Author: Sven Lennartz
Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine. Former writer, web designer, freelancer and webworker. Author of several books.
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Freebies Round-Up: Icons, Buttons and Templates
- May 24th, 2007
- 158 Comments
Visual design elements can considerably improve the readability of the page. Using them, you can make it easier for your users to scan the presented content and find the information they’re actually looking for. Icons can draw reader’s attention to the key aspects of the article and visualize the topic ...
Read more...11 Almost Perfect Business Layouts
- April 26th, 2007
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Business companies tend to impress visitors with solid site structures, precise navigation and the credibility of presented content. Therefore business layouts are usually quite unspectacular, mostly informative, but not attractive. It’s an appropriate approach if you want to inform your visitors, but what should you do if you want to ...
Read more...Online Converters
- April 10th, 2007
- 60 Comments
Online converters always come in handy. Once you need to perform some operation with your files, they can save your time achieving the same results online, without installing some specific software. In fact, there are many online tools, which convert formats, files and code snippets for free. Some of them ...
Read more...Adobe Dreamweaver Tutorials
- April 4th, 2007
- 28 Comments
With the growing popularity of CMS, Wikis and Weblogs, WYSIWIG-editors lose their users. However, many of those editors offer many advantages, such as Integration of SVN, FTP Clients, Developer’s extensions and programming environments. Using them, you can save your time and increase your efficiency. Not every code has to ...
Read more...Inspire Yourself: More Creative Favicons
- March 29th, 2007
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Recently we’ve selected 50 Remarkable Favicons you can inspire yourself from. This follow-up is supposed to give you some more ideas for fresh, inspiring and creative favicon design. Favicons, mini graphics for a particular web-site, can be displayed in the browser’s URL bar, next to the site’s name in lists of ...
Read more...Google AdSense: Facts, FAQs and Tools
- March 22nd, 2007
- 59 Comments
Google AdSense is probably one of the most popular revenue generators in the Web. We hear the stories about bloggers-genies, who manage to turn their blogs into cash machines overnight. However, it’s not that simple to find the actual tips, which stick to Google policies, might increase your revenues and ...
Read more...42 Design/Tech Magazines To Read
- March 19th, 2007
- 65 Comments
Regardless of what it is that you’re selling, in order to remain competitive, you have to know exactly, what’s going on in the field you’re working in. More than that – actually, you have to know what happens next, which trends are coming up and which technologies will become big ...
Read more...Inspire Yourself: 58 Creative Logos
- March 13th, 2007
- 135 Comments
Logotypes stand for Corporate Identity. The better a logo is designed, the greater is the probability that your potential clients will remember your CI and get back to you once your service is needed. Consequence: designers have to be creative and put many efforts in designing beautiful, unique and catchy ...
Read more...Web 2.0 Tutorials Round-Up
- March 10th, 2007
- 93 Comments
Web 2.0 can be beautiful. In fact, many designers manage to create really amazing, particularly dark and fresh web-designs, which are visually appealing and make a great first impression. However, if you are planning on designing a web 2.0-project, you probably should know how and where to start from. Badges, ...
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