webtoolkit4.me http://webtoolkit4.me Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:44:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 webtoolkit4mehttp://feedburner.google.com Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and 2010): Where are we heading? Volume 2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/webtoolkit4me/~3/o-R1I1XyxQI/ http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/11/02/inspiration-web-design-trends-in-2009-and-2010-where-are-we-heading-volume-2/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:39:25 +0000 Gerasimos http://webtoolkit4.me/?p=592
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    • ]]>     preview2

    Here’s the second part of posts about web design trends that we will see in the end of 2009 and 2010. If you missed the first post have a look there as well. In this post we will check a few examples using text replacement techniques (image based or through javascript), a touch of flash and/or complicated (but non intrusive) backgrounds.

    www_gummisig_com

    Visit

    jasonsantamaria_com_articles_brain-food

    Visit

    www_floridaflourish_com

    Visit

    www_black-meridian_com

    Visit

    www_newtoyork_com

    Visit

    www_nineflavors_com

    Visit

    www_thesalonhair_com

    Visit

    www_schlossanger_de

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    www_corvusart_com

    Visit

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    • ]]>     flash_cs5

    Some great news can be found at Adobe Labs. At MAX 2009, Adobe announced the next version of Flash (CS5) that will enable us to build applications for iPhone using Actionscript 3.0. A public beta is not available yet but Adobe says it will be available before the end of the year.  If you want to learn more about it, keep an eye on Adobe Labs page for Flash CS5.

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    • ]]>     Hello everyone,

    Actually i am bit late, but there we go, the winners for the 2 prizes i promised a while ago.
    So, after picking some random comment numbers the winners are:

    Stylizer: Paolo Valzania
    Pixelmator: The Voyager
    I ll get in touch with you in order to give you your serial numbers.
    Congratulation guys!

    And from tomorrow we’ll get back in track with more resources.

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    ]]>     http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/09/16/stylizer-and-pixelmator-competition-results/feed/ 3 http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/09/16/stylizer-and-pixelmator-competition-results/     Vacation time for me, free stuff for you: Win a copy of Stylizer for windows and Pixelmator for Mac OS X http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/webtoolkit4me/~3/rsLC57z3sJk/ http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/08/16/freestuff-win-a-copy-of-stylizer-windows-and-pixelmator-mac-os-x/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:57:38 +0000 Gerasimos http://webtoolkit4.me/?p=578
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    • ]]>     Hi everyone, it’s this time of the year again where i have to take a break and recharge my batteries. So before leaving my RSS feed alone for about 15 days i decided to give away 2 small but powerful apps to 2 lucky readers. So here they are then:

    Stylizer for Windows users

    stylizer

    For our windows friends it’s Stylizer. If you don’t know what this is, well you should give it a try. It’s a CSS editor but not like every other editor. It approaches things in a visual way but with 100% control over your stylesheet. If you manage to spend the first 15 “uncomfortable” minutes and manage (which is really easy) to find your way around, well you don’t go back. It just rocks.

    Pixelmator photo editor for Mac users

    pixelmator

    Yes i do know Photoshop is the industry standard but for Pixelmator’s price, well, i don’t think you will find anything similar to this. Here’s you chance to win a copy of this little gem.

    All you have to do is leave a comment (and choose the product that you would like to win) . Yeap that’s it, nothing else. I will pick up the winners on September 1st when i get back to the office. Good luck everyone and see you in 2 weeks!

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    • ]]>     00_trends_preview

    Big photography, huge typography, sketches, nature and sliders. There are other “trends” as well but i believe these are the elements used mostly in today’s web design world and will be used next year as well. In this post I’ve got 4  sites for each of  the 5 categories i mentioned earlier.

    Sites using big titles

    'the Movie title stills collection'
    Visit

    carsonified_com
    Visit

    brooklynfare_com
    Visit

    www_bigcartel_com
    Visit

    Sites using big images

    www_mcfc_co_uk
    Visit

    kikiandbree_com
    Visit

    www_roxy_com
    Visit

    www_siblingrivalrywine_ca
    Visit

    Sites inspired by nature

    www_cerity_se
    Visit

    toriseye_quodis_com
    Visit

    www_blueacorn_com
    Visit

    www_ormanclark_com
    Visit

    Sites using sketches

    adamamaral_com
    Visit

    blackmoondev_com
    Visit

    heyindy_com
    Visit

    bombguts_com
    Visit

    Sites using sliders

    www_addnoise_nl
    Visit

    www_badabingdesign_nl
    Visit

    www_justincline_com
    Visit

    www_poplabs_com
    Visit

    And that would be it. So what do you think? What else do you expect to see this fall and next year?

