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Back just a few years ago it was required for web developers use JavaScript/jQuery to perform animated effects in-browser. CSS3 has dramatic
The notable trend of fullscreen media has exploded on the web. Images require less bandwidth and also provide a means for rotating backgrounds. However videos provide a very rich user experience - they provide something to immediately captivate the visitor and draw them deeper into a website.
Online creative studios and digital agencies often utilize fullscreen video backgrounds to convey a small piece of their message. This gallery is focused on 26 prime examples of websites utilizing fullscreen videos. Some are built using Adobe Flash while others are embedded using JavaScript. Either way these video effects are unique, enlivening, and definitely on the rise amongst modern-day web designers.
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You have a good product/service and you have just launched your sales-driven website. You were ready to get a lot of sales going but for some reason things didn't go as well as you imagined. Since your product is certainly not the problem, you may need to check your design to make sure that your clients are getting a nice experience in your site, otherwise they won't convert, they won't make the purchase your are expecting them to do.
Frequently when I hear or read of a freelance web designer having problems with a client, there is no contract in place. I don't think that's a coincidence.
Contracts are very important for the freelancer. If you can't get a formal contract with a client, at least get your agreement in writing. An email recapping a telephone conversation you had can work.
Why is getting your freelancing agreement in writing so important? Simply put, a written agreement or contract can solve a lot of common freelancing problems.
Without a written agreement, the terms of your project can easily deteriorate into a debate about who said what. Trust me, you do not want that to happen. When it does, it isn't pretty.
With a contract in place, you both have something to refer to during the course of the project. And, in a worst case scenario, you can use your written agreement to support your case in court.
In this post, I'll identify six common problems that freelancers face and explain how having a written work agreement can help with each problem. If you liked this post, you'll probably also like 7 Keys to a Successful Design Project.
Any company selling a service with payment plans usually breaks up the structure into different packages. Smaller packages will cost less but also provide fewer features. Pricing tables are the perfect UI component to display these packages in an easy-to-compare design.
For this tutorial I want to demonstrate how we can create pricing tables with just a bit of HTML5 and CSS3. Despite the name, I haven't actually used any <table> elements within the design. You might feel these are easier but they also depend on a rigid formulaic structure. Pricing tables can have many facets including service terms, plan details, pricing details, and of course the purchase/signup button.
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Help get the exposure your candidate needs with a professional, simple and intuitive theme. In today's roundup, I'll share with you 20 political and government related themes to help gain momentum in your next election.
1. Parlament: Political WordPress Theme
Both websites and mobile projects often benefit from demoing content. But instead of spending your time slavishly copywriting, why not incorporate Lorem Ipsum as a method to generate filler text? Over the years many websites have popped up to offer variations on this filler content. Even static images can be embedded on-the-fly with these webapps.
I've scoured the Internet putting together a collection of 40 intriguing solutions for content generation. There are plenty of text-based solutions along with some image placeholders as well. Most people end up sticking with 2-3 they like the most. But it never hurts to keep a variety of resources in your designer toolbox.
Cupcake Ipsum
Hosting files and websites is a business that is expanding at a quick pace. You've probably ran across the term The Cloud by now, which makes it appear as if it's some new wonder. The cloud has always been here, but it has simply gone by different names throughout the years. In this roundup, I'll share with you 25 hosting website themes to help kickstart your own cloud service.
1. NewHosting - Responsive Hosting Css3/Html5 Theme
osCommerce is a popular open-source e-commerce solution. It has been around since 2000 and is used to power hundreds if not thousands of online shops. In this post we'll
In todays collection we highlight clean and minimal templates for the medical professional. The following 24 themes are an ideal fit for subjects ranging from medicine, clinics, doctors, dental care, and everything else health care related.
1. MediCenter - Responsive Medical WordPress Theme
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When you first set up an online store, you may be happy just to have all of the work to get the store up and running done. Maybe you think the work on your site is finished, and now it's time to shift to fulfilling orders and taking care of customer issues. It's not that simple. When your store is brand new, it's not time to stop working on your site. In a way, you're just getting started.
Analytics are Important
Once your store is up and running, you can start figuring out how your site really needs to be set up. Until people actually start interacting with your site, there's no way to tell how all of the pieces are working or what can be improved. You can use good eCommerce principles to get started, and that will certainly give you better results than having no idea what a good eCommerce site needs to look like or how it needs to work. But what you really need in order to make your site as profitable as it can be are eCommerce analytics.
