutorials you might also want to check out our previous posts below.

Animate a Custom Dialog Box with CSS3 and… read more

Showcase Of Useful CSS3 Tutorials And Techniques

February 23rd, 2012
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Smashing Apps

Tutorials are one of the easiest and most convenient ways to learn new techniques and skills; this is the reason why you see dozens of fresh tutorials on the web. In today’s assortment, we bring some incredible CSS3 tutorials that will help you learn new techniques without difficulty. For the… read more

25 Free Minimal and Clean Style XHTML/CSS Website Templates

February 22nd, 2012
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25 Free Minimal and Clean Style XHTML/CSS Website Templates

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Give Them What They Want: Targeting Your Audience with Blog Design

February 22nd, 2012
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InstantShift

You may have a list of blogs whose visitor counts you envy. With the right techniques, however, you too can increase your daily or weekly visitors, and possibly even one day rival this list of blogs. You may already know that a blog design should be highly customized to an… read more

Good Old Static HTML Sites Aren’t Dead Yet. Should They Be?

February 22nd, 2012
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Specky Boy

Static HTML sites look so last century that sometimes you might be wondering if they don’t belong to the past. There is no doubt that dynamic, database-driven sites, offer more and they make static HTML sites look like a poor relative but are static sites to be extinct?

Historically,… read more

5 Tools to Get Started with Web Fonts

February 22nd, 2012
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Fuel Your Creativity

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Web typography used to be the Cinderella of design until about 2010. Not many websites dared to venture outside the safe area of Georgia and Verdana because the tools available for doing so forced too many major compromises. Times are changing, however, and with the global adoption… read more

Introducing Warp – An Open-Source Theme Framework for WordPress & Joomla

February 21st, 2012
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Specky Boy

Each time you develop a theme you’ll have to deal with the same, repetitive tasks. E.g. you need a certain folder structure to organize your PHP, CSS and JavaScript files or you rely on features like layouts, compression and caching. Because you don’t want to start from scratch,… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.121)

February 21st, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

16 Must-Read Tutorials for New HTML5/CSS3 Techniques

February 20th, 2012
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DesignM.ag

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The year 2012 has kicked off with a booming design and web industry. More developers are entering the web than ever before and it’s the perfect time to brush up on your coding. These tutorials I’ve added below are fresh off the presses and will help… read more

Daily Inspiration #1061

February 20th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

How to Build a Custom Login Page Design for WordPress

February 19th, 2012
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Specky Boy

If you are a heavy WordPress user then it’s likely you’re interested in deep customizations. There are a slew of plug-ins available, but some tasks are just easier to perform yourself. As an example, the login/register forms are often unfitting to match the template of most websites.

But thanks… read more

Nettuts+ Quiz #10: Basic CSS3 Techniques

February 18th, 2012
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Nettuts+

In 2012, we plan to take our quizzes to a whole new level with ones aimed at all languages and catering to all competencies and tastes. This month, we’re covering some basic concepts and techniques in CSS3. The prime focus today is on the easier, more accessible portions of CSS3…. read more

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Best of the Week #210

February 18th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Daily Inspiration #1060

February 17th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

35 Expert HTML5 Tutorials Using Functional Methods

February 17th, 2012
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35 Expert HTML5 Tutorials Using Functional Methods

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Sites of the Week #192

February 17th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as AIGA 50 DC and Kult House. Also we’re featuring the nice service called Colllor, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will… read more

CSS3 ordered list styles

February 16th, 2012
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CSS3 ordered list styles

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Daily Inspiration #1059

February 16th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

20 WordPress Themes That’ll Give Your Site Suave

February 16th, 2012
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Web App Storm

WordPress has been the base of many people’s blogs for quite a while now. It offers many great features on a stable platform and is also very easy to operate. The best part is customization: there are thousands of WordPress themes and plugins to enhance your readers’ experience. You can… read more

7 Warning Signs to Watch for When Working with Subcontractors

February 16th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

Subcontractors can make a world of difference when it comes to how quickly you can complete a project. But if a problem creeps in, the back and forth with a subcontractor can drag out a project.

Making sure that you work with reliable people, whether we’re talking about a… read more

Daily Inspiration #1058

February 15th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

The Smashing Book #3: All Good Things Come In Threes

February 15th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Yes, the brand new Smashing Book #3 is coming. The printing press is warming up, the illustrations are finished, and the chapters are being proofread. This third book is the best printed book we’ve produced so far: it is a valuable, cutting-edge, high-quality printed book that any Web designer should… read more

How to Build a Stylish CSS3 Search Box

February 15th, 2012
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Specky Boy

A search box is probably one of the most common UI elements around, and I think there is no need to explain its purpose anymore. Whether it’s about a website or a web application, to increase user experience for it, you may want to add a stylish search… read more

Daily Inspiration #1057

February 14th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.120)

February 14th, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Progressive And Responsive Navigation

February 13th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Developing for the Web can be a difficult yet rewarding job. Given the number of browsers across the number of platforms, it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming. But if we start coding with a little forethought and apply the principles of progressive enhancement from the beginning and apply some… read more

20 @fontface Icon Sets

February 13th, 2012
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Specky Boy

The pros for using @fontface for icons far outweigh the cons. First of all, there are the obvious benefits of being infinitely scalable and being able to style them dynamically using any CSS property (color, gradients, shadow…). Secondly, its much easier to manage one single font file as… read more

