Jun

52 Excellent Single Page Sites Inspiring For Designers

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This isn’t just an exercise in minimalism, it’s a showcase of effective use of space. These sites only need is one page to spread their message. sometimes a single page site delivers more info ever need than a multi page site.

Portfolio sites are perfect examples for single page sites, it allows visitors to see you content easily, for non portfolio sites still it will make sense depends on the needs. It is almost like the single page frees the designer to create something more unique then a traditional multi page site. Perhaps it is because you only have to make it work on one page

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Jun

Very Simple & Tiny Lightboxing: Lightbox_me

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Plugin

jQuery, lightbox, Plugin

Lightbox_me is a jQuery lightbox plugin that doesn’t come with many features but simply enables you to lightbox any element. And, it is only 1kb compressed.

It can position the modal box smartly in every situation whether the windows is resized or the window is smaller than the modal.

Jun

10+ Free HTML5-CSS3 Website Templates

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CSS

css3, free, html5, templates

We are pretty bored with the current limits of the HTML-CSS and it is clear that the HTML5-CSS3 is the cure to let the creativity flow.

And, browser compatibility is no more a big issue as there are various resources like Modernizr, ExplorerCanvas or IE7.js that empower incompatible browsers.

If you didn’t already, it is a good idea to warm your hands on HTML5 and CSS3 as they offer so much.

Here are 10+ free HTML5-CSS3 website templates to help you get inspired and started:

HTML5 Starter Pack

Jun

Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style

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Inspire

flash, javascript, showcase

Modern Web-building technologies allow designers to realize their most daring and creative ideas. Enhanced interactivity and a remarkable visual appearance can be achieved by means of such tools as Flash, JavaScript and Papervision3D, to name just a few. These strengths usually impress and entertain visitors and thus are often used for conceptual artistic presentations and promotional campaigns.

In this post, you’ll find a collection of amusing websites that, by combining unconventional (and sometimes bizarre) ideas and clever JavaScript and Flash effects, will entice you to play on them for an embarrassing long time.

Bizarre and Beautiful Websites

Record Tripping
Record Tripping is a nifty experimental game by Bell Brothers. You are invited to solve a series of puzzles by scratching a record with your mouse’s scroll wheel. Clever game play and a lovely interface make this online Flash game as fun as it is weird.

May

40 Beautiful E-Commerce Websites 2010

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Inspire

e-Commerce, showcase

Today we are going to showcase forty five inspirational new frash and creative e-commerce websites for 2010 year. Enjoy!

Gowalla

Apr

gMap – google maps plugin for jquery

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Plugin

google map, jQuery, Plugin

gMap is a lightweight jQuery plugin that helps you embed Google Maps into your website. With only 2 KB in size it is very flexible and highly customizable.

Requirements
There are a two requirements you need to meet before you can use gMap to display Google Maps on your website. First you need to sign up for a Google Maps API key. Second you need the jQuery library at least in version 1.3. read more

Apr

Contextual Slideout Tips With jQuery & CSS3

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Plugin

css3, javascript, jQuery, Plugin, tip, tutorial

This is an interesting solution for showcasing the new features of products – using contextual slideout tips.

Knowing the importance of HTML standards, the development team is making a set of contextual slideout tips with jQuery & CSS3, which are ideal for product pages and online tours. As a bonus, they are SEO friendly, so all the content is visible to search engines. read more

Apr

TipTip jQuery Plugin

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Plugin

javascript, jQuery, Plugin, tip

TipTip detects the edges of the browser window and will make sure the tooltip stays within the current window size. As a result the tooltip will adjust itself to be displayed above, below, to the left or to the right of the element with TipTip applied to it, depending on what is necessary to stay within the browser window. TipTip is a very lightweight and intelligent custom tooltip jQuery plugin. It uses ZERO images and is completely customizable via CSS.

Apr

Showcase Of Beautiful Vertical Navigation Designs

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Inspire

showcase

Riot Industries
The vertical navigation in this portfolio website is simple and clean in looks yet robust in functionality and interaction. Clicking on “Web,” “Print,” or “Identity” filters the thumbnails on the right, and clicking the “About” menu item shifts the navigation to the right, making way for content on the left.

Apr

45+ Fresh Wordpress Tutorials, Techniques and Hacks

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Wordpress

howto, tutorial, Wordpress

The growth and popularity of Wordpress continues to spiral to a seemingly endless end. It continually proves itself time time and again that it has very few limitations, and is rapidly pushing itself to being, if not the best, but certainly the most versatile CMS available. Out of the box it is certainly not perfect, but in the hands of the huge WP community, it might just be.

In this article we have collected 45 fresh Wordpress tutorials and techniques, with some hacks, guides and best practices thrown in for good measure. Everyone, not just developers, should take something from this round-up.