Magento is a popular open-source e-commerce platform. Although it is much younger than many of its competitors, Magento has a very large community of users. In this post we'll feature more than 40 of the best free and premium Magento themes you can install for your own webshop.
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We’re always looking for ways to bring new information to you. This week we’re hosting a free live online training class and we wanted to give you all the details. If you like this class we can host more of them for you and you can even pick the next topic! The class is titled […]
As a web designer, I'm always finding useful ways to use website screenshots to benefit my work, and streamline my workflow. Whether I'm creating mood boards, presenting concepts to a client, comping up web templates, or just collecting examples for inspiration, a useful method for capturing multiple screenshots comes in handy. I've listed below, in no particular order, a collection of useful screen capturing websites that I use on a regular basis, along with they're specific benefits. 1. Snapito In comparison to other sites, it's quick, and offers a selection of multiple capture sizes. This interface is relatively simple to use, as well.
One of the most overlooked aspects of a design project can be the administration dashboard. Many content management systems such as WordPress offer well designed dashboards that don't require much change to enhance the user experience. For custom projects however, this is not always the case. So instead of leaving your dashboard raw and unorganized, I've compiled a list of 31 backend dashboards to help save you time and money on your next project.
1. Archon Flat Responsive Admin Bootstrap 3
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Observing websites from a variety of different industries and different types and sizes of business can be very interesting. Today I would like to look at the sites of some of the largest companies in the world, 100 picks from the Fortune 500 list seems like a good point of reference. The 100 businesses contain a great deal of diversity and they all have their own purposes and approaches with their websites. They're all large, successful companies, so it can be interesting to browse through the designs looking for differences. Also take a peek at the full list to get some more ideas. 1. Wal-Mart
Prepare to be blown away by all new X premium WordPress theme. X is a dynamic, intuitive, and powerful WordPress theme like no other. This feature-packed premium theme boldly dares to be the most flexible and most versatile theme ever developed, and while there are a myriad of WordPress themes available in the market today packed with every type of plugin, slider, shortcode, and all the bells and whistles you can possibly imagine - the average user often gets lost in all these add-ons and still ends up with an average looking website because of the complexities in implementing all these features.
The good news about X is that its intuitive and instinctive design makes it extremely user-friendly even for WordPress beginners who have little or no coding experience at all. Creating a professional looking custom website is no longer a dreadful activity especially for inexperienced users. Customizing your own website is now a pleasant and doable reality. WordPress professionals and serious coders on the other hand, will surely enjoy and appreciate the well-written code behind the seamless and efficient way this theme functions and endless ways to experiment and tweak.
Web development has grown far beyond the typical HTML/CSS/JS code structure. Modern web services like Facebook and Twitter are built with something called an Application Programming Interface. This allows developers to connect into 3rd party services and pull out data to be displayed on another website.
For this post I've collected a number of free online tutorials which delve into API development. These are perfect for anybody new to the scene who wants to learn a bit more about typical web services. Some will require an API key while others may simply return XML/JSON data on command. Either way these articles detail many popular development techniques in an easy-to-understand fashion.
Facebook's Graph API Explorer
Today, we wanted to share with you a trend setting website creator geared towards the professional website creator, called Webydo. The majority of DIY website creators on the market are producing less than professional results, with not the best user interface, and leaving professional designers in limbo. They now must choose between finding a developer […]
Today we'll continue our series of posts featuring collections of Photoshop brushes. In this post you'll find 16 sets of free smoke brushes. These can be great for adding touches to your designs, especially on dark backgrounds. Thick Curly Smoke Brushes (21 brushes)
Fitness and wellbeing is an ever expanding market, and in this collection I've compiled a list of 19 sport & fitness themes suitable for any health clubs, gyms, and personal trainers.
1. FIT - Fitness/Gym Responsive WordPress Theme
How many new Android + iOS mobile games are released each year? The user interfaces and graphics have been improving rapidly to create a large marketplace of mobile games. Marketing-savvy developers will usually create a personal website or webpage dedicated to information each new game release.
In this gallery you'll find 40 brilliant examples of mobile smartphone game website layouts. Some are hosted on their own domain while others are subpages within a game studio's website. But the design is always focused around the game itself, pushing curious visitors to look deeper into the features and maybe purchase a copy. If you're looking for design ideas to build into your own mobile game website, this showcase has a lot of great concepts.
Angry Birds
