The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great business cards, bootstrap, grunge photoshop tutorials as well as creative packaging designs and much more.

15 Best Parallax Scrolling Tutorials

Parallax scrolling is one of the simplest solutions that webmasters could rely on, especially if they demand for immediate impact on the site visit, faster loading time, and interesting effects that people could enjoy. Because of its benefit to webpages using Parallax plugins, there are now many online resources that offer Parallax tutorials in order for interested website owners to also experience the increasing number of visitors with such an amazing welcome page.

30 Unconventional Business Cards

Yes, more traditional business practices are going digital these days. Though sometimes, a good ol’ physical business card is just as effective for that networking event, trade fair or random grocery store encounter. But to make yourself memorable, leave behind the ho-hum, stock-designed business cards in favor of something a bit more creative. Who knows? It might be worth that little extra investment when your company stands out from the stack of cards already on everyone’s desk. We scoured the Internet and found some pretty clever designs. Check out our list below of 30 creative business cards (in no particular order) — they leave quite the impression.

All about Twitter Bootstrap and Web Design

Welcome new easy-to-use-and-configure HTML, CSS and Javascript framework with the help of which the process of web development will become easier and faster! Bootstrap Framework is the creation of Jacob Thornton and Mark Otto. It was released as an open source in August 2011 and became the most called-for GitHub project by February 2012.

51 Grunge Photoshop Tutorials to Try Today

Grunge is an art style of rebel youth. These people don’t want to follow glamorous culture and false ideals of beauty. At the same time it’s a popular design trend (particularly web design) that fascinates millions of creative minds. And today we’d like to show you fantastic grunge Photoshop tutorials, so that can feel dirty grunge style actually. Let’s take a loot at each of 51 grunge Photoshop tutorials that we’ve collected for you. They will make you a more skilled designer!

30+ Sets Of Free Blurred Backgrounds

Blurred backgrounds may look like a really bad and unfocused photograph. However, many web designers use blur effects on website backgrounds to simulate depth and give the content extra focus. When used right the effect is really strong and we often see it used on photography websites and online portfolios where creative people show off their skills and creations. Check out this collection ofphoto website templates for inspiration. The blurred background trend may not be at a peak just now and is a direct contrast to the very popular use of minimalistic and flat design in both website and mobile apps. Still it is worth considering is you want to stand out and be recognized as a creative individual or agency. In this article, I have collected more than 30 sets of useful blurred background photographs that I hope you will find good use for in your creative projects.

40 Creative Packaging Design For Inspiration

As packaging is a part of our daily lives , the packaging design (food , drink , gift , etc ) is a essential part of product marketing tactics. Some companies make it the primary goal to attract customers’ attention. Creative and well-designedpackaging design breaks away from the standard rules and conventions that we are accustomed to, giving the product a unique edge to stand out from the rest. However, a product packaging design is not only useful in marketing and advertising , it can inspires graphic designers and enhances their creativity and innovation.

So Here we have rounded up 40 Inspirational Packaging Designs to inspire you for your next design project and why not boot up your creativity idea.

10 fonts that are safe to use with CSS

With the rise of @font-face and the new possibilities it opens, web designers like to use fancy fonts to make their website more unique. However, this does come with a price, an more important loading time for web pages.

If saving bandwidth and having fast loading pages is important for you, don’t worry too much, it doesn’t mean you have to give up on typography. There are a few fonts that you can use to make sure your website is looking right without using Arial or Times New Roman. In this post we take a look at some fonts that are already installed on your visitors computers most of the time.

Trends: Going Bigger with Typography

I like big type and I cannot lie …OK, that’s not exactly how 1990s rap anthem by Sir Mix-a-Lot goes, but you get the idea. Big typography is trending in a major way. And that’s a good thing. The point of text in your design is to be read. From navigation, to blog entries to item descriptions for e-commerce, type is meant to be seen and understood. Going big is a great way to do that.

80+ Awesome jQuery Slider Plugins

This article is one of the largest and most up to date collections of jQuery slider plugins. There are different types of sliders to choose from and it is important to review the options to get the right slider design for your site. I have included basic image sliders, mixed content slider, gallery sliders, carousel sliders, banner rotators and some even have fully responsive support.

23 Useful HTML5 Tools For Web Developers

HTML5 tools are useful tools that serve and aid web developers and designers because of its awesome features. This is actually the contemporary language in presenting website content online. HTML5 tools for web developers allows webmasters to incorporate images, video, fonts, audio, animations, and the drag & drop in your web pages. Another perks of it is the compatibility it provides to the old website designs whether it’s HTML or HTML 4. In order to take advantage and witness the latest designs, here are the 23 useful HTML5 tools that any webmasters can use in order to stay ahead and up-to-date.

Could Mobile Responsive Website Design Hurt Your SEO?

Indeed, designing with a mobile-first mindset becomes more important — quite literally — by the day. As does answering burning questions related to mobile design best practices. For example: Is mobile responsive web design good for SEO or not? This has become a hotly debated topic, even right here in the Copyblogger comment sections, with reasonable minds making reasonable arguments on both sides. Depending on where you look and what you read, you might come away thinking that Responsive Web Design is in perfectly fine shape regarding SEO … or that it creates a mess that’s going to destroy your search results.

Google to let you create your own HTML tags

Amongst all the announcements at Google I/O, the search giant’s annual conference, one of the more eyebrow-raising was its plan to let Android developers create their own HTML tags via Google’s Web Componentstechnology.

100 Free jQuery Image and Content Slider Plugins

Content slider is an awesome way to get attention of your visitors and customers.Content slider plugins feature several pieces of your content (articles,products..) with titles,descriptions and images.jQuery content and image sliders use very small amount of space in your websites or blogs so that they can be used in any part of the the page.In today’s post we have a really huge collection of free jQuery content and image sliders.Probably this is one of the biggest collection of all time of jQuery content and image sliders.

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Every company has some type of logo that they used to identify themselves to their customers. This logo could be brand new or decades old. Business owners occasionally feel the urge to change their logo. However, is it possible to redesign an existing logo? Is the urge to do so for an important reason and may it be done without damaging your company’s reputation or existing business?

Reasons to Change a Logo

Rebranding

Often in the life span of a business, especially one that has been around for a long time, the need arises to reposition the company in its chosen industry. A brand is simply someone’s impression of a company. If the business is know for refined elegance, it will be nearly impossible to implement a budget or low price strategy successfully. Over the course of years, or decades, a company’s focus may shift. In shifting, the company then needs to portray a different image, tell a different story to its audience. At this point it is time to rebrand and it is appropriate to redesign your logo to match with your new branding strategies.

Copyright

It pays to do your research before designing your logo or naming your business. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to be completely thorough and occasionally it happens that two different companies attempt to trademark the same name or design a similar logo. If this happens, and you are unfortunate enough to be the newer company – it may be required that you change your logo to something completely different.

Modernization

From decade to decade, styles come and go. A great logo design can withstand the ages, but even brilliant designs will in time need to be updated. To modernize a logo does not necessarily mean to completely change it. It merely may need some minor adjusting to match up with the current times.

Mergers

Mergers and acquisitions happen all the time. When two companies are combined, the question of whether to completely join the two companies comes up. Some companies choose to continue on as if nothing as changed but the management. Others dissolve one company under the new one instead. Occasionally, a rebranding is needed to combine the two companies so that both are instantly recognizable but are part of the same thing. This can be tricky but is possible.

