Weekly design inspiration and trends...
I would like to make this a regular feature on this blog, a short article or a few images about interesting design related articles or well designed sites from which we can get inspired. So without further ado: This week’s inspiring articles: 2008 design trends – Webdesigner Wall has compiled this nice list of sites which set the trends of 2008 which is along the lines of the hand...Converting a design into a web page...
Having completed a wordpress theme just a day or two ago I am once again reminded of the usefulness of services which convert designs into a fully functional web page. The design itself often does not take as long and is not as frustrating as making the design work as a page across all browsers and screen resolutions. There are a few PSD to html services on the web these days but the oldest PSD...Premium Templates – Dreamtemplate.com...
If buying website templates individually is not your thing and you would rather have access to a large range of designs than Dreamtemplate.com might just be the place to visit. At last count they had 1300+ templates to which you can have access to for 12 months for about $60 USD. It’s not a bad deal especially if you have many sites to design or if you have clients to design for (they...Blog design inspiration...
Thanks to the ease of starting and running a blog, many people are choosing to install blog software like WordPress and to maintain their web sites using this rather then plain HTML web pages or a full content management system. Blogs are not only easier to maintain and update but are also a lot more interactive and make it easier to build an online community. Designing a blog can be less time...Web designer spotlight – ClockTower Media...
ClockTower Media is a Seattle web design company that offers a full range of services including Flash design, content management, e-commerce, custom programming, SEO, web hosting and much more. Their expertise ranges from dynamic web applications to web dashboard design. All web sites are built with online best practices, up to date trends and usability in mind. Once your web site is built...Template solutions: BuyTemplates.net...
BuyTemplates.net is a web templates provider with many good options to choose from depending on the course you would like to take in the design of your web site. You can: a) Buy a ready made 5 page template from $29 b) Buy a ready made template and have it customized to your liking or c) Have a template designed from scratch to your specifications for $499 There is also a membership option which...Header graphic...
Available as a free download is this header graphic. Click on the thumbnail to see a full version or download here in a zip file. Feel free to use the image in any way you wish, including altering...Some site changes...
This is just a quick post about a few site changes. One is that I have removed the nofollow tags from comments, so leaving a comment means search engine spiders will visit your site also. The other change is the possible changing of the web design directory from free to paid submissions only. I’m not 100% sure I’ll do this but I am having trouble keeping up with the amount of web...Smashing Magazine’s free header graphics...
Smashing magazine has just released 45 beautiful blog header designs you can use for free. They were designed by their readers and look fantastic. To see all of them head over to Smashing...New Poll...
Last week’s poll is now finished, thanks everyone who voted. This week’s poll is asking about your web design experience. This helps me decide what kind of posts to make on this site, depending on your experience with web design. I’m trying to determine whether most of you are seasoned web designers or relatively new to it. To vote please visit the front page of this site here. ...