The iPad is well known for its beautiful design and incredible UI. Apple’s platforms seems to also attract app creators with a strong sense for good design. The following apps got themselves great designs that should inspire any web designer. Of coures, if you feel like these are not for you, you can still search […]

For the past couple of years, mega-menus have become a trend in web design, in particular of e-commerce or news websites. If done well, this type of navigation can work extremely good by giving a quick access to information located deep in the website. The best mega fly-out menus will usually be easily scannable, use […]

Thanks to javascript frameworks, creating visual effects on your website has become quite easy. To create tooltips, just look at these techniques using popular frameworks. jQuery tooltip plugins 1. jQuery tools tooltip Easily create simple or complex tooltips, adding some cool effects to it. 2. Simpletip A simple tooltip plugin with many default options. 3. […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that you have worked hard on your […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that you have built your website and […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that your website is planned, you have […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up When launching your site, there are things that […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up You shouldn’t wait for your website to be […]

Good size differences between titles and text usually makes the page more readable. How about huge font sizes? Well, it doesn’t always make the page more readable, but it quite often makes it much more stylish. These web designs using big typography are good examples. 1. Stephen Caver 2. Polecat 3. Fusion ads bundle 4. […]

After a long, long time, Drupal 7 comes out with plenty of new features.  Now is a perfect time to get started with Drupal if you never worked with that CMS before. Check this post if you want to know what’s new with Drupal 7.

Looking to make your web design process faster? These sets of PSD and vectors of UI elements should help you. 1. jQuery UI widgets jQuery must be the most popular javascript framework out there, this set of UI widget will make the development process much quicker. 2. Modern Web UI Set A well-organized PSD, with […]

Good new, publishing books on the iPad just got easier. Just build HTML5 pages with a fixed width of 768px, test it on the iPad from Safari, package it in the HPub format and publish it using the Baker framework. Voilà!

When you create your portfolio, you are your own client. It is much harder than what it sounds. The hard part is to combine a personal identity with usability and a good display of your work. Fortunately, talented web developers have done the job instead of you. For instance, TemplateMonster provides a wide variety of […]

Two weeks ago I asked the readers for their opinion on what is the perfect camera for a freelance designer. I list the camera mentioned in the comments in this blog post, take a look at it and let me know if some unmissable cameras have been left out. 1. Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1 Recommended by […]

Ever used some CSS3 properties in your designs? Maybe you should already start messing with it as some properties and selectors can already be used. To give you an idea of what you can achieve with it, take a look at these demos. Once you did, start using it with the useful CSS3 tools listed. […]