July 2009

Web design rules to follow.

Good web design involves the use of excellent graphics, fonts, color, layout and web accessibility, which together give a feel of uniqueness, style, personality, and individuality. AdmixWeb has a set of rules to follow to achieve good web design.

The humble Login Form.

As a guide to overall good interface design, DesignReviver focuses on the element that helps users interact with your site, the Login Form. There are always multiple solutions, which is why they’ve collected 100 sites with outstanding Login Forms for your inspiration.

Tweak your website.

BuildInternet shows you a handful of tricks that can have an positive effect on your projects. It will only take five minutes, but use your best judgment, as not all of the adjustments are appropriate for every project.

Paper in websites.

Creativity comes in many shapes, sizes and colors – just check out some of the amazing work people do with paper textures in web design. SpyreStudios showcases 35 of the best.

How To Create a WordPress Theme.

Essentially, ThemeShaper will be teaching you everything you need to know about WordPress Theme development. Think of this post as a series of 11 easy steps to a perfect WordPress Theme.

Corporate web design.

I’m in two minds about corporate websites. On the one hand, there are all the limitations of maintaining brand identity and corporate guidelines. On the other, corporates have the budget for unlimited resources and the elite of web designers. InstantShift gives you 80 examples of corporate websites done well.

Inspirational portfolio designs.

It’s getting more and more usual for designers to showcase their artwork online and the result is tons of portfolio websites competing for awareness. This means that you need to be special to stand out. Having access to collections of great web designs that really stand out may speed up your design process significantly and increase the chance that the result you end up with will have new and unique features. At TripWireMagazine you’ll find over 30 inspirational portfolio designs.

Squeaky clean web designs.

So what is clean web design? The WebDesignLedger believes a clean web design is one that has an uncluttered layout, makes use of plenty of white space, and screams professionalism. They have a great showcase to make their point.

Paper in web design.

The utilization of paper as a design element in a web design is one of the most popular design trends. By using scraps of paper, cardboard textures, notebooks and notepads, a designer is able to compose an interesting and elaborate design. SixRevisions presents a showcase of some of the best examples.

Old fashioned.

With the recent trend in ‘retro’ and ‘vintage’ in modern web design, it’s time to put the theory into practice. SmashingMagazine offers 35  Photoshop tutorials to achieve these popular effects.