Simplification

When a company first starts out it is easy for them to design a logo that appeals to them for various reasons. Unfortunately, the outcome of that design is sometimes confusing to the target audience. It is the style lately to get rid of taglines and slogans in a logo and to really focus on an image that will stand out to your customers. A simplified logo can be stronger and more easily noticeable than a complicated one.

Jump Start

If a company has begun to lose customers or their numbers are gradually diminishing, instead of giving up hope a jump kick to the business might just change things around. If you can change your brand, or the public’s perception of you, it is easy to start being successful again. This is a fantastic time to redesign your logo.

Reasons Not to Change a Logo

Boredom or Restlessness

If a business owner or marketing department suddenly gets the urge to change or update their logo and have no valid reason to do so, don’t allow it. A logo is the image of your company and should not be traded out or changed at will. While a logo redesign can be a great thing, there needs to be a great reason to do it. Logo redesigns are confusing for customers. Customers loyal to your company will also be surprisingly loyal to its brand image. If you cannot convince the public of the need to rebrand you may find yourself losing dedicated customers unnecessarily.

Success

If your business is currently successful and making good profit, then there is really no need to change your logo design just because you can afford to do so. That money is better invested in staying on top of industry trends or ahead of current developments so that your company can stay on top.

Conclusion

Most importantly, however, is to do a test run of the new design. While you do not want to broadcast your new logo before it is finalized, it is important to have it looked at by various groups of people. Images and symbols means different things to different audiences and sometimes can hold an unintentional message unwittingly. Be certain the impression you are going for with your new logo design is what customers are receiving when they view it. It is easier to edit and change the logo before launch than it is to make changes after you have put all of your company behind it.

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Spring is here, the birds are chirping and flowers starting to bloom. Therefore we decided to collect 20+ must have spring and floral Photoshop brushes. Every web designer knows you can never have enough brushes for Photoshop, if you feel we forgot any do leave us a comment below!

Spring Sketches Brushes

Floral Photoshop Brushes

Floral Brush

ps floral brushes

Unreal Brushes v.3

GVL – Vines Brushes – set 2

Spring Flowers Brushes

Spring Flowers: 18 Free Photoshop Brushes

floral brushes

Suddenly Spring Photoshop Brushes

Floral decorations_brushespack

Vector Foliage-Plants Brushes

Free Photoshop brushes: Floral Part 1

Floral Swirl Brushes

Floral Photoshop Brushes

Free Floral Brushes Pack 1

Floral Brushes 02

Floral Photoshop Brushes

Fantasy Floral Photoshop Brushes – Part 4

Floral Brushes

sprinkle flowers ps7 vbrush

15 Fantasy Butterfly Photoshop Brushes Free for Your Designs

Flowers Brushes

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great WordPress themes, CSS, beautiful fonts as well as Web design vs SEO and the first website gets its original address back.

Adobe’s Project Mighty Input Tools Look Pretty Awesome

The Adobe Mighty Pen is designed for sketching on tablets, and it’s got at least two brilliant features integrated with their drawing app: Since the screen can distinguish between the pen’s nib and your mitts, you can draw with the pen, then erase with your finger. No more having to click a submenu to change the tool. And when you do need a submenu, you click a button on the pen itself to make it appear on-screen.

50 Beautiful Mobile UI Design with Amazing User Experience

The actual fact of User Interface (UI) as well as User Experience (UX) is that both UI/UX are the two sides of the same coin. Both are keeping up the relationship between the users and their products.  The User Interface (UI) describes the dealing with the as well as and the products, while another, the user experience (UX) is dealing with the user’s experience and the observation of the products. Moreover, simply saying, the User Interface (UI) deals with technical as well as formal features of a site and the user experience (UX) is dealing with the understanding and response to the user. Here is the big list of cool examples of Interaction Mobile UI/UX Design. Enjoy!

30 Great Examples of Web Design Sketches

Although sketching is an old school method for web design,it is still the first for website creation.There are times you get stuck and frustrated in design process of a website so a piece of paper and a pencil will be a great helper for you.Sketching will help you stay focused on designing websites or blogs. In today’s post we bring together a showcase website sketches for your inspiration.The below website sketches are great examples of how web designers plan their own website designs before going live.

Ultimate Resources For Mobile Web Application Design

The advancements of smartphones have improved the quality of mobile web development. It is now possible to generate entire webapps using only HTML5 and CSS3. Coupled with many JavaScript libraries the possibilities for mobile development are endless. In this post, I have put together just over 70 resources for developing mobile websites and web applications. This collection is more focused on HTML5 / CSS3 / JS webapps as opposed to frameworks or native applications. The purpose is to give your mobile webapp a similar look & feel commonplace with native interfaces.

Common usability errors to avoid at all costs

One of the most important tasks on your plate as a web designer is usability. Usability is defined as a gauge of the quality of the user’s experience when interacting with your website. Any website you design should always be seamless from the standpoint of the user. They should find your site easy to navigate without having to first undergo special training. Usability is normally based on several different factors.

It’s Time for a Web Evolution – Introducing the Smart Site

The mission of digital-telepathy is to make great design accessible to anyone by creating new standards that improve how people interact with and create digital design. From websites to mobile apps, TVs and beyond, we’re committed to making experiences that define the future of the screen interface. Though there is plenty of ground to cover to accomplish our mission, the higher we push the standards for publishers and designers, the better the experience becomes for all web users.

The ultimate guide to Adobe’s new software

If you use Adobe products, you’ve got a big decision to make. The Creative Suite is no more, and the latest versions of Adobe’s leading design software packages such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver will instead be released exclusively through its subscription service. Which means these titles will be called not, as we’d expected, Photoshop CS7 or Illustrator CS7 etc but Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC and so on.

There’s More Than One Way to Build Mobile Apps

It turns out this topic of building a mobile application is difficult to write about. In our experience at meltmedia, all the methods discussed below have their merits and their caveats. In reading around the blogosphere and web-o-whatever-it’s-called-sphere for more opinions, I’ve found that there are many great discussions about building mobile apps and even more opinions and defenses for each of them. After all that, my answer to your question, “Which method?” remains the same: “It depends.” Today, for you only, that advice is FREE.

Best Designers In Technology

Last month, Business Insider asked our readers to submit nominations for the most talented designers in the tech industry. After sifting through reader submissions and scouring the web for qualified designers, we’ve come up with a list of the 75 best designers in tech. The list includes product designers, mobile app designers, web designers, user interface designers, human interaction designers, you name it. When determining the ranking, we took into account a few different criteria: experience, quality of work, number of nominations, and size of company.

40+ Memorable Travel WordPress Themes

WordPress travel themes are great for moving your travel business or travel memories online fast and at a low cost. Most people love to travel, visit new places, relax and get away from the daily routines. When getting home again however, it is time to make sure the memories, stories, photos and videos are nicely arranged, and easy to browse during the dark and cold winter season. At the same time, new vacations are planned and travel websites glow from the many vacation hungering visitors.

35 Free Fonts For Designers

Typography is one of the most important aspect in modern web designing. We are always trying to share best downloadable high-quality Fonts, which stand in a unique class of their own, and which will serve as a excellent base for any graphic designer project. So today’s we’re happy to share with you a collection of High Quality Free Fonts for commercial use that were carefully chosen by the licensee. High-quality free fonts has always been a fundamental aspect of stylish headlines, but many graphic designers are now making type the centerpiece of their designs. Not only is typography becoming the design, but type is being pushed to the limits by being used in cool new ways such as  stylish free fonts.

