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CSS-Based Tables: Modern Solutions

By Smashing Editorial, December 29th, 2006 in CSS | 85 Comments

We coninue to present some of the best CSS-techniques which web-developers can always use working on their current web-project. Recently we’ve taken a look at the best css-based forms, today we present some useful techniques for displaying information in a tabular mode. In fact, tables can present data quite efficiently, particularly if you can use [...]
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Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries

By Smashing Editorial, December 21st, 2006 in Design Showcase | 95 Comments

One can discuss whether numerous CSS-galleries challenge our creativity, however they can serve as a quite nice source for inspiration. The galleries of CSS-based designs showcase exemplary design practices, solutions, ideas and templates. Once you have no idea what you should do next with your web-site, it's worth taking a look at some beautiful works - crème de la crème of CSS-designs - out there. Below you'll find a brief overview of css-galleries you can explore inspiration from.
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50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006

By Smashing Editorial, December 19th, 2006 in Design Showcase | 470 Comments

2006 was rich on creative, beautiful and unusual design concepts. We've seen a lot of whitespace, many examples of readable and usable text-design, badges, stars, rounded corners, shapes, gradients, mirror and 3D-effects - just name it. Let's take a close look at some of the most beautiful designs we've seen in 2006. Some gorgeous designs are missing? Let us know - comment on this article!
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Preventing Spam: Bulletproof Solutions

By Smashing Editorial, December 14th, 2006 in How-To | 38 Comments

Spam is probably one of the most difficult problems we have to deal with. E-Mail-filters, such as those used in GMail, provide accurate results, but not every company is willing to use extern services for its private mails. The problem occurs when web-developers have to display e-mail-addresses on a web-page. How can you make sure that not a single spam mail will find its path to the inbox of your client? Or, speaking in more concrete terms, the question is, how should you display e-mails on a web-page in order to minimize spam attacks? Let's take a look at some modern and bulletproof solutions and techniques which will help you to prevent spam in your mailbox or the mailbox used by your clients.
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Fertigo - Free Font Of The Week

By Smashing Editorial, December 11th, 2006 in Fonts | 9 Comments

We continue to collect most beautiful high quality freefonts, which can be used for both private and professional projects without any restrictions whatsoever. They are hard to find, but the search is definitely worth it. Over the last 30 days we've managed to find few oldies such as famous Geo Sans and Mank Sans by Manfred Klein, but also some newbies such as Jos Buivenga's Diavlo. You might also be interested in further free fonts we've presented recently. Before using the font, don't forget to read the legal agreement carefully. They change from time to time.
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Christmas Wallpapers

By Smashing Editorial, December 9th, 2006 in Graphics | 58 Comments

Our recent article on the wallpapers for desktop and web-design has been making rounds for a while, so we decided to make another present for our readers. Christmas themes might not be everyone's favourite themes, but in december they can be found everywhere. So, who knows, maybe you'd like to decorate your desktop accordingly? Let's take a look at some Xmas specials - for your desktop or current web-project.

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Selected Wallpapers: For Desktop & Web-Design

By Smashing Editorial, December 7th, 2006 in Graphics | 138 Comments

Creative wallpapers can serve as a nice source of inspiration. Particularly if you are having another creativity block, but don't really have enough time to take a walk or browse through Flickr pools. However, it isn't easy to find some really nice wallpapers - the choise is too big, and there are simply too many sources. Over the last few days we've searched for the best posters, wallpapers, galleries and background images on the Web and collected them in an overview below. Especially Mac-Users will find some nice sources. Feel free to suggest further resources in the comments section.
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More Symbols, Buttons and Icons For Free

By Smashing Editorial, December 3rd, 2006 in Graphics | 70 Comments

We continue to collect best freeware and stock symbols, buttons and icons. Here are few sets we've stumbled upon over the last few weeks. IconCool collects Icons for Windows XP. There are 16 icon sets, which can be downloaded for free. Most of them include original icons from Microsoft.
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