15 Stunning and Fresh Premium WordPress Portfolio Themes
January 19th, 2010 — 10 Comments
A benefit of building a portfolio using WordPress is you have the ability to use the powerful blog features alongside your portfolio. A blog discussing your work or more about your processes and inspiration will add to the personality and allow potential clients to get to know you more increasing the attractiveness of you as a web designer. WordPress can also act as a more than adequate CMS for displaying your portfolio work.
Making the Most of Icons in Web Design
August 13th, 2009 — 14 Comments
When used effectively, icons can add so much to a site’s design. They can help identify list items and make navigation a more visual experience as long as the icons have enough relevance to what they’re representing. Icons as visual representation alongside content allows a user to scan a page easier than plain text.
Aiding Navigation
Rather than relying on just text to navigate, new and repeat users can find their way around a website quicker thanks to the mind’s ability to associate images with what they want when using icons as part of the navigation.
Read more...27 Stunning Examples of Header Design Inspiration
July 13th, 2009 — 35 Comments
Headers are the usually the first thing you see so the examples shown have gone for big, bold and beautiful headers that give the design character while also making them very memorable.
Read more...Creative Uses of Navigation
July 6th, 2009 — No Comments
With the combination of javascript and CSS, navigation doesn’t have to be static transitions between content or just another standard boring menu. Below is a showcase of creative navigation that can make the user experience more interesting and memorable.
Tap Tap Tap smoothly slides in and out product information.
Read more...Creating a Web Design from Scratch: Getting Started
June 23rd, 2009 — 4 Comments
Often the most difficult part of web design is getting a design off the ground. It is important to sufficiently research whatever project you’re working on before you really get stuck into the design. Even then you may find yourself staring at that daunting blank PhotoShop screen. There are a couple of things that can help you get going.
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Superb Examples of Form Design
June 22nd, 2009 — 17 Comments
Following on from our look at fantastic login pages comes a look at more comprehensive form design such as contact forms, order forms, sign up forms and comment forms. Below are just some of the best examples on the web.
WPCoder uses a high quality image of a clipboard for their order form.
20 Great Examples of the Use of Brown in Web Design
June 15th, 2009 — 23 Comments
This is an extensive follow up to a post that I wrote on my own personal blog a little while ago before Inspect Element was even a twinkle in my eye. Now time to let the designs to do the talking:
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