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Is there a visual web editor based on bootstrap?
Bootstrap is a great framework, and I want know if there is a tool that gives you the possibility of dragging html components, re-sizing and moving them, changing colours, all while generating the ...
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2answers
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How to make a “highlighter” effect for text background in CSS?
How would I go about highlighting an inline part of a paragraph decorated with a "highlighted" effect as if it were marked by a real highlighter on paper.
<p> The dog <em>jumped ...
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3answers
116 views
How to design a modern/slightly futuristic-looking application
I was hoping to get some advice from some more experienced UI developers. I have been presented with a unique challenge by my customer, and I feel like I am failing.
Specifically, they want a UI that ...
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1answer
84 views
How to make a site attractive? [closed]
What are the basics of an attractive web design? What should I be looking for and what sources should I use to educate myself on the matter?
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10answers
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What real advantages do web templates such as Bootstrap or HTML5 boilerplate have for a designer?
Note, this is about design much more than development.
I build sites from scratch with completely hand written CSS and HTML.
I've known about pre-build css templates such as Bootstrap or HTML5 ...
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1answer
197 views
How to create a vertically asymmetrical grid in Photoshop
I'm working on a site. The width will be fixed, but the length will vary.
What would be the best way to create a grid like the following in Photoshop?:
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1answer
61 views
Where can I find a good repository of semi-transparent tiles for web?
I have been looking frequently for a site, a service that provides a repository of semi-transparent tiling backgrounds. I've found some grain generators, but I would like some more things that I could ...
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2answers
72 views
Layout with Tables - Hierarchy
In this fiddle there's a markup and style I'm doing for a website:
http://jsfiddle.net/UvJmP/
I am trying to represent data in this way:
D2's table data is contained in D1
D3's table data is ...
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1answer
40 views
How to change the background? [closed]
I have a site with simple background-color (white) i would like to change the background like this
new background
How to do it?
Thanks.
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2answers
892 views
How to control word-spacing in justified text with CSS?
I have 2 blocks of text that are pretty small (just under a paragraph each) and they really look better justified but the problem is that text-align: justify; sometimes adds really large spaces and ...
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1answer
75 views
How do you build a webpage with a main text body and 2 columns underneath? [closed]
I have a body of text that I am trying to layout in a visually pleasing way but I can not figure it out. The goal is to have this layout (see psuedocode):
<container>
<main />
...
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3answers
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Table having columns and rows exceeding the size page [closed]
I need to display data table which numbers of columns and rows could be quite changeable.
I was thinking to have an horizontal scroll, but maybe this is not a good solution.
Each cell should be also ...
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2answers
371 views
Why does Google want a vertical scrollbar on search page when it's not necessary
On Google's search page there is a visible vertical scroll bar even when it is not necessary. This can be avoided by deleting the following style from body selector
overflow-y: scroll;
When this ...
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2answers
154 views
How can I improve my website design? [closed]
I'm launching a company and currently working on the website. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/HKbIK
As I'm not a professional webdesigner your comments / feedback / suggestions of improvements would ...
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2answers
181 views
Fireworks slices for Dreamweaver
I am designing a website and am planning on slicing up my template in Fireworks and then exporting it to Dreamweaver. When this is done it does of course go into a table. I have a title and nav bar ...
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2answers
345 views
Creating Rolodex-Style Flipping Numbers Sprite in Photoshop?
So Apple recently had a countdown to their 1 billionth app download and it used a rolodex flipping type of effect. This actually turned out to be running on a sprite image which is composed of ...
0
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1answer
147 views
What is this style of button called? (image included)
I have been seeing a lot of these buttons lately. I think it's a recent trend. I would just like to know the name for it so I can explore them further. In this sprite image, the buttons on the bottom ...
0
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1answer
249 views
Design tips for a web design by a beginning developer
I'm currently in the process of making a design for a web application.
Although I'm very interested in design, I'm actually a programmer, and I don't have a lot of experience with design. That's why ...
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1answer
318 views
How do I breakdown a PSD Background To Tileable layered elements
I'd like to create a scaleable multi-resolution web effect similar to iBooks and started by building on this tutorial.
The problem is with the background image:
As you can see it has two masks on ...
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2answers
175 views
GUI for web design?
I have a friend who has like 250 hyperlinked flowcharts. He wants to put them into a web app. The thing is, it needs to be simple HTML. There are some websites out there for flowchart HTML, but the ...
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2answers
404 views
Looking for suggestions for making type more readable with a drop shadow
I want to show a menu with indented items on top of a black background. I tried a lot of colors but can't find the right ones.
I'm using css property text-shadow:
text-shadow: 1px 1px #191919 , -1px ...
0
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1answer
180 views
How can I achieve a better 3D lifting effect of a logo for a website?
This is my current approach, only the shadow moves. http://tinkerbin.com/uekpe227
This is a second approach, both the shadow and the letters move. http://tinkerbin.com/LjiGDKa7
And in the last ...
0
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1answer
97 views
What are the available css frameworks? [closed]
I have been trying to find a nice css framework so I can put it as my main design style and re-use it in my web developments without having to think about the style that much.
So far I have found ...
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2answers
981 views
Vertical rhythm/baseline grid in Web Design
I recently read some articles about the importance of good vertical rhythm/using a baseline grid for good typography in web design. I decided to try using a baseline grid, like the 960 grid pictured ...
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4answers
536 views
With the invention of CSS3, should a web designer use Photoshop?
I see that many designers create beautiful web design works in Photoshop, but now with the arrival of CSS3, when they want to change that to HTML & CSS, they simply start from scratch and create ...
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2answers
157 views
How good is the fonts.com webfont solution compared to the current @font-face standard?
I guess the title says it all. I've been successfully working with @font-face (with near-perfect cross-browser support, if you use all the hacks).
However, a client really wants to use Helvetica, and ...
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4answers
1k views
Gutters - Padding and Margin for Columns with Background or Border
What are the recommended design guidelines for gutters when a column (or box, or any layout module) has its shape clearly visible because it has its own background or border?
Typically one would put ...
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12answers
1k views
Do web designers need to know how to code?
As a front end web developer I work with many different designers and sometimes find it frustrating working with design comps where no thought was put into how to accomplish the design in basic CSS ...
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3answers
203 views
Clickable stickers sticking out of a notebook
I'm trying to make clickable buttons that look like they're stickers sticking out of a notebook. Here's how it looks like:
What's the best way to do this? Should each of them be PNG images with ...
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0answers
153 views
A list of the most commonly used web site images [closed]
I am planning to use CSS sprites for a social-network web site. In order to produce an unique but mostly a "pre-organized" image that contains all small images used in that website, I would like to ...
3
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2answers
542 views
Golden ratio, with or without padding/margin?
Lets say I have 1000 px wide 2 column layout with 100 px gutter space (margin) and 50px on the left and right..
How do I apply the golden ratio to this layout?
Method One
c1+c2=800px;
c1/c2=1.618;
...
2
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5answers
207 views
Recommendation to learn css [closed]
How would you recommend to proceed to learn css?
Is there a great book, or online tutorial?
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3answers
913 views
Tools to get HTML/CSS easily from PSD?
I have the PSD designs for my website and now want to create the site using these designs. I am not very good with css though I know HTML, javascript well. Is there any tool, site, software that can ...
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16answers
89k views
Web Safe Alternative to Myriad Pro Font?
Is there any font that I can use in my font stack that is more or less similar to Myriad Pro and web safe?