Creating a 3D Interactive Gallery with CSS and jQuery

Today I will guide you through a series of steps to achieve a beautiful 3D interactive gallery using only CSS3 and jQuery. This tutorial is inspired by the website of Tapmates. With this tutorial we will add some interesting interactions which can be applied to anything from an image driven website to your portfolio website. Let’s begin(Webkit Browser Only).

A Showcase of Flat Design Websites

Less is more. Minimalism in design has become a popular trend today especially in UI design for websites. Characterized mostly by minimalist and flat colors and icons, flat design promotes a clean user interface that is clear and easy to understand. While some people just didn’t like it, saying it is boring,  more and more applications of this design trend are seen on app development, web design and even on print and advertising. And today in YTD, we showcase some of the most inspiring websites which use the flat design to communicate their message in the simplest way possible.

Getting Started with WordPress Post Formats

Since WP 3.1, we’ve had post formats. Most people don’t know what that is and most developers don’t make use of this great tool. You should know about it since we’ll probably have a great increase on post formats usage with the upcoming WP 3.6 version. There we’ll find a better post formats UI, and certainly a big incentive for users to understand and use it accordingly.

13 Great Websites Where You Can Showcase Your Designs

As a digital artist or designer, receiving feedback or ensuring visibility for your work is crucial. Setting up your own online portfolio is an option, but then there’s the problem of driving traffic to it. So before you get there, you can showcase your work alongside fellow designers on websites created especially with this purpose. Let’s take a look at 13 of the most popular and successful websites where you can showcase your designs.

8 New Greek Mythological Vector Packs and Freebie from Designious

The Greek mythology is well known about its beautiful stories and teachings about the gods and heroes, about the beginning of the world and religion. It also has a specific type of art which is distinct and very representative. Each of these vectors has a beautiful line art and a simple, but stylish color palette which allows you to easily scale them up and down, recolor them into a completely different color palette and even reduce the number of colors used, specifically for garment printing! And the best part is that all these resources come with and extended-royalty license which means they can be incorporated into your merchandise for sale, t-shirts, mugs, banners, websites or whatever comes through your mind!

50 Best Tumblr Themes of All Time

Here we have a tendency to includes some exceptional and very stunning Tumblr themes to boost your Tumblr expertise. we have a tendency to all have noticed that over the previous couple of years, the recognition of Tumblr has greatly enhanced. Tumblr is pretty versatile, potent, and, most unco, easy to figure with. Tumblr may be a blogging platform that allows you to squarely share everything from videos, photos, text, links or thoughts from an online browser, email or phone and it’s all customizable. As we discussed so many lists of themes,After getting good response now we collect the list of 50 Best Tumblr Themes Of all Time Enjoy the list and so not forget to share your views with us.

30 Free Rose Brushes Set For Designers

Roses have always been used in art such as paintings and sculptures etc from quite a long time and have always been a source of inspiration all around the world. Roses have captivated and enchanted man’s imaginations since long. The main reason for it is the fact that roses are extremely beautiful. Roses are usually associated with love/romance, beauty, friendship, compassion, feminism, and delicacy etc. The use of roses in graphic design is also quite common. Roses are one such thing that is never out of fashion, thus can be used anywhere and everywhere. Thus new and good Photoshop rose brushes are always in demand; which can be used for making romantic or feminine themed greeting e-cards, wallpapers, posters, scrapbooks, photo manipulations and digital arts etc. Below we showcase a collection of some amazing and high-quality rose brushes for Photoshop. Check them out and pick the ones you like the best! Here goes the list of 30 Free Rose Brushes Set For Designers.

25 Free Shopping Cart Psd Files For Your E-commerce Website

Nowadays , All kinds of shopping carts widget are made by designers and there are several approaches and trends that will make your cart attractive and proper. For designers it is necessary to add all the important ui elements like “add to cart” and “remove” buttons in the shopping cart widgets where user can add or remove items without going anywhere else. Thats why finding free photoshop psd filescan save a lot of time but finding a good design can be a hard process. In today’s we have gathered are 25 amazing , proper and elegant Free download Shopping Cart Psd Files that you can use in your e-commerce website project.

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If you are unfamiliar with Photoshop actions then you really making life much harder than it needs to be! PS actions are amazing little timesavers, they are great for photographers wanting to add a  beautiful effect to photos without having to go through a long process.

As with many other things DeviantArt has become the go-to website for Photoshop actions. We have compiled a list of 20 amazing Photoshop actions, but truth is the actual number of available actions hovers somewhere in the thousands, if you feel we have forgotten any feel free to let us know.

Photoshop action 6

Portrait Action

hard light action PS

Old Photo Action

IR effect look

HDR Tools

Skin Glow Enhancement

Photoshop Dream Blur Action

Vintage Photo

InFection

sa-cool actions 1.05 

Polaroid Generator 2

Photoshop Action – Bright Eyes

High Definition Sharpening

Teeth Whitening Photoshop Action

3-D Box Generator

Pencil Draw Photoshop Action

i-Dark 3.03

HDR Fantasticalizers

300 Action

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Every web designer knows that social media plays a large role today in driving traffic to your website. Therefore it is really important that you incorporate the social media icons into your design. We have compiled a list of 30 amazing social media buttons, perhaps you will find exactly the button you have been missing for your latest project. If you feel we have forgotten any feel free to let us know.

Social Media Icons

Social media icons

Social Network icons

jeans social media icon pack

Extreme Grunge Social Media Garments Icons Pack

Beautiful Free Letter Pressed Social Media Icons

Set of social icons

Social Icons hand drawn

Bulb Social Media Icons

Social Networking-Broken Icons

Set of social icons no.2

New Social Media Icon Set

Free Hand Drawn Doodle Icon Set for Bloggers

Metal Social Media Free Icon Set

Denim Jeans Social Media Icons

Ultimate Social Network Icons

Free Social Media Pictogram

65 Bookmarks And Social Icons

SOCIAL MEDIA ICON SET

Social Buttons

Slick Grid Style Free Social Media Icon Set

social media icons 2

Buttons Vol 2

Social Media Icons

Sticker Style Social Media

3D Social Media Buttons Collection

Burnt Wood: A Social Media Icon Set

Free Furry Cushions Social Icons Set

The ‘Free Style’ Social Media Icon Set

Neon Social Media Buttons

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great WordPress themes, CSS, beautiful fonts as well as Web design vs SEO and the first website gets its original address back.

30 Handy JavaScript Web Designing Tools & Libraries

JavaScript tools and libraries which are very helpful for fast web designing. JavaScript development tools are very handful we are currently selected JavaScript tools, including build tools, helpful libraries, IDE’s, Drag an Drop and js Charts. JavaScript is an extremely useful scripting language for enhancing user experience and usability. It is becoming more and more popular, as a JavaScript developer, you’ll need to keep up with the latest news and learn new skills. Today’s we put together a list of thirty JavaScript Tools for Web Designing and Development which can help to save you time and energy along the way. The collection based on framework, libraries, tools, techniques, and plugins. Enjoy!

