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Current Projects

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:04:24 PST

A few client projects I'm working on at the moment, I'll amend the list as I get chance:

The Lyn Valley Hotel

designflavr inspiration gallery

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:49:27 PST

Another useful inspirational gallery, this one has general design as well as webdesign

http://www.designflavr.com/

10 Fancy Javascript Effects

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:05:44 PST

Some really nice looking javascript tools

sixrevisions.com/rapid-development/10_ajax_effects_website_fanciness/

niche-galleries

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:42:28 PST

More galleries, this time some more unusual ones, I particularly like the horizontal scrolling designs

http://www.mostinspired.com.nyud.net/blog/2008/03/16/niche-galleries/

Ajax Solutions

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:37:53 PST

Superb list of over 80 Ajax tools, menus, form functions, elements etc. VERY USEFUL!

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

CSS Power Techniques

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:19:54 PST

Nice collection of CSS Power Techniques including menus, transparency info etc

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

basic-principles-of-web-design

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:08:28 PST

Very useful usability article

'Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design.'

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/

Javascript Slideshow

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:48:13 PST

Really nice looking JS image slideshow and gallery script based on mootools

http://smoothgallery.jondesign.net/what/

loading gif generator

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:58:48 PST

Handy loading image generator site

Various styles available, just select colour scheme and hit generate

http://www.ajaxload.info/

50 Design Resources

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:48:59 PST

Another list of lists, but has some really useful resources in there

http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007-114.aspx

9 Principles of Good Web Design

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:22:11 PST

Another useful Web Design guide

http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/

"So today I've put together my 9 principles for good web design, it's only my opinions and I've tried to link off to more reading on subjects so you don't only hear my voice. Obviously I have lots of disclaimers, rules are made to be broken, different types of design work differently, I don’t always live up to my own advice etc etc. So please read these as they are intended, just some observations I am sharing..."

Image Manager Software List

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:11:42 PST

List of 15 Image manager apps, although not strictly web some of them could be useful and offer batch resize and format conversion

http://www.techlicious.tv/2007/12/16-great-media-managers-to-organize.html

I'd also add Easy Thumbnails to the list, its a great free too for batch resizing images and also adds an option to your explorer menu to repeat the last used settings on a file without having to open the app.

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/

Best of CSS 2007 - Web Designer Wall

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:16:02 PST

Here is a list of 50 websites hand-picked from Best Web Gallery — Best of CSS Design 2007

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2007/

Interactive Stripe Generator

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:53:48 PST

Nice tool for creating striped backgrounds

http://www.stripegenerator.com

Web 2 Design Style Guide

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:23:49 PST

Very useful Web 2 Design guide with some useful links and guidance

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm

Java Toolbox Collection

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:34:52 PST

http://technotarget.com/ajax-dhtml-and-javascript-libraries/

Spry Samples and Info

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:44:38 PST

Adobe Page with some vital samples for anyone using spry

UPDATE Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 crash on file open

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:43:24 PST

I've found a fix for this bug that is working for me.

Major Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 bug.

Advanced CSS Menus

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:52:27 PST

Advanced CSS Menu using background rollovers

CSS Menus

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:36:05 PST

Selection of free CSS Menus