Design Inspiration from Music Videos: Sick Muse by MetricFebruary 20, 2010

As a web designer it is sometimes hard to get inspired. When a client asks for a specific design and has some concrete ideas, it can be much easier than inventing something from scratch, something unique and new. Of course, we always have the one best source for inspiration which is the vast c...

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Awesome CSS3 & jQuery Slide Out ButtonFebruary 8, 2010

Here is an awesome little slide out button. The inspiration for that button came from photoshop.com where Flash is used to create a nice slide out effect. This button does not behave exactly the same, but the effect is quite neat. It does not use any images and uses the border radius property to...

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Fresh Set of CSS-only MenusJanuary 31, 2010

Here is a set of fresh CSS-only menus for your website - no images, no JavaScript. The markup for the menus is always the same and I used 12 different stylesheets for their appearance. The main idea is to have a big title link and some description under the link. The ...

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24 Beautiful Hotel Website Designs to Get InspiredJanuary 23, 2010

A great website design can be a powerful tool for establishing a brand. In the hotel business, a website gives the chance to present the services and atmosphere that is being offered to the target group. This collection demonstrates how hotel websites can incorporate beautiful design and target t...

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CSS and jQuery Tutorial: Fancy Apple-Style Icon Slide Out NavigationJanuary 17, 2010

Today I want to show you, how to create an Apple-style navigation menu with a twist. Although "fancy" and "Apple-style" don't really go together, I thought that it's time for something different. This menu looks very similar to the Apple-style navigation but it rev...

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Self-resizing Navigation Menu with jQueryJanuary 12, 2010

Today I am going to share a nice CSS only (with some jQuery) navigation menu that adapts the size of its list items automatically. Sometimes you need to reuse a menu and it can take some work to adapt the list items if you would like to spread them evenly. So, here...

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Clothesline Social Bookmarks – A CSS-only Social Bookmarking TutorialJanuary 2, 2010

Today we will create a fancy social bookmarking solution which will not require any JavaScript - it is only CSS based. We will hang up some rotated social bookmark icons on a clothesline and put a cute Tweetie sitting on top of it. This will just be an example and, of course, you are encourag...

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Creating a Rotating Billboard System with jQuery and CSSDecember 16, 2009

Currently we are in the "hey, let's do that flash thing in jQuery"-mood and so we came up with another idea: a rotating billboard system. In this tutorial we will use some images, CSS and jQuery to create the effect of a rotating billboard with two ads. The idea is...

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