55+ Best WordPress Blog Themes

With one of the many, cool WordPress blog themes available it is not a tough job to get started as a serious blogger. This is great and it helps you focus your energy on the great content you want to share with your audience online. For this article, I have collected some of the best WordPress blogging themes available right now. I hope you will find what you are looking for and that you will take the time to leave me a comment. In addition, please share my article on social media if you like it.

An Introduction To Object Oriented CSS

Have you ever heard the phrase “Content is King”? Being a Web developer, and therefore having a job that’s often linked to content creation, it’s likely you have. It’s a fairly overused but true statement about what draws visitors to a site. From a Web developer’s perspective, however, some may argue that speed is king. More and more, I’m starting to favour that stance. In recent years many experienced front-end engineers have offered their suggestions on how we can improve the user experience by means of some performance best practices.

25 New Free Fonts For Flat Design

The fonts used in flat designs are also specific and flat in a manner that it is bold, simple and straight-forward. It does not make use of any fancy fonts; rather the fonts are quite basic yet bold. These fonts impart the feeling of sophistication, decency, tidiness, modernism, boldness, novelty and fun. Below we feature an amazing and unique collection 25 New Free Fonts For Flat Design. All the fonts in this list are free of cost and perfectly suited for flat designs. These fonts can easily be fit for your flat design web design projects. If you would like to share any other font, please feel free to share fonts with smashinghub readers.

Upcoming Features of WordPress 3.6

Now the WordPress team is working hard on developing the features for the new release which is WordPress 3.6. WordPress 3.6 has many cool new features like enhancements in Post Format, a great new theme twentythirteen etc. In this article we are going to do an overview of all these features and what can we expect from WordPress 3.6.

70+ Best Business WordPress Themes – Want To Stand Out?

Did you know that Business WordPress themes have become more and more commonly used forbuilding WordPress business websites. Reason is that WordPress is one of the best, most flexible and powerful publishing platforms available right now, and it is completely free. In addition, there are thousands of useful and great looking themes available and more coming every day! Below I have made a roundup of some of the best business WordPress themes available right now. All of the themes should offer the flexibility and features needed for building a top-notch business website. This article has just been updated with fresh themes.

Web Designers!! Create SEO Friendly Designs

Aesthetics are important. However, aesthetics alone don’t guarantee success on the web. Search is a fundamental channel for acquiring visitors for websites and hence search engine friendliness should be a fundamental element of your web design if you truly want to create something of value.
So, what are some of the things web designers need to keep in mind when it comes to making great designs that are SEO friendly?

A True Responsive jQuery Lightbox Plugin for Free

Magnific Popup is a free responsive jQuery lightbox plugin that is focused on performance and providing best experience for user with any device. The majority of lightbox plugins require you to define size of it via JS option. Magnific Popup does not – you can use relative units like EM’s or resize lightbox with help of CSS media queries. Update content inside lightbox without worrying about how it’ll resize and center.

 Top 20 FREE PSD Website Templates

This is a collection of top 20 FREE Website Templates PSDs. They can all be easily edited because are fully layered and they also have pixel perfect designs.  Which PSD website templates in this list inspire you most and which ones do you wish do download?  Don’t forget to check out our previous top 10 PSD lists in order to get even more cool freebies for your design collection

Top 10 Most Widely Used Wireframe & Mockup Tools

Wireframe tools are widely used in the world of web and application development. They make the process of creating an app or website easy by visually stripping the product down and allowing you to focus on functions and user interactivity. These tools are handy when it comes to presenting your design idea to the client. There are a number of wireframe and mockup tools that are being used by developers around the world. Here we shall take a look at the ten most popular wireframe and mockup tools.

Scapple makes it easy to layout ideas visually on your Mac

Literature and Latte’s newest application for OS X is called Scapple, and it’s now available for download. It’s a really helpful utility for visually-oriented users who want to get some ideas down but might feel hampered by traditional outlining tools and text editors that enforce some sort of linear structure. Scapple is lets you jot down ideas on an ever-expanding virtual paper, then examine the ideas’ relationships to one another and organize them. Mind mapping software does this, but Scapple’s developers are quick to distance their app from that bunch. Scapple, they say, is more of a “freeform text editor” that works in a very non-linear fashion.

The World’s First Website Gets Its Original Web Address Back

The folks at CERN, the organization responsible for devising the fundamental web standards, are celebrating World Wide Web’s 20th birthday by bringing back the first ever website to its original URL. Although the first website was launched in 1991, it was on April 30, 1993 when CERN made the WWW technology available on a royalty-free basis. The website, obviously very scarce by today’s standards, contains only text explaining some of the basics of the World Wide Web. It was originally available at this address —http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html — but for many years that URL has been redirecting to http://info.cern.ch.

Web Design vs. SEO: It Doesn’t Make Much Sense

It’s a common sight: designers bashing SEOs and vice versa. We all have been seeing this happening for a long while now. And it’s probably not going to end any soon. It might get pregnant and more heated in a year or two, though. Unless, of course, both sides realize that they finally need to go along, that clients don’t give a crap about their altercation and are interested in one thing above everything else: a website that’s great usability, appearance and at the same time ranks well.

15 of the Latest Free & Premium WordPress Content Slider Plugins for 2013

WordPress sliders are one of the most popular features for many WordPress users. They add an undeniable element of style and flare to many web designs and help draw site visitor’s attention to specific pieces of content. But what’s new in this area? I mean, sliders have been around for years and if you’ve been using WordPress since 2010 it can feel like you’ve seen just about everything. Which is why today I’ve decided to put together a list of 15 new (or very recently updated) free and paid WordPress sliders. Enjoy!

30+ free design resources you don’t want to miss

Hi there, You already know this is the place to look for handy and  recent resources, Don’t miss this set of icons, templates, tools and stunning fonts you can download and start using right away to spice up your projects, websites & apps.

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Designing a website for online games is more complicated than the information-based ones. There are thousands of gaming-oriented sites on the web already, and the last thing you want is to have your site go by without being noticed. That being said, we have compiled some basic tips that can help your online gaming website stand out in this competition, and make your visitors want to come back. Here they are:

Use graphics that are relevant to the content

You need to use a detailed graphic art that closely matches the kind of games offered on the site. There are a lot of popular sites that employ this technique (partypoker for example). When you go through this site, you will be immediately welcomed by a graphic that is based on their main offering which is poker. It is a briefcase that is filled with chips, a trophy, and a book about poker. By seeing this graphic, you will automatically know that the site is poker-oriented, and that its features include tournaments and basic tutorials. You can also notice that the other graphic elements of the site are consistent, and are related to poker. Another good example is the official website of Super Mario Bros for Wii.

Develop an effective navigation system

Navigation is one of the most important components of web design. In order to be effective, make the navigation system on your site as clear and easy as possible. According to an article posted on EntheosWeb, “The primary aim for effective navigation is get your visitors to stay on your site and also for visitors to easily find what they are looking for easily and quickly. Designing effective navigation can also entice your visitors to try out the other things you offer on your site.” You can achieve this by using accurate navigation titles, making all navigation elements clickable links, and ensuring your search feature works.

Limit the advertisements

Always remember that people come to your website for the content, not the ads. If these ads overwhelm the page content, chances are your readers won’t stick around long enough to try any of your offering and will boost your bouncing rate. Also, it will hurt the credibility of your site in the long run. Set a limit to the advertisements that you will be placing, and accept only those that are relevant and look good enough. If the ad content is irrelevant, people are more likely to ignore it.

