Slider Pagination Concept
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
An experimental slider pagination using the jQuery UI slider. The idea is to use a simple navigation concept that preserves layout and style while allowing content to stay easily accessible.
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A Creative Year: Distinctive Web Designs of 2012
In Articles, by Manoela Ilic
An inspirational collection of the most impressive and distinctive web designs from the year 2012.
CSS Click Events
In Tutorials, by Kitty Giraudel
An article about different experimental approaches of employing click events using CSS only. It summarizes and shows some clever hacks and smart tricks.
Sticky Captions Concept
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A little trick on how to make captions of thumbnails or items “sticky” in order to stay visible in the window or viewport.
Fullscreen Pageflip Layout
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a fullscreen pageflip layout using BookBlock. The idea is to flip the content like book pages and access the pages via a sidebar menu that will slide out from the left.
Grabbing Attention and Building a Moving Experience with Shape
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
Some thoughts on how shapes in web design can be used for attention-grabbing purpose and for an interesting or even comforting user experience.
Responsive & Touch-Friendly Audio Player
In Playground, by Osvaldas Valutis
A jQuery audio player plugin that is responsive and touch-friendly. The UI is css-only, no images used.
StackSlider: A Fun 3D Image Slider
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
An experimental image slider that flips through images in 3D. Two stacks resemble image piles where images will be lifted off from and rotated to the center for viewing.
Simple Effects for Drop-Down Lists
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A jQuery plugin for transforming select inputs into drop-down lists with some simple expanding effects.
Calendario: A Flexible Calendar Plugin
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A jQuery calendar plugin for creating flexible calendars.
Using Transparency in Web Design: Dos and Don’ts
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Experimenting with transparencies is a great way to expand your design repertoire. Like many other effects, use this technique sparingly and test the design in multiple environments to ensure that it works and looks as you intended.
Three Script Updates
In Articles, by Manoela Ilic
The animated responsive grid, the direction-aware hover effect and the swatchbook have all been updated and added to GitHub.
Adaptive Thumbnail Pile Effect with Automatic Grouping
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
An experimental jQuery plugin that will group thumbnails by a shared data-attribute into a pile. When clicking on the pile, the thumbnails that belong to that pile will be spread into a grid using CSS transitions.
Learning Principles for Improving Your CSS
In Articles, by Kitty Giraudel
This article will cover some basic principles and tips on how to learn and become better at CSS, based on personal experience.
Responsive CSS Timeline with 3D Effect
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about how to create an experimental CSS-only timeline with a 3D effect. The idea is to expand a content area when the associated radio input is selected.
Creative CSS Loading Animations
In Tutorials, by Kitty Giraudel
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make some creative css-only loading animations also known as activity indicators.
Baraja: A Plugin for Spreading Items in a Card-Like Fashion
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
With this jQuery plugin items can be spread in a card-like fashion and displayed in an unusual way. Several parameters allow many different spreading results, allowing a unique pattern.
Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
One of the emerging challenges for web designers is creating web typography that works in the mobile environment as well. But it can be difficult, and there are many things to consider. The keys are to focus on readability, contrast, space and responsiveness.
