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A List Apart: Articles: Faux Columns - 0 views
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"Faux Columns" by Dan Cederholm of SimpleBits discusses "[a] simple way to make CSS columns appear equal in length, regardless of the content that they contain." This technique requires a good amount of skill in positioning elements on a page and understanding the nuances of the background image. I'd like to try it, but don't anticipate using it any time in the near future, but because we're using Wordpress I'm not sure I'll be needing to any time soon.
WordPress Tricks - 0 views
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I hope this link is "legal" (if it's not, I apologize), but there are some "tricks" to get super-fancy with your blog HTML.
Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts - 0 views
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Here are some tips when thinking about the fonts you'd like to use on your website.
Color Scheme Designer 3 - 0 views
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Make a great color scheme! I play with this site all the time. You can have a monochromatic scheme, a complement, analogic... and so much more. There are also options so you can see what your color scheme might look like to a color blind person!
Web Design Trends - 0 views
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This article was written/posted a year ago, but I found it interesting -- detailing some "trends" in web pages. Some of the ideas (like hand-drawn designs) are probably way beyond our reach. I hope at least one of these sparks something, lets you think outside the box for your next installation! :)
Mike Kus | Dreaming Everyday About Design - 0 views
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While looking for cool website designs I stumbled upon quite a few that I really liked. Turns out, a lot of them were designed by this guy. He is awesome.
Think Vitamin - A blog for web designers and developers - 0 views
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This is the web practictioner's blog. Some of the blog posts are over our heads at this point, but it's still interesting to read. It gave me an idea of what's going on in this web world we're entering.
Smashing Magazine: 100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition | XtremelySocia... - 0 views
Neilsen: Design Guru designers love to hate - 1 views
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Article about Jakob Nielsen who wrote "Prioritizing Web Usability" and if you take a look at his site it's extremely minimal and I would argue doesn't follow the usability guidelines we discussed in class. \n\nThis is an article about why.
UX Myths - Myth #27: UX design is about usability - 0 views
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UX is user experience. It's interesting to think about in terms of usability - the visual experience is important to a successful website not just functional features like links and a pretty header
70 Professional Fonts For All Design Life Situations - 0 views
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Lots of fonts to look at and consider!
Theme Preview ยป Previewing Another WordPress Blog - 0 views
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This would be a great template if anyone will have visual art - photos, paintings, drawings - to blog about. Each block is a new post, I think. I won't be using it because my preference will be words... Unless you think I could pull off having a diagram in each photo :)
100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition - Smashing Magazine - 0 views
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After doing an online search I came across a collection of WP themes.\nSmashing Magazine has many resources (many are free) for anyone designing a website. I am looking at portfolio, magazine and other visual display themes.
13 Great Sites for WordPress Tips, Tutorials, and Hacks | FreelanceFolder - 0 views
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This site links to other sites and explains why they are useful. Expand your knowledge of WP!
10 Examples of Inspirational Typography on the Web (and why they work so well) | Webdes... - 0 views
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We love fonts. We talk about them and how important they are and sometimes we even judge a website by its fonts. This is a cool article about typography.
CSS Background - 0 views
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If you're creating a background image, you might find this helpful!
"What Font Should I Use?": Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces - Smashing ... - 0 views
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A great article on how to choose typefaces