Category Archives: Design
Oct 28, 2007 by Matt | Posted in Design
Yesterday, Amazon changed their design. Oddly, though, it had been replaced with the original by this morning. Even more strangely, this isn’t the first time this has happened. About a month ago, an earlier version of this design was put online, only to be removed the next day. Are they testing a new design, but they’re not quite ready to make it permanent?
Luckily, I was smart enough to snag a screenshot of the new design:
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Oct 25
As cool as that orange RSS icon looks, it won’t necessarily fit-in with your blog’s design. It’s orange! Sure, you could just use a different color, but why not get a little creative? You don’t have to use the same style as everyone else.…
Oct 23
What is the current state of your blog’s design? Is it looking a bit old? Is your template full of junk you’ve added over the months? No matter how good a design is, it will age over time and possibly become stuffed full of…
Oct 11
Do you have a bunch of useless stuff cluttering your post pages? Are there things there that should not be? Are there things that could be implemented better? Don’t put it off any longer, it’s time to clean-up your post pages (the single.php template…
Oct 8
After soliciting submissions, haunting design galleries, and looking through my bookmarks, I have put together this collection of cool web designs. I may not have all of the coolest web designs on the plane Earth, but I’ve collected all the coolest ones on my…
Sep 29
Well, it looks like Smashing Magazine launched a new layout without telling us. They’ve retained the clean look from the previous design, though the main content area isn’t nearly as wide as it had been previously.
Sep 17
The term “above the fold,” carried-over from the print world, refers to everything seen before the fold in the newspaper. In web design, its meaning is virtually the same, referring to the first screen of content. Basically, if you can see it without scrolling,…
Sep 16
FeedIcons.com, the easiest way to grab a copy of the standard RSS icon, has recently received a redesign. The light-on-dark design, like the old version, makes the orange feed icons stand out. The other colors don’t look bad either. The design is made-up from…
Sep 14
Whether you’re designing a business card for yourself, or for your website, you have an opportunity to be creative. Don’t settle for a plain card with basic information. I’ve basically assembled a list of lists (doesn’t that sound cheesy?). I’ve looked around the web…
Sep 13
Do you want to learn how to design websites? The best way to learn is probably through books. With a book you don’t have to sit in front of a glowing screen, reading impatiently in “Internet Time” (where everything seems to go to slowly…