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Best of September: This Month in Web Design

As always, it’s been a busy month for design blogs. Here is my collection of the best articles and resources I’ve come across this month.

Web Design and Development:

How Do Cheaters Redesign and Still Win? - Pro Blog Design

Body Border 2: Fade in with Gradient - CSS-Tricks

75 Really Useful JavaScript Techniques - Smashing Magazine

30 More Must See Comment Designs for Blog Designers - Blog Design Blog

CSS Typography: Contrast Techniques, Tutorials and Best Practices - Noupe

2 Great Web-Based Alternatives to PHPMyAdmin - Primal Skill Blog

Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Design - Six Revisions

Creating Usable Website Navigation - Ifoh Designs

Add Custom Values to Your WordPress RSS Feed - Script & Style

Enhance Your Designs with JavaScript Functionality - My Ink Blog

Graphic Design:

Awesome Digital Bokeh Effect in Photoshop - Abduzeedo

How to Create a Grunge Web Design in Photoshop - PSDTUTS

How to Create a Set of Photoshop Grunge Brushes - Veerle’s Blog

Create a Trendy Typographic Poster Design - Blog.SpoonGraphics

How to Create a Juicy RSS Feed Icon - VECTORTUTS

30+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials: Mastering Your Tools and Options - Noupe

Grunge Type Photoshop Tutorial - You the Designer

Free High Resolution Plain and Grunge Paper Textures - Fudge Graphics

Out of Focus: 30 Free Bokeh Textures - Lost and Taken

106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes - Colorburned

Inspiration:

80 Large Background Websites - Web Designer Wall

Getting Creative with JavaScript: 15 Websites with Cool Sliders and Scrollers - DzineBlog

44 Character Illustrations in Web Design - CSS Leak

WordPress Theme News:

Designredux - Blog Design Blog

Easier Theme Development with Sample WordPress Content - WPCandy

Freelance/Business:

How to Write and Effective Design Brief - Just Creative Design

10 Resources to Help You Decide What to Charge for Design Work - Acuity Designs

Posts I Wrote for Other Blogs This Month:

Top 10 Sources of Logo Design Inspiration - DesignM.ag

Improving the Quality of Leads Through Your Online Portfolio - DesignM.ag

WordPress Developer’s Toolbox - Smashing Magazine

Drupal Developer’s Toolbox - Smashing Magazine

14 Helpful Domain Name Tools - Templamatic

Legal Resources for Freelancers - Freelance Switch

Originally Published September 28th, 2008

12 Responses

  1. Grant Friedman | September 29th, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Thanks for the mention!

  2. Thomas | September 29th, 2008 at 4:39 am

    Thanks, for the mention Steven and great round up. I missed your article about the domain name tools.

  3. Noura Yehia | September 29th, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Thanks Steven for the mention :)

  4. Matt | September 29th, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Hey Steven, thank you so much for the include. Nice list, a lot I did not see. Thanks!

  5. Vandelay Design | September 29th, 2008 at 6:54 am

    You’re welcome everyone. Thanks for your contributions over the past month!

  6. Michael Martin | September 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Thanks for the include Steven! :D

  7. Andrew Houle | September 30th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Great list, I’m thrilled to be a part of it!

  8. celia | October 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Excellent list! Thanks so much for posting it… you have now been added to my bookmarks!
    ;-)celia
    Artfire.com

  9. Angie Bowen | October 1st, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    Great list, way too much to go through now so I’ve bookmarked it.

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  12. Runescape | October 18th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    thanks for sharing these links.

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