Successful Web Design: It’s All About The Details
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Pay attention to alignment, contrast, type effects and color because these items can make or break your website design.
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Direction-Aware Hover Effect with CSS3 and jQuery
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
How to create a direction-aware hover effect using CSS3 and jQuery. The idea is to slide in an overlay from the direction we are moving with the mouse.
Slideshow with jmpress.js
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
Today we will create a slideshow using jmpress.js. The jQuery plugin that is based on impress.js will allow us to use some interesting 3D effects for the slides.
Color and Emotion: What Does Each Hue Mean?
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Color can evoke a wide-range of responses and it is important to understand the effect a hue can have on your message when planning a design project.
Responsive Horizontal Layout
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
In this tutorial we’ll create a horizontal website layout with individually scrollable content panels. We’ll change the layout for smaller screens, making it responsive.
Add Impact to Type-driven Projects
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
In type-driven design, use varying type sizes, weights and color for impact and to create hierarchy.
Login and Registration Form with HTML5 and CSS3
In Tutorials, by Stéphanie Walter
A tutorial on how to create a switching login and registration form with HTML5 and CSS3.
More Examples of Fresh Effects in Web Design
In Articles, by Manoela Ilic
Another set of websites that use some unconventional and fresh effects.
Responsive Content Navigator with CSS3
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
Today we want to show you how to create a responsive, css-only content navigator.
Condensed fonts: The good, the bad, the ugly
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Condensed fonts can be tricky use and should be avoided for blocks of type, although they can work well when used sparingly.
Parallax Content Slider with CSS3 and jQuery
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A simple parallax content slider with different animations for each slider element and a background parallax effect.
Understanding and Using Type Categories in Web Design
In Articles,
Knowing how to identify and use fonts from different type categories can make your projects come together more easily.
Principles of Color and the Color Wheel
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Add the right feeling and mood to your site using the color wheel, mix and match hues and create effective color schemes.
Accordion with CSS3
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
Using hidden inputs and labels, we will create a CSS-only accordion that will animate the content areas on opening and closing.
Establish a Mood with Typography
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
The typefaces you select for a project can impact what people think as much as the actual message you convey.
Overcoming the “User Designer” Disease
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
I constantly struggle with design, it’s sort of a never ending three sided war: my imagination vs. design knowledge vs. design tool proficiency. But I came to a realization a while back that most of us rely too heavily on the last part — the tools — and forget what actually makes a quality design.
Type Effects and Modification
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Understanding type modifications can help designers focus on readability for chunks of type or a hint of flair for a more artistic approach.
3D Gallery with CSS3 and jQuery
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
Today, we want to share an experimental 3D gallery with you that uses CSS 3D transforms.
