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The 20 Best E-Commerce Website Designs

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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The e-commerce sector has long been known to develop websites that did not put much focus on design. They tend to get very cluttered and bogged down, consistently suffering from not being user friendly. If they were actual store fronts, they would most likely go out of business as a result of bad presentation. Today [...]

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10 Best Prep School and College Websites

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Good educational websites share much of the same desirable practices as commercial websites. They need to be user friendly, easily navigable, and use appropriate fonts, colors, and other design elements. Sadly, many schools have decided to take the easy road and duplicate standard layouts and functionality, as if they were all taken from one template…never [...]

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Top 20 Free High Quality Icon Sets on the Web

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Icons have been around for a long while now and customized icons for the web are becoming more and more popular as time goes on. They do an amazing job to train the eye and help draw out the most important information. The most important aspect of designing an individual icon is that it has [...]

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Top 20 Awesome Single Page Layouts

Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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A growing trend that I discussed previously is single page web designs. It has been gaining popularity over the past year and I think will become even more popular far into 2010. It’s amazing to see what a designer is able to do with a single page layout. We will now take a look at [...]

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15 Creative Website Navigation/Menu Bars

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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A site’s navigation menu is usually the first thing that users see when they visit a website. These days there are many ways to design a navigation menu , not just horizontal or vertical – and since just about every website has navigation – it is vital that designers push their creativity to develop ones [...]

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Top 15 Photoshop Photo Effects

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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We forget all too often that first and foremost Photoshop is an image editing and manipulation program. Yes it is also the best program to develop your websites but the power that it has to alter and manipulate imagery is astounding. And the added bonus is that much of these examples of course can be [...]

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Top 15 Non Flash Websites for October

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Here you will find a list of what I consider to be the top non Flash websites I have seen recently. For those of you who want to stay away from Flashy websites, this is for you. These sites of various genres and looks are included in t his list because they all share similar [...]

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Top Twelve Awesome Flash Websites for September

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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I have compiled a list of what I consider to be some of the top Flash websites seen over the past month. All too often Flash is over the top, tacky and completely overused on the web. These sites of all styles and looks have been brought under one list since they have one thing in common…high [...]

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Top 10 Web Design Trends for 2010

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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// Its always tough to predict the future, and that is all the more true when talking about the web. The internet continues to evolve so fast and in so many directions, due in large part to the various social media tools, making the web accessible to people who never dreamed being part of it. [...]

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Top 9 Showcase/Awards Websites for Inspiration

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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Whether you are starting out, thinking about starting, or a seasoned designer you will sometimes need to step back, look around and see what everyone else is doing to give yourself the right direction. No, don’t worry, this isn’t copying, stealing or copyright infringement. I am not telling you to steal other peoples work. The [...]