50 Examples of Drop-Down Navigation Menus in Web Designs

Jul 9 2010 by Andy Johnson | 37 Comments

50 Examples of Drop-Down Navigation Menus in Web Designs

Having a clean and well-structured website navigation is key in designing an effective user interface. Drop-down menus are great for sites that have multiple levels of content hierarchy. The typical design pattern of a drop-down menu is that when a user hovers over the parent navigation item, a submenu of navigation items appears.

In this collection are many different types of drop-down menus used in websites all over the web for your navigation design inspiration.

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5 Good Habits That Will Make You a Better Coder

Jul 8 2010 by Matt Ward | 38 Comments

5 Good Habits That Will Make You a Better Coder

We all want to grow in the things we do, and in the field of web development, one of the main areas that we spend a lot of time on is our code. This could include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, ActionScript or any other language that you may choose to use for building websites.

In this article, I’ll share some practical steps that you can take to expand your skill set and become a better coder. I would like to propose five different habits that you can adapt in order to help yourself become more excellent at what you do.

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250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 2)

Jul 7 2010 by Alexander Dawson | 29 Comments

250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 2)

As web professionals, we’re always looking for ways to improve our knowledge and skills. Continuing on with our list of quick web design tips (see Part 1), these tips will cover the website development process as well as positive marketing and promotional tips for web designers.

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Win $50 in Credits on Next Day Flyers

Jul 7 2010 by Jacob Gube | 63 Comments

Win $50 in Credits on Next Day Flyers

Next Day Flyers, an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry, has teamed up with Six Revisions to give three lucky readers $50 in credit. The winners can use the online design feature to create their own custom designs for products such as postcards, club flyers, business cards, and tickets. Winners also have the option of uploading a design that they’ve created using Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator, or InDesign.

Read on to see how you can win $50 dollars in credit.

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Create a CSS3 Call to Action Button

Jul 6 2010 by Andrew Roberts | 34 Comments

Create a CSS3 Call to Action Button

Continuing on with my previous article showing the power of CSS3 for web designers, I’m now going to share with you a method for making a slick call to action button using only CSS.

Like the last article, I’m going to take a previous Photoshop tutorial called How to Create a Slick and Clean Button in Photoshop by Six Revisions Chief Editor, Jacob Gube, and try my best to recreate it without using a graphics editor. I think doing this is one of the best ways to highlight the fact that CSS3 can make our jobs as web designers much easier.

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Getting Started with the iPhone SDK

Jul 5 2010 by Amber Weinberg | 21 Comments

Getting Started with the iPhone SDK

This article is a general overview of making iPhone apps using the iPhone software development kit (SDK).

In order to start making your own iPhone apps, you’ll need to sign up for a free Apple Developer account and download the iPhone SDK.

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A Guide to Premium WordPress Themes

Jul 4 2010 by Sacha Greif | 29 Comments

A Guide to Premium WordPress Themes

The premium theme market has really exploded in the past few years. There are now many of premium themes sites (i.e. WooThemes) for WordPress alone, and that’s not even counting the hundreds of authors who publish themes on marketplaces like Themeforest or Mojo Themes.

With so many options out there, it can be hard for buyers to know which theme to buy, so here are a few key elements to pay attention to when shopping around.

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