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10 Useful Bookmarklets for Web Designers and Developers

November 19th, 2009 — 42 Comments

You may not be aware of bookmarklets which are an underused tool in web designer or developer’s toolbox. A bookmarklet is a a term that merges bookmark and applet to add functionality to a web browser. They can be stored in the bookmark bar of any browser and used from there to perform useful tasks and consist primarily of Javascript code.

As Javascript is synonymous with web development, some clever developers have created some extremely helpful bookmarklets that can improve your day to day work. Here are ten of the best available.

The Unwritten Rules of Web Design

November 16th, 2009 — 35 Comments

In the relative short time that websites have been around, compared to other media, much has been learnt about web design. There aren’t any ‘rules’ beyond web standards and even then, they’re only guidelines. There are a number of other guidelines or rules that you should be adhering to when designing for the web. There isn’t a manual or paper or anything to refer to except people’s findings and common sense, mainly because the web is constantly changing and also because there is often more than one way of doing something, suiting different contexts. Here are a few rules that you definitely should be taking note of.

The Use of Logos in Web Design

November 12th, 2009 — 14 Comments

Logos are the single biggest representation of a brand. They are used across multiple forms of media as well as by and affiliates or any advertisements that are used to promote the brand and of course they’re used on websites too.

The use of logos on websites doesn’t have to follow the standard conventions as we’ll see in some of the examples below.

10 Fantastic and Creative Web Design Styles

November 8th, 2009 — 73 Comments

When designing a website, there are a number of different styles you can adopt to get the message of a brand across effectively to customers, users or readers. The important thing to consider is to pick a style that matches the brand you are designing for. Also, there’s no reason why you need to stick to one particular style. Multiple different styles can merge together perfectly fine as you’ll spot in some of the examples below.

Here is a look at ten of the most creative styles in use in web design today with examples of some of the best websites that utilise them.