Top 10 CSS / Gallery Showcase Websites

The Programming Design Forums have compiled a list of their Top 10 Favorite CSS / Gallery Showcase Websites. Ranking is based on several factors including design, functionality, and overall originality. If you haven't visited one of these sites each one is definitely worth a look. Plus, there are many user contributed comments and sites at the bottom of the list. There are plenty of designs and ideas here to help with inspiration.

Web Programming Tutorials

If you've ever wanted to pick up a new programming language, here is a list of Programming Tutorials that is sure to have what you are looking for. There are 200 hand picked references to Ajax, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, RSS, XML, ASP, C++, Perl, Python and Java tutorials. MLT Group also offers website programming in each of these languages for all our clients.

Free Photoshop Brushes

If you use Adobe Photoshop and the accompanying brushes you don't want to pass up the numerous free Photoshop brushes at PSBrushes.net. They've got hundreds of them, and new ones are being added every week. They even list other free photoshop brush websites to help you in your search.

Minnesota Private Investigators Website

We recently saw a Minnesota Private Investigator website with javascript being used in the navigation, while important page text was being put in include files. So all of their information for background checks, skip tracing and missing persons investigations, and surveillance wasn't being indexed. The problem is that a search engine sees a lot of code on each page, without the valuable content. So putting javascript in the include files, and page text within the static pages, will improve a website's ability to get indexed and ranked by a search engine. Using professional search engine optimization services and guidelines when designing websites is increasingly important in order to get your site found by the people who are looking for your products and services. Contact MLT Group today for more information about our own SEO services.

10 CSS Tips from a Professional CSS Architect

Designers that are new to CSS/XHTML based web design, many time their work is focused on mirroring the Photoshop comp. It's important to keep the visual integrity the client signed off on, but a lot of thought should go in to creating the semantic markup and the cooresponding CSS. To illustrate the point, here are 10 CSS Tips from a Professional CSS Architect.

30 Dark CSS Web Designs

Smashing Magazine has continued their list of amazing CSS web designs by bringing you 30 Dark Designs You Should've Seen in 2006. Many of them have a modern look and feel, which is representative of Web 2.0 designs. When done correctly, dark designs can work really well at catching visitor attention.

Font Resources for Web Designers

One of the most important aspects of designing a great website is choosing the right font. And over at WebDesignFromScratch.com they have produced a few font resources for designers. The best free font website, and tools for viewing fonts on your computer are included. With a little more research you'll be able to find the right font for the job in no time.

Color Theory for Developers

Color Theory may sound like a class for art students, but it means something entirely different to developers. To find out more, DevSource has written an article on Color Theory for Developers. Using RGB and HSB variables, there is an immense amount of control over the look and feel of a design project. They even discuss color schemes and algorithms used in fine tuning precise color palettes.

Resizing Images Without Quality Loss

Many people need to resize images for various reasons, but it's especially difficult when a small image needs to increase in size. The pixels tend to get mushed together and blurry, so the overall quality of the image is reduced. Here is an article that helps solve the problem, The Reality of Resizing: Changing Image Resolution without Changing Quality. Even experienced designers may not be aware of the tips and tricks in the article, so it is well worth a read through to polish up those resizing skills.