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The site map is often overlooked…until now. Make your sitemaps unique and exciting using CSS and jQuery!

In this demo article, we will build a visually interesting sitemap that makes the hierarchy clearer through the use of color.

Jquery sitemap

By Steven Snell Communication is one of the foundational elements of a good website. It is essential for a positive user experience and for a successful website that truly benefits its owners. All types of

Communication is one of the foundational elements of a good website. It is essential for a positive user experience and for a successful website that truly benefits its owners. All types of websites are affected by the need for good communication in one way or another. Regardless of whether the website in question is an e-commerce website, a blog, a portfolio website, an information website for a service company, a government website or any other type of website, there is a significant need to communicate effectively with visitors.

methods, challenges, content, and tips.

a set of 10 beautiful, high-quality “vintage” icons, created by the talented Russian design agency SoftFacade especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

40 Excellent Illustrations In Web Designs

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Digital space art is one of the most inventive and beautiful art genres of this era. This tutorial shows you how to create your own space scene using three stock photos and Adobe Photoshop.

full tool for twitter

Using breadcrumb trails is a fairly straightforward affair, and there are only a few guidelines to consider before deciding to implement them on a website. Let’s take a look at some common mistakes to avoid.

By Jacob Gube On websites that have a lot of pages, breadcrumb navigation can greatly enhance the way users find their way around. In terms of usability, breadcrumbs reduce the number of actions a website

5 Universal Principles For Successful eCommerce-Sites

As a general rule, most Web developers, especially usability enthusiasts, say it is bad practice to use drop-down menus because they are confusing, annoying and oftentimes dysfunctional. From a design standpoint, however, drop-down menus are

Showcase of Sports Websites

Sports Website Collection

This article showcases the most beautiful website designs from the North American sports industry, including ones for news, teams and leagues, sports apparel and more.

Captivating Photos That Depict Human Emotion

40 Captivating Photos That Depict Human Emotion

fotos excelentes de pessoas e emoções

Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Plug-Ins

A great gallery or portfolio site for Wordpress. Would be a great solution for showcasing sites involved in the CoPress summer design camp.

A detailed comparison of Flash and Silverlight with good explanations of the technology.

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Tips y Hacks Interesantes

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Improve Design Workflow

Want to save some time? Of course you do! You are probably always looking for ways to do this faster and make that easier, it’s human nature! One of the best ways to save time is experience. The more experience you have, the more comfortable you are working, the more you have developed your own best methods, and with experience you know how to better avoid mistakes and disasters. So always stay hard at what you do and you will definitely save more than “just” time! However, regardless of your experience level, there are ways to speed up the common design tasks. You should find some of these not-so-well-known tips and strategies listed below very helpful for your workflow. And please feel free to suggest more ideas in the comments to this post!

In this post we release Birdies: A Free Twitter Icon Set, a set of 12 beautiful and lovely Twitter icons. This set was designed by

In this post we release Birdies: A Free Twitter Icon Set, a set of 12 beautiful and lovely Twitter icons. This set was designed by IconEden and released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. All the icons included in the set have clean shapes and neutral colors that can be used for various contexts, from a “Tweet it” button for your blogs to desktop wallpapers.

close up pictures of reptiles, insects, etc...

CSS3 Cheat Sheet(PDF)

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In this selection we’re glad to present you Calluna, Andika Basic, Mentone, Sovereign Regular, Medio, Tiresias Infopoint and many other high-quality free fonts.

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A new collection of lovely fonts.

In Part 1: Styling Design Elements we covered the basics of web design with CSS. In Part 2 we’re offering up some more advanced techniques and effects you can achieve with CSS. Everything from creating your own online apps (like calendars) to styling web pages for use with the iPhone to some basics of working with CSS3 is covered here.

Some of the best festivals and conferences of the year are gone by now, but if we’d just want to judge them by their online presence we can do it from the comfort of our couch. There was some research involved in this article, you wouldn’t believe it how many of the biggest events in the world have so flat and unexciting websites. However, we’ve finally managed to find quite a few cool ones, so we wish you a pleasant and inspirational journey. In this post we present some of the beautiful, original and inspirational web designs of festivals and conferences that took place or are going to take place this year. Please feel free to add links to further designs in the comments to this post!