Design your site for all screen sizes

Once the design is completed, the next thing to do is to test the website. You need to check whether the website looks good on all mobile devices or not. If you identify some differences, make the necessary changes. Your goal here is to make the site visible to everyone, regardless of what kind of screen they use.

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On Monday we showed you 30 great Call to Action buttons, as we told you back then Call to Action buttons play a very important role in the marketing of your website. Here are some tips that will make your Call to Action buttons more effective. If you feel we have forgotten anything feel free to let us know.

1. Tell them what to expect

Spell it out! Let your visitors know what to expect when pressing your button, in other words if you are linking to a download then let them know what is being downloaded.

A great example is this CTA button for Thunderbird, not only does it tell you what version is being downloaded but it also tells you the size of the download as well as language and which operating system it is intended for.

2. Size matters

I can not begin to iterate just how important size is, I am fully aware that people normally say size doesn’t matter however this is just one of those moments where size does matter! You need to make sure your buttons are large enough for people to notice them!

3. Color is important

Imagine this, you are sitting at a crossing and the lights are all messed up, to many this is a horror scenario trust me it is the same on a website if the colors are all messed up. The main goal of your button should be to encourage visitors to click it, you need to make sure it stands out from the rest of your site.

4. Positioning is important

Don’t hide the button somewhere at the bottom of the page, if you want people to click on your CTA button then make sure they can actually find it! Remember that anything placed under the fold is much more likely to be ignored than anything above the fold. In other words place your CTA buttons as high on the page as possible, also you want to place it centrally on the page and not hide it somewhere on the side.

5. Don’t clutter your site with buttons

There is not need to add more than one or a maximum of two buttons on a page, while you might be tempted to add several Call to Action buttons on one page your really shouldn’t. Prioritize and place the most important button in the most important slot, also make the most important one bigger.

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When designing a website there is nothing more important that the CTA or Call to Action buttons since these are really what make the site function. For those unfamiliar with the term CTA it is a design term describing buttons, text or actually any element of the site that has the goal of getting the visitor to click on them.

We have compiled here a list of 30 inspirational Call to Action buttons, on Wednesday we will share with you some tips for creating effective CTA buttons.

Call to Action

Metal Call to Action Button

Call to Action Buttons (PSD)

Keep Me Posted

Green ^ Blue buttons, freebie

Order Now

Invest Now

3D Map

FB CTA

Gemini Free Download Button #2

Tedx CreativeCoast makeover

Relead Landing Page

Facebook Connect CTA

Add To Cart Buttons

Call to action buttons

Harvest

Aqua Texture Button

Pink Vibrant “Call To Action”

Dropbox

Remember the milk

iTunes

Uploadify

Senzoo

4 Web Buttons

Skype

NCover

Sprout Social

27 Web Buttons

Firefox

CTA Button – PSD Freebie

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at Twitter accounts to follow, PSD Freebies, pricing tables for inspiration, as well as bad design ideas that might actually just work. If you have come across any other great news this past week then feel free to share them in the comments!

10 Cloud-Based UX Design Tools to try in 2013

We have selected 7 tools for UX designers that can help in the process of creating mood boards, concepts and interactive wireframes and prototypes. These tools have been selected for the usability of their designs and ease of learning. These tools are Cloud-Based so you can collaborate with your team and send customers an online version of the design. Some of them allow you to set a usability test that can help to improve the user experience on your projects.

3 Mozilla Webmaker Tools You Should Know

Mozilla is off to a good start converting regular web users into web makers. Webmaker tools are a great resource for aspiring developer and designers who want to take the next big step in learning and building. This post will take a brief look at three Mozilla Web Maker Tools, respectively Thimble, X-Ray Goggles, and Popcorn Maker. These three tools will allow you to learn how to code, inspect the codes of other already-built sites and produced mashup of videos.

20 Best PSD Freebies Every Designer Should Have

There are lots of websites out there that offer free PSD files but it’s a bit difficult to follow them all and browse all their files in order to find the best ones to use in your own designs. We’ve done this job for you and found 20 of the best PSD files that must be in your freebies collection. Whether you are a graphic designer or a web designer, this list will surely be useful to you.

10 Best Mobile Browser Framework For Developers

With the launch of Apple’s iPhone, the whole mobile industry has been revolutionized. Mobile development has enhanced a lot and is growing day by day. Mobile browsers are very rich and boast support for HTML5, CSS3 even with CSS animation. The mobile industry got even better when Google launched Android. So we can call the current times the mobile platform era with mobile development being on the rise.

40+ Responsive WordPress Plugins – Add mobile friendly features!

I have collected more than 40 WordPress plugins build for responsive layouts and hope you will be able to find the functionality you need. I have categorized the plugins into the following sections: Shortcodes and Page Builders, images and video, sliders, menus, forms and other. This will make it easy for you to navigate to the type of plugin you need. Keep in mind that even though the plugins support responsive layouts and will fit into most responsive websites, it is important to check their responsiveness on all devices you want to support.

45+ Pricing Table Designs for Inspiration

Selling your products and services online is not as easy as it may seem. Often it takes more than just a neat web design and some stunning images in order to seal the deal. Especially when it comes to providing services having a pricing table centralized on your website can help you achieve a higher conversion rate. Prizing tables makes it easier for customers to compare options, get and overview and find whatever they need.

11 Beautiful Website Templates with Blurred Background

Big photos with blurred background are becoming trend in web design. Since this style not only creates a cool effect, it also can bring reader attention and focus with your main content, screenshot, text or the other item. This effect will be useful for your website agencies, portfolios, business services or corporate websites. In this article, we gathered 11 Beautifully Website Templates using blurred background images to help you start create your own business websites.

20 Creative Logos With Buildings

Logos is what makes a brand standout from others, but having the right logo takes time and a lot of research and understanding the branding and marketing world picking the right colors, fonts, and spacing is very important to having the right logo for your brand. In this post you will find 20 Creative Logos With Buildings.

5 bad design ideas that may surprisingly work for a website

Following the trends in web design can sometimes have a negative effect on your work. The final product may end up looking just like everyone else’s because you’re trying to stay with the pack. So don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Sometimes the best websites are created by playing around with absolutely terrible design ideas. Try it — you may be surprised what will actually work in your favor!

10 Free Useful Incoming Call PSD Files For Mobile Designer

Mobile Designers are struggling to deliver professional interfaces in their app and this involves a great deal of working on PSD files . These templates can considerably reduce the time you spent preparing the graphic elements of your apps. When designing applications for mobile devices you may need an Incoming call functionality predesigned psd templates . In this post we bring you an assortment of 10 free usefulincoming call psd files to use on your smartphones app – have a look and use the best!

30 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Web Designers

From renowned blogs and magazines to the seasoned professionals and rising stars, Twitter plays host to a multitude of web industry related accounts. So many in fact that at times it can be difficult to figure out where to get started. This is why we’ve put together a list of 30 must-follow Twitter accounts for web designers. Following these accounts will be sure to keep you up to date with the latest industry news and resources as well as linking you with a group of super talented individuals who openly share their knowledge, thoughts, and ideas on a daily basis.

4 Skills for Web Designers to Build a Successful Freelance Business

The odds are great that you’ve stumbled upon and read tons of books and articles on how to improve your craft. Ranging from the basics of CSS and HTML to the latest guides of JavaScript coding techniques, you’ve probably digested all the content until there is nothing left. Sounds familiar, right?

