Inspiration for the Weekend and Beyond!
Wishing everyone a wonderful and relaxing weekend. Here are some great resources to inspire you.
The future of CSS layouts
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/future-css-layouts
CSS is great, but doesn’t do a good job with the fundamentals of page layout. Don’t worry, help is on the way.
60 Effective Examples of Call to Action Buttons
http://designmodo.com/call-to-action-buttons/
Here are 60 effective call-to-action buttons that can help you.
Photo Color Correction for the Amateur Photographer
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/photo-color-correction-for-the-amateur-photographer
A photography tutorial that can help even an amateur make photo color correction.
60+ Finest Fresh CSS Website Designs for Design Inspiration
http://www.instantshift.com/2011/08/01/60-finest-fresh-css-website-designs-for-design-inspiration/
Here are some inspirational examples of websites built using CSS. Prepare to be impressed.
The Health Benefits of Having Pets in Your Home Office
http://freelanceswitch.com/inspiration/health-benefits-of-pets/
Some surprising health benefits of having a pet in your home office. Again that is Home office:)
25 jQuery image galleries and slideshow plugins
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/08/25-jquery-image-galleries-and-slideshow-plugins/
jQuery image galleries and sideshow plug-ins. This is a must for blogs, e commerce and well all websites.
10 Excellent Tools for Responsive Web Design
http://sixrevisions.com/tools/responsive-web-design/
Check out these tools for responsive web design.
22 Examples of Fixed Position Navigation in Web Design
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/22-examples-of-fixed-position-navigation-in-web-design
With these examples, you will finds several inspiring examples of the use of fixed position navigation
40 Absolutely Brilliant Billboard Ads!
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/brilliant-creative-billboard-advertisements/
40 of the most creative billboard advertising campaigns you will find anywhere!
New High-Quality Free Fonts
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/02/new-high-quality-free-fonts/
Just for you in time for the weekend! New high quality free fonts.
10 Highly Used and Abused Twitter Trends that are Not Cool
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/10-abused-twitter-trends/
10 highly used and abused Twitter practices. Please don’t do these.
20 jQuery Tutorials Teaching Super Cool Visual Effects
http://line25.com/articles/20-jquery-tutorials-teaching-super-cool-visual-effects
Learn some amazing visual effects with these jquery tutorials.
40 Vintage Advertisements for Design Inspiration
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/vintage-advertisements/
Sometimes looking back can inspire one going forward. Check out these vintage advertisements and see if you get inspired.
12 Ways Your Logo Impacts Social Media Marketing
http://justcreativedesign.com/2011/08/02/12-ways-your-logo-impacts-social-media-marketing/
Does your logo have a positive social media impact? Here are 12 ways it should.
Designers, Do You Really Know Anything About Design?
http://designshack.co.uk/articles/graphics/designers-do-you-really-know-anything-about-design/
So what is Design really about? Do you know? Read this and see.
I hope you have enjoyed this Friday’s editions. Let me know if there is something you would like to see in the future.