21 Examples of Navigation Menus in Web Design

February 13th, 2012
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Web Design Ledger

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Navigation is certainly a very important element in web design, especially if we keep in mind that the navigation of a page is there to orient and guide the user. I believe we know that it’s extremely important that users understand navigation options to better explore… read more

Moving Web Page Elements Using The CSS3 Translate Transform

February 12th, 2012
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Moving Web Page Elements Using The CSS3 Translate Transform

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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.125

February 11th, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only… read more

Best of the Week #209

February 11th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

CSS3 Tricks: Animated Twitter Bird

February 11th, 2012
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CSS3 Tricks: Animated Twitter Bird

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25 Free Dreamweaver CSS Templates

February 10th, 2012
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25 Free Dreamweaver CSS Templates

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Upcoming Web Design And Development Conferences For 2012

February 10th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

We’re well into 2012, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, which may include attending one of the many Web design and development conferences that will be held in the upcoming months. To help you out with your plans, we’ve once again… read more

How to Create a Stylish Image Content Slider in Pure CSS3 [Tutorial]

February 10th, 2012
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How to Create a Stylish Image Content Slider in Pure CSS3 [Tutorial]

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A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients

February 10th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Are you fascinated by dynamic data? Do you go green with envy when you see tweets pulled magically into websites? Trust me, I’ve been there.

The goal of today’s tutorial is to create a simple Web app for grabbing movie posters from TMDb. We’ll use jQuery and the user’s input to… read more

20+ Animation Demos for CSS3 – It Just Got Better!

February 8th, 2012
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20+ Animation Demos for CSS3 – It Just Got Better!

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Quick Look: Cool Mojito

February 8th, 2012
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Web App Storm

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Cool Mojito. The developer describes Cool Mojito as a web app that lets you create… read more

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

February 8th, 2012
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Specky Boy

With the galloping development of modern technologies the screen size margin of your readership can be anything in-between a 30″ desktop monitor and the iPhone’s 3.5″ screen. Responsive design techniques kills two birds with a single stone by helping improve user experience by displaying a screen sized optimized… read more

xScope 3: Big Improvements to the Designer’s Best Friend

February 8th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

Back in 2009, we reviewed xScope, the then-new comprehensive toolkit for designers. xScope offers precision features for measuring, previewing, and organizing everything on your computer’s screen, from element dimensions to color codes in any format.

The Iconfactory recently released xScope 3: a  major update to their popular software, promising over 70… read more

Showcase of Award Winning CSS Based Websites

February 7th, 2012
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Showcase of Award Winning CSS Based Websites

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.119)

February 7th, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

21 Examples of Light Color Usage in Web Design

February 6th, 2012
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Web Design Ledger

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Last week we showcased a list with 21 Inspiring Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design, and this week, to show you a different approach on color choices, we decided to go for a list with examples of websites using mainly light colors on its designs…. read more

Freebies: Free Files For Feburary 2012

February 6th, 2012
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Freebies: Free Files For Feburary 2012

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Daily Inspiration #1049

February 5th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Tutorial: Create A Minimal Single Page Portfolio With HTML5/CSS3

February 4th, 2012
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Tutorial: Create A Minimal Single Page Portfolio With HTML5/CSS3

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Best of the Week #208

February 4th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Hype: A Worthy Flash Alternative?

February 4th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

Hype, by developers Tumult, seems to have a rather appropriate title. There has been a great deal of talk about this web animation app since its release some months ago, and that can hardly be a surprise, given that it claims to allow the user to create “beautiful HTML5 web… read more

Daily Inspiration #1048

February 3rd, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Should You Keep Your Website Open Source?

February 3rd, 2012
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Specky Boy

When you enter the world of web hosting, you will find yourself inundated with options. Choosing a hosting company is only the beginning. Even after you have a domain, hosting account, and all of the preliminary tasks out of the way, you still have to build a website…. read more

CSS3 & jQuery folder tabs

February 3rd, 2012
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CSS3 & jQuery folder tabs

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Free CSS3 Pricing Table.

February 3rd, 2012
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Free CSS3 Pricing Table.

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Daily Inspiration #1047

February 2nd, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Easily Create a Website with Moonfruit

February 2nd, 2012
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Web App Storm

Many tools and packages exist online to help people create websites with minimal effort and involvement. Of course, each one has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some are more aimed at creating blogs, while others are better for single-page info sites.

Moonfruit is another competitor in this market. It looks stylish,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1046

February 1st, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

February 1st, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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How to Create CSS3 Buttons [Tutorial]

February 1st, 2012
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How to Create CSS3 Buttons [Tutorial]

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40+ Tips to Get the Most Out of Web Apps

January 31st, 2012
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Web App Storm

There’s so many things you can do from your browser, you could get by quite nicely without any other native apps. The internet is full of amazing web apps, ranging from powerful tools for enterprises to little tools that do one thing great.

While the web apps and sites we love… read more

Daily Inspiration #1045

January 31st, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.118)

January 31st, 2012
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Specky Boy

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Daily Inspiration #1044

January 30th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

The Swarm: Short Horror Film Made Entirely on Phones [VIDEO]

January 30th, 2012
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Mashable

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

The Swarm is all about shallow breathing, heavy petting and Xperia smartphones. The short horror film, shot entirely on Sony’s Xperia Arc S phones, follows a group of (mostly) horny teenagers in London who come face… read more

30+ Fresh and Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates

January 30th, 2012
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30+ Fresh and Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates

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