Even if it doesn’t, you should realize that being a successful web designer is a lot more than knowing how to code programming languages. There are many essential skills that are not conventionally related to any web designing role, however you should learn them in order to build asuccessful freelance business.

Design Resources Collection: 15 Premium Badge Sets

Creating premium badges from scratch can be a real time consumer and even if you put your energy into it, you’ll want newer versions and looks to stay within the latest trends. Their versatility and numerous usage possibilities in both print and digital design are a sign that you should have a large top notch set in your personal library. So I decided to help you out by putting together a collection of 15 premium sets of badges, perfect for instant purchase, download or just design inspiration.

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For a designer there is nothing more important than the logo! The logo is the first introduction members of the public get to your product or services. For a sports team the logo is of vital importance, not only is the logo on the jersey of the players but often the logo is an integral part of the merchandise designs. We have compiled here a list of 20 great sports logos for inspiration.

Skippers

Odd Man Rush

YellowJackets

Laxgator

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jets Basketball Club

Strikeouts for Troops

Polish Super Bowl

New Orleans Pelicans

JDA OFF

The Skirmish

Melbourne Royals

LBBA TIGERS

Broendby IF

Fall Brawl for a Cure

Austin Basketball

Mile High Bowl Association Inc.

Northern Cyclones

Eden Christian Academy Warriors

Penguins

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With Spring finally here we decided to make a collection of must have Spring fonts. Every web designer knows that you can never have enough fonts, therefore we have collected 15 of the most interesting Spring fonts currently available on the internet.

New Garden font

MC Blossoms font

Spring Time font

SPRINGTIME

Sunny Spring

MTF Base Leafy font

Spring Script

Springtime Flourish

Spring Fonts

101! DaffYDilZ font

DANDELION IN THE SPRING

Climbing Plant font

SpringTime font

SPRING CLEANING

 A Yummy Apology

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at amazing iOS icons, great free fonts, as well as responsive design  and mouth watering food Photoshop tutorials.

65+ Responsive Web Design Tutorials – Go Mobile Friendly Today!

With the extreme growth in number of active Internet enabled mobile devices it is critical for web designers to master most aspects of mobile ready web design. Right now, we experience that more and more clients ask for responsive layouts that adapt to their visitors screen sizes. This mega trend makes good sense and it is a great time of opportunities for agencies and freelancers. Most business owners immediately understand why it is time for a website facelift or a complete rebuild… no one can afford to ignore the growing segment of mobile users.

17 Modern Free Fonts for Designers

These 17 Modern Free Fonts are applicable for any type of graphic design, web designs, print, motion graphics, flyer design etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like posters, logos and so on. Typography is the essential element of any graphic design and fonts are just like a treasure for designers.

35 Powerful and Useful Time-Savers for web Designers

If you are a web designer who considers time as a essential factor of your productivity, then you will tend to find Free, or Paid online tools that will improve your workflow and increase your productivity without wasting so much time on it.  And this is where small time-savers become handy. Be it a handy checklist, batch installer, dummy image generator or converter from Excel spreadsheet to HTML — all these things can save us a couple of minutes every day, making our work easier and more efficient. Whether you like lists or not: this one will probably help you find those little nuggets out there that will help you avoid headaches and stress.

Best Tools And Tutorials for HTML5 Designers and Developers

Web designers and developers hardly get time to learn and improve their HTML5 skills while working on their projects. Here, in today’s round up, we like to share some HTML5 tools and tutorials to help them ease their tasks and get to know more about the advance functionality. Our main motive is to inspire the web designers and developers in pushing the standards of development process. Avoiding the use of flash in website designing has given a new break for this technology.

10 Awesome Examples of Ecommerce Sites Using Responsive Web Design

Often, many of the websites using RWD are agency sites or personal blogs, and sometimes it seems like a RWD design might only be practical for the more creative type of website. However, this is simply not true. Every type of website can benefit from using a responsive web design to allow web visitors to access the same site and content no matter what kind of device they are using. As a snapshot of an industry segment doing as much, here are 10 examples of ecommerce B2C businesses using responsive web design.

A Roundup of Beautiful Free Icon Sets for Developers 

When you’re developing a blog, web app or any kind of site that encourages user interaction – the style and appearance of the action buttons can be hugely important. You want the icons that you use to be instantly recognizable and immediately obvious – and you also want them to fit the overall visual aesthetic that you have for the site. It’s important to get these right – and it can take a huge amount of time, patience and energy if you’re designing them from scratch.

30 Creative 404 – Page Not Found Pages Designs | WebTechPost

There are two ways in which you’ll go once coming up with a 404 page for your web site – you’ll go the smart route and build it usable and check out to assist the reader notice precisely what they were probing for or, you’ll style a 404 page that not solely defines the character of the website or the designer, however conjointly makes it a pleasure and surprise.Having a decent Error 404 page is maybe as vital as having nice contents. typically it’s going to not be your fault guests landed on error pages, however having the ability to speak and direct them back to the house page is pretty much as good as a second likelihood to re-engage a traveler. So here we present the collection of 30 Creative 404 – Page Not Found Pages Designs. Check the post and share your views about the post.

128 New Seasonal Vector Illustrations and Freebie from Vectorious

In this new collection you will find lots of retro summer illustrations with palm trees, surfers, beach balls, sailing ships, flowers and floral backgrounds, doodle flowers, and more. On top of that, you will find a wide variety of Memorial Day vectors. You can see them all in the seasonal category.

35 Best Photoshop Food Tutorials

Photoshop is most the popular and widely used image editing and manipulation program. It is loved by its users as it is quite easy to use once you get used to it and familiar with it. Photoshop lets you experiment with various images, thus letting your create some amazing and surreal pieces of art. And sometimes Photoshop can help you add life and spice to daily live objects, or create them from scratch! One such thing is food.So if you are a foodie, then check out this amazing collection of 50 Tremendous Photoshop Food Tutorials!

40 Amazing app icons for inspiration

With more than 700,000 apps in the iOS App Store it can sometimes be a little hard to distinguish one app from another. Today we have gathered an amazing collection of iOS icons that we think definitely stand out from the rest of the crowd.  On Thursday we will post a list of 6 mistakes one should avoid when creating an iOS app icon.

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Last week we posted 15 great Coming Soon Pages, then Monday we shared  with you 10 suggestions for creating a more effective and professional Coming Soon page. Today we would like to share 15 tutorials for creating amazing Coming Soon pages.  Creating a Coming Soon page is not only a good idea of filling the blank space it is also a great way of introducing yourself to the online world. If you have seen any others feel free to share them with us below!

Design a Bright & Fun Coming Soon Page

How to Create an Effective Coming Soon Page

How to design a coming soon page in Photoshop

Create a Minimal Coming Soon Page in Adobe Photoshop

Designing a “Coming Soon” Page in Photoshop

Design an Appealing, Effective “Coming Soon” Page

Create a Simple Coming Soon Page Design in Photoshop

Design a Textured “Coming Soon” Web Page in Photoshop

Design and Code a Sweet Custom Coming Soon Page

Sleek Coming Soon Page Design Tutorial

How to Create Clean Coming Soon Page in Photoshop

Design Sleek and Clean Coming Soon Page in Photoshop

Create a Bold “Under Construction” Page

Create a Sleek Coming Soon Page in Photoshop

How to Create a Minimalist Coming Soon Page in Photoshop

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If you have bought a domain and still need to design the website, then please don’t leave it blank it is never too early to start marketing your site. Creating a Coming Soon page is not only a good idea of filling the blank space it is also a great way of introducing yourself to the online world.