Webs de festivales

A very complete collection of maya modelling and rendering tutorials.

great picture inspiration

The future of CSS is arriving fast, and many tools, languages, and solutions have been developed that make CSS a job not just for Web

Showcase Of Music Night Clubs Web Designs « Smashing Magazine

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CSS Property: A Comprehensive Look « Smashing Magazine

Z-index CSS Property

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"Clean. Easy to use. User-friendly. Intuitive. This mantra is proclaimed by many but often gets lost in translation. The culprit: complexity. How one deals with complexity can make or break an application. A complex interface can disorient the user in a mild case and completely alienate them in an extreme case. But if you take measures first to reduce actual complexity and then to minimize perceived complexity, the user will be rewarded with a gratifying experience."

Clean. Easy to use. User-friendly. Intuitive. This mantra is proclaimed by many but often gets lost in translation. The culprit: complexity. How one deals with complexity can make or break an application. A complex interface can disorient the user in a mild case and completely alienate them in an extreme case. But if you take measures first to reduce actual complexity and then to minimize perceived complexity, the user will be rewarded with a gratifying experience.

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Web Design showcase

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Great blog designs for inspiration

ance, a popular color, is taken in Western society to mean environmental consciousness. In China, a green hat could imply that a man’s wife is cheating on him. The color is sacred in the Islamic world, and it has significance in Catholicism. In some African countries, green represents the natural richness of Africa. It has also been associated with money, jealousy, growth, sickness, inexperience, evil, fertility, hope, youth and death. This is just one example of the cultural and psychological implications that color can have for your website’s audience.

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"To Create An App That Customers Love, Zoom Out" : de nombreux conseils qui ne valent pas forcément que pour le développement d'applications iPhone...

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By far the most important item here is how well the solution works with JavaScript turned off. Too many developers do not think about this. How well are styles ingrained with the code? If a look and feel change requires a JavaScript change, that's a dealbreaker (sorry, Tina). Is the JS code usable without a mouse; is keyboard navigation fully available? (this isn't just an accessibility issue, it's also power user productivity enhancer). Also, KNOW THE CODE.

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Tips on email signature

In the first part of this Better User Experience With Storytelling series, we explored some of the basic structures and story patterns found in myths and religions. We saw how these patterns continued into modern stories such as The Matrix and Star Wars. We also explored some of the basics of bringing storytelling into the user experience process and some places to get started. Concluding this two-part article, we hear from creative professionals who are leading the way in this relatively new world of combining the craft of storytelling with user experience. We’ll also see how storytelling can be applied to more than just interactive experiences: we find it in everything from packaging to architecture.

In the first part of this Better User Experience With Storytelling series, we explored some of the basic structures and story patterns found in myths and religions.

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some very pretty websites

College and university websites have a lot of roles to fill. They need to provide information for prospective students (both new and transfer), parents of students

College and university websites have a lot of roles to fill. They need to provide information for prospective students (both new and transfer), parents of students and prospective students, current students, and alumni. In many cases, they’re also the gateway to the school’s intranet and the public face for both academics and athletics. They often need to include reams of information in a way that makes everything easy to find. It’s a huge challenge. And the truth is: most college and university websites are horribly designed. Either they look like they were designed fifteen years ago and then forgotten about, or they’re so overloaded with information that it’s almost impossible to find what you’re looking for. But not every college or university website is horrible. There are some excellent sites out there, and below are some of them. If you know others, please share them in the comments to this post!

We love our readers. We respect the hard work of designers and developers across the globe. And we do our best to make the web design community stronger and the Web a...

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Encore un article dans le genre "the XX ultimate ressources for YYY"... :) Mais Smashing magazine.

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Very nice set

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10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks - Smashing Magazine

Several tips for using .htaccess and plugins to deny malicious scripts, dir browsing, etc.

Security has always been a hot topic. Offline, people buy wired homes, car alarms and gadgets to bring their security to the max. Online, security is important, too, especially for people who make a living from websites and blogs. In this article, we’ll show you some useful tweaks to protect your WordPress-powered blog.

Artist, Scientist And Philosopher

Web Designer as The Artist, Scientist And Philosopher - Smashing Magazine

It's a stretch as presented here, but it's still a good thought.

especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers

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Artist, Scientist And Philosopher

especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers

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Artist, Scientist And Philosopher

especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers

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Artist, Scientist And Philosopher