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Showcase of Excerpts in Blog Design

Published November 19th, 2009 in Galleries

Many blogs are using excerpts to display content on the front page. The use of excerpts gives designers a little bit more freedom and some opportunity to create an attractive and unique front page. In this post we’ll showcase for blog front pages that are using excerpts.

Work Awesome

Work Awesome

35 Excellent Ecommerce User Interface Designs

Published November 16th, 2009 in Galleries

While user experience is important on all types of websites, it is especially critical for ecommerce websites where visitors will be making purchases. A poor user experience will result in visitors having difficulty finding what they want, frustration during shopping, and many lost sales. In this post we will showcase the design of 35 e-commerce websites for your own UI design inspiration. The sites that are showcased in this post have also been featured at CartFrenzy, our gallery of the best ecommerce web design.

Free People

Free People

40 Beautifully-Designed Navigation Menus

Published November 12th, 2009 in Galleries

Navigation menus are, of course, important for usability purposes and creating a user-friendly website, but they also provide opportunities to add some visual appeal to the design. In this post we’ll showcase 40 examples of attractive navigation menus, including a variety of different types and styles.

For more on navigation menus please see:

Utah Travel

Utah Travel

Examples of Excellent Blog Post Formatting and Styling

Published November 4th, 2009 in Galleries

While front pages are usually the part of blogs that get showcased, blog design includes a lot of other details that can add to the overall look and appearance of the blog, not to mention usability. The pages of individual blog posts provide opportunities for design and styling in a number of different areas.

In this post we’ll look at a few aspects of blog posts and showcase some design elements that are used to make the post more helpful, inviting, or attractive.

Intro Areas:

At the start of posts, some blogs include additional elements or design techniques to improve the post in one way or another.

ANidea

ANidea’s appraoch is pretty unique. Each post has a lead image that appears above the right sidebar, and just below that is a list of related posts.

ANidea

25 Beautifully Colorful Websites – Part V

Published November 2nd, 2009 in Galleries

Color schemes have a huge impact on the end result of a design. In this post we’ll feature 25 websites that use bright and vibrant color schemes very effectively. This is the fifth post that has been published in this series. You can see the previous four here.

Gary’s Real Life

Gary's Real Life

25 Well Designed Sports E-Commerce Sites

Published October 21st, 2009 in Galleries

Since I launched CartFrenzy a few months ago I have enjoyed seeing a lot of great e-commerce websites from designers all over the world. Many e-commerce sites aren’t much to look at, but there are plenty that feature attractive designs. In this post we’ll feature 25 sports-related e-commerce sites.

Size?

Size?

Design Inspiration: Splatter Effects

Published October 7th, 2009 in Galleries

Splatters can be used in web and graphic design to create interesting effects that grab your attention. In this post we’ll showcase many examples from a variety of different types of design. One of the easiest ways to use this type of effect in your work is to take advantage of the photoshop brushes that are readily available. See 500+ Splatter Brushes for Photoshop.

Nike

Nike

Showcase of Social Networking Websites

Published October 5th, 2009 in Galleries

Social networking and social media sites have been popping up everywhere over the past few years. The design of a networking site is important for a few reasons. First, it needs to appeal to the those users who are in the target audience of the site so that they can relate to it and feel at home. Second, usability is very important for these sites because their success hinges on the ability to get first-time visitors to become regular users and repeat visitors. If a site is poorly designed and makes it difficult to interact, chances are the visitors will not continue to use the site.

In this post we’ll feature a number of well-designed social networking sites.

Cork’d

Cork'd

Best of September 2009 from Our Network of Sites

Published September 29th, 2009 in Galleries

Since we have a number of different websites that publish on web design-related topics, I thought it would be beneficial to do a monthly roundup to showcase the best of the month. In this post you’ll find links to a few posts from Vandelay Design and from DesignM.ag, as well as a selection of some of the best items that were published in September at our gallery sites.

From DesignM.ag in September:

There have been 15 posts published at DesignM.ag in September. Here are four of the most popular.

15 Tips for Breaking in as a Part-Time Freelancer

15 Tips for Breaking in as a Part-Time Freelancer

25 of the Best Websites of Bands and Musicians

Published September 23rd, 2009 in Galleries

Websites from various types of entertainment-related industries can often be a source of design inspiration. Bands and musicians need to have a website that is attractive to visitors and provides all of the necessary information that fans will want to find. In this post we’ll feature 25 websites for your design inspiration. Also, please see 35 Inspirational Websites Designs from the Music Industry.

Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell

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