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    ]]>     http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/08/15/inspiration-web-design-trends-in-2009-and-probably-2010/feed/ 26 http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/08/15/inspiration-web-design-trends-in-2009-and-probably-2010/     Riding carousels with jQuery, Mootools, YUI and Prototype http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/webtoolkit4me/~3/h07FMtZYl2A/ http://webtoolkit4.me/2009/08/14/riding-carousels-with-jquery-mootools-yui-and-prototype/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:56:33 +0000 Gerasimos http://webtoolkit4.me/?p=537
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    • ]]>     00_carousels

    Carousels are everywhere. We can see them in many blogs and portals. It’s actually a good way to group content like images, new articles etc and get more attention for these items. With the explosion of javascript frameworks, it’s impossible not to find a carousel script for the framework of your choice. Here’s a list of 4 carousel scripts for jQuery, MooTools, YUI and Prototype:

    iCarousel (Mootools)

    01_mootools
    Download Demo

    jCarousel (jQuery)

    02_jquery
    Download Demo

    Carousel Control (YUI)

    03_yui
    Download Demo

    Carousel (Prototype)

    04_prototype
    Download Demo

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    • ]]>     00_6growl
    Growl-like notifications seems to be a usable way to inform users about the status of their actions. There are many jQuery plugins that provide this kind of functionality and here’s a list of 6 growl-like notification scripts.

    01. Achtung

    01_achtung
    Demo Download

    02. Gritter

    02_gritter
    Demo Download

    03. jQuery Notifications

    03_notifications
    Download

    04. jQuery Notice

    04_not2
    Demo Download

    05. Purr

    05_purr
    Demo Download

    06. jGrowl

    06_jgrowl
    Download

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    • ]]>     00_preview

    When you are in front of the screen for more than 10 hours a day writing code, it’s crucial to select a proper font for your editor. In my opinion it should always be monospaced and clear enough to avoid headaches. In this post you will find 8 not so famous fonts that you could use and most of them are available only for Windows. Mac users enjoy by default really nice fonts (Monaco, Inconsolata, Panic Sans etc) so there’s no need to bother anyway :)

    APlusBM

    01_aplus
    Download

    Dina

    02_dina
    Download

    Anonymous Pro

    03_anonymous_pro
    Download

    Triskweline

    04_trisk
    Download

    MonteCarlo

    05_montecarlo
    Download

    Envy Coda A

    06_envycodea
    Download

    Profont

    07_profont
    Download

    QuickType Mono

    08_quicktype
    Download

    Screenshots were taken from Notepad++ using the themes “Obsidian” and “Bespin”.

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    • ]]>     12_cpeople

    I really like singe page web design. I am using this technique in a couple of personal websites and i must say, it really works. Here’s a small collection of personal favorites one page websites.

    psdlayout.com

    01_psdlayout
    psdlayout.com

    bulletpr.co.uk

    02_bullet
    bulletpr.co.uk

    delarocque.com.br

    03_eduardo
    delarocque.com.br

    mattnickdesign.co.uk

    04_imakestuff
    mattnickdesign.co.uk

    tvrdek.cz

    05_tvrdek
    tvrdek.cz

    gavincastleton.com

    06_gavin
    gavincastleton.com

    silverbackapp.com

    07_silverback
    silverbackapp.com

    workatplay.com

    08_workatplay
    workatplay.com

    kostandinos.com

    09_kostandinos
    kostandinos.com

    fajnechlopaki.com

    10_fajne
    fajnechlopaki.com

    two24studios.com

    11_two24
    two24studios.com

    cpeople.ru

    12_cpeople
    cpeople.ru

    thegreatbeardedreef.com

    13_bearded
    thegreatbeardedreef.com

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    • ]]>     ci171

    CodeIgniter is my favorite PHP framework. It’s not only simple to understand and use but it also provides excellent documentation and an amazing community. I’ve built a couple of applications and whenever i needed something the answer was either in the doc files or in the community forums. Earlier today i found this CodeIgniter Cheat Sheet which is actually a summary of the libraries and helpers provided. Handy don’t you think?

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