Last week we showed you 15 great Coming Soon pages, in this post we will present 10 tips for creating a more effective and professional Coming Soon page, we will use this as inspiration for our next article on Wednesday where we will provide you with a list of tutorials for creating beautiful Coming Soon Pages.

1. Let them know when!

The reason for creating a coming soon page is that there is actually something coming soon. The best tip I can give you is be honest with your visitors and let them know when exactly you are going to be updating the site. You can either do this with a countdown timer or perhaps a progress bar.

A great example of letting visitors know just how far the website was and what needed to be done before the final release was the evasi0n jailbreak website.

The most important thing to remember is that if you have a countdown timer then you MUST launch the website when the timer reaches zero, you really can’t leave it at zero for too long or visitors will lose faith in you.

2. Focus on design

Often designers ignore the importance of design when creating a Coming Soon page. Yes I know that it is not going to be used forever, but you still need to put an effort into creating something beautiful. Don’t forget the Coming Soon page works as pre-launch marketing, if you create a great coming soon page then visitors are much more likely to come back. You need to have some sort of wow! effect that makes your visitors want to return once the site launches.

As you might have noticed in our previous post many of the Coming Soon pages use a much larger font than normal websites, this is to grab the attention of the visitors. Remember this is just a teaser to try to keep the amount of text to a minimum.

3. Allow people to sign up for future updates

If you looked through the inspirational coming soon pages we presented last week then you might have noticed one prominent feature they all included, yes I am talking about the email sign up form. Remember now that someone has visited the site you want them to return when the site is launched, and what better way of doing that then sending them an email letting them know you have gone live, if you don’t offer some form of email subscription you run the risk of your visitors having forgotten all about your website when it finally launches.

While there are several different ways to design your subscription form most designers tend to stick with a very simply design that only requires the visitor to enter their email, remember this isn’t a survey so don’t ask for unnecessary information. The website below is a great example of how to keep the email subscription form present and still keep the design nice.

However you need to remember that because someone signs up for your email updates that is not an invitation to bombard them with emails, stick with as few as possible, perhaps one to thank them for signing up and one when your site has launched.

4. Update along the way

There is nothing more important that letting your visitors know what has changed since last time they visited. You could do this directly on the site by having a what’s new area or if you are allowing people to subscribe to a mailing list then you can either decide to let them know during the design phase or simply send them a message once the site is up and running.

If you don’t want to use a email sign up update then perhaps you might want to consider running a blog that will keep visitors updated on what’s happening with the site. Finally in recent years more and more developers have turned to social media outlets such as Twitter or Facebook to keep their visitors in the know.

A great example of a coming soon page that has it all was Vevo.com, not only did they allow email subscription but they also referred to their Twitter account

5. Explain what’s coming

The biggest reason for creating a Coming Soon page is so you can explain to the visitors what you are all about, whether it be an upcoming product or simply a website. Therefore you need to tell your visitors what they can expect when the site launches. If you are creating the next YouTube platform let them know, the next twitter let them know…get the picture make sure you let your visitors know what to expect after final launch.

I am not saying you should write a whole essay about your amazing new site but a few sentences can go a long way to convincing visitors to come back.

6. Use words creatively

Remember when we were talking about design in #2 and I told you to focus on the design well you really need to focus on your wording as well, there is nothing more boring that a website that simply says “This Site is Under Construction” honestly I am sure you can come up with something a bit more original.

7. Market your brand

Remember that your Coming Soon is in essence the first time your visitors get to know you are your brand/services. If you have created a logo, or if you are creating a product, then perhaps a mockup would be a great addition to your Coming Soon page.

Remember that pre-launch marketing goes a long way to building a strong brand presence in your visitors mind. Remember that your Coming Soon page should make visitors want whatever it is you are offering,

8. Tell visitors how else to reach you

Since the biggest reason for visitors to visit a website is that they want something from you, it is vital that you let the visitors know how else they can reach you.

If you are on Twitter or Facebook then let your visitors know, you can either do this through a link or with social media buttons. Not only does this allow your visitors to find alternative ways of contacting you but it also allows you to build your social network presence and build an audience before the final release of your site.

Your Coming Soon page can also contact direct contact information such as Phone numbers, email addresses or even a physical address. As the example above from DeviantART shows you can even add a Google Map so your visitors know where you are located.

9. Add a mysterious touch

Everyone knows the saying curiosity killed the cat, if you add some sort of mysterious touch to the Coming Soon page then you are bound to spark the interest of many visitors.

Of course don’t forget that this isn’t the same as keeping visitors in the dark, as we mentioned earlier it is really important to let visitors know what they can expect once the final page launches.

You can create mystery through the text choice or through your design, the goal of your website should be to get visitors talking and if you can manage to do this through a mysterious touch then there is a much bigger chance that they will tell their friends about it.

A great example of creating mystery around a new launch was the Polish phone provider Heya, they had a coming soon page with just a red hand (the company logo) at the same time they had commercials on TV and billboards announcing something big and directing visitors to their website. Not only did this generate interest in social networks but even Television and Newspapers were talking about what this could possibly be.

10. Don’t forget about SEO

Just because a Coming Soon page has a short lifespan, that is really no reason for you to ignore SEO habits. This includes things such as using proper tags and keywords.

If you start building a search engine presence early in the design then you are much more likely to have a better presence once the final page launches as well as help you gain a higher search engine ranking in the future.

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great food websites, killing save for web? amazing business cards as well as the art of concept cars.

15 Creative CSS Approaches Used in Websites

Nowadays, web designers are offered a wealth of tools that will help them do everything from organizing and creating a particular design to debugging their final design. Here are the most responsive CSS  approches website designs that you can draw inspiration from and use for your own design.

70 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials That Every Designer Should See

Today we have assembled a stunning collection of some of the  latest and most creative Illustrator tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these 70 awesome Illustrator tutorials will guide you in creating some of the most amazing Illustrations for your next project.

20+ Free Flat User Interface Templates and Designs

Minimal or “flat” in web design, either a trend or revolution, seems to be the new center of attraction in the creative spectrum especially with the release of Metro UI of Windows 8. Accompanying the release of the new trendy user interface designs, various metro WordPress themes inspired by Windows 8 have been released to satisfy the needs and taste of many webmaster who wants to transform their website.

12 Innovative and Imaginative Cloud Inspired Logo Designs

In this post about Cloud Inspired Logos Collection, our motto is to share refreshing and cool stocks of Logo Designs from the world of creativity. Cloud Inspired Logo Designs have gained huge popularity these days because this is the novel and latest trend in the market. Cloud Inspired Logo Designs have a smart and attractive appearance and they can easily represent your thoughts and creative ideas to other people.

30 Attractive Search Box PSD Designs for Free Download

Among the most important design elements integrated in every website is a search box. A search box is a small box often seen at the corner or sidebar portion of a website. It helps your visitors to surf the needed information in cases where they cannot get what they are searching for using a navigation menu.

Get Green Inspiration with These 25 Green Color Websites

In this showcase you will find 25 beautiful and inspiring green designs. Green for most of us is associated with nature, ecology and life but this showcase of green websites will present some other vision of designing website.

