12 Portable Apps for Web Designers

Jun 2 2010 by Raja Hostwisely | 31 Comments

12 Portable Apps for Web Designers

A web designer must always have his or her tools handy. Of course, that is most often the case when you’re working from home or from an office where you have your own work computer.

But if you are constantly on the move or are doing a lot of demonstrations to your customers at their place of business, you’ll need to carry your programs with you.

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A Guide to Google Font API

Jun 1 2010 by Divyang Patel | 59 Comments

Make the Web Beautiful With Google Font API

Despite the nascent technologies and web startups on the Web, one thing we’ve lacked in the recent past was rich and beautiful web typography.

Though we have so many typefaces to choose from, we could only use a specific set of regular fonts installed and supported by most computers — these fonts were collectively known as Web-safe fonts.

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Winners of SlideshowBox Flash Photo Gallery Licenses

Jun 1 2010 by Jacob Gube | 5 Comments

Winners of SlideshowBox Flash Photo Gallery Licenses

Last week, we ran a giveaway post for five Premium Plus licenses of SlideshowBox (worth $149) sponsored by Smartketer, a software company that has developed two product suites: JumpeyeComponents and SnackTools.

Many of you participated by leaving a comment on the giveaway post, and now I’m happy to announce the winners of the five licenses.

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10 Massively Popular Websites with Plain and Simple Designs

May 31 2010 by Corbett Barr | 71 Comments

10 Massively Popular Websites with Plain and Simple Designs

While most people will agree that design is an important factor in building a high-traffic website or blog, there are countless examples on the contrary.

How is it that some sites are able to become massively popular despite their pedestrian or lackluster designs? And, perhaps a better question is: Could those sites be even more popular with an improved design?

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Beautiful and Useful 404 Error Pages for Inspiration

May 30 2010 by Rishabh Agarwal | 75 Comments

Beautiful and Useful 404 Error Pages for Inspiration

Errors don’t need to be ugly. On the Web, any links that are broken result in a 404 Not Found error message. There are two ways you can address this issue when your user navigates towards a broken link.

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Beautiful Web Designs That Use Nature Themes

May 28 2010 by Tyler Denis | 30 Comments

Beautiful Web Designs with a Nature Theme

Giving your web design a natural look can make your website friendlier as well as show your appreciation of the environment. Nature-themed web designs can also give your website a unique character.

There are many ways you can use nature to make your website stand out or help you get a message across to your website visitors. Here is a showcase of over 40 exceptional web designs that use nature themes.

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Six Revisions Downtime: Friday Morning, May 28 2010

May 28 2010 by Jacob Gube | 3 Comments

Due to a server migration this morning, some of you trying to go to Six Revisions and our sister site, Design Instruct, may not have been able to access the sites. We’re happy to announce that we’re back up and that the server move went flawlessly.

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