The Benefit There are also several good benefits of using a responsive design website layout, below are some of them: Responsive design is SEO-friendly You’ll have a single URL for all content, this would mean faster load times which will enhance SEO efforts. Furthermore, Google and Bing endorse responsive design according to this article. It’s… Continue reading 10 Awesome Responsive Websites for Your Inspiration
Month: May 2013
Polishing up Your Creative Process
Today we’ll focus on increasing your creative capabilities through an introduction to a couple of creativity techniques. An important key issue to understand is that creativity techniques are not magic tools to increase your creativity as skill. Rather, they act as guides to help you find possible creative solutions for the problem you’re up against.… Continue reading Polishing up Your Creative Process
20+ Free Slider PSDs
Using free resources is something most designers do, because it saves them a lot of precious time that can be better used in their projects. Having these free resources will reduce the time spent on your next project and so you will be a lot more productive. We’ve selected 20 of the best free PSD… Continue reading 20+ Free Slider PSDs
Web Design Trends of Video Backgrounds
Websites do not have to be static all the time. Websites are not in hardcopy, rather softcopy which allows making them more dynamic and providing visitors an ameliorated user experience. With the ever advancing technology and designing techniques it is now possible to implement videos as backgrounds easily and quickly – thanks to HTML5. If this is… Continue reading Web Design Trends of Video Backgrounds
20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
A site’s usability determines its effectiveness. If it loses the battle for usability, it won’t be able to attract a high amount of website traffic and suffer from increasing abandonment rates. In the cut throat world of the internet, such websites have no reason to be online. This is why designers must focus on building… Continue reading 20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
Making Complex Selections (Part 2)
Part 2 – Have you ever had to make a very complex selection and didn’t know where to begin? In this tutorial, we will show you to to combine vector and pixel masks to help you make a complex selection of a furry animal. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used… Continue reading Making Complex Selections (Part 2)
Responsive Retina-Ready Menu
Today we will create a colorful Retina-ready and responsive menu inspired by the colors of the Maliwan manufacturer of the Borderlands game. The menu automatically changes to one of three different layouts depending on the browser window size: a “desktop” inline version, a two columns tablet-optimized version and a mobile version with a menu link to… Continue reading Responsive Retina-Ready Menu
40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
Freelance job boards were not so common looking back 5 or 6 years. But nowadays modern businesses are more willing to work with each other and hire freelancers from anywhere in the world. This is great news for people who work online because the options are practically endless. But what about new webmasters who are… Continue reading 40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
40 Beautiful Flat Icon Sets For Web UI Design
This simple design school does not employ any three dimensional effects. This means no embossing, bevels, drop shadows, gradients or such tools that create a sense of depth. It is straight to the point and fresh. But flat design is not completely devoid of any effects. It adds some extras to create a sense of artificial… Continue reading 40 Beautiful Flat Icon Sets For Web UI Design
20 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Websites
With the right plugins and a bit of know-how, WordPress can be used to create almost any type of website imaginable. If all the portfolio themes are anything to go by, WordPress can often be a solid choice for photographers who need to put together a portfolio, the quick and easy way. Portfolio plugin and… Continue reading 20 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Websites
Making Complex Selections (Part 1)
Have you ever had to make a very complex selection and didn’t know where to begin? In this tutorial, we will show you to to combine vector and pixel masks to help you make a complex selection of a furry animal. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of… Continue reading Making Complex Selections (Part 1)
35+ Powerful Admin Panel Templates – Want Full Control?
In this post, you will find an admin panel template collection. It is composed of more than 35 useful admin panel templates that have lots of powerful features. Some of them have advanced visualizations and great charts while others are Ajax loading and have error pages that are fully customizable. Other features that you should… Continue reading 35+ Powerful Admin Panel Templates – Want Full Control?
Typographic Readability and Legibility
When using typography on the web, there are many things to keep in mind in order to create a page that provides clear access to the content and presents it in a legible way. Typically this can be broken down into two buckets: Readability and Legibility. Readability refers to the way in which words and… Continue reading Typographic Readability and Legibility
20 Best FREE Mock-Up Templates
As a designer, having high quality mock-up templates is essential. Why waste time on creating one yourself, when you can easily find so many good mock-up on the web, for free, and use them for your own work. For those of you who don’t know, a mockup is a model of design that is used… Continue reading 20 Best FREE Mock-Up Templates
Top 20 FREE Navigation Menu Bars PSDs for Designers
The navigation menu is the most important element in a website. It structures the content, tells the visitors where to look for information and allows them to navigate on your website easily. It’s very important to have a well-designed navigation menu, and that is why we’ve selcted for you 20 of the best, most beautiful… Continue reading Top 20 FREE Navigation Menu Bars PSDs for Designers
Create your own world – part 2
Requirements: Photoshop CS6 Difficulty: Medium Time: max 1 hour Outcome: Resources: Create your own world Part 1 PSD We will use our previous image to create a simple website template. Let’s begin: 1. Open a new document. I used 1600×950 2. Fill it with #FFECAA color using Paint Bucket Tool. ( G ) 3.… Continue reading Create your own world – part 2
Photoshop CC New Features: Is it Worth the Switch?
Photoshop CC Overview Why Photoshop CC and not CS7? Photoshop CC will only be available through Creative Cloud. Adobe has announced that they will be discontinuing the production of Creative Suite and push all their upgrades onto Creative Cloud – a subscription-based service. Therefore, it would make more sense to rename Photoshop from CS (Creative… Continue reading Photoshop CC New Features: Is it Worth the Switch?
Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples
The concept of responsive development lies on the principle of change of layout of a website according to the resolution of the screen that a user is using. Thus there is a visible change in the video or image size and the amount of text that can be viewed. Thus, the layout of the website… Continue reading Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples
Free 200 Map Icons for Google Maps in PSD Vector Shape format
WebIconSet has released Map Icons Designer, set of 200 Map icons in PSD Vector Shape & PNG format. They can be used as Google Map Icons, Location Markers, Point of Interests (POI) on any Maps. It includes icons for tourism, sports, restaurants, hotels, transportation and etc. There are 10 different style of Location Pins for… Continue reading Free 200 Map Icons for Google Maps in PSD Vector Shape format
How to Create a Semi-Realistic Graphics Tablet in Adobe Illustrator
15 Command Line Tools for Monitoring Linux Systems
Do you need to monitor your Linux server’s performance? Most Linux distributions come equipped with many built-in monitoring tools. These tools allow you to retrieve information about system activities, and can be used to find possible causes for your server’s performance issues. The commands discussed in this article are some of the most basic commands… Continue reading 15 Command Line Tools for Monitoring Linux Systems
30+ Stunning HDR Photographs of Airports and Planes Around the World
Most of us, at some time or another, have been to an airport, whether it is to take a flight or to meet friends or relatives from their flight. How often do we actually take a look around the airport, try to find unusual angles that would produce a stunning photograph or notice the way… Continue reading 30+ Stunning HDR Photographs of Airports and Planes Around the World
10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development
CSS development is a major part of web design; however, it takes a significant amount of time and effort for a web designer to develop CSS from scratch. The good thing is, there are some great tools out there which make this tedious task much simpler. These CSS Development tools will help you in simplifying… Continue reading 10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development
Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things
This is the last episode during which I’ll be going over generic tools and capabilities, but it’s simply not possible to go any further without covering the vector tools within Fireworks! Vectors are becoming increasingly relevant in web design; pixels are less reliable than they were just a couple of years ago and designs are… Continue reading Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things