Using Maps In Web Design : 25 Amazing Examples

Understanding maps is relatively simple. Place your company or business on a satellite view, it’s easy. But how about a dynamic mapping which disseminates informations from a database? means that your maps is not a simple image but an integral part of your website.

15+ food and restaurant web designs

So, what happens when restaurants want to go online? Who says how a restaurant website should look? What are those standards? Well, there’s really no set idea — we have schemes for business sites and app sites, etc — but those designs for food and restaurants have a bit more leeway. Let’s take a look at some good, creative restaurant sites.

60 Beautiful & Creative Embossed Business Cards

Today we going to share another 60 well designed embossed business cards that stand out of the crowd. Embossing your business card is a great effect to grab your audience’s attention, along with printing on different mediums, sizes of card and utilising complimentary techniques such as letterpress, spot UV and die cut.

Infographic: Email Design Best Practices

Email Marketing is yet not dead. With the increasing rivalry, marketers wish to capture the audience’s attention making the best out of email campaign. With this, it’s even tougher for the designers to meet the growing needs of impeccable email design. There is an interesting infographic I would like to share with designers and marketers eyeing on ‘Email Design Best Practices’ including, useful design best practices from around the Email world depicted in very engaging yet effective way.

10 Fresh Web design Goodies

As you guys know, we’re big fans of quality web design goodies here at Inspired Mag and there are quite a few good ones live at the moment so I thought to share some of them with you. Check out a fantastic collection of recent freebies, themes, graphic elements and other goodies.

Dev argues: kill ‘Save for Web’

Developer Adam Bradley has argued that ‘Save for Web’ needs to become a thing of the past. Speaking to .net, he said that, although images should always be optimised for online use, the specific option of ‘Save for Web’ should be replaced by one that automates the process of resizing, cropping and optimisation, depending on output requirements.

The Art of Concept Cars

You don’t need to be a good driver to love concept cars; in fact you don’t even need to be a driver at all to love them. They are all around us and from a young age we have been drawn to them. From small doodles sketched at the back of our school exercise books to great big paintings of cars as toddlers. It’s easy to see that we have always been inspired by the art of concept cars.

60 amazing examples of HTML5

Check out these brilliant websites and hear from the people who made them just how they achieved their goals. Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about HTML5 then check out our list of great HTML5 resources.

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If you take your website offline for any reason it is very important to make sure you let your visitors know that you will be returning. Otherwise they might think you have removed the website and therefore they will not return later. The article today and the one on Monday and Wednesday next week are connected in such a way that today we start with the inspiration, then on Monday we present 10 tips to remember when creating a Coming Soon page, and then finally on Wednesday we will provide you with a list of tutorials for creating beautiful Coming Soon pages.

Swishhh

FavMovie

Sweet

Playcez

City Mob

The Pink Penguin

Chkchkboom

Teevee

Godsdead

Birdboxx

Randm

Accentuate

Dialed Tone

Shabith Ishan

statnip

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Whenever I have a free moment I love to scour through the millions of different designs on Dribbble, personally I think this and DeviantART are some of the best sources of inspiration for web designers. If you are looking for inspiration and you haven’t tried these sites then you are really missing out. Today we have compiled a list of 20 amazing UI Kits found on Dribbble.

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Orange Ui Pack

Moonify UI

Lion Ui Kit Preview

Simplistic UI Kit

Clean UI Kit

Simple UI Kit

Flat UI Kit

Transparant UI Kit

Dark UI Kit (Part 1 & 2)

Anarchy UI Kit

UI Web Kit Progress

UI Library Light

UI Psd

UI Kit

iTunes UI Kit

Interface

Music Ui Design Kit

Button UI Kit

Blaubarry Free UI kit 2

UI Kit

Black UI Kit

Detailed UI Kit

Dark as Hell UI

UI Kit

Transparent Ui kit

Glossy UI kit

Black UI Kit

UI Library Dark

Ui Kit

Fresh UI Kit

Smooth UI Kit

Heavenly Light UI Kit

Vector UI Kit

Milky UI Kit

Blue UI Kit

UI Bundle

UI Kit

Smooth UI Kit

Modern UI Kit

Creamy UI Kit

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The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at CSS and HTML tutorials, Wireframing tools, great fonts and much more.

20 Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers and Developers

Wireframes are extremely important in web design. Whether you’re designing a brand new website, or tweaking certain elements of a live-site, wireframing provides an extremely cost effective way to design something out, really really fast. Wireframing makes it super easy to represent where various elements will go. We have a list of 20 Best Wireframing Tools for Web Designers and Developers. The tools in this list will allow creating wireframes of minimal or high fidelity, whatever you want.

35 inspirational examples of CSS

It’s amazing what can be done with CSS these days. Support for the latest CSS3 properties is strong in the latest versions of all the major browsers – even Internet Explorer – and the possibilities fortypography, animation and interactivity have never been greater. But finding web design inspiration can be tricky.

30 Quick Ideas to Make your Website Look Nicer

As we launch newer projects, it is easy to forget about updating older blogs and websites. In this article I want to present 30 solid ideas you can quickly implement to make your website just that much more user-friendly. Not all of them are based solely on front-end design. I will also discuss popular HTML5 coding techniques which can help web parsers and spiders to categorize your data appropriately.

29 New Black & White Website Designs for 2013

It is difficult to locate websites which are designed following a strict black-and-white theme. Remember that colorful tones and imagery will catch the eye when it contrasts off a colorless canvas. It offers a unique sensation in websites and very few designers venture into this area.

35+ Engaging Photography Website Templates

These photography website templateshave all been created or updated recently so they are some of the freshest designs available. Please tell us what you think of my list by adding your comments below. If this post was helpful, kindly share it with your friends.

10 Essential Design Tools for Social Media Pros

Whether you’re a professional designer or an armchair artiste, tools abound that you can use to snazz up your web presence, and give it that polish that professionals, potential customers, and online friends have come to expect from a social media maven. We’ve talked to the experts about what they use for inspiration, collaboration, and getting down to the business of design in a social media world. Here are some of the suggestions they offered up.

12 jQuery Tutorials

Over the years I have been teaching myself coding and jQuery is on my top 5 list of coding I need to learn. One way of learning jQuery is by taking the time to try tutorials and see how much you understand and can do without a class in jQuery. Here you have 12 jQuery Tutorials to get you started.

45+ Cool PSD Toggle Switches

It is a strong trend in web and mobile UI design to use styled form elements instead of the basic look and feel offered be the browsers. Doing so allow web designers to make form elements fit much better into the overall design of the website or web app.

25 Delightful Free Fonts For your Design

Lists and roundups really come in handy as they provide best fonts in a concise yet awesome way. Today we showcase 25 Delightful Free Fonts For Your Designs in our concise yet awesome list. It offers the best fonts for your design in and easy and quick way. So check this list out. Enjoy!

Essential tools for every web designer

Every web designer requires the right tools to do their job. To create well crafted original designs you certainly need to be inspired to do so. Getting to that point is sometimes the hardest challenge in the field of web design. Luckily enough for us and our fellow design community there are tools available to assist in completing the job quicker and more efficiently.

30 Fresh And Free Stone Textures

Here , we have showcased 30 free stone textures that can help you create designs with stone elements, most of them are from deviantart , and all this stone textures are high quality.

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