Category Archives: Design
Sep 7, 2007 by Matt | Posted in Design
Have you run into a brick wall while designing a new layout? It happens a lot, but there’s an easy remedy. First, head over to Smashing Magazine and look at their design roundups. Still stuck? It’s time too look through some design galleries. There are a lot of them, definitely more than I have here, but here are some of the better known ones, along with some new galleries that I stumbled across.
Those design galleries sure like the term “CSS,” don’t they? Seven out of nine are called “CSS [fill-in-the-blank].” You could probably find a lot of design galleries if you Google inurl:css.
Aug 31
What are your favorite websites (design-wise)? We all want to know. Here’s how it works: You submit the URLs of websites with cool designs via the contact form (or the post comments). Try to think up a few sites, and submit the URLs in…
Aug 25
Blogsolid is a blog about blogging. The tagline “ideas for better blogging” describes the site well. Their content is good, and their design is amazing. It’s got a great natural/ancient/paper/etc kind of look to it. Though it’s a light-on-dark design, it’s been pulled-off well,…
Aug 22
Welcome back to Design Spotlight! I know it’s been awhile, but there have been a lot of other things to post about. Today we tackle Pro Blog Design. ProBlogDesign has a cool, well-designed, template sporting a three-column layout. [Random thought here: We need to…
Aug 21
Don’t settle for an <h1> tag, put a cool logo at the top of your blog! If you’re starting a new website, or revamping an existing one, spend a bit of time thinking-out a logo. If your site doesn’t have one, get one as…
Aug 17
There’s writer’s block, but what about designer’s block? I’ve been trying to design a new template for a tech blog, but I’ve been unable to do so. I’ve got a general idea of how I want to lay-out the content and sidebars, but as…
Aug 14
CSS. Without it the web would look pathetic. If the W3C hadn’t put out the CSS standard, our blogs would look like this, this, or this. Is that scary or what? Whether you’re a web designer, a PHP coder, or a blogger, it pays…
Aug 13
Is web design an art? I believe it is, and I’m prepared to vehemently defend my opinion. Layout/logo design takes time, effort, and ability. Take a look at Ars Technica, Apple, The Leaky Cauldron, North X East, and ProBlogger. Notice their designs. When designing,…
Jul 31
Apple Inc is the maker of the worlds coolest computers, as I’m sure you already know. Their website has, for the last few years, been very innovative and has started several design trends. What has Apple’s website like in the past? Let’s find out,…
Jul 29
I’ve decided to call this technique “Content Mapping,” for want of a better term. What is Content Mapping? Here’s an example. The idea is that the colored blocks will help you visualize how your layout is structured. This has several applications. It’s useful for…
