by Cat Johnson Feel like adding a little pizazz to your website? Want to give a site some old-time flair but you’re not sure how? Fear not. Specky Boy has collected 50 Creative Examples of Vintage and Retro in Web Design for your inspiration and enjoyment. Some of the designs are very “Flash-y” but a… [Read more…]
by Cat Johnson When I was learning the basics of CSS, Stu Nicholls was my hero, mentor and guru. He guided me through simple menu construction, pushed me to experiment with Javascript in my designs and gave me permission to cut and paste his menus that were way beyond my abilities. This morning I clicked… [Read more…]
by Cat Johnson Ever wish you had a bit more room on a page? Feel like you’re crowding too much into a navbar? Where do you put important, yet secondary site information? Turns out, an effective and stylish place to include information and strengthen a design is the footer. Gone are the days of a… [Read more…]
by Cat Johnson In early 2009, Smashing Magazine published a post on their really great website (Hint: Get over there if you don’t know about them yet) entitled Web Design Trends for 2009. I revisited it recently and found it to be inspiring, informative and enlightening. Part of our job as developers is to stay… [Read more…]
by Cat Johnson I think that one of the trickiest things about working with clients is getting to a place where the vision for the project is shared and clear. I really dislike the back-and-forth of change this, tweak that, try this color etc. It feels like a waste of time for both of us,… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010 by scweb
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